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ST. PAUL — A federal judge sentenced sentenced a Minnesota man to more than 10 years in prison Monday, Nov. 20, for defrauding investors in a housing project in the Bakken oil patch.
Ronald David Johnson, 51, was sentenced to 126 months — 10½ years — in prison for the scheme, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Minnesota. In June, a jury convicted the Corcoran, Minn., man on nine counts of wire fraud and one count of money laundering.
Johnson was behind plans for an indoor RV park to address chronic housing needs in the oil patch. Oil workers would park RVs in climate-controlled warehouses and share amenities like storage, laundry and vending machines, according to the news release.
Johnson solicited $2.1 million from four investors for the project. But he used the money to repay prior investors, fund his personal cattle farm, take vacations, buy vintage cars and buy a 17-acre island on Mink Lake in Minnesota, authorities said.
Indoor RV Parks, LLC, has not built any such facilities or purchased in property in North Dakota or Montana, authorities said. Its bank account is empty.
The IRS and FBI investigated the case.
"Ronald Johnson abused the trust of his victims only to enrich himself at their expense," Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson said in a statement. "With today's sentence, which includes prison time, restitution and a forfeiture order, Johnson is now being held accountable for his crimes."
An attorney for Johnson had left the office when a reporter called Monday afternoon. He didn't immediately return an email seeking comment.


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So you're thinking you might be interested in skiing, kayaking, shooting, hiking, climbing, diving and all the rest?
Troop 8 is open to boys who are close to graduating 5th grade (age 11) or older, who are willing to tackle insane outdoor adventures and live up to our scouting code. We generally accept new members only in the spring, so that you get a summer's worth of camping with us before we hit snow camping and backpacking on skis! Occasional exceptions are made for older boys who are transferring into the area and those who have considerable prior outdoor experience. Troop 8 does not accept transfer scouts above First Class rank, but we'll help you find another local troop to finish your Eagle quest.
If you're a 5th grader, or an older guy looking to join, we hold a number of events throughout the fall, winter, and spring which are open to guests and possible recruits. In the fall, these include "fun nights" like trips to Whirly Ball, visits to our troop meetings, or our guys visiting you on a cub campout. In the winter, we'll have some events which are day trips, like joining us for a day of downhill skiing or other fun activity. By March and April, you'll be joining us for swim nights and some meetings, and then at our "Crossover" joining campout in May you'll become a full-fledged troop member who can come on everything! At the end of May, admissions to Troop 8 are usually "closed" until the following year.
Are you interested? Great! Then the first step is to let us know how to tell you about stuff. Follow the link on the bottom right to sign up for a web account as an interested parent or scout.
One of the first steps if you're thinking about joining Troop 8 is to sign up online so that we can send you more information! By giving us your contact information you'll be informed of upcoming events that are open to potential new members, and will receive forms and information by email or snail mail that explains the paperwork process of joining up.
Unfortunately, do to spam, we have turned off the feature of allowing any user to apply for an account. If you're interested in troop 8, e-mail email@example.com, and he will get you setup.
Welcome to the Boy Scouts of America and to St. Thomas Troop 8! We hope you will decide to become a member of our organization, and join us for meetings, activities, outings, and a lot of fun. By now we expect you've read all the other information on our program, and you know all about our extensive outings, the kinds of things we can help you learn about the outdoors and other fun hobbies, and the sort of service work we perform. If you're still interested, we'd like to welcome you aboard!
In order to do that, though, we have to ask you to take care of some paperwork and agree to a few things which we feel are important to what we do. Don't worry, they're not too hard! And if you have any questions, call us!
In order to join Troop 8 and the Boy Scouts, you must be nearly done with 5th grade and fulfill each of the following requirements (see the Scout Handbook). Troop 8 generally accepts new scouts only in the spring (or early fall for older boys). Troop 8 does not accept transfer ranks above First Class. To participate in ANY outing while you work on finishing the requirements, you MUST have the first two steps completed and returned to the scoutmaster:
Boys who are joining Boy Scouts for the first time (as opposed to transferring from another troop) must also do the following (which webelos scouts will recognize from the Arrow of Light requirements).
At your scoutmaster conference, the scoutmaster will ask you about these things as part of the conference. You should also bring your Scout Handbook, so it can be signed officially!
Congratulations, you've chosen to join a very active, very outdoor-oriented troop. In order to have fun in the wilderness (no matter what the weather!), it's important to live up to the scout motto: Be Prepared. That means having the right gear for camping and for in-town scouting.
A few words about gear. The troop does maintain some "loaner" gear if you don't have your own personal stuff yet, or can't afford to buy it all at once. We're also really picky about gear quality and fit for some outings, so it's important that you talk to one of the adult leaders before you go buy anything expensive, because there's some stuff we won't allow. Most guys start out with the things marked R (required - we don't have loaners) and SR (strongly recommended - we have a few loaners), then build up from there. We will always provide what's necessary when family means cannot. Most families find that over the course of the first year or so, normal purchases of jackets, pants, shoes, etc. can "double" as scouting and in-town gear with careful selection.
The troop also arranges several discount group purchases each year through local and on-line vendors Bivouac to help families. As we hear of them, we will send information about special sales out via email. We encourage families to patronize our Troop+8+Recommended+Outfitters as these businesses we've found to sell reliable gear and offer decent assistance and prices over the years. Many local vendors have long-term relationships with the troop, and deserve your support.
There are a few items you need to have as a Boy Scout. These can be purchased from the Council office on Huron Parkway (just North of Washtenaw).
Except for these items, we can not recommend any other gear from the scout shop.
Troop 8 camps in a wide variety of weather conditions. To ensure the comfort and safety of scouts, we require equipment checks prior to most outings. The following items are generally expected for most outings year-round. The troop is able to provide a limited amount of gear-for loan when necessary, but we would encourage you to consider these items for purchase.
Because so much clothing (including blue jeans, sweat clothes, and flannel) is made of cotton fibers, we tend to see a lot of cotton on campouts. Please understand that while cotton is soft and cool on a sunny day in the summertime, it makes very poor outdoor clothing in other conditions. Cotton, when wet, holds a great deal of water and acts as a NEGATIVE insulator, actually cooling the body more than if it were unclothed. Sweat clothes, in particular, become baggy and very difficult when soaked. We therefore expect scouts to own non-cotton outdoor clothing, either wool or synthetic. On most campouts, a layered insulating system of non-cotton clothing will be required for comfort and safety.
You can look in our recommended publications section on the web site to find a number of fun outdoors and resource books that you might enjoy. However, we do want to strongly recommend getting a copy of Wilderness First Aid: Emergency Care for Remote Locations. This book is the "official" Troop first aid text, which replaces the information in the BSA literature. SR
Troop 8 provides all group gear for your trips. This includes 2-man North Face tents, stoves, pots, pans, first aid kits, lanterns, rain flies and other gear for the patrol. We do not recommend scouts purchase their own tenting or cooking equipment until they are Venturers in high school. Occasionally, scouts inquire about bringing their own tent on a campout. This is OK with the permission of the patrol leader, provided the scout is familiar with the tent setup, the tent is appropriate for the type of campout we are doing.


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And because I had already thought of doing a drawing with a hazmat suit in it, I decided to make this drawing. Because if you don't get a flu shot, you should probably be wearing one. Or maybe you are wearing one so you don't have to get a flu shot. But I thought it was funny, so I drew it. There you go. A peek into my train of thought. I hope you enjoy the drawing.
I hope people have liked the art I've been posting. Let me know what you think. Do you like it? Is it funny? Maybe you shouldn't answer those questions.... lol. I hope that what makes me laugh will also make you laugh.
I usually think of these random things that make me laugh or something, like
Zombies Glitter Too - My response to Twilight
Mouse Working Out on Mousetrap - Isn't it ironic? Dont'cha think?
Walking the Wok - Because things mis-said lead to funny pictures in my head
IRL Play-Doh! - My non-drawing, a.k.a. photo, imitation of a drawing by a really talented artist
And now this response to thinking about the Walgreen's flu shot commercial.
Yeah, it's only like 5 things so far. But I'm hoping to keep this up. I just need more random ideas to pop into my head o.O


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St. Louis Community College at Meramec has lifted hazing and disorderly-conduct charges against a student who disrupted classes and invited his classmates to join him in enrolling at another institution, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education announced today.
That group and the American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri had backed the student, Jun Xiao, whose free-speech and due-process rights they said the college had violated. Mr. Xiao and the college reached an agreement before he took legal action.
In publicizing the case, the group, known as FIRE, emphasized two e-mail messages Mr. Xiao sent in October to his classmates in Organic Chemistry I. The messages informed them that he was withdrawing from the course and invited them to take Organic Chemistry II with him at the nearby St. Charles Community College, another public institution.
Three days after Mr. Xiao sent the second message, the St. Louis college placed him on disciplinary probation, which barred him from contacting other students through institutional e-mail but allowed him to remain in his courses – as long as he refrained from further misconduct.
The initial letter from the college does not spell out Mr. Xiao's offenses, saying only that the probation is "based upon information provided by a dean, a faculty member, and multiple e-mails from students." But a second letter, in January, says Mr. Xiao repeatedly delayed class with inappropriate questions and verbally abused a secretary in the chemistry department.Download file "College in Missouri lifts disciplinary charges against defecting student"
Schools: Saint Louis Community College at Meramec Cases: Saint Louis Community College: Student Punished for E-mailing Classmates


text: Is anyone having any little niggles with connections on their desire? I've noticed that if the phone has been on standby for quite a while it sometimes struggles to get a signal, and I often have to turn 'mobile data' on and off to spark it in to life again. The same thing often happens if it's been on WiFi for a while and then has to switch to mobile data. It doesn't happen often enough to be a real problem, but enough to make it an irritation. I'm on exactly the same network as I was with my Hero and I had no problems at all with that. I tried re-enabling 'Always on mobile data' but that hasn't helped. I've just disabled auto selection for GSM/WCDMA and set it to WCDMA only. That seems to be helping, but I'll need to test it further, not to mention that it may cause other issues. Anyone else getting this at all?


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I must still be insane. I am still up from 8 AM Monday with the intention of staying up until 9:00 PM tonight. This will be a 37 hour day. All this in an effort to make more money. At least I have only three hours of volunteering to do on Wednesday and all that is later in the day. I should really cut more activities and prioritse more of these jobs.
I need to do some marking this morning. I have marked 3 Q's out of nine fully. I have started a fourth Q and am done about a 1/3 of the papers for that Q. I would like to get that Q marked this morning and also another Q.
I will then go to my new stock market job for four hours a little frazzeled. I am working at this job four hours a week and will do this again next week.
I then need to do some shopping and pick up a new bus pass for myself and one for my wife. This means I will need to wait in line. Perhaps I can do this before going to work. I don't figure being in a long line at 3:00 PM in the afternoon on hour 31 of my day would be wise better to do this at hour 24. But maybe the line up would be shorter in the afternoon. No by 3:00 PM the line up would be long again. So early bird gets the worm with that. I also need to leave my wife some grocery money and bus fare. Maybe I will buy the pass at 7:45 AM and come home and then leave for work. Then I can relax at work and do more minor shopping after work. I can then come home and then go to school for the lab at 18:30. So next step is marking until 6 am.Posted by petert at February 28, 2006 03:40 AM


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The Interrogation – J. M. G. Le Clézio
Who bought it: Me. What is it: It is about the philosophical meanderings of a solitary man. If you ask me, it sounds like Albert Camus's The Stranger. When: October 22, 2011 Where: Book Sale – Walter Mart Munoz Why: It's supposedly the best work of this Nobel laureate. And I have wanted to buy a copy of this book for months now. I'm glad I have not bought it at a regular book store. How much: Php 145.00 Advertisements


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HumanEyes and Gandinnovations Partner to bring Lenticular Technology to Flatbed Printing
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Press release from the issuing companyChicago (Graph & Converting Expo), October 15, 2006 - Gandinnovations partners with HumanEyes Technologies' to bring lenticular technology to Flatbed printing. The two companies' combined solution, PrintPro 2.0 printing live 3D and lenticular on Jeti 3150 UV Flatbed printers, is being featured at Graph Expo here in Chicago, October 15-18, McCormick Place South Convention Center, in Gandinnovations' booth # 4748. HumanEyes Technologies' PrintPro 2.0 is multi-faceted, easy-to-use software that produces realistic 3D, images. The production application is developed for designers, photographers, ad agencies, brand owners and printers. PrintPro 2.0 enhances package on Jeti 3150 UV Flatbed Printers "HumanEyes' fast and simple 2D to 3D conversion is the next generation of technology in the print industry," says Cory Brock, Director of Marketing for Gandinnovations. "We saw HumanEyes products at SGIA and immediately decided to partner to endorse the software with the Jeti 3150 UV Flatbed Printer. "Designers, printers and packagers gave us their wish list and PrintPro 2.0 is the result. We are pleased to join forces with Gandinnovations, to showcase the very latest, complete software solution for lenticular printing, on the most cutting edge printers in the industry. We've eliminated the barriers for producing high quality lenticular and 3D effects on UV flatbed printers," says HumanEyes Technologies VP Sales, Ronen Sobel. The Jeti 3150UV printer can print direct to substrate up to 2 inches thick, delivering incredibly detailed photographic images. The four-ton machine prints direct to plastics, display panels, trade show graphics, wall murals, poster board, tile, drywall, blinds, glass, fabric, vinyl and more. New 2D to 3D Conversion "It's definitely the fastest and easiest 2D to 3D conversion method available in the industry," adds Brock. Working with PrintPro 2.0, the user has complete control of the 2D picture's conversion to a 3D image, without needing to understand or manage the underlying complexities. Intelligent tools carry-out the user's wishes. Users will be able to perform the entire conversion within the HumanEyes application - no other image processing tools are needed. In contrast to other lenticular processes, there is no need for complex, time-consuming tracing or layering. As part of HumanEyes' business approach, the process is simple, intuitive and easy to master. New Timeline Interactive Workflow The Timeline allows users to precisely control the composition of their creation. The creative professional can get real time feedback, view progress and changes in each frame, and then choose the views they wish to have in their final output. This is a totally new concept that will allow creative to go beyond the currently limited abilities of flip and animation effects, into a world of easily made, lively animations. HumanEyes has employed the most sophisticated advancements in the renovation of its core technology. One of the most obvious changes is faster and more robust graphic processing power. The new software design makes the new features possible, and improves existing features including project creation, animation, and flip tools. Better Than Before...3D Capture & Creation HumanEyes' unique 3D Capture and Creation technology caught the attention of the imaging and graphic arts worlds when the company's first software offering premiered in 2004. The product's ease of use and requirement of only a standard digital camera and ordinary print devices was surpassed only by its ability to generate extraordinary 3D imagery. HumanEyes 3D was, in fact, a winner of the prestigious PIA/GATF InterTech Technology Award, which honors excellence in innovative technology for the graphic communications industry. Since then, HumanEyes has been employed worldwide to capture and hold the attention of consumers. The software has been utilized for brands such as Harry Potter, Vanity Fair, Coca Cola, Citroen, Corona, and many others. All HumanEyes software now includes stronger, highly competitive 2D effect functionality. Advanced Animation - create a dynamic story easily with PrintPro 2.0. Users simply go to the Timeline, pick the object to Animate, pick a start and end point - and presto - it's done. Advanced Flip - to create a Flip using PrintPro 2.0, users simply add the images to Flip and use the Timeline to either automatically or manually distribute them across the number of frames selected. Users can easily change or customize further by clicking on the Timeline and moving the frames. Better Combinations - as before, but now faster and easier, HumanEyes technology allows different effects to be combined so that a 3D image, for instance, can be part of a complex Animation or Flip project. Enhanced Output - PrintPro 2.0 continues to work with version PrintPro 1.3 to provide excellent output quality. The new version provides additional export features and CMYK support. Printing Live on the Jeti 3150 "Visitors to Graph Expo will see us printing live on the Jeti 3150 UV Flatbed using our PrintPro 2.0 software. We're confident they will be impressed by its abilities to revive existing 2D collections as well as empower them to easily create spectacular, new 3D and lenticular effects," adds Sobel. Gandinnovations will showcase the Jeti 3318 with backlit camera. The head carriage hosts 18 Spectra Print Heads, while ink designation is 3 heads per color allowing for 6 color combinations. Technological enhancements include a software upgrade which can detect if any individual nozzle may be misfiring. The software will automatically compensate the saturation, safe-guarding the image output. This technology is the first of its kind in the grand-format arena. Also included is an automated head wiping system which reduces manual head wiping. Additionally to be showcased, the Jeti 3150 UV Flatbed workhorse (specifically engineered for faster workflow and multiple media applications,) will be sure to impress spectators at Graph Expo with its TRUE 1200 dpi resolution. The design offers a production table which is a sturdy and flat surface for printing rigid or flexible materials. The operator can clearly see the media as it prints and may make appropriate adjustments, if needed, during production. Operators can adjust and align media with the Jeti's unique "pop-up pins" and vacuum bed which ensures rigid materials will not move.
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Winter 2006
Alumni Notes & NewsExpand Your Professional Tool-Kit
The Haas Alumni Network (HAN) is introducing new services and resources that will help to enhance your professional toolkit and improve your network. Here is a quick snapshot of several new offerings:
- LinkedIn HAN has formed a special group within LinkedIn, todays premier online networking application. The Haas/Berkeley Alumni logo in your LinkedIn profile will immediately identify you as a graduate of a top business school.
- Class Audit Program Last fall, HAN rolled out a pilot program
that gives MBA alumni the opportunity to audit classes. To date,
over 150 alumni have participated in this program.
At the beginning of each semester, HAN announces the courses available to audit from the MBA programs via e-mail. Make sure your preferred e-mail address is up-to-date in Haas@Cal so that you can learn more about this program.
- Jobs Database Haas@Cal has a new searchable jobs database exclusively for Haas alumni. It contains job postings submitted to the career center by employers specifically interested in hiring Haas graduates.
- Special Interest Groups Within Haas@Cal, several topical email lists exist to help you develop your professional connections in, for example, real estate, biotech, and venture capital.
- @Cal Café A new social networking program is available within Haas@Cal. Join established groups or create your own open or moderated group. List events, post photos, and participate in discussion threads with other alumni.
Remember.... The Haas Alumni Network is YOUR network of people, ideas, and action.
Best wishes from campus,
Tenny H. Frost, Executive Director, Alumni Relations
Kristen C. Williams, Director, Alumni Relations
The Alumni Relations and Development Office has moved off campus to 2001 Addison Street in downtown Berkeley. We are eager to see you when you are planning a visit to campus, so please let us know in advance if we can be of any assistance and we'll meet you there!
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When choosing technology to use in the class I am quick to try what will help me and the students right now. This makes URL shorteners an easy choice, QR codes interesting and trendy and bookmarklets a personal thing.
URL shorteners are wonderful ways to get student to a website with a long URL quickly without the difficulty of misspellings. For the last few years, I have used tinyurl.com and goo.gl. Tinyurl.com allows you to customize the shortened name which makes the URL meaningful and easier for the student. Tinyurl.com is easy, but you have to remember the shortened URL you create. To help my overloaded mind, I have used goo.gl for the convenience of saving the shortened URL to my Google account. I have not found how to customize it, so the shortened URLs can be confusing if not shared with students in certain fonts. Either is better than asking a student to type in some of the very long URLS needed to access online simulations, labs and other resources.
QR codes are interesting items that have been talked about in professional development for a few years now. Students simply point their phones at the QR code, scan, and they are at the website referenced by the code. I have use goo.gl to create QR codes and shortened URLs. This week I tried Delivr.com. It offers the ability to save the QR code. I have not had much opportunity to implement QR codes in the classroom for activities. I have used them for quick access to extra information. They require students to have the ability to use a QR scanner. Since most of the content is delivered in video lessons and applied in class, it is easier to provide a link for students to click on from the laptop they are using. Not all of my students have smart phones and it is unreasonable to ask them to download apps without parent consent. I did put a QR code on the parent night flier to provide parents a way to see my website. Since I share a classroom with another teacher, it was impossible to put both of our information pages on the screen in front of the room. The QR code was a fun way to give access to that information. Students were far more familiar with how to use QR scanners than their parents.
Bookmarklets are new to me. I like the idea of a quick click to access a website without the drain of running in the background. This can make laptop tools accessible like the apps I love on my iPhone. However, downloading and adding something to the toolbar on my personal computer makes me cringe. The computers at school are locked down making it impossible to add anything to the toolbar without the technology team installing the bookmarklet. I added the bookmarklet for keepvid, which is actually iLivid.com now, to my tool bar. I thought that the ability to download videos would be helpful. The install was simple. After installing it I had trouble thinking of a YouTube video that I wanted and could not download. Once I remembered one that did not offer a download, I realized that this was stealing. Now I might add bookmarklets in the future, but only for personal use.
So much of what is useful to teachers depends on the technology and set up of the tools available. Ease of use and immediate applicability make a difference to teachers who are short on time and searching for better ways to reach students. When trying new web tools, I always look for what is easy for me and the students to learn, easy to integrate with the content and will make the biggest change in student learning.


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Lode-runner-like platform game for X
DescriptionXScavenger is a platform game for the X Window System. From the README: Scavenger is like Lode Runner. You've got to run around gathering objects while avoiding enemies. You can dig down through some of the blocks to get at buried objects. After you've collected everything, ladders may appear. To finish the level you've got to exit through the top of the screen. If an enemy falls into a dug brick, he is stunned for a while. If the brick fills in with him in it, he is killed, and he will reappear at the top of the screen. This version has a level editor for designing your own levels, and a graphics editor for drawing your own artwork.
Upload more screenshots Please help extend the collection of screenshots. Just make a screenshot and upload it here. You don't need to register or anything.
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- Screenshots are made public and can freely be used by anyone.
- Useful programs for making screenshots are shutter, ksnapshot (KDE), gimp, xwd or scrot. See the Debian wiki for more information on how to make screenshots under Debian.
- Please set your language to english so that everybody understands it. If you don't use english by default please start your application from a shell using after setting "export LANG=C".


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Look up into the night sky of Northumberland's International Dark Sky Park and enjoy the marvel of up to 2000 stars at any one time. The Northumberland International Dark Sky Park is Europe's largest, stretching across 1470 square kilometres of breathtaking scenery combining Northumberland National Park with Kielder Water & Forest Park. Due to its unspoiled skies and minimal light pollution it was awarded gold tier designation by the International Dark Sky Association, making it officially the best place in England for people to go to enjoy the night sky.
Autumn offers prime viewing time, the nights are properly dark and the Milky Way can be seen overhead. Throughout November you might be lucky enough to see Meteor showers. As the temperatures drop in the night sky during the crisp winter months, the sky becomes more transparent making it even easier to see the glittering skies above us.
It's not just the Dark Sky Park where you can experience the beauty of the night sky. Head to the Northumberland Coast and with the right weather conditions you might be lucky enough to see the amazing Aurora Borealis. Commonly known as the Northern Lights, the Aurora Borealis is a spectacular natural light display.
You don't need an expensive telescope to enjoy Northumberland's dark skies, just wrap up warm, pack a pair of binoculars, a hot drink and bite to eat and head off to enjoy a star studded show. If you'd like to learn more about the night sky there is an exciting range of Northumberland Dark Sky Events including regular events at The Sill National Landscape Centre on Hadrian's Wall, Kielder Observatory, Battlesteads Observatory and throughout the Northumberland National Park.


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Viewing Life Through a Biblical Lens
FAB: Faith And Books
If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed. John 8:36
A Place for Seekers, Followers, and Writers
Stress less - Love more
Student of Life. Advocate for serious joy in Christ.
"I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing." John 15:5
A Place of Wanderings & Ponderings
My view of life from the linoleum.
Understanding Your Identity In Jesus
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Renda and her staff came to the studio on June 1st to display their pink hands, breast cancer ribbons and of course have tons of fun with Karen.
Here are some of our favorite images from their session!
Of course Karen had to get in on the fun!!
Renda is working extremely hard on sponsorships for this year's Piggin Out for Pink event. She has already raised over $1,000!!! We want to thank her and her staff for all of their hard work. Thank you ladies for supporting Focused on a Cure!!
Make sure to stop by Dr. Welch's office where our 2010 FOC survivor exhibit is currently displayed.


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sunberg. First post updated for "Known Issues".
Updated on the road in my hotel room. Lower bandwidth helped me make some interesting observations about how downloads work with WU. See my blog post: MS Smartens Update Downloads for details. Great stuff!
Stuck at black screen with spinning circle again!
edit: turned my laptop off and on again, working now, my apologies.
edit 2: and now the machine is turning off by its own after starting.
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As I said, my laptop is shutting down by itself after installing this update. I have tried several times uninstalling this CU within Safe Mode, but when it boots into normal mode, the update is still installed, and the system then turns off again by its own. I really don't know what else I can do, I hope I won't have to perform a clean installation due to another broken Windows Update. Lots of folks complaining about issues on Windows 10 subreddit as well.
This is the first update, which failed to even install since 10 was released. I had failed updates before, but they installed and failed after restart, not like this, this one actually froze midway, when installing it manually.
Code:Faulting application name: TiWorker.exe, version: 10.0.17134.1, time stamp: 0xa47a93f3 Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 10.0.17134.137, time stamp: 0x7745a173 Exception code: 0x80000003 Fault offset: 0x00000000000ac902 Faulting process id: 0xe6c Faulting application start time: 0x01d418fc3d2a691f Faulting application path: C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-servicingstack_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.17134.1_none_eedfeda03074e04e\TiWorker.exe Faulting module path: C:\Windows\System32\KERNELBASE.dll Report Id: bbad12f9-2080-42e3-911e-8c39755a5d54


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Recently, my sister and I bought a package of yoga classes. Personally, I have a love-hate relationship with yoga. I have done it sporadically - even co-teaching it during my Peace Corps term in Belize, Central America.
From the unfamiliar poses to the level of focus required, I typically struggle with the practice. However, acknowledging my capacity, embracing my strengths, and growing accustomed to the routine greatly improves my confidence. In my training, I am frequently contemplating posture. This facilitates deeper considerations beyond the mat of how I posture myself in the context of the world. Do I express a posture of humility? Of openness? Of service? Do I project a posture of curiosity? Of adaptability? Of inclusion? More importantly, how is my faith experience at the core of my posture? Especially, to be frank, as a person that has not always found an identity in the church. It wasn't a comfortable place for me. As a gay person, growing up in Eastern Washington, the church was not a place for me. Yet faith still lingers in the air - like a vase of fresh flowers sitting just across the room.
Yoga forms and develops from a strong core - engaging with balance and flexibility - while challenging us to stretch toward our growing edges. Our faith is much the same. I believe our faith journey is more enjoyable when shared and accompanied. So, when I heard that the 2014 Krista Foundation CAST (Creative Action Study Team) invited The Reverend Joan R Harrell to be our featured speaker at this year's Service Leadership Conference I was thrilled. The 2014 conference theme is: GOING PUBLIC: Complex Faith within a Complex World.
Register here: kfconference2014.eventbrite.com
The Reverend Joan R Harrell is an ordained American Baptist clergywoman, Womanist Public Theologian, founder of www.racismcontradictschristianity.com, Visiting Scholar at the National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care at Tuskegee University and Director of Public Communications at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago where she coordinates strategic communications for local, national and global social justice work. As a doctor of ministry student at the Chicago Theological Seminary her scholarship is investigating "How the intersecting of Media, Film, Religion, Racism, Alterity and Politics perpetuates Oppression in Society."
She is a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City, an award winning journalist, producer and host of Empowering Voices Uplifting the Voices of the Voiceless, a syndicated weekly podcast and freelance writer for the Huffington Post.
I am looking forward to Joan accompanying us in wrestling with the meaning and value of Christian faith within a world facing stark economic disparity, complex religious dynamics, and polarizing difference. Moreso, given the polarized climate around religion. The fact that public association with the church can often illuminate discomfort. I feel more than ever that finding a space to have critical conversations and ask the big questions about the intersection of faith in our lives and the public sphere is important. Not even just the public sphere but also within the Krista Colleague community. In line with our Krista Foundation value, Christian and Spritual Values and Motivation, which invites us to grow ones' own faith identity by experiencing the diversity of Christian traditions while providing a safe space for expressing and learning respectfully from others. So, Joan will help us practice postures of curiosity, humility, inclusion, public faith, and service.
Together we will explore how to engage the world with more openness and authenticity, stretching into our growing edges. We'll be strengthened to the core as we address the challenges of living out faith in daily life and claiming the sustaining strength of Christian practice. Personally, I will see challenge in this conversation but not be completely fearful. As with all things Krista Foundation when there is much confusion, discomfort, and anxiety it seems as if I look down and feel a steady, loving hand holding my own. It is the foundation and the Colleague community engaged in accompaniment and comfort as we face ourselves toward the world in service leadership.


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The Fighter | Review
I'm so happy for Christian Bale I could cry.
How many times has Christian Bale deserved a nomination? Well let's examine that. (1) Empire of the Sun (2) American Psycho (3) Equilibrium (4) The Machinist (5) Rescue Dawn (6) The Fighter. Who would have thought the role that's probably gonna win one of the greatest actors of our time his Oscar is that of an American bum. But hey, pretty darn good role and pretty darn good movie.
So The Fighter is a boxing drama based on a true story by David O Russell about Mickey Ward, an aspiring pro boxer and his older half-brother/trainer Dicky Eklund who was once the pride of the town for knocking down Sugar Ray Leanord but is now a crack addict. Ward deals with his overbearing family as he tries to grasp at one chance of boxing glory before his time is up.
I gotta say this and this has nothing to do with the review, but damn is Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale's family ugly in this. Every sister they have just get's uglier and uglier. Their house is like a clown car of ugly sisters. You'd think Melissa Leo would have burnt her vagina shut after the second one came out like that. It's like Mordor up in her uterus. Just sayin. Okay moving on.
The Fighter is a great film. A lot of people are comparing this to Rocky and Raging Bull but I wouldn't go that far in praising this film. The Fighter is more of a family drama than a boxing movie. There is only 2 fight scenes in here and the rest are just some really good well directed family struggles that is as realistic as it is comical and heavy.
This is Christian Bales movie, Mark Wahlberg gave a commendable performance in this, but I can't say enough of Bale's performance in this. There is a video that plays in the credits of the film that shows the man he was playing and the resemblance in speech patterns and body movements are almost identical between character and actor. Bale embodies Dicky Eklund. Even to the point of abusing himself to get as thin as he got to be the character. This is bravura method acting at it's finest being flashed out by Christian Bale here.
And it also helps that the character of Dicky Eklund is an interesting character anyway. He's that person in the family that is the life of the party, the most colorful person in the room. I can see why people love the guy. He's got his own style of charm to him. So put that character together with an actor who can handle it and boom we have ourselves one of the best performances of 2010. Oscar nom? Yes, Oscar win? Better be.
Another two who we're great in this were Melissa Leo and Amy Adams. Melissa Leo as usual is great in any role she plays, tackling the role of the matriarch of the Ward-Ecklund family almost in the same fashion as Barbara Hershey in
Black Swan
but not in a creepy kind of way. On some level her character reminds me of Edie Falco from The Sopranos.
And Amy Adams. Wow is she great in this. And honey, thank you for doing that scene in your underwear. Me like it. She plays one feisty woman who don't take no shit from nobody but has that gentle loving side to her that Mark Whalberg has been so lucky to see. My favorite scene in this movie was a very beautiful play between her an d Christian Bale talking about what they need to do for Micky on a porch. That I thought was a wonderful scene.
I do have a complaint though and that was the boxing scenes. I felt that O' Russel wasn't to keen on focusing on the boxing and was just trying to get over with it as soon as possible, so the scenes were poorly choreographed and shot. In both scenes we see Mark Whalberg get the shit beat out of him for the most part and towards the end he gets up and lays a few punches and wins. There isn't any tension, no drama, no internalization while the fights are going on. They were just fights for the sake that it was a boxing movie.
Although I feel The Fighter has zero chances of winning much Oscars with heavy contenders like
, Black Swan,
Toy Story 3
True Grit
; I love this movie nonetheless.
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We never asked them to make the trip
Senseless though it seemed they did
Yes! they came to see but never learned
That we never needed them to survive.
In the jungle where lions roared at day
Where cobras roamed the paths at night
Where the ants barely saw the suns' light
There we built our great empires
Void of their help, void of their greed.
We never asked them not to learn
Senseless, could they even have learned
Yes! but they sought to teach us their ways
Of slander imbued with hypocrisy
Of malice clothed in kindness.
They sought to kill the oak tree of old
They sought to dethrone the crown bearers
They tried to drink but could never swallow
For they were not invited to the ball.
In their true nature of mischief
They sought to divide the indivisible
They sought to sow where they could not harvest
For this is the land that knows its destined rulers
They tried to build but could not break the ground
They drank the streams of the ancestors with greed
They tasted immortality and wanted to live forever
But the streams of the ancestors knew their duties
Where they could not break, there we buried them.
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The CIA, in its first statement on Soviet defector Vitaly Yurchenko, said Friday he was deputy chief of a KGB department responsible for spying on the United States and Canada, and his duties included mobilizing Soviet agents "after the beginning of war."
The CIA, criticized in Congress and elsewhere for allegedly bungling the Yurchenko defection, released a three-page detailed biography of the 49-year- old intelligence official, indicating he had been a prime catch despite his decision to return to the Soviet Union.
The statement offered no explanation of how he got away.
Yurchenko, in a dramatic televised news conference from the Soviet embassy compound Monday, claimed he had not defected but had been kidnapped by CIA agents in Rome, drugged, brought to the United States against his wishes and brutally treated until he "escaped" to the Soviet Embassy in Washington.
He returned to Moscow Wednesday aboard a Soviet airliner.
The State Department denied Yurchenko's charges as "completely false and without any foundation." But a Senate Intelligence Committee spokesman said Friday the administration plans a thorough internal review of the case, including a check on what knowledge of CIA methods and interest areas Yurchenko may have taken back to Moscow.
There have been reports that Yurchenko was a Moscow-manipulated "set up" defector to embarrass the United States on the eve of the U.S.-Soviet summit meeting between President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.


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|One of the ingredients for making glass.
A bucket of sand can be obtained by using empty bucket with a sandpit, and is used on a furnace to create molten glass (which is used in Crafting and Construction), provided that they also have soda ash.
Since sand pits are not very common, players may find it much more convenient to buy a bucket of sand, e.g. from Trader Stan in Port Sarim, or from talking to Bert after completion of The Hand in the Sand quest. It can also be purchased with reward points in the minigame Nightmare Zone, although it is much easier to simply buy it from others. Earth implings will occasionally give 4 noted buckets of sand upon looting them.
A good method to gather buckets of sand is to move your house to Yanille (requires 50 construction) since there is a sandpit next to the POH , then use either a games necklace to Barbarian Assault or a ring of dueling to Castle Wars.
A method of banking after filling buckets with sand favored by Ironmen is to use the Camelot teleport on a PvP world, as there is a Bank Chest next to the teleport. (It is recommended to use a Dust Battlestaff as it allows for you to take more buckets). Caution must be used, as the sandpit in Yanille is in a dangerous area.
Another method of filling buckets, which has lower requirements, is to fill them in Zanaris where there is a sandpit near the bank. One can also carry soda ash while doing this and use the furnace to make molten glass on the way back to the bank. Buckets weigh a significant amount so weight reducing armour, such as full graceful, is recommended while using this method.
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Beer glass • Empty candle lantern • Empty oil lamp • Vial • Empty fishbowl • Unpowered orb • Lantern lens • Empty light orb
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Purchase or lease a new or pre-owned Butler System, van, cube van or truck before the end of the year and you may be entitled to expense $1,000,000, according to Internal Revenue Code 179 (IRS 179)*.
For the current tax year, businesses may expense purchased or leased equipment up to $1,000,000.
Information regarding the Internal Revenue IRC 179 may also be found on the Internal Revenue website IRS.gov.
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Gas and Diesel Fueled Engines
There is some important information regarding fuel consumption and possible tax savings that you may want to consider as a Butler System owner or when purchasing a Butler System and vehicle.
Consumption: Fuel consumption with the Butler System in operation is estimated to be 1-1/4 to 1-3/4 gallons of fuel per hour. Consumption may vary from these estimates due to the quality of fuel, the blending of fuel in various regions of the country, summer and winter fuel blends, presence and/or volume of oxygenates and additives, fuel temperatures, octane/cetane ratings, altitude, climate, ambient temperature, condition of the vehicle's engine and the general condition of the Butler System.
Fuel economy estimates for commercial vans and trucks are not provided by the manufacturers. However, customers who have purchased newer models are reporting considerable improvements in fuel consumption over previous model year(s). Fuel consumption is dependent, in addition to the variables listed above, on the payload, driving conditions, terrain and driving habits of the operator.
Taxes: It is our understanding that the cost of fuel is a 100% tax deductible expense when a van or truck is used for business. Also, a federal fuel tax credit of $.184 per gallon for gasoline and $.243 for diesel fuel (refer to IRS Forms 4136, 8849, and Schedule 1) may be claimed when a commercial vehicle is used off-highway for business, such as, when the Butler System is in operation. A state fuel tax credit/deduction may also be claimed, in most states, when the vehicle is used off-highway for business.
Information on federal fuel tax credits and refunds can be obtained from IRS Publication 510. Consult your state taxing authority for information regarding your particular state's relevant refunds, credits or deductions.*
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OAU Students to Represent Nigeria at Microsoft Imagine Cup in Washington, USA
Team Humane from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria is among 35 teams from around the world selected to contest at the 2016 Microsoft Imagine Cup world wide finals holding next month in Seattle, Washington, the United States of America (USA).
According to Vanguard, the 35 teams will present their unique visions at the Imagine Cup World Finals holding from July 26 through 29, 2016 in Seattle. The Nigerian team has a solution designed to help the visually impaired navigate smartphones.
Microsoft Imagine Cup is a premier student technology program and competition, and a cornerstone of the Microsoft YouthSpark initiative which provides an opportunity for student technologists, developers and aspiring entrepreneurs from all academic backgrounds to collaborate in developing a technology application.
The competition also creates a platform for the student programmers to create a business plan and gain a keen understanding of the global technology market.
The solution developed by the Nigerian Team comes with an accompanying hardware known as the Humane handle, which interacts with apps installed on a device using Bluetooth.
With the innovative solution from the Nigerian Team, a visually impaired person would be able to navigate through various apps installed on his/her mobile phone using the handle and an integrated voice navigation system.
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You may win a great prize!! Check out the Moxxie blog hop here.
This week at Make My Monday we are asking you to link up your Halloween projects. I made this banner, using some older K&Co cutouts I had in my stash. I cut the banner pieces, added the Halloween figures and a letter on each piece to spell out the word BOO. I adhered the orange trim to the top of each banner piece. A tab of orange polka dotted ribbon and black polka dotted buttons wrapped around the ribbon and attached to the back of each banner piece. I strung the banner together with black ribbon.
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The Civic University Symposium: Reimagining the University for Public Purpose
The Civic University Symposium: Reimagining the University for Public Purpose
The inaugural event of the Critical Higher Education Studies (CHES) research group, supported by CELT and the School of Political Science and Sociology Public and Civic Engagement Programme, with keynote speech from Prof Vanessa Andreotti and contributions from Prof Ronaldo Munck and Dr Karen Pashby.
Date: Saturday 2nd December
Time: 10am-4pm
Venue: MY243 Lecture Theatre, Aras Moyola, NUI Galway
All welcome but places are limited.
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What is the purpose of higher education? Is higher education a public good – and if so, how do we understand the claim that this requires a private cost, and therefore a private gain? Is the knowledge produced by higher education a public good – and if so, how do we understand this in relation to the tendency to lock this knowledge behind paywalls demanded by private publishing companies, and the exclusion of the Global South? Does higher education contribute to building a democratic citizenry – and if so, how does this relate to the increase in performative demands on teaching and research? What are the ethical responsibilities of higher education in the Global North in relation to the majority of the world?
This symposium marks the first public event organised by the Critical Higher Education Studies (CHES) research group, and aims to initiate a generative conversation about the transformations of higher education, and its role in creative re-imaginations of the university, its spaces, mission, activities and purposes, with equality, inclusion and rights as fundamental commitments.
Prof Vanessa Andreotti is a professor at the Department for Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia and holds a Canada Research Chair in Race, Inequalities and Global Change. She was a post-doctoral fellow at NUI Galway from 2006 to 2008. Her research traces systemic and historical patterns of reproduction of global inequalities and examines how these patterns relate to political and affective economies of knowledge production. She has extensive experience working with governments, NGOs, professional associations and local communities in areas of education related to global justice, community engagement, internationalization and indigenous knowledge systems. Many of her publications are available at: https://ubc.academia.edu/VanessadeOliveiraAndreotti.
Prof Ronaldo Munck is Head of Civic Engagement at DCU and a Visiting Professor of International Development at the University of Liverpool and St. Mary's University, Nova Scotia. He has authored or edited more than 30 books on various topics related to globalisation, international development and social movements as well as over 100 academic journal articles. He is the founding chair of the Development Studies Association of Ireland and of Campus Engage, the national platform for civic engagement in Ireland. He serves on the editorial boards of a number of international journals and has led a range of research consortiums around social engagement/innovation themes. For further details see: http://www.dcu.ie/community/people/ronaldo-munck.shtml
Dr Karen Pashby is Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University in the Department of Childhood, Youth and Education Studies and the Education and Social Research Institute. Drawing on her experience as a secondary school teacher and teacher educator, her research considers the critical intersections of multicultural and global education, internationalisation of curricula and pedagogy, and the complexities of including youth voice in discussions of global citizenship. For more information see: http://www2.mmu.ac.uk/cyes/staff/profile/index.php?id=2637


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Azadeh Farhadmehr
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Azadeh was introduced to the world of construction after working as a document controller at a civil engineering company. One architectural engineering degree later, Azadeh joined Mace. Now with a master's in construction project management to add to her CV, Azadeh is an assistant mechanical and electrical planner.
- What does your job involve?
- Mechanical, electrical and public health (MEP) covers pretty much everything inside a building; from air con, ventiliation, and pipeworks to fire alarms, lighting and security systems. My role involves producing a delivery programme for how all of those things will be put into the building. I then monitor it and report to the project manager and the engineers on the progress. I go to site almost every day to take pictures and get updates from the on site team.
- What do you enjoy most about your role at Mace?
- Mechanical and electrical planning is a very challenging job, but identifying the systems in the design and schematics, and developing sequence programmes are definitely the best part of my role. I get the opportunity to engage and communicate with the entire team to provide forecasts and work with them to mitigate the risks to ensure we complete each project on time and on budget.
- What skills do you need to be good at your job?
- You need to have good technical and software skills as we use different programmes for recording and reporting progress. And you need to have good communication skills as the job involves working through issues and constraints to find solutions.
- What advice would you give someone looking to get into what you do?
- Before committing to university, try to gain experience to make sure you have a passion for the industry. You can increase your knowledge later at university through long or short courses. When I joined Mace I was halfway through a master's. Mace sponsored the second year, which I was really grateful for, and it's been great to put my learning into immediate practice as I've been working.
- What might someone be surprised to know about you?
- I really love any kind of flying sport. I've done both paragliding and parasailing sports and I can't wait to try even more. I've also just got into karting - I love it and I'm thinking of taking it up as a regular sport.
- If you hadn't gone into MEP, what might you have ended up doing?
- When I was a child I wanted to be a teacher but I actually think I might have ended up being a chef. In the last three years I've really got into cooking and I love experimenting with designs and recipes. Maybe I would have my own restaurant - who knows!
"Mace sponsored the second year of my master's - it's been great to put my learning into immediate practice as I've been working."


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The nation's biggest online seller of health insurance has joined forces with the federal government to enroll people across the country in Obamacare, but EHealth Inc. won't be signing up any Californians.
The state's new insurance exchange, Covered California, is handling online enrollment on its own and, for now, it has spurned help from Silicon Valley's EHealth and other online brokers. In contrast, the federal exchange for 36 other states has embraced EHealth's website — EHealthInsurance.com — and other popular shopping sites to help reach millions of uninsured Americans.
This split reflects how different the rollout of the healthcare law will look among many states and the various measures officials are taking to boost enrollment.
EHealth and other Web brokers expect to begin selling policies alongside the federal exchange in coming weeks, once technical details are ironed out.


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Last night a very special guest flew in to visit the children of Solomons. He had to creep in under the cover of darkness to avoid getting a nasty sunburn. No we are not talking about Santa Claus, he will be visiting soon, but Dracula. After entertaining crews all night and assisting with EMS calls, Dracula decided to have a wonderful breakfast with the crew and children of the community. Everyone had a wonderful time and some great food. Dracula even shared some stories about his hometown of Transylvania. Later in the evening he headed home but could not stop talking about how wonderful the kids are in Southern Maryland.
We would like to thank everyone in the community who came down for the event. We look forward to another great event next year. Dracula may drop in again with more of his crew to make an even spookier breakfast.


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Upgrade your older, NiCad SpD or PRO Video II/3 battery pack to NiMH technology, which provides the same performance at less than half the size and weight.
A high-grade NiMH battery pack mounts on the bottom of the housing for superior weight distribution and improved handling underwater. Additional battery packs may be purchased separately to quickly exchange for a fully charged pack and keep shooting. Usable with PRO-Video II, PRO-Video 3, and PRO-2800 light heads.
Run two light heads off of a single battery pack while your spare pack charges for reduced system weight, but half the burn time. Or purchase the optional Double Battery Pouch to attach two batteries to your system. Connect two battery packs together using an optional 6-inch Jumper Cable for twice the burn time on a single light head.
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Health Equity and Social Justice
The goal of NACCHO's Health Equity and Social Justice program is to advance the capacity of local health departments (LHDs) to confront the root causes of inequities in the distribution of disease and illness through public health practice and their organizational structure. The program's initiatives explore why certain populations bear a disproportionate burden of disease and mortality and what social arrangements and institutions generate those inequities, in order to design strategy to eliminate them. NACCHO's Health Equity and Social Justice initiatives include:
- The Roots of Health Inequity: A Web-Based Course for the Public Health Workforce, offers health department staff a place to investigate the relationship between social injustice—the fundamental cause of health inequities—and everyday public health practice.
- The Building Networks Project: Aligning Public Health and Community Organizing (funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the Kresge Foundation) links public health with the discipline and strategies of community organizing in five states in the Midwest: Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The goal is to create strong, flexible, and durable statewide teams by devising strategies for realizing structural reforms. These reforms refer to transforming the decision-making processes that produce unhealthful living and working conditions by making them more democratic and accountable. As a result, communities can become more effective and powerful in supporting the social change necessary to eliminate health inequities.
- Health Equity and Social Justice Toolkit, a searchable database of Health Equity tools, publications, and resources, available in NACCHO's Toolbox; and;
- Publications tailored to local health departments, including the anthology Expanding the Boundaries: Health Equity and Public Health Practice (2014, 72pp); and Exploring the Roots of Health Inequity: Essays for Reflection (2014, 63pp).
Advancing Public Narrative for Health Equity and Social Justice
A handbook that provides guidance in identifying, examining, and countering dominant public narratives and the systems that support them. Relying on examples, exercises, and questions for reflection and dialogue, this resource supports public health practitioners and their allies in becoming effective narrative strategists, as they strive to achieve health equity. The handbook also offers insights to promote a social justice-based public narrative to realize a more equitable and socially just society by engaging people in collective action. It is recommended for use in a facilitated dialogue process. Download Now.
Roots of Health Inequity is an online learning collaborative and web-based course designed for the public health workforce. The site offers a starting place for those who want to address systemic differences in health and wellness that are actionable, unfair, and unjust. Based on a social justice framework, the course is an introduction to ground public health practitioners in concepts and strategies for taking action in everyday practice.
Funded by the National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities at the National Institutes of Health, the course is open free of charge to any professional interested in addressing the root causes of health inequity. The course material is written primarily for local public health department staff at all levels. The interactive site includes five units and features a rich source of case studies, readings, presentations, video, audio, and group-directed discussions.
Participants can also expect to:
- Build a community of peers dedicated to addressing health equity.
- Strategize more effective ways to act on the root causes of health inequity.
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- Roots of Health Inequity Facilitator's Guide: The Roots of Health Inequity is an online learning collaborative designed for the public health workforce. Based on a social justice framework, the course introduces public health practitioners to concepts and strategies for taking action in everyday practice. For groups that wish to enhance the online course with in-person discussion sessions, this Facilitator's Guide, updated in September 2016, provides in-depth guidance on facilitating social justice conversations, as well as detailed discussion and activity suggestions.
- Roots of Health Inequity Lesson Plans and Guide (Companion Guide): This guide offers six lesson plans focused on specific aspects of public health practice. These plans include activities and readings that describe components of a conceptual framework informing the values, strategic plans, and assessment activities at a LHD that is committed to confronting health inequities. The guide also describes tips and tools for using RHI including guidelines for forming successful learning groups and facilitation and meeting organizing tips for the Roots of Health Inequity curriculum.
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Amritsar girl Khushbir qualifies for Olympics
After becoming the first Indian woman athlete to bag a silver medal in 20-km walk event at Asian Games, Khushbir Kaur has qualified for the 2016 RIO Olympics.punjab Updated: Apr 21, 2015 21:56 IST
After becoming the first Indian woman athlete to bag a silver medal in 20-km walk event at Asian Games, Khushbir Kaur has qualified for the 2016 RIO Olympics.
Khushbir, who is currently training in Portugal, was in news recently after her alma mater Khalsa College for Women, as per a promise, failed to get a house constructed for her and her family and she were forced to live in a shed. However, the college authorities later released a fund of `5 lakh for the athlete.
Meanwhile, Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal also announced a flat for the athlete.
Hindustan Times was the first to highlight the plight of Khushbir's family. The Amritsar Development Authority (ADA), which has identified an accommodation for her, will be giving a facelift to the house soon.
Notably, the college, which drew flak for not getting the house constructed for her, had clarified that things didn't work out due to coordination issues with the family.
Khalsa Institutions rejoice over Khushbir qualifying for Olympics
The Khalsa College institutions have congratulated Khushbir for qualifying in the 2016 Olympics.
Khalsa college governing council honorary secretary Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina and KCW principal Sukhbir Kaur Mahal congratulated her.
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"After a long investigation and listening to the answers and conclusions of several witnesses, the girls' lawyer, the prosecutor and our accurate judgment, the court understands that Graham Robert Cleghorn had sex with under-aged Cambodian girls," Judge Plong Chhlam said after announcing a guilty verdict.
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The defendant was also ordered to pay compensation of $US2,000 ($A2,530) to the families of each of the five victims.
"The heavy punishment on foreign rapists and paedophiles was a message to let them know that our country is a place for cultural, not sexual, tourism," he added.
The judge said the court also found Cleghorn's Cambodian wife Bot Teur, 26, guilty of conspiracy because she had procured the young women for her husband, and sentenced her to three years behind bars.
"She was allowed to serve five years of probation instead," as she had been considered a victim in her husband's sexual exploitation, he said.
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Of the five female victims, only one was an adult and the rest were underage. They were lured into the couple's house and paid 20 dollars a month living allowance in return for housekeeping duties and sexual favours, said the judge.
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Sometimes technology can be amazing, but also just a bit worrying. Maybe I am missing the point here, but I keep asking myself 'why?'. Why would we need this? Is it so hard to put pen to paper? Still, if it is real then it is pretty impressive. I'd like to see it cope with my erratic handwriting though. See the Robot Note Writing video below:


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Blu Waters: Mystic River Flows Onto Blu-ray
Last week Flynet Pictures claimed that two-time Oscar winner (and habitual paparazzi abuser) Sean Penn attacked one of its shooters, kicking and punching him without provocation and shouting he would "put you in a box" to the photographer. It's good to see that the 49-year-old actor still has the fighting spirit he perfected way back when he was slumming around with Madge, but we prefer to watch his intense performances on-screen more than off.
If you do as well, you'll be fired up Penn style when we tell you that Mystic River—the movie for which Penn won a Best Actor Oscar—makes its Blu-ray debut on February 2 from Warner Home Video. Clint Eastwood's searing ensemble drama about the dark, interwoven history of three Boston men stars Tim Robbins (who also won an Oscar for supporting actor), Kevin Bacon, Marcia Gay Harden and Laura Linney. Sadly, Penn appears to be MIA from most of the BD's extras, which include commentary by Robbins and Bacon, the Bravo channel documentary "Mystic River: From Page to Screen," and Charlie Rose Show featurettes with Eastwood, Bacon and Robbins. Penn will probably sneak up on you in the vintage featurette "Mystic River: Beneath the Surface." Just please don't take his picture.
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The group rates plans by criteria such as the number of providers in network, cost savings, premiums, annual maximums and treatments covered, explains the Consumers Advocacy Group. The group ranks Delta Dental number one according to these criteria. This plan is the largest, with over 145,000 providers and 292,000 dental locations, and it serves one-third of Americans. Renaissance Dental has over 200,000 locations and offers preventive coverage up to 100 percent. Guardian has over 171,000 provider locations and average discounts of 30 percent.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 5th Apr 2013 21:16 UTC
AlienWare (so Dell) has just unveiled a gaming PC running Ubuntu and Steam, designed to be hooked up to a TV - essentially a Steambox. "With over 25 gaming titles available and more being added, users can access Steam For Linux to play online games, including your favorite titles like Team Fortress 2 and Serious Sam 3." Everything starts out small, but with Valve going full throttle with this, expect this library to grow.
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RE[2]: Year of the Linux ...
by Gone fishing on Sat 6th Apr 2013 23:49 UTC in reply to "RE: Year of the Linux ..."
I bet you don't remember buying physical games that can be resold and borrowed. I gave my friend my steam user and password so he could play half life two, along with the retail box. That is pathetic!! Once the serial is registered to me, that's it.
Oddly I do remember but I'm not a gamer the only game I ever really got into was the original Doom. I'm aware of Steams DRM but at least with Linux its not built into the very nature of the platform - you can choose what to install and what not to install.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 21st Mar 2008 22:21 UTC
A new version of Mozilla's popular Firefox Web browser is ready for download with improved security and memory use as the tiny company takes a stab at Microsoft's dominant Internet Explorer. The program's creators told Reuters on Thursday that the privately-held company's trial version of Firefox 3 browser is ready for the masses to use after months of development.
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RE[2]: June?
by umccullough on Fri 21st Mar 2008 23:18 in reply to "RE: June?"
"If it's ready for prime-time, why do we have to wait til June?
They are creating the buzz for making the release a success while they are fixing the last bugs, I suppose. "
There's also this little thing they do where they try to get all the localized versions built and tested, and all the various platforms built and tested before they do the official launch... or at least, that's my impression.
Edit: nevermind - i see they've already built all the localized versions
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RE[2]: June?
RE[3]: June?
by dagw on Sun 23rd Mar 2008 16:16 in reply to "RE[2]: June?"