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financial assistance
We help those in financial need, on a limited basis, for rent, and utilities (as funds are available). Some restrictions apply.
medical lending closet
We offer the free use of medical equipment to meet your temporary needs. These include: crutches, walkers, bedside commodes, wheelchairs, shower chairs, canes, toilet seat risers, etc. Use whatever you need for as long as you need it. We just ask that you clean and return it when you are done with it. We are accepting donations of the above listed medical equipment, clean and in good condition.
gas cards
We will give a gasoline gift card to those in need (as available and appropriate).
food bags
When emergency food needs arise that cannot wait for other Teller County food providers, we step in with "The First 48". This program provides the basic food necessities for an individual or family for approximately a 2-day period. We are accepting donations on the last Sunday of the month of:
food: peanut butter, crackers, granola bars, nuts, tuna, canned chicken, soup, pop tarts, canned fruit, canned Spam, hams, sausages, Gatorade, water
toiletry items: soap, shampoo, toothpaste and brushes, deodorant, toilet paper, and feminine hygiene products
meals program
For those dealing with specific needs, we will deliver a pre-cooked meal for them and their family as needed.
We are accepting donations of homemade or store-bought pre-cooked meals.
laundry program
We offer a voucher for you to get several loads of your laundry washed and dried for free at a local Laundromat. Just bring your dirty laundry and soap, and we'll take care of the rest!
Many families in Teller County rely on firewood as a major heat source for their homes during our cold winters. We acquire logs, and our generous congregation cuts and splits it into firewood. They may pick it up, or in some circumstances we can deliver ½ a cord to those families in need. We are always in need of those willing souls to assist us one Saturday a month in cutting and splitting wood. Please bring your log splitters, axes, pick up trucks, and chain saws.
We have grief and family counseling services available for individuals and families. You just pay what you can afford. We have a small free library of literature focused on common challenges people experience.
small household items
We offer free kitchen items, small appliances, linens and other basic household items. We are accepting donations of the above listed items.
community garden (seasonal)
The Storehouse sponsors a Community Garden on the east side of the church in cooperation with the Community Partnership and The Harvest Center of Teller County. The garden beds are available each Spring for local gardeners to grow their own produce. Extra produce is donated to local food programs. Sign up for the garden beds is through The Community Partnership at (719) 686-0705.
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Take all by the hand and be part of a charity initiative from heart, with the hope for a child who has the right to smile… This is the slogan that mobilizes people and voluntary initiatives to collect funds for Leonardo Di Ceglie, 12 years old, suffering from a severe form of cancer that attacks bones and surrounding soft tissues, Ewing's sarcoma.
So… all together for Leo, for this charity match on Saturday, April 23rd 2016, at 4.00 pm.
The event is organized by A.I.D.E. Neptune with ASD Cretarossa Nettunia, Progetto COAV Operative Centre Anti-violence, Assocentauri Calcio, Citta Futura and other local association, as well as Quelli del parco, AIDE Latina, Una cicogna per amica, Asd Nptune Volleyball team.
Will be three football teams formed by "Assocentauri" of the State Police, artists and VIP "Friends of Leo" and "Lawyers Velletri Football" for an exciting football match at the Stadium "Rizzo" on Ponserico Street.
Really thanks to ASD Cretarossa Nettunia to give them availability of the Stadium.
Sponsor for this event the beautiful Brazilian model and actress Vania De Moraes, presented by Puddu Emanuele and Monica Cattaneo, confirmed guests as Savior Gabriel Valerio and Precarious Balance with many other characters. This match "All together for Leo" has the main purpose to raise funds, which will be delivered to Leonardo's family for a delicate surgery that he will have in April and his subsequent experimental treatments.
Countdown started… for a charity moment from heart to heart for all those who want to give hope to Leo.
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Lea McLellan: writer & producer/
My Native AdVantage:
Lea McLellan is the writer and co-producer of the short-form comedic web series called Transplanting. She transplanted to Asheville, NC from Boston in 2013, where she completed an MFA in creative writing. She also teaches yoga and has two dogs.
What do you do best?
Writing is something I've been doing since I was very young. In college, I wrote and edited the campus satirical newspaper. I received my MFA in nonfiction writing at Emerson College, and I've just recently gotten into screenwriting. My latest project is Transplanting, a short form comedic web series about life in Asheville, NC.
What makes you the best?
There are many amazing writers out there who may be more qualified to answer that question. Talent is one thing; however, I think the key to being a good writer has just as much to do with discipline and fearlessness. A writer needs discipline to make sure she actually writes (and doesn't just think about writing while watching Netflix). The fearlessness factor comes in (for me) when it's time to actually try to get my writing out there into the world.
What are your aspirations?
In the short term, we're gearing up to film the second semester of our web series in April, so I'm currently aspiring to finish those scripts! I'd also like to ensure that our series reaches the widest audience possible. The plan after that is to keep writing.
Biggest Success?
I do consider Transplanting season 1 to be one of my biggest successes. Not only because I was happy with the way it turned out, but mainly because we were able to bring in so many actors, artists, musicians, business owners, etc to make it a reality. We filmed the first season on a shoestring budget, with a tiny crew, and we've gained a respectable following, so that feels good.
Being involved with the filmmaking process is also so much different from trying to write an essay or an article or a short story because there are so many people involved. Writing can sometimes feel like a lonely pursuit, but with a script or screenplay, the process is very collaborative, which has been a welcome change for me.
Most Challenging Moment?
Surely, there are challenging moments every day, and there have certainly been challenges on and off set, but nothing catastrophic. Or perhaps I just blocked all those moments out.
Favorite Motto?
I'm a big fan of both Tim Gunn and his trademark motto, "Make it work."
Favorite People?
Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Mindy Kaling, Steve Martin, Buffy Summers
Favorite Places?
Asheville, NC; New York City; Burlington, VT
Favorite Products?
Final Draft, Buchi Kombucha, York Peppermint Patties
Current Passions?
Screenwriting, movie-making, yoga


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Nothing can be thought of without the mind until we are know longer in this 3d world eg death.
IMV. No life forms can exist in some kind of spiritual world. All life forms need some kind of mass to exist.
One-page proof that attributing consciousness to the brain is absurd Sep
by Jon Rappoport
One-page proof that attributing consciousness to the brain is absurd
by Jon Rappoport
September 21, 2013
Consider this an open letter to philosophers, brain researchers, physicists, technocrats, Ray Kurzweil, and TED executives who censored lectures on consciousness by Graham Hancock and Rupert Sheldrake.
Conventional science readily admits (insists) that the brain is made of the same particles that constitute everything else in the universe: rocks, chairs, comets, meteors, galaxies.
According to conventional physicists, these particles are not conscious.
Therefore, there is no reason to conclude the brain is conscious.
The brain has no more ability to spawn consciousness than a rock does.
End of story. End of proof.
You're welcome.
Of course, a few scientists will argue (and many more will privately believe) that, since we humans ARE conscious, this proves the brain is producing consciousness—because, where else could we look for an explanation?
Which is called circular reasoning. Meaning: you already assume what you're trying to prove. Any first-semester logic student would mark that argument INVALID.
Some scientists, suddenly invoking a brand of mysticism they otherwise deplore, claim the unique complex configuration of particles called the brain somehow—in this one case—has a capacity to break every rule in the book and deliver consciousness.
But no proof, just faith. Supposition.
Finally, you have a sprinkling of renegade physicists who assert that everything in the universe—rocks, chairs, pencils, lamps, trees, stars, galaxies are conscious.
Fine. However, their argument trivializes the brain as the seat of consciousness, because the human arm and leg and thumb and belly button and butt are all conscious, too. In which case, so what?
Exit From the Matrix
Bottom line? All conventional scientific arguments for the brain as the "place of consciousness" are futile and absurd. And this leads to something beyond scientific and philosophic materialism.
It leads to non-material consciousness............
No life forms can exist in some kind of spiritual world. All life forms need some kind of mass to exist.
Van Morrison Into The Mystic Lyrics
Songwriters: MORRISON, VAN
We were born before the wind
Also younger than the sun
Ere the bonnie boat was won as we sailed into the mystic
Hark, now hear the sailors cry
Smell the sea and feel the sky
Let your soul and spirit fly into the mystic
And when that fog horn blows I will be coming home
And when that fog horn blows I want to hear it
I don't have to fear it
I want to rock your gypsy soul
Just like way back in the days of old
Then magnificently we will float into the mystic
And when that fog horn blows you know I will be coming home
And when thst fog horn whistle blows I got to hear it
I don't have to fear it
I want to rock your gypsy soul
Just like way back in the days of old
And together we will float into the mystic
Come on girl...
All of Existence is Dependent Upon Mind and Without Mind Nothing Exists.
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The problem I have here is trying to define and understand consciousness. Many times I get into debates on the issue of whether AI [artificial intelligence, computers] can become conscious and often the naysayers who say it can not happen can not adequately define consciousness. What is conscious? How conscious? Conscious of what, of who?
You see I'm not sure what consciousness is - are you? 'Mind' on the other hand, which is also open to interpretation, can be viewed as a prime concept - we can not perceive, communicate, or inter-react without mind. And I can not understand how anything can exist without mind.
Your problem is seeking to define it rather than let it be.
Just adding some more toughts to it.
The ability to be aware of our own existence and the physical world around us as well as question it all, is just a product of our brilliant brain which is nothing more than an advanced organic computer. We have no souls and there is nothing that continues live in us when we die. I think we must stop to consider us more important than we really are...
...I am still struggling to understand why the universe is so extremely huge though. If Earth was pointed out or somehow destined to be the only planet in the universe that was to contains organic life forms, wouldn't a universe with a couple of galaxies in it had sufficed? Isn't it all a huge overkill?
However. If the universe has millions of planets similar to Earth, it would all make much more sense. But then again. Why haven't we discovered such planets yet? Could it be that (the one(s) behind it all) planned it this way? Could it be that those planets that supports life forms in the universe are spread around so distant from each other that it would take us forever to find them. Perhaps that was done intentionally.
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No. I agree with you completely.
In order to prove anything you must first exist. If it isn't EXPERIENCED (awareness/mind) then there is no way to study it.
By experience, I mean seeing, hearing, tasting, touching, smelling and our 6th sense of Feeling.
Before " I Know" I must first "Be".
I disagree with this.
What happens if you read about an experience. You are experience the reading.. but not the event that you are reading about. But do you deny by default that the event took place? Why read about it then.
So events occur without the mind to experience it. But for us to experience it, we require the mind.
Without the mind, the reality does not cease to exist, only our experience of it.
This is one concept I think has been hijacked by people who have no understanding of what it is trying to teach, and it has taken off on it's own.... erroneous is it's use..
Everything you experience is your reality. Everything you experience is perceived by you. Your perception makes it what it is. Good or bad, happy or unhappy, love or jealous. You have that perception. But regardless of how you perceive it, the reality of it still exists without judgement.
One thing can be observed by many, and many different perceptions of the same thing can be taken away from it.
An event may result in one man's good fortune and another man's misfortune. Yet the same event has taken place. Their mind's judgment defines their reality.
You see someone walking up the road towards you. She is your ex lover. Your friend next to you, greets her. She is his new lover. You both see the same person, yet both feel two opposite things.
One thing, many realities. And it exists whether you are there to witness it or not.
Does anyone in this thread know, relatively clearly and completely, what anyone else's position is?
One, show the difficulty of what I understood was being argued.
Two simultaneous creations.
The advantage to positing God as a party to this is that you have your perceiver already in place, the Eternal Perceiver.
Honestly, Astyanax, I'm trying to be understandable.
Not a single word or concept uttered so far could occur or be uttered without mind
All of Existence is Dependent Upon Mind and Without Mind Nothing Exists.
I don't quite know what people actually means when they refer to spiritual beings or a spiritual state of being
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Exactly what that enigmatic entity called mind is is, like consciousness, open to speculation. Direction, meaning and ultimate destiny of man and mind still remains to be seen. Still humans should consider themselves and their minds to be part of the equation and part of the ultimate destiny of both themselves and the universe.
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"If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and the mind itself is controllable, what then?"
-George Orwell: 1984


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As Washington moves forward to finalize a tax plan that will target graduate worker wallets, it is incumbent on all of us to take action up until the very last moment to prevent this bill from passing and prevent our tuition remission from being taxed. In this uncertain climate, our actions are focusing on our representatives in DC and our decision makers at Rutgers University. Over the last several several weeks, graduate workers at Rutgers have done tremendous work to pressure GOP legislators and Rutgers. From a 150 person rallyoutside Senator Pat Toomey's office to an impromptu rally at Voorhees Mall on the 29th to a 40 person town-hall meeting where we grilled Chancellor Dutta on his plan for graduate tuition should the bill pass — graduate workers at Rutgers are flexing their muscles and showing their power!
And we CANNOT STOP until the tuition waiver tax is taken out of this terrible plan, so please join us in action this week as we put pressure on GOP legislators and our campus leadership.
Wednesday Rally: If Tuition gets Taxed, Grad Students get Axed
Join us at 3 PM at Brower Commons (across the street from the College Ave Student Center) where we'll be rallying against the tax bill and demanding that Rutgers abolish graduate tuition. This event is the culmination of making our voices heard at rallies, town-halls, and walk-outs throughout the semester. In spite of all of our collective action, the administration has yet to publicly support grad students in face of the tax bill. This rally is the MOST IMPORTANT place yet for us to demonstrate that we will not tolerate their inaction. This is the final push of the semester to reaffirm our position and make sure Rutgers knows that we are not going away quietly. Let's turn up the heat on Congress and the Rutgers administration!
Co-hosted by the Rutgers AAUP-AFT and the Rutgers New Brunswick GSA
Where: Brower Commons – across the street from the College Ave Student Center/Panera
When: 3 pm – 4:30 pm
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Week-Long Call Up
Leading up the rally, call the New Jersey and New York Congressmen most likely to vote to include the tuition tax in a final version of the bill:
Frank LoBiondo (NJ) 202-225-6572 @RepLoBiondo
Tom MacArthur (NJ) 202-225-4765 @RepTomMacArthur
Christopher Smith (NJ) 202-225-3765 @RepChrisSmith
Leonard Lance (NJ) 202-225-5361 @RepLanceNJ7
Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ) 202-225-5034 @USRepRodney
Lee Zeldin (NY) 202-225-3826 @RepLeeZeldin
Peter King (NY) 202-225-7896 @RepPeteKing
Dan Donovan (NY) 202-225-3371 @RepDanDonovan
Tuesday Speak Out
Join USAS (United Students Against Sweatshops) in the Fight for Fifteen at the Board of Trustees Meeting (3pm Douglass Student Center) to demand financial security for all campus workers — including doctoral students working hourly in our labs & dining halls. Every step of the way, our allies in USAS have mobilized their members against the tax plan. It's now our responsibility to stand with them. Show the university that these issues are related – an injury to one is an injury to all.
For a Full Overview of the Tax Plan's Trajectory Read Below
Update on the Tax Plan
Now that both versions of the bill have passed in the House and the Senate, the bills have gone to a conference committee made up of members of both Houses of Congress, who are in now the process reconciling the two versions of the bill. The new reconciled bill will then go back to the Houses of Congress for a straight 'yes' or 'no' vote (without the option to amend). It is unclear what parts of the two bills will end up in the final reconciled one.
At present, the provision to make tuition remission taxable income is in the House version of the bill but not the Senate version. In response to walkouts, rallies, and petitions organized by graduate students at Rutgers and throughout the country, a number of Republican lawmakers have spoken out against the tuition remission provision. On Friday, 31 Republican House members signed a letter to Republican House and Senate leadership criticizing the provision to tax tuition remission.
This shows that all of your work has been paying off and we are getting through in making Republican lawmakers recognize and respect the important role that graduate student workers play in Higher Education. However, the reconciliation process is still ongoing and the fact that the House Republicans felt compelled to write the letter to Republican leadership at all indicates that our work to insure that the tuition remission provision is excluded from the final version of the bill is not yet over.
The conference committee is likely to decide on the final version of the bill this week so it is absolutely crucial that we come together for one last push to preserve the accessibility and affordability of graduate education.
Every action matters because we matter. Together we can continue to fighting for our future and America's future.
ANY tax plan that increases our tax burden by taxing tuition waivers
ANY tax plan that limits the ability of students to pay off loans
ANY tax plan that targets our communities
is NOT ACCEPTABLE.
In Solidarity,
Matthew Welsh, Mathematics
Caley Howland, Philosophy
Austin Baker, Philosophy
Morgan Moyer, Linguistics
Na'ama Av-Shalom, Education
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In mathematics, the Klein bottle is a certain non-orientable surface, i.e., a surface (a two-dimensional manifold) with no distinct "inner" and "outer" sides. Other related non-orientable objects include the Möbius strip and the real projective plane. Whereas a Möbius strip is a two-dimensional surface with boundary, a Klein bottle has no boundary. (For comparison, a sphere is an orientable surface with no boundary.)
The Klein bottle was first described in 1882 by the German mathematician Felix Klein.
The Möbius strip or Möbius band (pronounced /ˈmiːbiəs/ or /ˈmoʊbiəs/ in English, IPA: [ˈmøːbiʊs] in German) (alternatively written Mobius or Moebius in English) is a surface with only one side and only one boundary component. The Möbius strip has the mathematical property of being non-orientable. It is also a ruled surface. It was discovered independently by the German mathematicians August Ferdinand Möbius and Johann Benedict Listing in 1858.
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Thursday, May 21, 2015
SugarPea Designs {Welcome Baby}-Anything Goes
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Darling cards Lesley! I love the gray stripes and the tiny banners with those cute onesies!ReplyDelete
What sweet baby cards Lesley! Julia xxReplyDelete
It was really neat to meet you in real life last night at the CC garage sale. Love these cards, especially the pink one! My little niece's room is done in an elephant motif so that would be perfect for her.ReplyDelete
Fabulous pair of the sweetest little baby cards ever!ReplyDelete
Thank you for stopping by! I appreciate the time you took to leave me a little stamping love!!
Lesley :)
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Operation Round Up Surpasses $1 Million in Grants
Among electric cooperatives, there is a time honored tradition of giving. From the dawn of the electric cooperative movement, it was all about neighbors helping neighbors. Nothing has changed in that respect. In fact, electric cooperatives have only become more creative in identifying ways for members and their co-op to give back to their local communities.
In 1995, Firelands Electric Cooperative's Board of Trustees established the Firelands Electric People Fund, Inc., a charitable trust fund also known as Operation Round Up, which is voluntarily supported by members of the cooperative. The People Fund is governed by a separate Board of Trustees appointed by the board of Firelands Electric Cooperative.
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Organizations: Ashland, Huron and Richland counties, Rochester and Brighton townships in Lorain County.
Individuals: Ashland and Huron counties, Rochester and Brighton townships in Lorain County, Blooming Grove, Butler, Cass, Madison, Mifflin, Monroe, Plymouth and Weller townships in Richland County.
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Our Faith
By God's Grace we are saved.
Faith is an Evangelical Church in the historic Reformed tradition and a member of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC).
Faith is an orthodox Trinitarian church, affirming with the Church throughout history and throughout the world, the Apostles' Creed.
I believe in God the Father, Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth:
And in Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Ghost,
born of the Virgin Mary,
Suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead and buried;
He descended into hell.
The third day he rose again from the dead;
He ascended into heaven,
and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.
From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead;
I believe in the Holy Ghost;
I believe in the holy catholic church;
the communion of saints,
The forgiveness of sins,
The resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
When we say we are Evangelical, we stand within Protestantism for salvation by faith alone, not a result of works, so that no one may boast (Ephesians 2:8-9). We believe the gospel must be believed and proclaimed by Christians for our own sanctification and the salvation of a lost and dying world.
All Scripture is self-attesting and being Truth, requires our unreserved submission in all areas of life. The infallible Word of God, the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments, is a complete and unified witness to God's redemptive acts culminating in the incarnation of the Living Word, the Lord Jesus Christ. The Bible, uniquely and fully inspired by the Holy Spirit, is the supreme and final authority on all matters on which it speaks.
The Reformed tradition traces its roots back to the Reformation, specifically to the teachings of a French theologian named John Calvin and to the Westminster Confession in England a century later. The Reformed tradition is known for teaching a God-centered view of all things and the sovereignty of God over all of creation and our salvation. We emphasize, with the Reformers, that salvation comes from God who has ordered all things to bring glory to Himself. As the Westminster Catechism states,
The EPC is a family of churches, Reformed and Presbyterian, defined by shared core values and bonded by the fellowship of the Holy Spirit. The EPC is a church family centered upon the good news of what God has done for the world through His Son, Jesus Christ. We subscribe to the Westminster Confession and Catechism, and the EPC's Essentials of Our Faith and Book of Order. Faith has been a member of the EPC since 2009.
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We are your personal guides and pregnancy assistants. Our focus is satisfying you and your needs as the future mother. In our first meeting, we will assess those needs, answer your questions, and guide you through your own baby steps. We are confident that we can help you tackle anything and everything on your checklist.
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Once you bring your bundle of pink or blue home, we will teach you how to swaddle, bath, diaper, and soothe ($75/hr)
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Expectant parents will learn the value of working as a team during the childbirth process. After this program you and your partner will be ready for the big day. Group classes or one-on one classes are offered in the comfort of your home. ($275)
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Birth doulas are non-medical labor coaches who provide expecting parents with physical and emotional support before, during, and after birth. Having a Doula at the birth of your baby has many positive benefits on overall maternal and fetal health, such as:
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Cleveland FXx / FXr Press Release
Cleveland CycleWerks has been churning out niche production motorcycles since 2009. The FXx was released worldwide in Late 2014 (2015MY) with the 110cc auto-clutch motor, kick start only. Customers in SE Asia and Japan asked for on on-road version, as a small company, we are more then happy to meet the requests of our customers.
The FXR sets a new direction for Cleveland's modern line of bikes. Cleveland's FX models fill a niche need in the market, smaller, lighter, skinnier, less complex and less competition focused then the current mainstream offering. The FXx is a focused offroad and track bike, it is not however, squarely focused on competition 250cc class racing.
The reduction of components and complexity feels quite unique in a market obsessed with adding more features and more tech. The FX is a unique product that is focused on fun for the other 99% of people who are not competing in a 250cc class race. Think makeshift oval track at Mid-Ohio, scrambler trails, smaller tracks, go-cart track motard, and you are thinking FX territory.
Scott Colosimo describes the Cleveland FX models best, "A BMX bike with a motor." He elaborates, "I have been dreaming of riding a bike like this since I saw Matt Hoffman motorize his Hoffman Condor and take it off his massive 1/4. It has been in my mind for years, it's something I obsessed about as a kid."
Our first video for the FXx was shot at Rays MTB Dirt room, a tight, indoor BMX setup, to show how agile and well balanced the bike is.
Some of the unique features are the FXx and FXr: 21-21" aluminum wheels, weight 85KG (187lbs) wet. The FX has a tremendous amount of ground clearance at 360mm (14.2"). Rear Swing arm is high tensile strength steel. The steel frame doubles as the gas tank. We have added electric start for 2016/17, all motors are now 125cc hand clutch. The FXR has a longer rear subframe to accommodate the rear lights, fender and plate mount. We have a digital dash on the FXr with gear indicator, tachometer and warning lights.
All bikes from 2016 on, will come with non-adjustable inverted forks, and mono shock in the rear. The FXr comes with a fully adjustable rear piggyback shock. We are still producing the 110cc auto clutch version for outside the USA in both FXx and FXr variants.
All triple trees are forged (as of 2016), with tapered aluminum bars. Brake rotors, front 210mm/rear 200mm with dual piston slide style calipers front and rear. Brake lines are braided and bonded front and rear. Full vehicle specification sheet attached at the bottom of the page.
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Poo gurus | Rebranding 'waste' instead as 'resource'
- January 22nd, 2016
- By kimgerly
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First things first. I think the human race would be more inclined to participate if 'waste' was rebranded 'resource.'
In light of the exceptional drought in California, and the 'slated' increase in population for space ship Earth, INDEED, water management is paramount. To supply a great deal of the current and future inhabitants with water management flush and discharge sanitation systems is not sustainable or pragmatic long term.
Overall, I think what is needed is improved education on the whether (and how) local taboos surrounding excreta change when it is presented as a resource versus a threat. And so, I propose it needs to be rebranded with the operative 'resource' instead of 'waste'.
Altho the aversion to humans' excreta has been a major reason that has limited the spread of disease, what is not widely known is it was not until the 19th century that the links between bacteria and disease were fully understood. However, what we know now, is humanure, managed properly, is a rich, sustainable resource as a soil amendment and fertilizer for food propagation that doesn't require a lot of water input–but today, has been mostly dismissed as a viable resource in most developed nations.
Over the past few decades, there has been a great deal of interdisciplinary research on the technical feasibility and social acceptability of two very different approaches that could be applied to managing human excreta/humanure; 'sewer avoidance' (separation at source and the use of on-site remediation methods e.g. composting toilets AKA ecosan/ecosanitation toilets), and approaches that dispose of sewage sludge using technologies like reed beds and 'waste to energy' (gasification and anaerobic digestion)–essentially, using humanure as a means to transfer filth into food.
Although Pliny's Natural History, Book XXVII stated that "human excretions are the best possible fertilizers" (Laporte, 2000, p. 152), it received relatively little attention from scholars until the fourteenth century when Crescentius of Bologna first published his Opus ruralium commodorum in 1307. According to Laporte, "the symbolic equation of money and shit" (Laporte, 2000, p. 33) was formally registered when the Opus was translated into French, in 1532, under the title "Prouffits campestres et ruraulx". The value of human waste as a fertilizer was again 'rediscovered' in nineteenth century France as the hygienists' movement emphasized the superiority of human excrement and physicians urged agricultural communities to "incite serious contemplation amongst growers in a region whose agricultural fame rests on the very rational use of human secretions in their most natural state." (Bertherand, 1858, quoted in Laporte, 2000, p. 120).
Laporte, D. (2000). History of shit. Cambridge MA: MIT Press. (translated by Benabid N and El-Khoury R).
Poo gurus? Researching the threats and opportunities presented by human waste, Sarah Jewitt, School of Geography, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom


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The Kochs fight back
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. – Faced with an avalanche of bad publicity after years of funding conservative causes in relative anonymity, the billionaire industrialist Koch brothers, Charles and David, are fighting back.
They've hired a team of PR pros with experience working for top Republicans including Sarah Palin and Arnold Schwarzenegger to quietly engage reporters to try to shape their Koch coverage, and commissioned sophisticated polling to monitor any collateral damage to the image of their company, Koch Industries.
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At the same time, through their high-priced lawyers, private security detail and influential allies in conservative politics and media, the Kochs have played hard ball with critics and suspected foes.
Young environmental activists who pranked them have been hit with a lawsuit seeking more than $100,000 in damages, and the leak of an internal document describing their political activities resulted in an investigation – complete with document analysis and interviews of suspects – that eventually identified the mole.
Both their new openness and their aggressive – and sometimes secretive – tactics were on display before and during the Kochs' closed-door, invitation-only four-day annual winter meeting of conservative donors and leaders that concluded Tuesday with a breakfast at the pricey resort that hosted it here in the Palm Springs suburbs.
On the one hand, the Kochs asked a handful of participants to talk to POLITICO about the conference, marking the first time the company has waived the strict confidentiality rules surrounding its donor meetings, which have been taking place twice a year since 2003, but had attracted almost no attention until this year's.
"You know why they're being scrutinized, don't you?" asked Herman Cain, a former pizza company CEO and long-shot 2012 GOP presidential candidate who has attended four Koch conferences, including the one that concluded today.
"Because they're not liberal. That's all that's about," said Cain.
And, in another shift, Koch's PR representatives reached out to reporters, largely in response to a raucous rally outside the resort gates that vilified the Kochs as personifying a corrupt political system – and that resulted in the arrests of 25 proteste rs.
On the other hand, the Kochs retained a heavy private security detail, which tracked resort guests deemed "suspicious," erected a blockade Saturday to block a documentary camera crew from filming arriving guests, and removed a POLITICO reporter from the resort café under threat of arrest.
The pushback began in earnest last summer, when the brothers, longtime supporters of libertarian think tanks, started coming under intense scrutiny for their role in helping start and fund some of the deepest-pocketed groups involved in organizing the tea party movement, and for steering cash towards efforts to target President Barack Obama, his health care overhaul, and congressional Democrats in the run-up to the 2010 election.
Democrats – led by Obama, his political adviser David Axelrod and Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) – singled out political spending by non-profit groups funded by the Koch brothers, namely Americans for Prosperity, as a campaign issue.
In media appearances, Van Hollen even spelled out the previously little-known brothers' last name, saying on Al Hunt's Bloomberg News television show that "Americans for Prosperity which are the Koch Industries, k-o-c-h (are) like the third wealthiest people in the country," while in a background conference call with reporters a senior administration official suggested Koch Industries might be avoiding corporate taxes – prompting outrage from the Kochs' allies and calls for an investigation from GOP Senators, who contended the White House may have illegally accessed the company's tax information.
The Koch brothers, who are worth a reported $21.5 billion each, commissioned polls to test whether public opinion about their privately owned oil, chemical and consumer products company changed in the midst of the attacks.


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Lake Norman & Mooresville
Slight change expected
Lake Norman residents will receive notification of their 2011 home revaluation in early February, but early reports suggest the majority of those values will not drop below 2003 levels, said Chuck Hicks, real property appraiser manager for Mecklenburg County.
"In 2006 and 2007, values were sky rocketing. They've been on their way down since the bubble burst with prices falling, but they have not fallen all the way back to '02 levels," said Hicks of the majority of Lake Norman properties.
There was about a 20 percent increase in median sales price for Lake Norman homes between 2009 and 2010, but that increase likely will not be seen by residents in lower and higher ends of the housing market, said Hicks.
In 2009, the median sales price was $220,000. By the second quarter of 2010, the median sales price was $270,000.
Still, Hicks said, the rise in median sales price is not representative of the general market; instead, that increase is most characteristic of the $250,000 range, he said.
"At the lower and upper ranges, activity has dropped off," said Hicks. "So this does not mean that your property value is going to increase by 20 percent. What a median does is excludes the extremes. Most of that activity is the middle-of-the-road range."
The county is required by state law to revalue properties every eight years to bring them to fair market values. Hicks expects those revaluations to be released to the 280,000 residential properties in the county by the first week of February, and the revaluations for the 70,000 other property types - such as commercial buildings - after that.
Each notification will come with a form in case homeowners want to appeal.
During the 2003 revaluation, about 7.6 percent of the county - about 19,000 of 260,000 residences - contested their revaluation, said Hicks.
Most of those residents thought their revaluation was too high, citing the sales prices on neighbors' homes as well as homes in their neighborhood that were having a difficult time being sold, said Hicks.
Hicks acknowledged that sometimes the county has incomplete or inaccurate information, and his office welcomes resident feedback.
"It's conceivable that sales have slipped by us that we don't have the information on," said Hicks, adding that the county gets most of its information from the register of deeds. "Sometimes there are factual errors. For example, we might have that your home is 3,000 square feet and it's really 2,500 square feet."
Hicks expects revaluation appeals to jump this year, possibly to 15 percent of all residences.
"We are now in uncharted economic territory where the level of concern is much higher," he said. "If you're wanting to minimize your expenses, it's understandable for someone who feels like it's unreasonable to want to appeal that value."
On the other hand, Hicks said, property owners wishing to sell their home often will be the ones who appeal their revaluation for being too low.
To help residents understand their home's 2011 revaluation, the county has a website that points property owners to tools that show the sales price of nearby homes. That website is reval.charmeck.org.
The county also has visited residents to explain the process when county commissioners have requested meetings for their districts. Thus far, appraisers have met with Districts 1, 2, 3 and 5. District 1 covers the Lake Norman area.
"It's an education process for everyone. It's been eight years since we've had to go through this," said Cornelius Mayor Jeff Tarte. "There are concerns about what the basis is for how the county makes their appraisals and whether they follow the same appraisal process as real estate agents."
For Cornelius residents, the main concern is their property will be valued at more than the property is actually worth, said Tarte.
Preliminary indications across the county suggest property values have increased between 6 percent and 8 percent. Hicks said he does not expect Lake Norman properties to see a substantially higher percentage increase than the rest of the county.


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Every Wednesday evening we offer our ICHIBA tasting menu. Meaning "Market" in Japanese, ICHIBA is a five-course menu, featuring only the best ingredients that executive chef Brandon Kida finds at the Santa Monica Farmers' Market that morning.
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rockfish crudo
yuzu, stone fruit, cilantro
roasted carrots
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five spice duck
water spinach, red curry
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Frills are bigger than ever and here to stay. Its probably my favourite trend at the moment, frills on sleeves, collars, waist lines. My current love is this Zara frills sleeve top, incredibly difficult to actually photography and show how exaggerated these sleeves are. The skirt is an old H&M embroidered number and I wasn't at first sure if the A-line mini went with the skirt but I quite like the pop of colour that peeps out. My shoes are an old Topshop number, extremely old and battered but I adore them and will wear them until they absolutely tear. I was given a beautiful JORD watch – they're sustainable wooden watches that are really well made and crafted – absolutely in love with them so expect a post on them this weekend. Its been London Design Festival this week and I've been to the V&A twice – the installations are stunning and if you walk around Brompton Road there's houses which have art work installed, really worth the the visit!
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H&M Frilled Shirt
So frilled shirts are a thing this A/W season and I couldn't be happier. I picked up this shirt from H&M – white with frills and the fit is actually really flattering. There are a lot of variations of these shirts, Topshop, NewLook, Zara, they're all doing them! The trousers are an ASOS sale purchase, unfortunately all sold out currently but these do seem to be quite timeless all year round. Cigarette trousers which cut at the ankle are the most flattering as they make your legs look longer and slimmer. I wore this outfit to work the other day and at first look when leaving the house I had a split second thought 'is this too much' and normally if you think that then the answer is probably yes. However I went with my gut and I'm glad because it was comfortable and attracted lots of attention. I saw on instagram somewhere that theres only 11 Mondays left till Christmas – that is mental! How quick has this year gone! I'm also looking at holidays for next year and thinking Sri Lanka…? It seems like the hot spot for beach and cultural holidays so if anyone has gone and has tips do let me know.
The metallic pleated skirt trend
Autumn is here – for the first time in what feels like months, I've finally worn a jumper and it felt pretty good. To be fair it wasn't even cold, probably around 18 degrees with a nice warmish breeze but because there was no sun in sight I has the perfect excuse to get my jumper out. Also Starbucks Pumpkin Spiced Latte is back so that means hallows eve is just around the corner, excited much? I went into Homesense today, feel pretty lucky that there's a Homesense within a 10minute walk from my place, I saw the nicest one seat chair/sofa with a real rustic/Parisian vibe – absolutely stunning but if I was to get it I'd have no where actually to put it – need to find an excuse to justify the purchase. Anywho back to Autumn days and autumnal clothes – I'm obsessed with metallic skirts, I have been for while now and I've got a real collection of them. This is the latest addition a Zara block metallic coloured skirt – it's so perfect. To complete my collection I'm on the hunt for a pure gold coloured one, similar to the last shade on the this skirt – however the search continues. Zara is killing the A/W range at the moment, I literally love everything I see – so much so that I have to restrict myself from actually going into stores. This embellished red Zara shoulder bag is beautiful! The insect detailing seems to be a theme through-out a lot of bags this season and I kind of love it? Also I'm not a red bag kind of person yet something about this bag drew me in. I'm scheduled to film a mother of all hauls this weekend – it's feel nauseous just thinking about it! The intense amount of guilt probably comes from buying way too much – post shopping guilt is a thing.
H&M Autumn collection
This is by far my favourite outfit of all time. Dungarees have without a doubt been my most worn item in my wardrobe – I actually need to find another pair because these were from Topshop brought a year ago and the colour is starting to fade, clear indications of a well loved outfit. They're just so easy to put together and it's my weekend go-to choice, without having to think too much about what I want to wear. The white frill top is from H&M and a real bargain for £9.99 – the top provides a little bit of a delicate feel. The sleeves are my favourite part of the outfit. Can we also take a minute to talk about the sunglasses. They're dupes of glasses that Henry Holland had a while back and I adore how statement they are, these were from Ebay and pretty much look like the real thing. Now I'm not an advocate of 'rip-off' things because I feel like its a slap in the face of the designers – however my struggling student self just simply couldn't afford it at the time. I'm actually looking to buy a new pair of sunnies because I've fallen out of love of the ones I have – any suggestions send them my way! I spent most of my day afternoon yesterday roaming Covent Garden – I realised that the walk from Covent Garden to bank is really not that far – we did it within 30mins and it was actually a really lovely walk. Being an avid Architecture fan I was very easily amused by the old buildings. Zara Croc print bag with the embellishment looks far more pricier than what it was – I've decided that gold hardware is my favourite type on bags – which has helped me narrow my 30th birthday present down.
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UPDATE: Some hours after the Times's initial filing, the phrase "former senator" in paragraph one was changed to read "former Democratic senator."
Where's the party? New York Times reporter Katharine Seelye filed an online report early Friday on the breaking story of the indictment on campaign finance violations of John Edwards, the former senator and 2008 Democratic presidential candidate (and John Kerry's 2004 running mate), on charges he violated campaign finance law to conceal an extramarital affair during his presidential campaign. Only one thing missing: His political party.
The word "Democrat" does not appear at all in the nine-paragraph story, which simply identifies Edwards as a former senator and presidential candidate:
John Edwards, the former senator from North Carolina and presidential candidate, was indicted Friday morning by a grand jury in Raleigh on charges that he violated campaign finance law during his 2008 presidential campaign.
In contrast, the Washington Post managed to identify Edwards as a Democrat in the first paragraph:
Former vice presidential nominee John Edwards was indicted Friday on charges of violating federal election law for allegedly using nearly $1 million in illegal campaign donations to conceal an extramarital affair during his 2008 run for the Democratic presidential nomination.
USA Today and the Los Angeles Times also made room for Edwards's party affiliation in paragraph two of their stories.
The Times often omits the party affiliation of Democrats in trouble, like former Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut, but is generally quick to label Republicans involved in controversies.
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There are a variety of genres, categories and types of book, each with their own fan following. However one particular category is universally disliked and no writer wants his or her work to be labeled under this category. These are the books that ought never to have been written. I am sorry to say that Vibha Batra's "Glitter and Gloss" belongs firmly in that category.
The very first page of the book screamed the phrase "yelly-shouty" at me (neither of which, incidentally are words). As you can imagine my expectations took a nose-dive there on in. However the book managed to disappoint my already mangled expectations. With its flimsy plot, slew of irritating characters and general misuse of both English and Hindi, it is hard to find even one redeeming characteristic in what is quite frankly an embarrassment to literature.
"Glitter and Gloss" follows Misha Chaturvedi, an aspiring make-up artist and her relationship with Akshay Agarwal, the heir to a massive jewelry business. The story is filled with every single cliché in existence. From the bumbling socially-awkward heroine, to the sassy best friend to the seemingly unattainable guy. "Glitter and Gloss" has it all. Now it may be argued that there is something comforting about the typical rom-com, and I would agree with that. But there has to be an actual story in the middle of these clichés. But our two heroes basically have one minor issue and that is about all the conflict the book has to offer.
As for the characters, Misha, who's cringe-worthy (I actually did cringe while reading it, many times) internal monologue the reader is subjected to, is frankly a moron who inspires lesser sympathy than any other character I have read about. She is a total wreck in all social situations and appears to be something of a pathological liar. All in all she is annoying as hell. In addition to this she's also quite the misogynist, referring to other women as "Lusty Busty" and the like.
All the other characters in the book are completely one dimensional and their entire personality could be written on a cue-card. Poulomi is sassy, disapproving best friend, Sammy is health conscious male roommate, Akshay is man candy, pure and simple. Akshay's older sister, the book's frankly pathetic antagonist is sanskari and old fashioned. That is more or less all there is to know about any of these characters.
Even with the pointless plot and the boring characters, the book may still have been okay, had it not been for the general awfulness of the writing itself. I understand the idea of writing in the same way that people speak and of course that makes sense, but this absolute masterpiece of bad writing routinely employs phrases like "Chhatis inch ki Chhatti". In response to this I have just one question: Who the FUCK talks like that? (excuse my French). The writing of this book has basically taken two perfectly good languages (English and Hindi), taken them out behind the chemical shed and shot them.
On an aside, I have one more question for the writer, was M.A.C paying for this book to be written. Because that seems to be the only legitimate reason for their entire inventory to be in the book. I mean I get that Misha is supposed to be enthusiastic about makeup but that does not explain why we need to read every detail about every product that M.A.C has to offer.
In conclusion I have just one thing to say. If you want a good book to read, read something else.


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SOLD Cottage Garden Daisies and Blue Skies Watercolor Botanical
SOLDThis is an original watercolor of garden flowers with bees is a botanical art painting. My botanical watercolor is vibrant with colors of blue, pink, yellow, white, purple flowers and works well with Cottage Garden Hollyhock Bees Blue Skies. Art by nature artist Laurie Rohner for Between The Weeds.
I chose daisies, hollyhocks, rudbeckia, delphinium for this painting of garden flowers with a few bees buzzing. Great way to keep the joy of a garden alive year long. Garden nature art is a whimsical original artwork and sure to bring joy to anyone in love with gardens.
Title: Cottage Garden Daisies and Blue Skies
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Palette: red, purple,blue,yellow, leaf green
Paper: Arches 140 lb cold pressed Arches Special MBM
Paper size is 12 x 16 inches
Signature: Laurie Rohner on front, title signed dated on verso.
Comes professionally wrapped and ready to give as a gift. Ships USPS mail.


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For me, the term "mashup" is pejorative. I mean, the medium has provided some pretty stunning gems, from the masterfully done stoner's dream of Jaydiohead to the hilarious and thoughtful YouTube sensation, "Auto-Tune the News", but the ease with which one can create a mash-up has led to some pretty obnoxious stuff too. Glee and Collision Course (the 2004 Jay-Z and Linkin Park produced mash-up album), I'm looking at you. For example, Greg Gillis (aka Girl Talk) has become a folk hero of sorts, proving that even a nerdy white dude studying biomedical engineering can make an entire room electric with some swift strokes of a laptop, but I still don't think that entitles any wannabe with a little bit of computer knowhow and a penchant for danceable jams, to smash two songs together and call it music.
If you ask me, the key to a good mash-up or mix-up or cut-up or bastard pop is having an affirmative answer to the following question: am I improving upon the previous form in some way while still honoring the original creation? If the answer is no, odds are the end result will come out as a muddled collage of half-baked ideas. If the answer is yes, however, you may have in your hands, the ability to create something that will leave jaws on floors.
Clearly, when Ivan Guerrero set out to create Premakes, he knew the answer to that question. Premakes is a series in which Guerrero recreates movie trailers such as Ghostbusters, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Forrest Gump by "mashing together" clips from Hollywood's golden age while still keeping the original--if a bit loose--narrative of the original film. In Episode two, Guerrero delves into three vastly different movies: Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Avengers and Pixar's Up. In Raiders, clips from The 10 Commandments, Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Young Indiana Jones Chornicles and much much more are used to recreate an almost shot-for-shot premake of the 1981 classic.
The Avengers shows us scenes from Fireball XL5, It Came From Outer Space and The Amazing Colossal Man amongst other classics. At the end, Guerrero gives us a breakdown by replaying his creation next to still images of the actual Avengers comic book, as if he's reminding us how much he truly respects and adores classic cinema, as well as the original creation he is riffing on. In his Premake of Up, Guerrero gets silly, casting Spencer Tracy as the curmudgeonly Carl Fredricksen and shows clips from The Wizard of Oz, The Island at the Top of the World and Johnny Quest. The result is hilarious... hilarious bordering on creepy.
The amazing thing is that it doesn't seem like Guerrero is mocking anything. You could call it parody, but if so, it's the most respectful, even reverent parody I've ever seen. Instead of cynically calling out contemporary film for being too over-the-top and predictable or poking fun at the cinematic days of yore for being too saccharine, he creates something that simply reminds us how much fun film can be. These Premakes made me want to get up immediately, throw on a tailored suit, grab my girl and trot down to the cinema just in time for the newsreels. But, it also made me want to dust of my VHS copies of Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Temple of Doom and hole up with salty snacks until Harrison Ford's image was burned into my brain.
Whatever his intent, Guerrero has created an incredibly hopeful series. I haven't gone to many movies lately because I've been tired of what's been available: hackneyed comedies like Just Go With It, overly emotional slugfests like Black Swan (sorry, ladies), explosion-heavy blowouts like The Mechanic... Where's the adventure? Where are the wide-eyed explorers? Where have all our square-jawed heroes of yesteryear gone? Where are the drawn-out, expertly choreographed fight scenes? Guerrero seems to be reminding us that it's all still there. We just may have to dig a little deeper. In the millions of video-rental places out there you can still find the classics that inspired Speilberg, Pixar, and Marvel. And someday, if those stores still exist, you may find Ivan Guerrero there as well.
Jake Goldman is a writer and a teacher. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut. Occasionally he writes songs. If you are so inclined, check out Internetdogfist.com for words and Otsego.Bandcamp.com for music.


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2007 30th Ave S Seattle, WA 98144
Offering Price: $1,395,000
Sold Price: $1,405,000
Rudd Development LLC
4 Beds
3.5 Baths
3,201 sq. ft.
2 Parking Spots
Rudd Development presents their sought after single family home aesthetic to the desirable Mount Baker neighborhood. Enjoy a spacious floor plan with abundant natural light, stylish modern design, multiple entertaining spaces, and a private rooftop deck with breathtaking views of the Olympics, Cascades, Mount Rainier, and Downtown Seattle. Walking distance to the Link Light Rail and Downtown Seattle. A must see!
Special Features:
- High performance, energy efficient
- Lots of natural light
- Ductless HP-Mini Split heating & cooling system
- European kitchen cabinetry
- Open living, dining, and kitchen area
- Soft close cabinets and drawers
- Private rooftop deck with gas and water hookup
- Breathtaking views of Downtown Seattle, the Cascades, and Mount Rainier
Nestled along the hillside of southeast Seattle, Mount Baker overlooks Lake Washington and offers stunning views of the Olympic and Cascade mountain ranges. Although located close to both the I-90 and the Light Rail Station, Mount Baker offers various outdoor and waterfront activities including running, biking, swimming, boating, and kayaking alongside the coastline. Bordering Leschi to the north and Rainier Valley to the West, Mount Baker is a quiet neighborhood home to sprawling houses on quaint tree-lined streets. Known for being an inclusive and friendly neighborhood, Mount Baker openly welcomes families and visitors alike priding itself on its culturally diverse population. This neighborhood regularly celebrates its heritage and members through a plethora of community-sponsored events and block parties.
Hot Spots:
- Mt. Baker Community Club
- Emerald City Fish and Chips
- That's Amore!
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Personal Campaign
Paula is gathering 10 signatures to
Nobody Touch The Dog
If there is anyone that can without a doubt say that your dog would take a bullet for you. You have because you know they will protect you. Then you need to please just take two seconds to sign a petition. I am speaking for all Dogs. I can say with a astonishing amount of proof. There is no such thing as a violent dog. Only people can make them violent. what I want to say is this. I once believed if you owned a Dog, you should not unless you had the money to take it to the vet. I know feel differently. After all the horror & terror these dogs are suffering. Stabbed to death in front of other dogs. Watching a dog be stabbed & still wag it's tail & try to go to the ones hurting him to help him. Beat to death, skinned alive. Thrown in with all the dead dogs. Have it still alive & lift it's head up in agony. With beating & skinned still alive trying so hard to live. These animals are used in dog fights to the death burned alive. Hung and used as punching bags. I can't take it any more. Please you don't need money for a vet, I was so wrong. These dogs need homes good loving nurturing homes. They love so unconditionally. I would rather see someone adopt a dog and love it & feed it so these beautiful animals leave this world when it's there time. Knowing love & kindness from the people they adore & would risk there life for. All they really need are there shots. If you don't own a dog because you think if later down the road about vet bills. Trust me. These dogs suffer so much torture & brutality it is unspeakable. Don't worry about the vet bills. If you have your dog vaccinated & years down the road it gets sick. I know this is terrible of me to say. But I would rather a dog know love kindness & a family that loves them. Than see them die only knowing fear pain. Trauma, terror , unspeakable things that is so bad I can't even write the words. Please the best way to stop most of these brutal crimes, is to get these dogs in homes. Where they are loved & taken care of. Please don't be one of these people who feels bad writes a check & says I have done my part. Yes the money is great. Yes it helps no question. These dogs need to be safe from harm. Safe from these sick demented people who take joy & pleasure out of stabbing , skinning & yes even boiling these dogs alive. Please help me. Save a dog. You will never be sorry. . They have so much love to give & all you have to do is feed it. Then you to will fall in love. They are living in terror. They are being brutally euthanized even here in the USA. Please help me. Please save a dog from this execution. I am begging for every person I can get to understand what is really going on. That's one more dog saved from this brutal I mean brutal act of violence on one more precious innocent animal. Men sit on Death row for murdering our children our Family members. The most unthinkable acts against people. These dogs sit on Death row. Waiting to be stabbed to death. Boiled alive, skinned alive. Terrorized while they are in cages watching each & every dog before there turn suffer this fate. These animals didn't murder any one rape or terrorize anyone. All these animals are guilty of. Is loving you, protecting you, trusting you. Love you with no strings attached. Would die for you. Protect your precious children. Be your best friend. Be there waiting at home just so excited to greet you at the door. So I am going to ask you, PLEASE. I need your help. I am begging you for your help. Please help stop these dogs from being executed for loving the way we all should Love. No strings. Unconditionally. Please don't let them get away with this sick twisted love they have to terrorize & watch our precious dogs be a fun loving game. They say it's for food in China. Watch some of the video's the laughing, then laughing harder because the dog is still alive & trying to get to them to help them. Only to hear the laughter while there dying & then stabbed again. Finally the cries stop, the dog is dragged only to be cut up & mutilated right in front of all the others, awaiting the same fate. They say it is for food. Lousy liars. It's fun to them they take pure joy out of the torture. It is sick beyond belief. I can't beg any more than I have, but I will if it means I can help stop this. I will beg plead, whatever it takes never to see a dog brutalized again. Thank you so much for reading this. I really the dogs really, even I believe God would even say Thank You! I know this is not why god put Dogs on this Earth. Please help us. Paula Stephens


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Watch River Whyless' Arresting Video For "Fortunate Son" Cover, Filmed At D.C. Women's March
Today, River Whyless release the striking video for their cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Fortunate Son." Filmed at the Women's March in D.C. as well as the Women's March in the band's hometown of Asheville, NC, the video is incredibly powerful, showing the faces and signs of so many who came out to protest the Trump administration and their calamitous policies.
Watch the video here.
The song resonates just as much in today's tumultuous political climate as it did when it was originally released in 1969 by Creedence Clearwater Revival. River Whyless decided to cover it as a response to Trump and his administration's methods and policies. An especially resonate moment occurs when the video shows images of Trump International Hotel in D.C. while River Whyless' Daniel Shearin sings the line "some folks were born, silver spoon in hand, they like to help themselves."
The band says "by using footage from the Women's March on Washington (and our hometown of Asheville) in our rendition of CCR's 'Fortunate Son,' our goal is to help speak truth to power, not for the sake of perpetuating our country's present divisiveness, but as a way to support and encourage the need for an open, honest, and compassionate conversation about our universal rights and freedoms. We're not asking everyone to agree, but to listen to one another. We promise to do the same."
River Whyless kicked off a coast-to-coast headlining tour last night - which also includes festival stops at Bonnaroo, SXSW, Savannah Stopover, Mountain Jam, Hogs For The Cause, Old Settler's and High Sierra - and they will be selling a special t-shirt on the road, with sales being donated to the ACLU and NRDC. A full list of tour dates can be found here.
For more information on River Whyless, please contact Rob Krauser at REK Room Media, firstname.lastname@example.com or 917.703.8361.


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Let's do a crazy experiment.
For the next 4 weeks every single day—and every single waking moment of each day—I want you to focus on the bad things that have happened, that is happening, and that will happen in your life. Don't let a single moment second pass by without thinking of your problems.
First, think of all your financial problems. Real or imagined. All your debts. All your present bills. All your future bills.
One day, my friend woke up with chest pains. He went to see the doctor, and the man told him, "You need a heart surgery". He shivered. He asked, "Doc, how much will that cost?" The doctor said, "About P1.6 Million." That was when my friend had a heart attack.
For the next 4 weeks, think of your potential health problems. Exaggerate them. If you feel chest pains, think it's an impending heart attack. If you feel stomach pains, imagine you have stomach cancer. If you feel pain in your backside, imagine you have cirrhosis of the liver. If you have a headache, imagine you have brain tumor.
For the next 4 weeks, meditate on how you're growing older. Meditate on all the signs of aging in your body. Your vanishing hair. Your vanishing teeth. Your vanishing looks. But not all are vanishing; Some are multiplying. Once upon a time, you had one chin. Now you have two. Once upon a time, you had one stomach. Now you have three. Once upon a time, you had zero cellulite. Now you have cellulite deposits compounding daily that rival the deposits of BDO, Bpi, and Metrobank combined.
For the next 4 weeks, think of all the difficult people in your life. The selfish people. The arrogant people. The insensitive people. The vampires. The monsters. The frankensteins. The aliens. The creatures birthed from the laboratories of hell. Relive how they torture you. Count the ways they caused you pain. Enumerate them. Write them down.
Just do this every single day for 4 straight weeks.
Believe me, by the end of 4 weeks, you'll be a very different person. How different? You'd be a spirit. Because you would have killed yourself.
What Are You Drinking Everyday?
I remember the story of this very serious looking guy in the bar. For the longest time, he was just staring at his drink in front of him. Suddenly, a huge man—a bully—walked up to his table, grabbed his drink, consumed it in one gulp, slammed the empty glass on the table, and began to laugh.
That was when the serious looking gentleman began to sob like a baby.
The huge man said, "Hey buddy, lighten up. I was just kidding. Why are you crying?"
The sobbing man said, "My life is a mess. My wife left me. My kids left me. I don't have a job. I can't do anything right…"
The big guy asked, "What do you mean you can't do anything right?"
"I can't do anything right," the crying man said. "Tonight, I decided to kill myself. So I put poison in my drink. But you came and drank it. See how I can't even kill myself?"
Here's a fact: Everytime you're focused on the bad things happening in your life, your drinking our own poison. And you're killing yourself slowly day by day.
For some people, this experiment isn't new. Because this IS their life. No wonder they're miserable!
If you don't like to do my experiment, I don't blame you.
I have another experiment for you…
My Second Experiment
For the next four weeks every single day, think of all the good things in your life.
For 4 weeks, don't focus on your burdens, focus on your blessings. Don't focus on what's wrong, focus on what's right. Don't focus on what you don't have, focus on what you have. Don't focus on the doors that have closed on you, focus on the doors that are opening to you. Don't focus on your failures, focus on the times you've risen from your failures.
For the next 4 weeks, don't think your sicknesses, think of your strengths. Don't think of aging body, think of your amazing body. Don't think of your increasing years, think of the increasing happy memories through the years. And one last thing…. Don't think of your decreasing hair, think of your increasing face.
Think of the good and kind and wonderful people in your life. The people who love you, inspire you, forgive you, and help you.
Are you complaining about your boss? Don't. Because that means you've got a job. So many people don't have a job.
Are you complaining about your noisy kids? Don't. A day will come when those kids will grow up, get married, and leave home. And you'll give anything to hear that noise for one last time.
Are you complaining about the pile of dirty dishes in your kitchen sink? Don't. Because that means you have food at your table. 30% of the world's population is so poor, they can't eat 3 meals a day. But you can.
Focus on the good in your life.
Believe me, in 4 weeks, you'll be a different person. You'll have happier relationships. You'll have a healthier body. And I bet you'll be richer too! Because happy people are more productive people.
May your dreams come true,
Bo Sanchez
P.S. Friends, can I teach you how you can listen to your body more? I'd like to invite you to a life-changing seminar on in the "How to Heal Yourself Naturally Seminar." It's happening in June 17, 2017, from 8:00AM to 12:00 NN in Pasig City (near the PhilSports Arena, formerly the Ultra Sports Complex).
It's a powerful seminar led by anointed doctors and health experts who can tell you how to better take care of yourself, so you can take care of others more.
Bo, tell me more about the How to Heal Yourself Naturally Seminar happening on June 17, 2017.


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FREE Yoga In The Redwoods! Yes, Please...
By Courtney Aldor
To get to Cody Strauss's class on Saturday morning, I crossed a precarious makeshift bridge of sticks across a steady flowing stream. Of course, I could've come by way of the front entrance, past the Mill Valley Public Library, but that just wouldn't be like me. Up on the Amphiteatre stage, we laid mats out on the wooden platform to the sound of crows calling and the stream twinkling by, you could almost taste the morning fog as it cleared. I looked up at the circle of redwoods surrounding me, as the sun starting to poke through and wondered if I'd died and gone to yoga-in-nature heaven.
Around me were locals of all ages. A little girl entertained herself by doing downward dog underneath her moms' as someone else's grandmother, and even one man looked on. Cody Strauss, a trained modern dancer and all-around adorable spirit, led the class with flowing, opening movements. She reminded us to tune in, give love and receive it from the majestic nature around. The class was easy to follow and just challenging enough to be accessible to yogis of all levels. Best of all, it's FREE once monthly, inviting residents to take part in weekly classes at the Mill Valley Community Centre.
Cody also teaches yoga at the MVCC Wednesday evenings 5:30pm (restorative), Friday afternoons at 12:15pm (gentle), Sundays at 10:30am (Hatha practice), and of course, free fresh-air yoga happens on the 1st Saturday of every month at 9am (unless it's pouring) at the Amphitheater behind the Library in Mill Valley's Old Mill Park. I'll see you at the next one!
For more information on Cody Strauss, who can also help organize your home for your next big bash, please click here. And for other Mill Valley Community Centre yoga and events, please click here.


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As always it is such a difficult choice to chose just one winner, I looked at every entry and decided on.........
No.36....Nikki at Pawsitively Creative as the Winner.
Congratulations on being our June Winner Nikki, a stunning entry...please take our badge to display on your blog.
I would love you to be our guest designer for August....so if you would like to take up the invitation, please email me (Sandie ) here at email@example.com
Many Thanks to Joi, who was our Guest Designer for last month...it was a pleasure having you on board throughout our June Challenge.
Our Guest Designer this month is.....
Hi, my name is Laila Ånesland, and I live in Norway :)
I live with my hubby-to-be (8th of august) and my cat, Marja, who is 22 year old!
I've been crafting for the better part of 12 years now (oh my, that felt long....), and I get driven by all the amazing art out there - be it movies, music, paintings or crafting! :) I also find inspiration in the happenstance of life, and of course my cat ^_^
I am honoured to be a GDT here at Rhedd's :D
Laila's Album
You can find Laila's blog here at.....kamis-castle.blogspot
We have some stunning creations from our very talented design team again this month, lots of inspiration for you here......be sure to stop by their blogs and leave some love....
From Mussel shells
to Steampunk Butterfly embellishment
"shreds and patches" scarf
An altered mini armoire with lots of interesting details.You will be surprised to know what this armoire started out to be! Do visit my blog to know what is is!
Sea Witch repurposed canvas
Polymer Clay Mini Steampunk House
More details on my new blog
Altered Domino Book
Do pop back on 15th July for our mid month tutorial by our teamie Elaine
Please check our CHALLENGE RULES before uploading your entry....
Please note that some entries may not receive comments from the design team, i.e. some Word Press Blogs where a password is needed, Instagram & Split Coast Stampers where we need to be a member.


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I am in love with foreign editions, "costumbrismo", and google's "translate this page" feature.
Dead people serve like letter of presentation for a novel, brutal author and amused, who gives a new color to the novel of intrigues Briton. If by something she emphasizes Charlie Williams is by his clinical eye at the time of portraying rural England, its customs and the form in which the villagers express themselves, combining of original way a fine humor, costumbrismo and outbreaks of irrational violence.


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News: The Olympics, Results from Norseman and Ultraman Canada, Challenge Copenhagen and IMNY are coming up.
This Weeks Discussions: John wants to know, does the quality of the pro field at an ironman event you go to matter to you? If there were no pro's would you care? Comment here.
This Weeks Photos: Mal James was doing media work at the female triathlon race at the Olympics. Here's some photos he took.
Age Grouper of the Week: Admiral Rosey sent through Emma Rand as this weeks AGOTW. Admiral said that Emma is a great personality in her local tri scene and that she trains really hard. This was rewarded with her win at the Outlaw Triathlon! Well done Emma.
Websites of the Week: The Ironman Europe YouTube channel had a lot of great videos, you can check them out here. Plus we talked about www.iutasport.com, it's the place you go if you are thinking of doing an ultra distance tri event.
This Weeks Websites: Thorsten's Kona qualifiers wrap up.