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June 21, 2018 -- By Sarah Tuckowski
if you've driven down any of the major highways throughout northeast ohio, chances are, you have seen the billboards that read: human trafficking happens here too.
it does happen in ohio. it happens in urban, rural, and suburban areas. it happens in Westlake, Independence, Solon, North Olmsted, and many other communities across northeast ohio and the state.
it happens in every state in the U.S. it happens across state borders, causing our most vulnerable people to be transferred from one state to the next, just to be sold for sex. throughout the past year, the following cases highlight people being taken across state borders or even across cities within ohio:
- Akron to Pennsylvania - In March 2018, a couple is indicted for trafficking a juvenile from Akron.
- Columbus to Michigan - In June 2018, a couple is arrested for trafficking a 20-year-old Ohio woman from Columbus.
- Columbus to Georgia - In March 2018, a man is suspected of trafficking 3 women. One of the women is said to be from Georgia.
- Parma to Canton - In July 2017, a Parma man was found guilty for sex trafficking of a juvenile. The juvenile is reported to be from Canton, OH.
- Toledo to Michigan - In 2017, 3 pastors were indicted on trafficking at least 3 underage woman.
- Warren to Pennsylvania - In April 2018, 8 men are arrested and suspected of operating a human trafficking ring.

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This post is the fifth in a series I'm doing about how I see the writer's process. You can read the previous steps at these links:
- Give In and Sit Down: The Beginning of the Writer's Journey
- Listen Deep. Listen Wide: The Second Step of the Writer's Journey
- Finish Something: A Writer's Most Important Step
- Let It Go: The Fourth Step in the Writer's Journey
So maybe I haven't been quite as honest as I could have with these steps since by describing them as parts of a journey, I may have implied that there was an end to the journey. But for the person who knows she is a writer, this journey doesn't have an end. Instead it's a cycle that we begin again and again.
When I think of my writer's life, I often imagine myself in a huge wheel – like those that the performers at Cirque du Soleil move across the stage in. I'm making progress, going to new and exciting places, but I'm also going through the same spin over and over. (Note: I am in no way talented enough for Cirque du Soleil, so this vision often devolves into a flash of images that involve an Emergency Room visit.)
If we are people who know our vocation to be writing, then the completion of one poem or one essay or one book, even if it's published, is not as much an ending as it us a push into the next round of what we are writing. That's healthy and wise for a few reasons.
When we don't start something new as soon as we have finished one thing, we foster some risks.
- We risk tying our identity as both a writer and as a person with one piece of work.
- We risk becoming obsessed with the reception of that work by an editor, a publisher, or by the reading public.
- We risk losing any momentum we've gained in our writing practice.
- We risk letting "our laurels" be enough instead of finding joy and meaning in the process of writing.
Now, that's not to say we shouldn't celebrate the completion of a work or that we shouldn't take breaks or rest when the good work is done. Celebration and rest are both REALLY IMPORTANT parts of the writing process.
Rather, by holding a mindset that conceives of the writing life as one of continual writing practice – notice I didn't say "product" because I don't believe the production of things is at the core of a writing life – we give ourselves space to embrace the fact that the only thing we can control about our work is our practice of creating it AND our relinquishment of the response to our creations.
When my friend Laraine Herring told me to "start the next thing" as soon as I finished The Slaves Have Names, I balked. I wanted to revel in that accomplishment, but now, a few years into the process of completing work and putting it in the world, I hold Laraine's advice as some of my most precious because now I know that the practice of creation is what feeds some of the deepest parts of me. That practice, that journey will provide me satisfaction far beyond what book sales or editor approval or even the satisfaction of a job well done will ever give me.
What's your practice when you finish a work? Do you have a celebration? A certain period of rest? Or do you begin again right away?
Kelly Chripczuk, Shawn Smucker, and I are getting very excited about our writer's retreat that's coming up July 29-31 at my farm at the edge of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains. We have only 19 spaces left, so be sure to reserve yours today. More information and registration are available here – http://andilit.com/writers-retreat-at-gods-whisper-farm/. We hope you'll join us.


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The website that you have determines your success this coming Cyber Monday. The reason for this is that it plays a significant role in attracting as well as converting visitors to buyers. The majority of Cyber Monday sales are done and hence, having a highly-responsive website is a great deal in making more sales during this day. Here are a few things that you need to do as a preparation for your site.
a) Have a website that is easy to use
Some websites are difficult to use, slow, and overly unattractive. Such sites tend to have high bounce rates and low conversion rates and hence, low sales. You need to carry out usability tests on your website to ensure that it is attractive, fast and easy to use. It should be concise in content and easy to read; have high load speed; quick and clear support, and generally, user-friendly.
b) Mobile friendly
The majority of the people nowadays have mobile devices that can access the internet, and most likely their will do their Cyber Monday shopping via their phones. As such, you do not want a case where visitors to your website cannot buy anything since your site is not mobile friendly. Having a mobile-friendly website ensures that people can buy on the go.
c) Have targeted cyber Monday discounts
Having a relevant online shopping experience is one of the strategies that many online giants are using. They are doing this through having large customer database which they can target for promotions and discounts anytime. Therefore, start your promotions by targeting your existing customers as you continue creating a new database.
Also, when creating your promotions and offers, you can focus on customers based on their geographic or demographic data. Such personalization ensures that you offer promotions based on the personalities of your customers.
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Pax Christi International, the global Catholic peace movement, has released a statement to mark the 2018 World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel.
Catholic organisations say US withdrawal from the Iran deal "is a tragedy of monumental proportions".
Pax Christi International, together with the World Council of Churches and the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, are working with one voice in their attempts to ensure global support in the UN General Assembly later this month to take forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations.
Pax Christi members around the world will be commemorating the 71st anniversaries of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki which took place on 6 and 9 August 1945.
Members of Pax Christi International met at the 70th anniversary World Assembly gathering in Bethlehem, Palestine last week.
The Pax Christi International World Assembly opened in Bethlehem yesterday. More than 160 people from around the world gathered to celebrate 70 years of the movement.
Christian leaders representing 90 per cent of the world's Christians have issued an appeal to governments negotiating the first global Arms Trade Treaty: Keep ammunition in the treaty.
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There Are No Safe Havens Anymore/
I was not yet 21 when I found myself in a small bar in Iowa City. I sat on a bar stool with my back to the bar and my eyes focused on the neon sign above the door that read RU12. I whispered the name aloud between sips of cheap beer as I tried to decode the meaning - rue 12, rue one two, are you 12 - and I must have appeared visibly puzzled because a slightly older butch woman came and sat down next to me, leaned in with a smile and said, "Honey, keep trying. You'll get it." She sat beside me quietly and then I got it, "Are you one too?" I said excitedly. She laughed and said, "I am. Are you?" I shook my head and she said, "Too bad," before flashing a wide smile and walking away. A year later, I sat in that same bar and answered that question differently.
The first bar I went to after coming out was Club 508 in Des Moines. My friends and I drove the hour from Grinnell to Des Moines just to walk through those doors, to walk into that dark club and see men kissing men and women kissing women. I looked around and stared because I had never been in a space filled with people like me. These weren't college students at a small campus party for LGBT students. These were adults out in the real world and for the first time, I felt like anything was possible.
When I moved to the Twin Cities, the first bar I visited was The Gay 90s. It was an overwhelming labyrinth of thumping music and flashing lights and hundreds of bodies pressed close together. Dykes and faggots and drag queens moving as one in what felt like an entire queer city - colorful and alive, loud and proud.
Shortly after moving to Minneapolis, my girlfriend and I broke up and I was heartbroken. I was 24 years old and in a new city and didn't know how to meet new people. Somehow, I found my way to the Town House in St. Paul. It was a country bar at the time and even though I owned a pair of cowboy boots, I knew nothing about two stepping. But I went and I stood against a wall and watched and a woman bought me a drink and gave me her number at the end of the night. She was the first lesbian I'd met outside the insular world of Grinnell College and she made me feel beautiful and desired. Several months later, Luisa and I went to the Town House for our first date and after the bar closed that night, we sat at the Perkins across the street and I thought, "I want to see her again."
Luisa and I spent one New Year's Eve at Club Metro in St. Paul. We hadn't been together long and our relationship was new and exciting. We flirted and danced with our bodies entwined and kissed passionately at midnight before wandering out into the night and a new year, hand in hand.
I've been to gay bars in Seattle, Portland, Kansas City, DC and New York, though I don't remember the names, and I have looked for gay bars in more places than that and either failed to find them or didn't have the energy to go out at the end of a long day. I could put pins in a map for each place and create a constellation, a collection of stars that guided me and help me tell my story.
I have always preferred quiet nights at home. I'm not a big drinker and I don't like to dance, so why did I seek out gay bars time and time again?
Because in gay bars, for a few hours, queer people know what it feels like to be the majority. We can be sensual and sexual. We can play with gender. We can be as queer as we want to be and be celebrated and seen as beautiful rather than mocked, threatened, beaten and killed. This is important context.
This is what I thought about when I read the news of the attack at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando. Pulse is a gay club and was filled with hundreds of people who had gone there to meet friends and lovers, to drink and dance, to celebrate and someone walked into that space and killed 50 people and injured so many more.
What happened is horrific. Where it happened and when make it even more so. A mass shooting in a gay bar during Pride.
With the fight for marriage equality over, many people have acted as if the fight for LGBTQ equality is over too, but legal protections can't erase the pervasive homophobia and transphobia in this country. I've heard people say that coming out doesn't matter anymore, that we are living in a "post-gay society," that being gay "just isn't a big deal anymore." But that is not the reality of many in the LGBTQ community. If you have any doubt, look to Orlando. People went to a gay bar to celebrate Pride and were killed for it.
Yesterday, after reading the news, I told Miguel what had happened in Orlando and he said, "It makes me worry for my safety and everyone around me." He's not just worried about the many LGBTQ people in his life. He's worried about everyone and he should be. There have already been 133 mass shootings in the United States in 2016 and we are only halfway through the year. This time, LGBTQ people were killed in what should have been a safe space. Where will the next one happen? The hard truth is that there are no safe havens anymore and there won't be until there is gun control.


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The first viewport has a time structured format which displays a sequence of predesignated time slots, each of which represents a fixed period of time, such as 30 minutes. Each time slot is allocated to one display line in the viewport. If the number of time slots allocated between the beginning and end of a calendar day is greater than the number of display lines in the viewport, then the information is scrollable so that the entire day may be viewed by the operator. The first viewport also includes at least one column that is used to display a vertical busy bar adjacent to a time slot which indicates that the slot is already scheduled.
The second viewport is used to enter the start time and end time of an event being calendared along with a free form text description of the event that is being calendared. The description is not limited in length or tied to the time period of the event. The length of the description is therefore independent of the number of display lines representing the overall time period of the event since there are no pre-established time slots in the second viewport.
The information in the two viewports is interrelated in that the start time and end time of each event calendared in the second viewport is used to establish the busy bars in the first viewport.
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(A) displaying at said terminal said selected day screen to illustrate for each calendared event, a start time, and end time and a description which can extend for a plurality of display lines,
(B) concurrently displaying at said terminal a vertical time scale in which successive pairs of adjacent display lines represent said time slots for one calendar day, and having displayed times on selected said display lines to assist said operator in interpreting said scale, and
(C) displaying a predetermined busy indicator adjacent each said time slot representation on said scale which has been calendared with an event to permit said operator to readily determine, (1) the status of a specific time slot merely by viewing said time scale, and (2) the details of an event when said specific time slot has said busy indicator displayed, by viewing the event description that is being concurrently displayed, said step of displaying a busy indicator further including the step of,
(i) automatically creating said busy indicator with said calendar program based on said start time and said end time of said event calendared for said specific time slot.
(A) displaying a selection cursor that is movable to one selected said time slot in accordance with operation of said device.
(A) moving said mouse to position said selection cursor to one of said selectable time periods, and
(b) clicking said mouse while said cursor is positioned on said one time period to select said one time period.
(A) displaying a vertical rectangular busy bar adjacent said time slot to provide an indication that said time slot is busy, each said bar extending vertically between one said pair of display lines representing said busy time slot so that said busy bars in sequential said time periods are displayed contiguously to represent one continuous vertical line.
(A) entering an event description into said terminal including the step of,
(1) entering said start and end times of said event description at predetermined cursor locations in start time and end time columns respectively in said first window.
(A) creating with said calendar program at least one busy bar for display in said other window from data entered into said system during said step of entering an event description.
(A) entering another event description into said system including the steps of,
(1) positioning said cursor to a display line in said other window that corresponds to the start time of said another event description, and
(2) automatically scrolling in response to operation of said device the information in said one window to automatically position at least one blank entry line in horizontal alignment with said display in said other window containing said cursor to facilitate the entry of said another event description.
(A) modifying a previously entered event description including the steps of,
(1) positioning said cursor to said time slot displayed in said other window that corresponds to the start time of said event to be modified, and
(2) scrolling the information in said one window to automatically position the first line of said description of said event to be modified in horizontal alignment with said cursor to facilitate said step of modifying said previously entered event description.
(A) dividing said display screen vertically into a pair of windows each having substantially the same number of display lines, each display line in one window of said pair having a substantially greater number of said character display positions than the corresponding display line in said other window of said pair,
(B) displaying in said one window for a specific day, day calendar data maintained by said calendar program including the steps of,
(i) displaying a start time for each event in one column,
(ii) displaying an end time for each event in a second column, and
(iii) displaying an event description for each event in a third column which description can extend for a plurality of display lines in said third column, said event descriptions for said specific day being displayed in order of said start times with said descriptions of two sequential events being displayed contiguously regardless of their respective said start times,
(C) displaying in said other window a vertical time scale in which each said time slot established by said calendar program is represented by the vertical space between two said display lines to permit substantially all of said time slots representing one calendar day to be displayed concurrently, including the further step of displaying near said scale specific times on selected display lines to assist said operator in readily interpreting said scale, and,
(D) displaying a busy indicator in a column adjacent said scale on said display line corresponding to a said time slot, when the time slot for said specific day has been calendared, including the further step of automatically generating each said busy indicator from said day calendar data, whereby said operator may readily determine by viewing said scale if a time period is busy or free, and if busy the detail nature of the event that is calendared by viewing the displayed description.
(A) scrolling said data displayed in said other window independently of said data displayed in said one window to display additional said time slots in said sequence when said number of interactively established time slots exceeds said predetermined number of display lines.
(A) displaying in said other window a second indication when one said time slot has been calendared with more than one event to signify a scheduling conflict for that one said time slot.
This invention relates in general to electronic calendaring methods and in particular to a method of simultaneously displaying calendar information in two different interrelated formats.
The prior art has disclosed a number and variety of interactive electronic calendaring systems and methods. The objective of all of these systems is primarily to assist the person who, for a number of different reasons, maintains a calendar of future events containing various information about the event at entry points on the calendar which relate to the time of the event.
The increase of personal computers and intelligent workstations in recent years has made it possible for calendar owners to establish and maintain their calendars on these interactive type data processing systems.
Two general types of interactive electronic calendaring systems have thus evolved in the art. In one type of calendaring system, the owner of the calendar is generally also the user of the workstation and that workstation is generally not a part of a larger network. Generally, in these types of systems, the calendar functions involve presenting a screen to the user representing a day calendar divided into a number of time periods or time slots. Each period is capable of displaying a limited amount of text that the user enters. In some systems, the day calendar can scroll vertically to present more time periods to the user or horizontally to present longer text entries. The operator can generally "page" forward or backward and, in most arrangements, can display a requested date. These calendaring arrangements generally do not limit the type of event that is calendared nor the terminology employed at any of the entry points and, to that extent, function in the same manner as conventional manual calendars or appointment books. The electronic calendaring method and systems do have an advantage over the prior art manual calendaring of events in that the user generally has the ability to scan a time span involving a large number of days and identify calendared events quite rapidly. U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,645,238, 4,591,840 and 4,626,836 describe representative prior art methods and systems involving electronic type calendar arrangements.
The other type of calendaring arrangement that has developed in the prior art involves multi-user environments having a large number of terminals or workstations which are generally part of a larger communication network that has been established to permit the users to interact with each other and with data maintained on the data processing system. In this environment, a user at a terminal or workstation can send a message to one or more of the other users on the network and is notified when the addresses has received and read the message.
In both of the above environments there are two general formats employed for displaying calendar data related to a particular day. The first day calendar format comprises a plurality of time slots which are specifically identified as such on the screen. In this time structured format the length of the time slot period for a particular application is fixed. In one application the time slot period may be fixed at 15 minutes. In another application the time slot period may be fixed at 30 minutes. Similarly the starting time and ending time for the day being displayed are generally pre-established in particular applications but different applications will have different starting and ending times for the calendar days. For example in one application the day calendar may cover 24 hours, i.e., 12:00 midnight to 11:59 p.m. In another application the day calendar will cover only 12 hours, i.e., from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Since most display screens of interactive terminals are limited to generally 80 columns of text per line and approximately 20 lines of text, most calendar applications cannot display, on one screen, the entire period representing one complete day of calendared events. As a result the day calendar is allowed to scroll vertically between the starting time slot and the ending time slot. As a result the user generally cannot determine what free time is available merely by a quick glance at the calendar screen. The calendar must be scrolled. In a scenario where the user is attempting to determine what day is available for a three hour meeting in the late afternoon, he must page through each day calendar and when the calendar has to be scrolled to see the late afternoon time slots, considerable time can be involved.
In addition, in most applications, since the descriptive area is generally limited to one line to permit a larger number of time slots to be displayed, the description of the event is generally very cryptic. While some applications allow for horizontal scrolling to permit less cryptic descriptions of calendar events to be entered, the general consensus in the art is that such an approach merely confuses the operator and while it may alleviate the problem of cryptic descriptions, it creates other problems of the same nature and magnitude.
The second format employed in some electronic calendaring methods does not structure the number of descriptive lines allocated to a time slot or a calendar event. In this later format, the operator enters the start time and the end time of the event in prescribed areas on the first line and then can enter as much text as necessary (within reason) to describe the event plus any comments, reminders, or directions that are appropriate. The next event is calendared before or after the first event depending on the time of the event and is also allowed as many lines as is necessary to describe that event. The main advantage of this second format is that the user feels less constrained and generally is not faced with the problem of deciphering some cryptic entry that was made a month earlier. In environments where a user is permitted to use another persons calendar, a higher level of understanding of the events that are calendared is also achieved.
There are of course some disadvantages because if there are a number of entries for the day, the available free time is not that readily discernible, but requires a rather concentrated scan of the starting and ending times of each entry to determine the length of free time that might be available between calendar units. Considerable more vertical scrolling time may also be involved depending on the number of events calendared and the levels at which they are described.
Users of electronic calendaring systems generally favor one system or the other and quite often management is reluctant to change from one format to the other, even though a newer electronic calendaring system having considerable added function, may be available. The trauma for some users involved in the change of formatting approaches might discourage some from participating in the system.
The present invention is directed to a method of displaying to the user, calendar information in a manner that maintains the advantages of both formats so that prior users of either prior art format need not change their way of calendaring data but gain added advantages and functions over earlier prior art methods with which they are familiar.
In accordance with the method of the present invention a day calendar display screen is built which comprises first and second view ports, each of which displays a calendar day in a different format. The information in the two simultaneously displayed view ports is functionally interrelated to provide an improved interactive user interface.
The first viewport displays a sequence of predesignated time slots, each of which represents a fixed period of time such as 30 minutes. Each time slot is allocated to one display line in the viewport. If the number of time slots allocated between the beginning and end of a calendar day is greater than the number of display lines in the viewport, then the information is scrollable so that the entire day may be viewed by the operator. Normally, with 30 minute time slots and an 8 hour work day it is possible to display one full work day at a time when each display line contains one time slot. In certain display technologies, a smaller than normal character set may be employed so that more lines are available on the screen to accommodate more time slots. The user does have the choice of setting the time span or time periord of the time slot.
The first viewport also includes at least one column that is used to display a bar next to each time slot that has a scheduled event. The first viewport in the preferred embodiment occupies, for example the first 20 columns of an 80 column screen. The second viewport comprises the remaining 60 columns and is used to display the Start time and End times of events that have been calendared along with a free text description of each event that is calendared. The number of text lines used for the event description in the second viewport is independent of the number of time slot lines used to represent the time span of the related event in the first viewport
The information in the two viewports is interrelated in that the Start time and End time of each event calendared in the second viewport is used to establish a busy bar adjacent the corresponding time slot(s) of the first viewport. The information in the second viewport is also scrollable automatically in response to the user selecting a time slot displayed in the first viewport. For example, to see the description of the event calendared at 2:00 pm, the user points to the 2:00 pm time slot in the first viewport with the cursor, and clicks the mouse which causes the second viewport to scroll so as to position the 2:00 pm event description at the top of the second viewport. Prior art selection techniques other than a mouse may also be employed.
In the preferred embodiment, each new event that is calendared is initially entered after the last entry in the descriptive area regardless of the start time of the event. After the new event is entered into the system in response to the user pressing the Enter key, the events are sorted by Start times and displayed in chronological Start time order. If desired the viewports may be functionally interrelated to permit the user to select a time slot in the first viewport for the entry of a new event description. In this approach the second viewport is automatically scrolled to position one or more blank lines at the top of the screen so the new entry is will be in the correct time slot sequence.
The composite display of both formats simultaneously with the described interaction provides all of the advantages of the separate prior art calendaring displays.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an improved electronic calendaring method for interactive display terminals.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an improved method for displaying day calendar information on the screen of an interactive terminal.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a method for simultaneously displaying day calendar information in two different formats which allow calendar data entered into one format to be reflected in the other format.
A still further object of the present invention is to provide an improved method for displaying a day calendar in an electronic calendaring system so that all of the time slots comprising the work day are displayed at the same time on one portion of the screen and for each time slot that is reserved, a variable length busy bar is displayed and in another area of the screen a variable length description for the corresponding event is provided.
Objects and advantages other than those described above will become apparent from the following description of a preferred embodiment when read in connection with the drawing.
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a terminal of an interactive information handling system in which the method of the present invention may be advantageously employed.
FIG. 2 illustrates the main menu display screen of the interactive terminal shown in FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 illustrates the display screen presented in response to the user selecting the Calendar function on the screen of FIG. 2.
FIG. 4 illustrates the display screen of FIG. 3 after the descriptive panel has been automatically scrolled to the correct point in time to permit the description of the event to be viewed.
FIG. 5 illustrates the data structure for storing the calendaring information in the system.
FIG. 1 illustrates the functional components of an interactive type data processing terminal on which the electronic calendaring method of the present invention may be advantageously employed. The terminal comprises a processing unit 11 which includes a microprocessor block 12, a semiconductor memory 13, and a control block 14 which functions to control input/output operations in addition to the interaction between the micro processor block 12 and the memory unit 13.
The terminal further includes a group of conventional peripheral units including a display device 16, a keyboard 17, a printer 18, a disk storage unit 19, and a modem 20. Since the details of the above-described functional blocks form no part of the present invention and can be found in the prior art, only a brief functional description of each block is set forth, along with a description of their interactions, sufficient to provide a person of ordinary skill in the art with a basis of understanding applicants' improved electronic calendaring method.
Processing unit 11 corresponds to the "system unit" of a personal computer system such as the IBM XT, IBM AT or PS/2 type systems. Unit 11 is provided with an operating system program which may be one of the many versions of DOS (Disk Operating System) which is normally employed to run the systems. The operating system program is stored in memory 13 along with one or more application programs that the user has selected to run. Depending on the capacity of memory 13 and the size of the application programs, portions of these programs, as needed, may be transferred to memory 13 from the disk storage unit 19 which may include, for example, a 30 megabyte hard disk drive and a diskette drive. The basic function of the disk storage unit is to store programs and data that are employed by the system and which may readily be transferred to the memory unit 13 when needed. The function of the diskette drive is to provide a removable storage function for entering programs and data into the system, and a vehicle for storing data in a form that is readily transportable for use on other terminals or systems.
Display device 16 and keyboard 17 together provide for the interactive nature of the terminal, in that in normal operation, the interpretation that the system gives to a specific keystroke by the operator depends, in substantially all situations, on what is being displayed to the operator at that point in time.
In some situations, the operator, by entering commands into the system, causes the system to perform a certain function. In other situations, the system requests the entry of certain data, generally by displaying a prompt type of menu/message screen. The depth of the interaction between the operator and the system varies by the type of operating system and the application program, but is a necessary characteristic of terminals on which the method of the present invention may be employed.
The terminal shown in FIG. 1 further includes a printer 18, which functions to provide hard copy output of data developed or stored in the terminal. The modem 20 functions to transfer data from the terminal of FIG. 1 to a host system through one or more communication links which may be a commercial type link or a dedicated communication link. Lastly, a mouse 21 is provided to select items that are displayed by moving a selecting cursor that is displayed on the screen and is positionable by the mouse.
FIG. 2 is representative of the display panel that is presented to the user/operator immediately after the terminal is initialized. The content of this display screen is merely an example of the type of options that might be presented to the terminal user, and the overall functional areas of the screen which remain constant and are considered part of the user interface of the system.
It is assumed that the personal computer is provided with a display management system which uses a command bar for the selection of actions and a vertical scroll bar function which allows selected display screens to be scrollable under the control of a mouse.
The command bar portion of the screen shown in FIG. 2 is designated by referenced character 31. The commands that are shown for the panel are merely representative. The specific commands that are displayed on the command bar will vary depending on the information being displayed and the point in the task that is being performed. The user interface screen also includes a function key area 32 which allows the operator to request predetermined tasks or actions. Generally the task assigned to a function key does not vary within a given application program or operating system. Some function keys have obtained a defacto standard such as function key F1 which is generally used to request the display of a "help" panel. A message area designated 33 is provided to display prompts or error messages from the system to the operator.
The top line 34 of the screen is used to designate the name of the application program and/or the screen name. In a multi-tasking system, an area may also be provided to indicate other tasks that are presently active which have been open and are executing in a background mode.
The main display area of the screen is designated 27 and as such is shown in FIG. 2 with a number of tasks which are selectable. For example, moving the cursor vertically to each line, which causes the task to be highlighted, and pressing the enter key, causes the highlighted task to be selected. Other selection techniques described in the prior art may also be employed.
It is assumed for purposes of this description that the operator has just initialized the system and that the "Calendar" option 35 is selected. The screen shown in FIG. 3 is then displayed.
The screen shown in FIG. 3 comprises a pair of separate but functionally interrelated viewports or windows 38 and 39. Area 38 has a time structured format in which each display line represents a fixed time period. The area or space between a pair of horizontally adjacent lines is allocated to one time slot. As shown, each line or space between adjacent horizontal line represents a 30 minute time period or time slot. The height of the viewport 38 as shown, is 16 time slots. The viewport therefore covers an eight hour period. Time slots prior to 8:00 a.m. and after 3:30 p.m. may be provided, if desired, in which case the information is scrollable to bring these time slots into view. In the preferred embodiment a vertical scroll bar 40, including a "thumb", "elevator" or "scroll box" 41, is provided at the right edge of the viewport to permit a scrolling operation employing mouse 21, which first selects the "thumb" with a mouse directed cursor and then drags the "thumb" up or down in a vertical direction by moving the mouse. This operation causes the time slots to scroll either up or down.
The third area 45 of the viewport is called the busy bar area. Its function is to map busy or committed time slots with a vertical busy bar which extends between the pair of horizontal lines that define the time slot. In practice, two separate busy bar columns 42, 43 are employed so that any potential scheduling conflicts can be indicated since the busy bars in each column will overlap for the conflict period in an horizontal direction. Other techniques, such as assigning a blinking attribute to the portion of the bar representing the conflict, may also be employed if horizontal space is at a premium.
Viewport 38 is also provided with its own cursor shown as a reversed video box 44 in FIG. 4. The width of the viewport 38 is approximately 15 display columns as shown.
The second viewport 39 is called the descriptive area and includes a Start time column 47, an End time column 48, and a descriptive area 49. The function of area 39 is to display information in detail about a scheduled event. The Start time of the event is entered in area 47 while the End time of the event is entered in area 48 and the text describing the event in the area 49. Area 49 does not, in theory, limit the amount of text that can be entered although in practice some practical maximum restraint, like 15 lines, may be imposed. It is important to note, that the number of text lines consumed by the description, are independent of the number of lines allocated to the time period scheduled for the event. For example, a description of an event scheduled for one hour, may take ten lines and a description for an event scheduled for an eight hour period may take one line.
The event description area includes two additional columns. The first column 50 is the command column labeled CMD in the display and the column 51 labeled SEC which is for a security designation for that entry. Each entry can be given a security classification by entering an appropriate designation in column 51. The calendaring system would then permit each event description to be screened in accordance with some pre-established protocol.
The command column is employed to select the entry for some type of conventional text editing operation such as move, copy, delete, etc.
The busy bars shown in the time structured format area 38 of FIG. 3 are directly related to the start and end times of the events that are entered in the descriptive area. For example, when the 10:00 am event shown in FIG. 3 was entered into the system, the busy bar in column 43 was displayed. When the 11:00 a.m. entry was entered, a bar was displayed in the second column since there was a bar already in the first column. The fact that the entry was made in the second column and not the first, signifies that a scheduling conflict has occurred. The user can readily see the conflict since the bars in columns 42 and 43 overlap for the 11:00 am and 11:30 am time slots.
As shown in the drawing, a busy bar for a half-hour time slot begins at an imaginary horizontal line midway between the relevant displayed time and the immediately preceding displayed time. The bar ends at a similar horizontal line underneath the relevant displayed time.
FIG. 4 illustrates a screen that is presented to the user after the user has selected a time slot. In accordance with the method of the present invention, selection of a time slot for either an initial calendar entry or an editing action on the description of an event that was previously calendared, results in automatic scrolling of the information in the descriptive area to position the appropriate line at some predetermined location on the screen. For example, that predetermined location may be the top line of the screen or a line immediately adjacent the time slot. As shown in FIG. 4, positioning the highlighting cursor 44 on the two o'clock time slot in FIG. 4 and pressing the enter key, causes the information area to be scrolled and to place the 2:00 pm entry at the top of the descriptive area.
FIG. 5 represents one form of data structure for storing the information that has been entered into the system for the calendared events. This data structure is employed to build the day screen. The time structured format shown in the viewport 38 is selected by the user. While the user's default selection as established in his profile will generally be employed at the time the system is IPLed, the selection may be modified at any time by appropriate action of the user in that the length of the work day can be increased and the time span or period of a time slot can be shortened or lengthened.
The busy time bars are mapped dynamically by a program that scans the data stored in the data structure shown in FIG. 5. A map similar to that shown in Table 1, below, is used to build the busy bar area of the screens of FIGS. 3 and 4. The rows of the map shown in Table 1. correspond to time slots that have been allocated in the time structured format of viewport 38. The columns designated 0 and 1, correspond to the two columns of busy bars shown in FIG. 3. As shown in Table 1, a third column may also be mapped if desired, since a column 2 is provided in the map.
0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
2 1 0 0
3 1 0 0
4 1 0 0
5 1 0 0
6 1 1 0
Time 7 1 1 0
Slots 8 0 1 0
9 0 0 0
10 0 0 0
11 0 0 0
12 1 0 0
13 1 0 0
14 0 0 0
15 0 0 0
The following pseudocode statements will be of interest to programmers in developing a program to create the busy bars.
An example of a busy bar position map for the screen of FIG. 3 is shown in Table 1. A 1 in column 0, at rows 2-7, and 12-13, and in column 1, rows 6-8 generates the busy bars shown in FIG. 3. This map is developed in accordance with the pseudo code listing set forth above and is used to build the busy bar section of the display that appears in viewport 38.
While a preferred embodiment of the present invention has been illustrated and described, it will be apparent that various modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention or scope of the dependent claims.


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So I finally got to use the Granville Island Vancouver Tourism package I won back in April. The timing worked out perfectly: my subletter arrived on Monday, I stayed at the hotel Monday – Thursday, and then headed up to Surrey for my final week before Vietnam.
Arriving at the hotel Monday after work was really blissful. Even though I've been to Granville Island countless times, I was excited to just have a little break. I had spent the whole weekend doing an intense deep clean of my apartment in preparation for my subletter and packing up all of my stuff for the hotel, Surrey and Vietnam. It was so nice to put down the heavy bag I had lugged to work, plop onto the super comfortable king sized bed and just have a bit of indulgent relaxation.
Monday night I had the hotel to myself. It's comical how much I enjoyed sitting crossed legged on the big bed eating fish n' chips and watching Jeopardy. Those are the joys of hotel life that really thrill me. I ended my first night with a nice long shower and star-fishing in the middle of the bed with the lights out by 10:00pm.
Unfortunately, going to work the next day wasn't as fun. It's hard to have a real staycation when work keeps getting in the way. Staying in a hotel usually means sleeping in so it was upsetting to be leaving my beautiful big bed before 7:30am.
On Tuesday night, Colin met me at the hotel and we headed to Dockside Seafood Restaurant for dinner, courtesy of the $200 Dockside gift card that came with my contest win. I had heard that Dockside was a nice place but Colin and I were both really blown away with the gorgeous decor, stunning view over the water and delicious food. With the best seat in the house, right by the window, we thoroughly enjoyed our chili shrimp, prime rib and chocolate lava cake dessert.
We continued living our fake rich lives by heading to the hotel spa/health club and watching our TV show "Flash" from the jacuzzi. We had to blast the volume on the TV in order to hear it over the bubbles of the hot tub.
The next day, I headed off to work while Colin enjoyed a proper staycation by spending the day on Granville Island. He got to sleep in, have lunch at the Public Market and wander through all the little shops on the island – I spent the day printing posters and formatting excel sheets, so he clearly won.
But we reunited that night. We went back to Dockside to finish off the rest of the gift card, enjoying a seafood carbonara and Thai bouillabaisse. We then headed over to Vancouver Theatre Sports League's Improv Show with the ticket voucher that had come with my contest win. I had seen VTSL shows a few times before and usually found them pretty hit or miss. Luckily, the show we saw on Wednesday was definitely a hit! We laughed our heads off and, despite my nervousness when we got sat in the front row, didn't get picked on by the actors. We ended our night watching "Survivor" while sharing a Toblerone from the vending machine.
And the next morning, I went off to my last day of work at UBC! That part hasn't really sunk in yet. I imagine I'll write about it once I've been funemployed a little longer and settled into my 12 day stay in Surrey. But I'm really glad I got to start this big time of transition in my life with a nice relaxing staycation on Granville Island with my favourite person!


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Maybe at some point, I will actually be able to get a Saturday Celebrate Post up on a Saturday. However, this one is going up a day late. Celebrate This Week is hosted by Ruth Ayres and is a great community of writers. Why don't you join in and link up with #celebratelu
This past week I had a lot to celebrate. I kicked off my week with the 2014 ALA Youth Media Awards held in Philadelphia, PA on Monday, January 27, 2014.
After early morning pictures, committees enter the room where the announcements will be made. I discovered that the Schneider Family Book Award Jury's seats were right between the Newbery Committee and the Caldecott Committee.
Here is John Schumacher with fellow committee member Amy Koester.
After the initial welcome and the Alex Awards, the Schneider Family Book Awards were announced. Yes, I was definitely celebrating this. After months of reading and deliberations, we had made our decisions.
And these were the books that my fellow jury members and I were celebrating....
Though I don't have a lot of great pictures from the exhibit hall, here I am with Schneider Book Award Jury members Caroline Ward and Peg Glisson holding A Splash of Red with all it's beautiful bling.
Over at the Simon and Schuster booth, several other award winning books also looked very shiny with new medals.
When I arrived home from Philadelphia, I was thrilled to find my signed copy of Locomotive, winner of the 2014 Caldecott Medal and a Sibert Honor recipient.
Mr. Schu made this great image of all of the 2014 Newbery Winners. I loved these choices. It was the first time that I had read every one of them prior to the announcements.
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Joel Richardson is an artist, human rights activist, New York Times bestselling author, internationally recognized speaker and recognized expert on Bible prophecy and the Middle East. He is also an ongoing contributor to WND, and has been featured on or has written for "The Glenn Beck Show," "The Mike Huckabee Show," "The Gordon Liddy Show," "The Dennis Miller Show," Chicago Public Radio, "The Steve Malzberg Show," "The Sid Roth Show," "Jewish Voice Today," Janet Folger, Jan Markell, Janet Parshall, Kirby Anderson's "Point of View," the New York Daily News, the Blaze and FrontPage Magazine.
Richardson is a husband and a father committed to the pro-life and adoption movements. His books include "The Islamic Antichrist," "Mideast Beast: The Scriptural Case for an Islamic Antichrist" and "Why We Left Islam: Former Muslims Speak Out."
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- Release: 10/27/14
- Runtime: 70 minutes
- Language: English
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U.S. to set 24 percent emission cut for heavy trucks
U.S. regulators on Friday proposed a 24 percent improvement in fuel efficiency for heavy trucks by 2027 as part of the Obama administration's plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The Environmental Protection Agency said the new standards for truck tractors would reduce carbon emissions by a total of 1.1 billion tons (1 billion metric tons) and begin with model year 2021. The regulators also proposed efficiency standards for trailers.
If adopted by the federal government next year, the regulations would spur technological innovation in the trucking industry, create jobs and lead to a new generation of cleaner, fuel-efficient commercial trucks, officials said.
Full details of the proposals were not immediately available. A source familiar with the matter said a lower efficiency goal of 16 percent was expected for recreational vehicles and pickup trucks.
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The standards are the latest rule by the Obama administration aimed at slashing greenhouse gas emissions from the country's biggest emitting sectors.
Transportation-related greenhouse gases are the second-largest source of emissions after power plants. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to finalize sweeping greenhouse gas standards for power plants in August.
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4 Ways To Get Pretty With Pumpkin
Who doesn't love pumpkin?! Pumpkins are everywhere this month, from delicious spiced lattes and baked goodies to jack-o-lanterns. But did you know that pumpkin is a superhero in beauty treatments too?
1. Get buttery soft skin
Pumpkin is a miracle worker for skin - full of essential fatty acids, vitamins, minerals and exfoliating enzymes. Add a bit of pumpkin puree to a basic brown sugar body scrub for an extra boost. Take this exfoliating scrub into the shower and come out silky soft and smooth.
Pumpkin Brown Sugar Body Scrub
You'll need:
1/2 cup pumpkin puree
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon honey
Dash of cinnamon
Mix all the ingredients together, head into in the shower and scrub gently. Then shower as usual. For extra exfoliation (and a little anti-cellulite pick-me-up) you can add 1/4 cup coffee grounds (leftover is fine) to the mixture.
2. Get Glowing
Pumpkin has lots of antioxidants and alpha hydroxy acids that gently exfoliate and moisturize at the same time while brightening your skin and giving you that special glow. And apples - another amazing fall ingredients - have natural fruit acids that dissolve old skin cells. Milk's lactic acid also softens and removes dead skin cells, helping to de-clog pores. Finally, the cinnamon isn't just for smell; the spice stimulates blood flow for a glowing complexion plus has antiseptic properties.
Pumpkin Apple Face Mask
You'll need:
1/2 green apple
1/4 cup pumpkin puree
1 -2 tablespoons milk
1 tablespoon honey
Dash of cinnamon
Peel and chop the apple, and add it to a blender with the rest of the ingredients. Blend until smooth, then pat the mixture evenly over your face and leave it on for 15 minutes. At this point you'll probably want to lick yourself, which is perfectly fine and tasty. Use a warm, wet washcloth to remove.
3. Get Shiny Hair
Pumpkins have so many benefits - rich in vitamins A and C, beta-carotene, potassium and zinc, it's wonderful for treating dry or damaged hair, especially combined with moisturizing coconut oil and honey.
Pumpkin Honey Hair Mask
You'll need:
1 cup pumpkin puree, canned or cooked
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon coconut oil, melted
Melt the coconut oil. Mix into the pumpkin and honey. Evenly cover your hair from roots to ends. You'll probably want to cover this pumpkin goo with saran wrap or a shower cap while you let it sit for 15-20 minutes. Rinse well, shampoo as usual to remove remaining hair mask.
4. Get lathered up
Try our new fall seasonal Pumpkin Cinnamon soap for ALL of the skin benefits of pumpkin we've mentioned above, in just the time it takes to have a quick sudsing in your shower. Pumpkin puree (real, and organic) makes this bar feel so silky and luscious, plus it's a rich source of gently exfoliating enzymes, antioxidants, beta carotene and many other vitamins and minerals beneficial to mature, dry, or honestly any kind of skin type. Pumpkin contains Vitamins A, B1, B2 and K. It's high in natural alpha hydroxy acid (AHA) which is thought to help brighten and refresh the skin. It also protects skin with it's high levels of phytochemicals that are thought to help fight cancer and filter UV rays.
Pumpkin seed oil provides even more moisturizing due to its high levels of Omega 3, 6 and 9 fatty acids. The oil also is packed with Vitamins A, E, C and K, plus minerals of manganese, magnesium, calcium and phosphorous.
So if you've got a little left over canned pumpkin - and frankly who doesn't this time of year - then whip yourself up a little beauty treatment and get your skin glowing and beautiful this autumn. Everyone will want to know your secret!


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[David Henderson – Photo by John Sarsgard]
[Allen Ginsberg]
Last weekend it was a triple-X reading, this weekend it's an interrupted reading. Well, we've had those, of course, several times before here on the Ginsberg Project (notably, with the participant, the agency of disruption, being a rambuncious Gregory Corso – see, for example here and here). It's not Gregory this time, but an oblivious insistent audience-member, who finally has to be escorted from the room, not before causing some considerable mayhem and clearly affecting Allen (he amends his first poem – "Birdbrain is a poet talking to you/Birdbrain interrupted the poet talking to you") – Allen loses his temper ("What a pleasure! It's just a pleasure to get mad like that! It's so rarely allowed") – and with some justification, it would seem, (even though he tries to maintain his composure – "The Buddhist thing is co-emergent wisdom, that's right, co-emergent wisdom..").
The transcript today takes in David Henderson, his co-reader,'s first set (Henderson is only momentarily waylaid by the heckler), through to the moment of distraction.
Tomorrow we'll have the rest of Allen's set and more poems by David.
Audio for the reading (including the uproar, beginning at approximately twenty minutes in and concluding approximately twenty-five minutes in) can be heard here
The reading (from June 24, 1981) starts off (on the audio, approximately thirty-seconds in) with an introduction by Peter Orlovsky
Peter Orlovsky: "Good evening… Each poet.. Dave Henderson will be the first poet to read, and he'll read for twenty minutes, and then Allen Ginsberg will read for twenty minutes, and then Dave Henderson will read for twenty minutes, and then intermission, and then Allen will sing some songs – and maybe Dave too!"
"Dave Henderson was born in Harlem, educated in City University in New York, the New School For Social Research and the East-West Institute of Cambridge. He was a founder of the East Village Other and editor of Umbra magazine. He has given numerous poetry readings and is widely anthologized. His work has been translated into French, Italian, Spanish and Chinese. His books include Felix of the Silent Forest (Poets Press), Da Mayor of Harlem (Dutton).. Introducing Da Mayor of Harlem – Introduction to Nothing (Best Company Press (uh?)) that's the.. that's the what?
PO: ..and a biography entitled Jimi Hendrix –Voodoo Child of the Aquarian Age – David Henderson… [Editorial note – later re-titled "Scuse Me While I Kiss The Sky], The Low East (Is this from the Lower East Side of Manhattan?) – [Yes] – aha! –published by North Atlantic Books, Richmond, California, "Dedicated to Langston Hughes/And to Calvin C Hernton, Eddie Krasnow, & "Max".
DH: To the what?
DH: (Okay) – This is the last poem I'm going to read this set. It's called "City Island" – ("Along summer homes near water barges.."… "…with love for no-one")
[At approximately twenty-and-a-quarter minutes in, Allen begins his set with a strict warning (to the heckler) –
AG: (You musn't) interrupt me, or I really will… I'll beat ya up, or something! I'll do something. I don't want to be interrupted. Period."
[Heckler immediately interrupts]
AG: Goddam!… What is it? The Buddhist thing is co-emergent wisdom, that's right, co-emergent wisdom,
Heckler: It's a good thing you don't have a wife or you'd kill her!
AG: [to heckler] You're giving me a nervous breakdown..I can't stand it anymore.. Except… I'm letting her do it again! I knew that would happen. [to Assistant] – Well, I wouldn't follow her around, Susan [sic], but I don't quite know what to do.
AG: Wait a minute. I have an idea. Let's take a vote. Hold on, hold on a second. hold on, no hold on. There are three alternatives – either.. even.. let's see now, (one), if you'll be quiet you'll stay (either she is quiet and stays), or, two, she can talk and stay, or three, go out. We can take her. I'll take care of it, So, one, quiet-and -stay is my preference.
What a pleasure! It's just a pleasure to get mad like that! It's so rarely allowed.
[Allen is now clearly rattled and breathing heavily]
"Birdbrain" – [Allen presents a version of the poem, understandably, incorporating several additional lines relating to the interruption, alongside other minor amendments] – "Birdbrain is a poet talking to you".."Birdbrain interrupted the poet talking to you".. "Birdbrain is Allen Ginsberg".."Birdbrain is still screaming about it"…"Birdbrain is angry.."Birdbrain's heart is beating", "Birdbrain's heart is beating shallowly".."Birdbrain gets madder than anyone".."Birdbrain commits murders on people who interrupt poetry readings in 1981..")
… [continues & finishes the poem] "while the sky thunders"..
to be continued tomorrow – more Allen Ginsberg and David Henderson


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Coherent, laser-like, beams with wavelengths spanning from the UV to soft x-ray regions can now be generated from a tabletop-scale femtosecond laser using the high harmonic (HHG) frequency upconversion process.[1] In recent years, rapid advances in increasing the efficiency of HHG have enabled a host of applications in nanoscience and nanotechnology.[2-8] These include probing the elastic properties of thin films of thicknesses << 50 nm, implementing full-field 3D microscopes with record spatial resolutions (≈1.5lamda) in transmission and reflection modes, quantifying how nanoscale energy flow differs from bulk, measuring how fast a material can change its electronic or magnetic state, and finally directly observing for the first time how spin currents can control and enhance magnetization in ultra thin films. Looking to the future, HHG sources at wavelengths down to 1 nm will enable functional imaging of nanostructures with ≈ 5 nm spatial resolution, with elemental and chemical contrast.


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"…as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:"
I Chronicles 22:7
This verse expresses the desire in the hearts of a group of young people and their leader in November 1956. Each one had recently accepted Christ as their personal Savior as they were attending Peoples Church on Texas Avenue in Norfolk where Brother Gorman was pastor. Aubrey Lewis, who was one of the teenagers in that group, accepted Christ first and, because of his witnessing to friends and family, was instrumental in each of the others coming to know the Lord.
Mr. E. C. Blend (who was then song leader at Peoples Church) and this group of teenagers decided they would like to start their own church. The group began holding meetings in the home of Aubrey Lewis and his parents on Pall Mall Street in Norfolk. In January 1957, the group was able to rent the Norview Community Center on Texas Avenue and met there until March. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ross, who lived on Windermere Avenue, then allowed the group to hold their services in the garage behind their house until they could build a church.
A lot on the corner of Elmhurst Avenue and Thomas Street was purchased from Mr. and Mrs. Stump. Immediately a petition to deny a building permit was circulated throughout the community. This delayed the start of construction, as it became necessary to go before City Council, with a petition bearing four times the number of signatures favoring construction of the church.
On March 6, 1957, at a meeting in the City Council office, the opposing group of neighbors was told that the church met all the building code regulations and that a permit to build would be granted. Three preachers; E. C. Blend, pastor of the church, Stanley G. Knick, and D. M. Hardison, took part in a special ground-breaking service. Work began immediately with the members furnishing the labor. By Easter Sunday, the foundation had been poured and the members held an Easter Sunrise service on the foundation. The group had named their church Interdenominational Country Church and on July 7, 1957 held their first worship service in the new building even though construction was not completed.
Pastor Blend resigned as pastor in May 1958, and Brother D. M. Hardison, pastor of Arbor Grove Baptist Church, donated his time leading and advising the church on the procedure to use in choosing a new pastor. The congregation, after hearing several candidates, chose Bruce Norman as their new pastor.
Pastor Norman assumed pastoral duties in June 1958, and the name of the church was changed to Calvary Baptist on October 11, 1958. Pastor Norman appointed the first Board of Deacons.
On January 6, 1959, a call was extended to Mr. John Carraway to be the assistant pastor to Brother Norman. During Brother Norman's term as pastor, Sunday School rooms were added to the church. Pastor Norman resigned in May 1959, because of health reasons, but remained a member until his death in November of that year.
In June of 1959, a call was extended to Stanley G. Knick to be the pastor of Calvary Baptist Church. During the ministry of Pastor Knick, restrooms were installed and a utility building was built. Later the sanctuary was enlarged and a furnace room and pastor's study added. Church pews were purchased during Pastor Knick's ministry, but were not delivered until after his death.
Early in 1962, Brother Vance Smith and his family began attending and serving the Lord at Calvary. At a business meeting on July 13, 1964, Brother Vance was officially voted in as assistant pastor. In 1967, Pastor Knick's health began to fail and the Lord called him home on September 11 of that year. Brother Vance Smith was elected pastor on September 17, 1967.
During Brother Smith's ministry, Calvary continued to grow. Over the years, additional lots were purchased allowing the church to expand from a single corner lot to occupy the entire end of the block. One of the newly acquired houses was used as nursery space and Sunday School rooms, and the old garage was adapted into a social hall and junior church room.
At a business meeting held on April 7, 1981, the building committee presented a plan for a new, two-story wing. The new wing would include a social hall, kitchen, Sunday School rooms, and restrooms. The auditorium and old Sunday School rooms were to be remodeled and new restrooms fitted on the Elmhurst side of the building. Construction was completed and the new building occupied near the end of 1982. As in earlier construction projects, a major part of the labor was donated by church members.
After twenty-nine years as pastor, Brother Smith expressed his desire to retire from full-time ministry. His retirement would be effective at the end of August 1996. The congregation honored Pastor Smith and his wife Claudia for their faithful service together for so many years.
Led by the deacon board, the search for a new pastor began. Brother Richard Smith, a member of the church and well known among the people, asked to be considered for the position. Brother Richard was elected pastor on the night of October 20, 1996. Supported by his wife Sherri, Pastor Smith continues to shepherd the congregation of Calvary Baptist Church today.
Winning lost souls for Christ at home and abroad is the primary goal of Calvary Baptist Church. Throughout the years and pastoral changes, the ministry of the Gospel has been foremost and taken many forms. Powerful preaching and a strong Sunday School are just a part of the picture. Support of missionaries, regular services in nursing homes and Union Mission, an outstanding Vacation Bible School program and other youth ministries, ministry to the needy and so many other important works have been carried out well and faithfully through the years.
Through the years, Calvary has contributed to the call and work of many pastors, evangelists, missionaries, and other laborers for Christ. The Congregation also supports the works of other ministries and missionaries to promote the spread of the Gospel here at home and around the world by regular monthly support as well as special gift giving projects. The people of Calvary Baptist Church desire to obey God's Word by reaching our neighborhood with the Gospel while partnering with others to "go ye into all the world."


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The former communications chief for David Cameron was arrested by detectives investigating alleged phone hacking and illegal payments to police during his tenure as News of the World editor.
Shortly after being taken into custody at a south London police station, plain-clothed officers were seen carrying evidence bags and computers out of Mr Coulson's detached home in nearby Forest Hill.
The police entered the property on the leafy residential street after a woman wearing a dark suit answered the door.
Mr Coulson, was arrested at 10.30am by officers from Operation Weeting, the inquiry into phone hacking at the Sunday tabloid, and Operation Elveden, the investigation into allegations that a handful of police officers were illegally paid £100,000 by the newspaper during Coulson's editorship.
It means he will be questioned about both sets of allegations.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "The Metropolitan Police Service has this morning arrested a member of the public in connection with allegations of corruption and phone hacking.
"At 10:30 officers from Operation Weeting together with officers from Operation Elveden arrested a man on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications, contrary to Section1(1) Criminal Law Act 1977 and on suspicion of corruption allegations contrary to Section 1 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906.
"The man, aged 43yrs, was arrested by appointment at a South London police station. He is currently in custody."
The 43-year-old will face questions over whether he was aware phone hacking was taking place and whether he ever personally authorised it.
He is likely to be bailed to return at a later date as has been the case with the five others arrested in connection with the current police inquiry.
The arrest is a huge blow to the Prime Minister, who appointed him Downing Street director of communications after last year's general election.
Mr Coulson was forced to resign in January over continuing allegations of phone hacking and the Prime Minister has been widely criticised for the decision to hire him in the first place.
At a press conference this morning, the Prime Minister said: "I decided to give him a second chance – and no one has ever raised serious concerns about how he did his job for me. But the second chance didn't work out and he had to resign all over again."
"The decision to hire him was mine – and mine alone – and I take full responsibility for it."
Ed Miliband said the decision to bring Mr Coulson into government was an "appalling error of judgment" and called on the Prime Minister to apologise
Separately, Mr Coulson is facing a perjury investigation after Scottish police after they announced they are to examine testimony in the Tommy Sheridan trial.
The Crown Office yesterday asked Strathclyde Police to conduct a "preliminary assessment" of witness evidence in the trial in light of the latest allegations in the phone hacking scandal.
Mr Coulson, then Downing Street director of communications, told the trial last December that he had no knowledge of illegal activities by reporters while he was editor of the tabloid newspaper.
He also denied knowing the paper paid corrupt police officers for tip-offs, but it has been reported this week that News International has uncovered e-mails showing payments were made during his editorship.
Although Strathclyde Police refused to provide details, it is understood they will concentrate on the testimony of Mr Coulson, Bob Bird, the News of the World's Scottish editor, and Douglas Wight, the Scottish edition's former news editor.
They will then report to the Area Procurator Fiscal in Glasgow, who will consider whether there is enough prima facie evidence to justify a perjury investigation.