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Image data compression using multiple bases representation
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The compression of gray scale images is an interesting problem because of the large number of variations between data elements while maintaining a high degree of correlation. The goal of image data compression is to obtain the best possible image for a fixed information rate. In recent years, there has been a lot of research into the efficient coding of gray scale images. Vector quantization (Va) methods have been successfully applied to the efficient coding of images. These methods, however, are computationally intensive. Full search Multiple Bases Representation (MBR) is similar to Va in many respects. The Recursive Residual Projection (RRP) algorithm, a sub-optimal implementation of full search MBR, has been found to perform well.
In this thesis, we apply MBR (using the RRP algorithm) to the compression of image data. We develop an image coding system that allows for a comparison of MBR with some well studied transform coding methods: the Discrete Cosine Transform (DeI) and the Fast Haar Transform (FHT) coding methods. We find that the DCf based coder performs at 1.5 bits/pixel with good image quality and that the FlIT based coder performs at 0.81 bits/pixel with some disconcerting characteristics. The RRP based coder outperforms the ncr based coder at 1.1 bits/pixel with very good image quality.
We also tested a modified version of the RRP algorithm that used 3 orthogonal sets of basis vectors. We found that the modified RRP algorithm generally reduced the number of representation coefficients and improved image quality. We also found that the modified RRP algorithm performed worse than the RRP algorithm due to an increase in symbol entropy.
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Got a chicken? Got a pot?September 25, 2009
My best and craziest memories of college are of living with 7 roommates in a gigantic apartment just a block away from campus. We were something like 42 steps to our favorite bar – yes, we counted. (Those were black strappy heeled steps, by the way.)
We drank a lot, hosted a lot of parties, and when we were hungry we went to Pizzeria Uno's. Unless it was one of those quiet nights…the kind where we all tried to use the stove at once and fit on our black pleather wraparound couch to watch a movie.
A favorite dish? Lean chicken breast pan-cooked in balsamic vinegar. No fat. Man, did that make for a tough pan to wash!
I don't know why. I guess because it was easy and 'healthy.' Mostly I noticed then, and I still notice now, that people don't like to handle raw chicken parts.
Well, we talk a lot about eating 'whole foods.' Is chicken a whole food? Yes. But not when you remove the skin, the fat, and only eat the breast. That's a partial food. It's like eating white rice or white bread. It's missing something. When we eat animals, if we eat animals, it is a good idea to try and eat all the edible parts. Not to mention, you'll get much more nourishment for your dollar. Boneless skinless chicken breast costs maybe $4.99/lb. but a whole chicken is something like $1.99/lb. Worried about the fat? It actually helps your digestion. There are plenty of scary, industrialized fats out there to avoid, but this isn't one of them.
So here's a meal that uses a whole food. 1 whole chicken. That's right. A whole chicken, skin and all. The good news is that you don't have to cut it up or dance around the kitchen with it – you just toss it in a pot. Can you do that? Good. Because it's really worth getting the healing minerals and nutrients of time-tested homemade chicken soup every now and then.
And the pot will be a lot easier to clean than a pan with burnt balsamic vinegar. Trust me.
One last word on chicken. The industry is, in a word, vile. Supermarket chickens grow in cages crammed full of birds who have their beaks ripped off to avoid pecking each other to death. It's disgusting. I implore of you to look into these practices if you are not already familiar. And when you buy animal products, look for those which were raised with some respect. That might mean you buy from a local farmer, or maybe you just choose Whole Foods over a conventional supermarket. Do what you can. Remember – you are what you eat. A healthy bird makes for a healthy you!
Chicken In A Pot
This is more like a rustic stew than pure chicken soup. The beauty is that you can toss in whatever you like and not spend hours preparing ingredients.
1 whole chicken (3-4 lbs.), rinsed
10 cups water
1 bay leaf
10 peppercorns
1 Tbl. sea salt
3 onions, peeled and quartered
4 carrots, unpeeled, cut into large chunks
Optional ingredients: celery, leeks, corn, fresh herbs, rice, etc.
Inside your whole chicken there should be a bag containing the neck and organ meats. Take these parts out and combine with water, salt, bay leaf and peppercorns in a large stock pot. Simmer for about 30 minutes, then remove the chicken parts.
Add the whole chicken and veggies that require long cooking. (For instance, you can wait to add corn or spinach) Bring to a boil then reduce heat and simmer for 45 minutes.
Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Using tongs, carefully remove chicken and veggies from pot and place in a baking dish. Keep warm in the oven while you strain the remaining broth into a large bowl, discarding the peppercorns and bay leaf.
Pour broth back into pot. Add quick-cooking vegetables now, and any pre-cooked ingredients (like leftover rice.) While this simmers, take your chicken out of the oven and use a fork and knife to separate the wings, legs, thighs and breast meat. You can keep the wings and legs intact, but discard all other bones. For more about carving a chicken, see these steps.
Place chicken meat and veggies back into the pot, stir, adjust seasoning, and serve piping hot.
This post is part of Food Renegade's Fight Back Fridays.

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The Truck Escape Ramp on Kanan Dume Road at the Intersection of Pacific Coast Highway/
From time to time we take Kanan Road in Agoura Hills to Malibu for quick access to Zuma Beach, Westward Beach and Point Dume State Beach as well as Escondido Canyon Park, Paradise Cove and other great outdoor spots in Malibu.
From the 101, Kanan Road is about 12 miles from Pacific Coast Highway and takes roughly 15 minutes without traffic. Something that has always puzzled me is why it is called Kanan Road all the way from its juncture with North Westlake Boulevard in Thousand Oaks to the 101, through Oak Park and Agoura Hills, down to its intersection with Mulholland Highway in Malibu and then becomes Kanan Dume Road.
Runaway Truck Escape Ramp
The southernmost section of Kanan Dume Road is particularly steep, with an 8% grade over three miles. My kids always ask about the "Escape Ramp" at the bottom of Kanan Dume Road at its intersection with PCH.
The Truck Escape Ramp was built in 1987 after a series of crashes and resulting deaths due to runaway trucks. The escape ramp, or arrester bed, is an 800 foot long, pit in the middle lane of the road filled 2 1/2 feet deep with gravel. The allowable weight limit for trucks on Kanan Dume was also dropped in 1987 from 14,000 to 8,000 lbs.
The arrester bed was renovated in 2014 to make it wider and improve signage. Thankfully we have never seen the escape ramp used, but it is there if it is ever needed.
Tunnel Vision
There are three tunnels on Kanan Dume Road between Latigo Canyon Road and PCH built in the late 1960s to early 1980s. They are affectionately referred to as T-1, T-2 and T-3. T-3 is two-lane tunnel located at approximately 1142-1208 Kanan Road in Agoura Hills, roughly five miles from Highway 101. A short distance later, you will drive through T-2, located just northeast of Rocky Oaks Park. About 2 1/2 miles from T-2 is the T-1 tunnel, just south of the Newton Canyon Backbone Trail trailhead.


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What should the US Embassy do right after a revolution?
The challenge:
Egypt has just gone through a revolution. Tensions are high. Any political statement can cause backlash or even violence. You're the US Embassy in Cairo. You need to reach out to the Egyptian people. What do you do?
Step one: New image
Rebrand the embassy's social media. Focus on peace and partnership
There are rarely branding projects in situations as touchy as the US Embassy found itself in after the Egyptian Revolution. The Embassy was not only the seat of American influence in Cairo, but it was the scene of physical confrontation during the revolution. It was necessary to be bold and clear, but also to create a brand that said "We want to work together."
Therefore, the American and Egyptian flags were combined (as is the convention in US embassy logos) but the star of the American flag was transformed into a dove, a symbol of peace.
Step two: Inspire
Launch a campaign with a simple, uniting message
It was not the right time to begin dictating perfect solutions to the Egyptian public. Therefore, the outreach had to be about inspiration. American values would need to be demonstrated in the most inviting way possible. Therefore, a campaign was launched called "Sing! Egyptian Women." The campaign was a contest in which young women participated in a nation-wide singing competition by submitting videos to the embassy's Facebook page.
The tagline "Let the world hear you" was about personal expression, but also touched on the democratic aspirations of the people. The public was then invited to vote on the singers. The message was simple: Follow your dreams, the American people are with you.
Collaboration: Share the Mic, US Embassy, Nile Productions
Step three: Find Heroes
Following the success of Sing! Egyptian Women, a follow up campaign was launched called Untold Stories. This was a film competition aimed at finding Egypt's hidden heroes. The campaign had a great responses, but it also played the important role of introducing the embassy to Egyptians who had big ideas for how to improve the country. It was an exercise in pivoting from making a connection into making an impact.
The campaigns were a massive success. Sing! received more than 600,000 impressions across social media alone, positive press coverage, and great engagement from fans.
The embassy's following on social media increased dramatically. The embassy's Facebook likes increased from around 100,000 at the beginning of the activation to more than 300,000 a year later. The space in which they could speak and build connections with ordinary Egyptians grew an stabilized, and a new connection was made with youth in a country trying to get on it's feet. Most importantly, individual connections were made which allowed the embassy to continue to chart a course in a difficult political time.


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Please forgive a little bleariness in your correspondent today. He was up way past his bedtime watching James Blake being tortured for more than three hours by a thirty-four-year-old Frenchman named Fabrice Santoro. I've admitted up front in this blog that I only recently returned to tennis as a fan and player. So I knew nothing of Santoro's reputation as a psych-out artist and human backboard. The only reason I decided to stick around Arthur Ashe Stadium last night (after watching the latest Sharapova mugging, a 6-1, 6-0 dismissal of Casey Dellacqua, of Australia) was that my fellow-blogger, Nick, said the other day that he had to catch the Santoro-Blake matchup. When Santoro first arrived on the court, I noticed nothing out of the ordinary about him other than his shirt—a bright-striped Lacoste polo in peppermint green, lemony yellow, and rose-petal pink: a "going-on-vacation shirt," as McEnroe, in the commentators' booth, dubbed it. But then the warmup rally started. Blake casually flipped one over to Santoro's backhand, and Fabrice hit it back with a topspin two-hander. Fair enough. I've always hated the look of the two-handed backhand, but it's by no means an unusual shot, among both men and women, on the pro tour. Then Blake swept the ball over to Santoro's forehand side. Without changing the position of his hands on the racquet handle, Santoro hit back a heavily-sliced two handed forehand. My first thought was: Beppe Merlo! I remember reading, when I was in my teens, about Merlo's method of playing two-handed off both sides, in Rod Laver's 1973 autobiography, "The Education of a Tennis Player." Laver's summation, as I recall: "He was a real weirdie."
Well, Santoro is a bit of a weirdie, too. And not just because of his strange underspin two-handed forehand and his vacation shirt. He's a weirdie because he plays pure, cerebral touch tennis at a time when the game is mostly about power. Rejecting today's testosterone-driven grunt-and-smash style (its visual counterpart is the sleeveless shirt worn by top players like Blake and Nadal, which exposes their gym-rat arms right up to the deltoids), Santoro instead chases down the ball and wafts it back with smooth, lethally angled underspin returns, over and over, until his grunting, muscled-up victim either tires himself out or makes the inevitable error. Oh, there's one other option for Santoro's victims: they can decide to try to play Santoro's game. Take the pace off their own shots. Bunt and chip and spin it back. And when they try that they're dead. And that's exactly what poor James Blake started to do in the match's fourth set. Blake was already up two sets, and needed only to polish Santoro off in the fourth. And you knew he wanted to because of a haunting statistic: in all his years on the pro tour, Blake has never won a match that goes to five sets. And, oh, how my heart went out to Blake as he began cautiously, inevitably, horribly to play into Santoro's hands. Easing back the ball, underspinning, chipping—and, of course, losing. Fourth set to Santoro, 6-4.
By now, the crowd, although heavily behind Blake (who was born in New York and grew up in Connecticut), began to cheer wildly for Santoro, who was giving them the most thrilling, bizarre, suspenseful, and long night of tennis yet at this year's Open. I confess that I was enjoying Blake's discomfiture, if for no other reason than that suffering along with him was the notorious "J-Block"—a coterie of Blake fans who follow him to every tournament, sit together in a "block" of seats, wear matching blue T-shirts with a J-Block logo, and bellow synchronized chants after every point. Not to get all snooty and tennis-y about it, but this strikes me as impolite to fellow-spectators, who maybe didn't pay sixty bucks for a seat in Arthur Ashe Stadium so they could attend a frat party; and it also seems a bit unsporting to Blake's opponents.
Anyway, long story short, Blake did manage to win the fifth set, 6-4, but it remained a hair-raiser to the very end, with Santoro playing the entire final set with a severe leg cramp that had him hobbling, and sometimes shouting in pain, during points. In short, an absolute doozy of a match—and I must thank you, Nick, for making sure I saw it.


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Donation-based educational tours are offered to school groups Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Journey through the Garden as knowledgeable docents guide your hands-on learning experience. All K-6 school tours are aligned with the State of California Content Standards.
Each trail is rich with botanical samplings of mediterranean climate plants and offers countless opportunities for exploring natural wonders. The Garden reflects the beauty and diversity of plant life that thrives in the similar climatic conditions of the five mediterranean climate zones of the world; the Mediterranean Basin in Europe, Central Chile, Cape Province of South Africa, South and Western Australia and our own region in California. Nestled along a natural riparian woodland, the Preview Garden is an ideal setting for outdoor learning activities.
Located on Highway 1, across from Cuesta College in El Chorro Regional Park, the Garden is a perfect complement to your field trips to Rancho El Chorro School, Morro Bay Natural History Museum or the Morro Bay National Estuary. Park facilities are designed for a lunch stop – shaded picnic areas with benches, water and electricity, restrooms, pay phone and even playground equipment and parking for buses.
Allow approximately ONE HOUR for a class tour of the Preview Garden for groups of 30 or less. Groups with more than 30 students should be prepared to spend two hours at the Garden. Please reserve your tour at least one month in advance of your desired tour date using the Tour Request Form below. We will also accept the necessary information via a telephone message for the Education Director at 805.541.1400×303 or email@example.com. We will respond to you by phone or e-mail to make the arrangements for your tour. An email notice confirming the day and time of your tour along with a copy of our tour procedures will also be provided. There is a suggested $2 donation per participant that can be given to your docent; checks can be made to SLOBG.
Tour Guidelines
- We ask that students be arranged in groups of ten for the tour and that each group of ten is accompanied by an adult.
- Please review Tour Procedures before arriving at the garden.
- There is a suggested $2 donation per participant that can be given to your docent; checks can be made to SLOBG.
School tour topics
Tour 1 – Five Senses Tour
Pre-school. Covers the Five Senses.
Students will use all five senses to discover the diversity of plant life at San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden.
Tour 2 – Discover Mediterranean Plant Parts
Kindergarten. Covers 2.a, 2.c, 4.a and 4.d
Through inquiry-based activities, primary students will gain an understanding of the diversity of plant life in the five mediterranean climate zones. They will observe plant parts up close through hands-on learning.
Tour 3 – Plant Needs, Human Needs
First Grade. Covers 2.a, 2.b, 2.e, 4.a, 4.d
Students will recognize that plants need resources such as water, food, air, and light to survive and will be able to provide examples of how humans need plants to survive.
Tour 4 – Pollination
Second Grade. Covers 2.a, 2.d, 2.f
Students will investigate the process of pollination by making observations about floral structures. They will be able to distinguish between male and female parts of flowers and recognize common shapes and colors that attract various pollinators such as bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and other insects.
Tour 5 – Mediterranean Plant Adaptations
Third – Fourth Grades. Covers (3) 3.a, 3.b, 3.d, 5.d and (4) 3.a, 3.b
By looking closely at leaf samples of various plants growing in the garden and comparing them to others, students will begin to recognize some of the common leaf adaptations in the five mediterranean climate zones of the world.
Tour 6 – California Native People and Plants
Third – Fourth Grades. Covers (3) 3.c, 3.1.2, 3.2.1, 3.2.2 (4) 3.a, 4.1.3, 4.2.1, 4.1
Students will gain a better understanding of how local Chumash and Salinan peoples prospered by utilizing native plant species. Students will identify these plants in our garden as well as participate in hands-on activities with artifacts and materials made from native plants.
Tour 7 – Mediterranean World Ethnobotany
Fifth – Seventh Grades. Covers (4) 5.1.1, 5.1.2 (6) 6.1.3, 6.2.2, 6.4.1 (7) 7.2.5, 7.6.1, 7.11.2
Students will combine knowledge from social studies with that of plant science to study mediterranean climate Ethnobotany. Students will be introduced to the study of how people from these climatic regions have used plants. Folklore & legends are told from ancient Greece & Rome.
Other Tours and Programs
To help you meet the specific educational needs of your class, we also offer customized garden tours. Our school programs are currently being developed. Please contact us, we'd like to hear from you.


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I requested my mums roast beef and Yorkshire pudding for my lunch today. I ate it all followed by some Victoria plums I got this morning while I was out looking for bulb fibre. I felt like the condemned man eating his last supper. I suspect after tomorrows surgery I won't be in a position to eat much that requires chewing :-(
But enough of that because the weekend so far as been about so much more! Here are some pictures from my garden.
There is still a bit of colour. It really feels like Autumn is on it's way. I don't mind Autumn. I like how the landscape changes colour as the trees green leaves turn every shade of gold, orange and red you can imagine. I like that I can layer clothes; and getting all cosy on the sofa with a book or a project seems *right*. Catch me in a few months when Winter is here and it's grey and wet all day; then I'll probably be counting down the days til it's summer again. I've been busy planting bulbs in the garden and some winter bedding plants. I will have some colour too look forward to on those long miserable days of winter. I love it when the first bulbs start to burst into flower as it means that spring is fast on the heels of winter.
I have finished one of the pin cushions I had in mind for the Scrappy Pin Cushion Swap over on flickr. I have another little idea I want to try out as well. I hope my partner likes it.
I couldn't resist adding the little ladybird bead by the felt and button flower.
Hexies are fast becoming my signature!
I have made over half of the disappearing nine patch blocks required for my Mendocino quilt top. They are soooo easy but look so complicated! I just need to order the backing and binding fabric which I'm also hoping to use to make some cute little appliqued turtles. This quilt has some quite Autumnal colours going on, however it will forever remind me of the sun and days spent on the beach.
Well whatever you're doing this weekend I hope you're enjoying it!
Sunday, 12 September 2010
Sunday Rambles....
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The quilt is looking great!ReplyDelete
You've been busy!ReplyDelete
Glad your mum made you a yummy lunch. That's a great thing about moms for sure.
Love your garden, pincushion and quilt!
Your hexies look amazing (I've not been brave enough to try any yet!)and the Mendocino quilt will be SO pretty when finished.ReplyDelete
Good luck today with the surgery!!
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Where there is hope, there is faith, where there is faith, miracles happen.
Let's share the story of an NGO which was started by a housewife, Mrs. Lubna Shakoh. She felt the great discrepancy between the rich and the poor and wanted to bridge the gap between them. She started on a small scale from her house and it took sixteen years of hard work and dedication to develop this NGO into a well-respected and reputed entity.
By the grace of Allah, HUF has the certification of PCP (Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy). It is income tax exempted and has its account with Bank Alfalah for the last 15 years. It is also registered as a trust with the registrar of companies.
Where ever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.
Let me do good now for I shall not pass this path again.
Since 16 years, HUF as a reflection of its name gives hope to the underprivileged and uplifts them by offering many windows to help.
HUF deals with Public Assistance, Education, Microfinance, Vocational Training, Women Empowerment, Water, Health and Food.
HUF has many feathers in its cap. These are as follows:
- The ICI Dulux paints had a competition of 26 NGOs in their donation program and HUF won the first prize.
- Our donors trusted us and Mr. Inqasar Nawaz donated us PKR 4,500,000/-. Our school campus was built in just 4 months at a cost of PKR 5,200,000/-
- Our HUF school children compete in all competitions and always bring back prizes.
- We have married more than 1,000 couples.
- The most honored achievement of Hope Uplift Foundation is the donation of a 4 canal plot in DHA (429-EE, Phase-4, DHA, Lahore) for our school building, where 1000 children will study in the morning and 1,000 in the evening for just Rs.100 per month. These schools will be English medium. The total cost of building this school is 100 Million and it is currently under construction.
- The big construction company Habib Rafique has donated us 40 Million and is also building our school to uplift.
Birds Eye View of the NGO
PKR 5 Million Interest-free loans given.
70 Wells constructed.
Thousands were helped for providing clean water by the grace of Allah.
25,000 Children have been given education, scholarships, and vocational training.
14,000 have been served with food, atta, rashan.
More than 150 women are empowered with HUF monthly as directors and teachers.
To act as a bridge between the rich and the poor
The mission of HUF is to be of assistance to underprivileged individuals and families with our programs, resources and expertise while engaging with the elite communities, our members and supporters as well as our youth. We encourage people to take lead roles within the organization.
Where ever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.
Let me do kindness now for I shall not pass this path again.


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Color! It's everywhere this fashion season. But it's being used in a more un-common way than before.The new trend is "color-blocking".The concept couldn't be easier to comprehend: wearing articles of clothing in chunks, or "blocks" of color.
The idea is to piece together vibrant colors you normally wouldn't think "match".
This can range from a casual capri, to a tailored skirt, or just a fun and funky bag.
I've also noticed, I've spent less on purchasing clothes because I can mix-and-match pieces more so than before. You can go weeks without having a repeat affair.
And saving money always makes a girl happy
Be bold! Throw caution to the wind and trying pairing a few things together. There's really no way you can go wrong.
1.) I love a polished pencil skirt at the office and yet there's still room for a little jazz. A V-Neck sweater follows the same tailored effect, but the blocks of color come in way of green and lilac and small hints of red and gold in a belt and necklace.
2.) Neon's like this yellow are a must! The richness of the blue on bottom, heighten the concept while still keeping a classic look. It's been paired with a red purse and longer necklace with hughes of orange. (Hint: Necklaces should hit either above the breast line or below, but never on. This keeps "the girls" from becoming a main focus)
3.) Going for a more casual look? Try your color in a skinny capri. Here, it's paired with a less vibrant blue and then a burst of yellow in the belt and necklace off-set the combo.


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WATER SERVICEThe Village of Plainfield has Lake Michigan Water. The hardness of the water is 6.3 grains per gallon. If you have questions regarding Lake Michigan Water, please contact the Public Works Department at (815) 436-3577 or review the Water Quality Report. If you have water or sewer issues after hours or on the weekend, please call (815) 436-2341.
Water Service
New Customers
New residents should visit the Village Hall, 24401 W. Lockport Street, to sign up for utilities (water, sewer, and garbage), and to pick up a new resident packet. Utility applicants will need to bring the completed Utility Service Application, a current (unexpired) Driver's License (or State ID), and one other form of identification when signing up. New customers have 30 days to come in and sign up for utilities. Residents moving within the Village should ensure that any previous Village Utility Bills are paid before new service can be transferred into their name.
Setting up water service in person is necessary because federal, state, and local laws are changing to help protect people from identity theft and increase homeland security.
When signing up for service at the Village Hall, please complete the applicable form below:
Utility Service Application - Owner(s)
Utility Service Application - Renter(s)
Existing Customers
To close your water/utility service account, please contact the Utility Billing Department at (815) 439-4250 or via e-mail as soon as you have a closing/moving date. When calling or e-mailing, please provide the closing/moving date and a forwarding address.
Please note: Residential scavenger service is provided by Village Ordinance and is billed with the monthly water bill.
Water & Sewer Rates
Water bills are sent on a monthly basis and rates are calculated per 100 cubic feet (cf).
Current Rates
Water = $7.09 per 100 cf
Sewer = $3.54 per 100 cf
Capital Improvement Charge = $6.50/month (The capital charge funds the ongoing maintenance of water and sewer infrastructure.)
The minimum bill is 100 cf of Water and 300 cf of Sewer.
If you have any questions regarding your utility bill, please contact the Village of Plainfield at (815) 439-4250 or via e-mail at email@example.com.
Senior Discount
The Village offers a 10% discount on the total monthly water, sewer, and capital charge to seniors who qualify for the "Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Exemption" on their property tax bill, as defined by the County Treasurer. Seniors who wish to apply for the discount must provide Utility Billing with a copy of their property tax bill, which lists the Freeze Exemption, via mail or in person. For more information on the "Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Exemption," please contact the Will County Supervisor of Assessments at (815) 740-4648 or visit their web site or contact the Kendall County Supervisor of Assessments at (630) 553-4146 or visit their web site.
Water Bill Payments
Mail water bill payments to the Village of Plainfield, P.O. Box 1206, Bedford Park, IL 60499-1206 or Village of Plainfield, 24401 W. Lockport Street, Plainfield, IL 60544.
Payments can also be dropped off at any of the convenient Plainfield locations listed below ON or BEFORE the due date.
Village Hall in person, Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
24-hour drop box in the parking lot of the Village Hall
First Midwest Bank, 24509 W. Lockport Street
Harris Bank, 15101 S. Route 59 & 15901 S. Division Street (Route 59)
Utility Bill Direct Payment Form - Please complete this form and submit it to the Village, if you would like to have payment of your utility bill automatically debited from your bank account each month on the due date.
Please note: If you make a payment online, please allow 7–10 business days as most banks mail the Village a check.
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St Luke's is committed to being a place of hope and healing to all who come to our doors. To that end, the Rector's Discretionary Fund offers the opportunity to assist people in need in a variety of ways, from utility or rental assistance, to finding temporary lodging to providing snack packs of non-perishable food items.
All this is made possible by contributions from caring individuals who believe that we are to seek and serve Christ in all persons.


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What is True Health New Mexico and how did it start?
What happened to New Mexico Health Connections?
Why did this expanded partnership happen?
When did True Health New Mexico begin to sell health insurance plans?
What changes did members who had been enrolled on New Mexico Health Connections plans experience?
What about my New Mexico Health Connections doctor?
Did the customer service number remain the same?
True Health New Mexico, Inc., is a managed care organization, a health plan, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Evolent Health, Inc. In September 2017, New Mexico Health Connections signed an expanded agreement with Evolent Health, a national company that provides management services to leading health systems and physician organizations. Evolent Health currently deploys claims and customer service functions for New Mexico Health Connections.
As a result of this partnership, Evolent Health assumed New Mexico Health Connections' existing 22,000 large-group and off-exchange small-group members and established a new health plan, True Health New Mexico. New Mexico Health Connections and True Health New Mexico are separate legal entities.
On January 1, 2018, New Mexico Health Connections started focusing solely on servicing its nearly 18,000 on- and off-exchange individual and on-exchange small-group health plan members. New Mexico Health Connections continues to operate as a CO-OP health plan and is managed by an independent community board of trustees.
In addition, all New Mexico Health Connections employees and executive leadership will transition to True Health New Mexico effective January 1, 2018, and now provide administrative services for both health plans.
New Mexico Health Connections had been searching for the right partner to help expand the health plan's mission and services. Evolent was the ideal partner because of its expertise in managed care services and its operational and clinical infrastructure. New Mexico Health Connections and Evolent are extremely well-aligned in their commitment to improving the healthcare system. Together, both organizations are expanding a physician-driven model of care.
As with New Mexico Health Connections, True Health New Mexico has the same focus on improving the health status of its members. Both health plans operate under the mission of integrating physical, mental, and social health and well-being to help their members achieve true health.
True Health New Mexico began selling HMO and PPO plans to small and large employer groups on January 1, 2018. To learn more about benefit plan offerings, please visit truehealthnewmexico.com/small-group-plan-documents.aspx and truehealthnewmexico.com/large-group-plan-documents.aspx.
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Today's New York Times reports on the underwater cameras used by the NYPD. Now that the secret's out, here's some news.
The NYPD trained officers on how to use the new cameras on the MARY A. WHALEN during May of 2007.
An NYPD boat came along side, and an officer in sunglasses skipped over introductions and said "can we look at your bottom with an underwater camera?"
I said, "I don't show my bottom to just any guy... who's asking?"
Without the hint of a laugh, Detective Keith Duval handed over a card and said he was with the Counter Terrorism Division.
"All the big stuff is either busy or moving," he explained; so the Mary Whalen would be helpful to him to use. He said the cameras cost some $80,000.
Elaine Carmichael, our urban planner from Economic Stewardship was visiting NYC. She and I interrupted our meeting to watch for awhile, and then just let the NYPD do their job.
Here are some more photos from their visit.
PortSide uses the MARY A. WHALEN as an educational resource in diverse ways and for diverse groups. We have given TankerTours to the general public in English and Spanish. We have helped train college professors in a City Tech program. We have run workshops and lectures (TankerTalks) aboard, and we've helped train the NYPD. We look forward to partnering with maritime training institutions to help offer professional training.
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daytime tv & an awesome 70's movie
1. here's my quick summary of daytime tv:
ladies jabbering
spanx (some kind of girdle, i think)
cooking food
celebrity gossip
losing weight
2. supervan!!!! "A man named Clint enters a solar-powered van called Vandora into a competition called Freakout." charles bukowski judges a wet tshirt contest. it looks horrible & super good.
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oh my gosh....
i caught the inaugural speech of john kasich and... i felt like i was in church. whatever happened to the division of church and state?
Inaugural speech of Governor John R. Kasich
As delivered at the Ohio Theatre in Columbus
Monday, January 10, 2011 05:30 PM
For The Columbus Dispatch
Well, I have to start by thanking my great family, my little daughters, Emma and Reese, coming up on their 16th birthday.
Almost. They act like it. They'll be 11 here on the 16th of January and it's very exciting for them.
Whenever I leave the room at night, often Emma says, "Daddy, I love you." Sweeter words were never heard, Sweetheart. And my little daughter Reese, the other jewel that's in my sky, she gives me those little hugs. And when I get ready to make a big speech, she says, "Daddy, keep it short."
You know, my wife Karen is -- as we all know, she's just a beautiful woman. But that's not really what drives her or drives me in my relationship with her. See, we're great friends and great buddies, and we share so many experiences; from hiking up in the state parks to trying to take care of our daughters, to exercising, to praying, and just trying to connect with our friends and our family all over the country.
Sweetheart, I love you. You're the most important thing in my life. Thank you, babe.
You know, it's sort of faith, family and then friends, and I have a number of friends here. And I have been a very blessed man to have as many good friends as I have. You see, what it is with my friends and with me, is that we love one another. We're there for one another. You know, it's loyalty towards me and support towards me, but you know what? It's my loyalty to them. I have never been so blessed as to have the collection of people who tell me the truth and tell me like it is. But they are there to support me and to strengthen me and to support my family. So many of them are sitting here in the three or four rows. You know I love you, right? You know that I love you.
To my supporters, you know, from 1977 on, you've put me on your shoulders. There's no way that Johnny Kasich could have come here from McKees Rocks and gotten anywhere near where I've been in my political life without these supporters. I'm proud of the fact that we've worked together, and some people call me independent, and in the political world, they call me brash. You want to know why? Because in my mind's eye are the supporters, not the ones with the big money, although we do like them.
No, it's the -- it's the housewives back in 1977 and 1978 who made the phone calls and put up the signs and licked the envelopes and showed up day and night, bringing their husbands with them, and the young people that I met who've now become protgs of mine and walked door-to-door with me and reached for the sky. We've reached for the sky and we've hit the stars, I have no doubt. To my supporters, I love you, too. Thank you for what you've done to give me a chance.
I want to thank Ohioans, all Ohioans, for giving me the chance to form a team. To form a team. And to transform our great state. You know, years ago, I used to use the word "I" an awful lot. I don't know whether it's age or whether it's prayer or it's the constant beating that my friends give me, but it's not "I" any longer. It's "we." I learned long ago working with my great pal, John Boehner, only teams, only teams can accomplish great things. And you know, 'ole Woody was right, there is no "I" in team. And together, we, as Ohioans, can get this job done.
You know, my inauguration, the conductor of a great orchestra, with all of you playing an instrument in that orchestra, my inauguration is your inauguration. I want everyone to understand that I hope you can realize we accept this responsibility together. I have a sense that across Ohio, people know we have a challenge. So today, we're all inaugurated into a better day. You know, I'm only a servant. I am only a servant, a public servant. I report to the people. I report to you, the people.
And I do not report to special interests under any circumstances. And I want you all to understand something: I can never work to advance myself. I will not work to advance myself. My future or my self-interest is not acceptable.
And as long as I stay on that track, as long as I stay on that path, I will remain a good public servant. My only purpose, my only passion in all of this has been to lift Ohio, to make us competitive again, and to create jobs for our families. Because when our families have jobs, they have hope. They have dreams. And they have strength. It is my only purpose and my only passion. And when I wake up every morning, I'll say my prayers, I'll hug my family, and I will focus on Ohio's economy. Nothing, nothing can stand in our way.
I am a servant of the Lord. I am a servant of the Lord.
He has opened doors all of my life. The Lord has. He has pushed me over the mountain this time. I don't know why, but I have no doubt that he has. I've spent a large amount of my life trying to figure out how he works.
I got a message one day driving up-over by the Hoover Reservoir. It wasn't a telegram. It wasn't a phone call. It wasn't a voice. But it was clear. "Stop trying to figure it out, I'm not going to tell you."
But here's what I do know: He expects his servants to use their talents. He expects all of us, because all of us have been created with a special talent. The key to life is to use those talents, even when at times it seems daunting and it seems impossible. But boy, I'll tell you what, no pounding on the chest. No pointing in the sky. He wants us always to remember where these talents came from. He reminds us that no one person is superior to any other person because in his eyes, all are equal.
You know, sometimes I see the scrub lady, and I realize that in the next life, she's likely to have a bigger crown than I could ever dream of. Don't go past them quickly; you could be passing an angel. Quiet reflection is necessary every day so as not to get lost.
D. L. Moody wrote about a Civil War general who was facing a huge battle. He prayed for two hours. His subordinates said to him, "How could you spend two hours praying before this big battle?" He said, "How could I not." Prayer is necessary.
You know, I so loved the memories of my family visiting Ohio. My uncle Harry, cousin Harry's father, used to tell me when we went to Vermilion and we passed that Pennsylvania line into Ohio, "Johnny, we've reached the Promise Land."
Even as a young boy, I knew that Uncle Harry was right. You see, Ohio has wide horizons, we have unlimited opportunity. Ohio is an exciting place. And I have come to understand as a grown man what Ohio is all about. We are about common sense. We are about common sense.
And we can drive our country.
Oh, yes, we're about helping our neighbors and loving God and building a better future for our children. You know what, Ohio has been the promise land for me because of my family. Because of my friends. And because of this work. I have never ever considered leaving Ohio, no matter how great the opportunities in the far away place may have seemed. I love Ohio. Ohio has given me all that I am today. And now I can pay back Ohio and help lead us forward into realizing Ohio's promise and our destiny. Get ready for an exciting time.
Put on the seat belt because we're going.
The weeds have grown up. The obstacles at times seemed great. The light is dimmed in our great state. But I believe we have not yet begun to fight for our families, for our children and for a legacy.
You know, I've slowed down in my life. And I thank God because it gives me time to look deep into the eyes of our neighbors across this state. Oh, yes, I've seen determination. I've seen resolution. And I've seen strength.
I have seen strength in the eyes of a young woman in Ashtabula who is committed to growing her small business. And she said, "Mr. Kasich, please don't wreck my business." She pleaded with me in Ashtabula.
I've seen resolution in the eyes of the people in Scioto County. We have pledged to win the fight against drug addiction and drug abuse and save their community and save their families. They were here a couple days ago, about a dozen women wearing lime green T-shirts, all bore the mark of somebody who died from that devilish addiction. We are all going to fight to help them, won't we? All of us will fight to help them.
I have seen determination in the eyes of a mom and a dad at Bob Evans. Right, Bob Evans. Chicken and noodles.
You know, that mom and dad were eating to stretch their income to provide a better life to their children. And she said, "We're counting on you, John." I said, "I'm counting on you to be part of the team."
I've seen strength in the eyes of the people standing in line at a food pantry in Wilmington. They will not let tough economic times defeat them. Mary and I were so moved in Wilmington. People, who have played by the rules, people who have worked hard with common sense and God-fearing, and one day, nothing. Not-I can't say nothing-because that hope springs eternal. We're going to help those people in Wilmington, aren't we all? We are all going to pitch in and help them.
I've seen resolution in the eyes of the people of Walbridge who are determined rebuild their community after the devastating tornado. And to drive by past that devastated school house, and to sit with the people and realize how they all huddle together, business leaders, community leaders, clergy, they're a role model for all of us, because, you know, when one part of Ohio hurts, we all hurt. And when one part of Ohio succeeds, we all succeed. We all admire and are inspired by our fellow Ohioans who work to overcome difficult circumstances.
Our enemy. Our enemy is not our people or our assets or our great cities. We must rebuild our great cities in Ohio.
They have a great legacy. Our enemy is not our fertile farmlands or our vibrant family-oriented suburbs. Our enemy, our enemy is the status quo. The status quo, the dark side of human nature that shuts down dreams and basks in fear. The status quo, the dark side of human nature that shuts down dreams. Our enemies are those who selfishly look out only for themselves. The last gasp of air in the coal mine, I want mine. And they forget that we are all in this together. Don't be selfish.
Our enemies are those who refuse to recognize the power of teamwork. They refuse to help raise the bar. And as our mother used to tell us, Donna, raise the bar. Make the world better for the fact that we came this way. The people who refuse the power of team and refuse to raise the bar are weak. We will defeat them. We will defeat them together.
Well, as far as it relates to our enemies, we can make them allies. I've been seeing it happen in my so many meetings and so many trips. Yes, we can make them allies by our example, because it is absolutely true that courage is contagious. And we lead by doing, not by saying. And when we do it, it creates a contagion that cannot be resisted. We can show them that every person has a moment in time, a moment in time, a window of opportunity where their legacy will be honored for generations.
It's not about the big shots, ladies and gentlemen. It's not about the governor, the senator or the speaker, the justice. It's about our fathers and our mothers and our grandfathers and our grandmothers who built America's greatest generation one person at a time by recognizing their duty and doing it. They were America's greatest generation. We honor them and we have to live up to the example that they have provided.
It is so exciting to be part of a movement that answers the bell. I've had the great fortune in my life in being part of many movements that have answered the bell. That works to save our state and strengthens our country in the process.
As Ohio goes, so goes America. They're watching us. They're watching us. We will not let them down.
We are not Republicans. We are not Democrats. We are not liberals. And we are not conservatives. We are Ohioans. We are Buckeyes together.
It's our mountain to climb. Can you see it? Can you see that mountain? I know you can. We can climb it. One step at a time. Helping each other to be strong. Together, that mountain, we will reach the summit.
God bless America. God bless Ohio.
January 9, 2011
talking vacation goats
click here to see a ton of pics from our lovely weekend away. i turned 41, we talked to goats, played arcade games before a movie, a had a blast. happy to be home with dogs now. life is good.
January 5, 2011
January 4, 2011
good times with dogs....
this dog trainer & author got a kick out of a pic of gilly and her book. seriously, this made my day!
it also reminds me of how much work a puppy is. i'm really enjoying gilly as a "young adult" so much more then a wild puppy. she's still a spaz and full of energy, but she slows down and gets sweet & cuddly once in a while.
griffin is doing great on arthritis medicine and sometimes plays harder then gilly. he loves going for car rides and has adopted my purple snuggie as his own.
gilly & griffin are having a great time these days, and i'm so thankful for it.
i can never get a pic where they are both in focus. seriously spazzy dogs.
January 3, 2011
dog fights vacuum
i love that while gilly attacks the vacuum, griffin tries to defend it. or maybe he just likes barking and chasing her....
January 1, 2011
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Barça travel to Galicia tomorrow to face Deportivo de La Coruña at Riazor in the final game of the first half of La Liga 2014/15 (Sunday 7 pm). Jeremy Mathieu with a sore achilles tendon will miss the trip as a precaution while Xavi is hoping for medical clearance after training normally with the group this morning. Munir El-Haddadi has returned to training with Barça B and he is expected to start for Eusebio's team against Recreativo tomorrow.
It will be interesting to see how Luis Enrique handles the fixture schedule over the next couple of weeks. After Depor we face Atlético at Camp Nou in the Copa del Rey on Wednesday then we return to Elche for a league game next Saturday. Then it's the return game with Atlético on Wednesday 28 January before Villarreal at home in the league on Sunday 1 February.
The team has been scoring plenty of goals at Camp Nou (an impressive 34 in the last seven home games) but away games in La Liga have been far less productive with only six goals scored in the last seven visits. The fact that we couldn't find the net at Malaga, Getafe and Real Sociedad should be a warning that we cannot take tomorrow's game or next week's trip to Elche lightly.
Lucho will need to find the formula to put out a strong team in each of the five matches we face in the next fifteen days. For Deportivo there seems little reason to believe the Barça coach won't repeat the starting XI that beat Atlético last Sunday. Bravo, Alves, Piqué, Mascherano, Alba, Rakitic, Busquets, Iniesta, Messi, Suarez and Neymar were all rested in midweek and right now this is arguably are strongest line-up, Mathieu, Xavi and Pedro being first in line as back up.
The main attraction of Deportivo will be to see keepie-uppie king Isaac Cuenca playing against us for the first time. Cuenca broke into Barça's first team during Pep Guardiola's final season, scoring four goals in thirty appearances. He gave two or three dazzling performances that demonstrated his undoubted potential before injuries and inconsistency sidelined him, leading to a move to La Coruña last summer. He has scored twice in fifteen games for his new club though his inconsistency continues to frustrate fans. Tomorrow he is sure to be highly motivated to show Barça what we have lost.
Deportivo are a long way from the Super Depor of recent history. They have been relegated twice and then re-promoted twice in the last four years and this season they are again struggling in 16th place on just 17 points. However, historically Riazor has been a difficult ground with Depor winning 17 of the meetings there to Barça's 15 victories with ten draws. Recent visits have been more favourable to Barça with our last defeat at the end of the 2007/08 season. The last meeting between the teams at Riazor was in October 2012 with Tito Vilanova's Barça winning a nine-goal thriller with a hat-trick from Leo Messi.
Possible teams:
Deportivo: Fabricio; Juanfran, Lopo, Sidnei, Luisinho; Cuenca, Rodriguez, Bergantiños, Dominguez, Cavaleiro; Riera.
Barça: Bravo,; Alves, Piqué, Mascherano, Alba; Rakitic, Busquets, Iniesta; Messi, Suarez, Neymar.
Prediction: Deportivo 0 Barça 3
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Did not like those messy ropes in the sea. This job took about 1 hour.
Taken 4 or 5 years ago at Madoogali resort .. i did have problems because the resolution was very low. This is part of a series of which I hope to upload to show my workflow.
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Ulnar nerve palsy is typically a progressive condition, meaning it gets worse over time.
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The lack of strength in your hand can affect your daily activities, such as gripping a glass and holding a pencil.
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Here I sit, sipping my afternoon tea, gazing at my garden through the front picture window. The kids are in for (semi-) quiet time, and I take a moment to breathe and drink caffeine and pretend to meditate. Some days, I write. Some days, I read. Other days, I simply enjoy the beauty of my new garden.
We moved here four months ago. I fell in love with this house in part because of the flowers. In our last house, I had a vegetable garden, but the small flowerbed I put in never seemed to thrive. I didn't have an eye for landscaping and couldn't seem to grasp what flowers were best for that climate and soil. But now, the flowers come to me as a gift. Plumbago, salvia, and butterfly bushes, daisies, lilies, and some yellow flowering bush I have yet to identify. We eat lunch and dinner in the back garden. We do our morning devotions on the patio. As the sun sets and the fair-haired angel of the night lights her bright torch, I sneak outside and know why the evening prayer is called "Evensong." This is a place of beauty and peace and joy, much of which we inherited from the previous owner. We name it Idlewild.
My mom passes along information about how and when to prune salvia. Whenever I see a weed, I pull it, even if I'm on my way somewhere, and the kids learn to do the same, stopping their play to attack the sprouting invasions. We water and feed the flowers fish and seaweed compost tea, and sometimes, we sing to our garden.
Then the Texas summer hits, and though it's a mild one according to the books, I watch as some of my balloon flowers yellow, wither, and die. An interesting plant with tiny white buds raises up in one of the beds, and I wait to see what becomes of it. Turns out, it's a weed, and it infiltrates and chokes out my purple clover. The columbine and roses stop flowering and start shriveling. The bushes grow scraggly and push out the agapanthus. I water and prune and feed the plants, and I panic.
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I remember the first time I began an essay with "here I sit." My seventh-grade teacher took me to a writer's conference, my first one. The presiding author told us to write an essay starting with "here I sit." It was her version of what Anne Lamott would later describe as her one-inch picture frame. "Here I sit," we wrote, and described what we saw, real or imagined, or a memory flitting around right then. It brought us to the immediate, to the one thing, to something we could grasp and do.
I don't remember anything else about that conference, except this: how did I, a dedicated musician who had spurned all other loves, happen upon this world where fairies still danced and gnomes leaped with the frogs? I didn't know then that I would later claim the title of writer, that I would presume to glance upon the magic.
When I first took writing seriously, I did all the required things: I read books about writing and studied all the rules; I went to conferences and critique groups; I sat in my chair every day and wrote words and put in my 10,000 hours. I blogged about the writer as priest or prophet. These roles meant something big and important. I wrote, I said, because I wanted others to feel less alone.
What can I tell you about what happened next? There were triumphs and disappointments, and more disappointments, but most of all, the stories never achieved on paper what they did in imagination. After a few years of this very serious and dedicated time, we had kids. One, two, three. I vowed to keep up the habit of daily writing, but I was tired, and the meager product didn't seem worth the practice. It was neither priestly nor prophetic. So sometimes at nap time, I napped. Or read. Or checked Facebook. I knit and sewed when I felt like it. And then I read some more. I'll get back into it when I'm done breastfeeding, I told myself, or after we've moved, or after the unpacking is done. (The unpacking is never done.)
What did writing mean anymore? The world had enough voices. It certainly didn't need mine. Sometimes I didn't even miss writing.
One day, I realized I was no longer a writer. I had no right to that name. Its passing grieved me, left me empty but, in some ways, relieved.
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The heat of August breaks me. I let the garden run wild. Whole patches of weeds line the front and side of the house. The daisies grow woody and dry. Bushes shoot out bedraggled arms. I'll clean it up when the weather gets cooler, I think. I'll spend a weekend making all things new. I'll take a hoe to the weedy patches. I'll shape the bushes and trees and prune the salvia and the as-yet-unnamed yellow flowering bush. I'll get rid of all the things that shouldn't be in the garden and will compost and mulch all the things that should be there. In the meantime, I concede the garden to the forces that be.
And yet.
And yet the vincas and plumbago and salvia flourish and fill the garden with color.
And yet sunflowers bloom where birds dropped seeds from the bird feeder.
And yet even the delicate lilies blossom every few weeks.
The forces that be give me back beauty.
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The truth is, I don't completely give up writing. I journal bits and pieces in a private log as well as mementos I keep for the kids. I tell stories ("Tell me a story about when you were a kid," my children constantly beg). I start to jot down quips of beauty in the world around me or small meaningless scenes about the characters in my head. The rules about plot and tension and form and structure go out the window. So does the idea of writing as something big and important.
The act of writing itself carves out space for beauty in my life. This has always been true, but without the pretention of doing something big and important, I can relax into whatever shows up on paper—the mess and joy and struggle and grief and giggles of life. These are not the habits of a serious writer, of course. These are not the daily practices and evaluations needed to send a piece out into the world, just as letting the garden go to the wild won't work as a long-term strategy. But this is what writing is to me right now, how I remember that writing starts with glimpsing into a world of magic, that it starts with, "Here I sit."
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One day, despite my resolve to let the wildness take over, I sneak outside and pull a few weeds. The kids join in, defending the castle from invaders. It may not be much against the onslaught, but it gets dirt under my fingernails. That's what I've always loved about gardening, whether vegetable or flower: getting my hands dirty.


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Greenbuild Nation tours: Highlighting sustainability in the City of Brotherly Love and beyond
This year's Greenbuild tours offer an incredible opportunity to discover the best and brightest sustainable buildings and neighborhoods in Philadelphia and the surrounding areas.
Over sixty dedicated sustainability professionals on the tours committee of the Delaware Valley Green Building Council have made it easier then ever to learn outside the convention center walls with an exciting collection of thirty-five regional tours.
Did you know? Anyone can attend a Greenbuild tour. You can even attend at tour without attending the full Greenbuild conference. Just register for Greenbuild and select a half-day or full-day tour on the registration package page. Register for a tour today.
- Monday, Nov. 18, 9:00 am-5:00 pm
- Saturday, Nov. 23, 8:00 am-4:00 pm
- Monday, Nov. 18, 9:00 am-1:00 pm
- Monday, Nov. 18, 2:00-1:00 pm
- Friday, Nov. 22, 2:00-6:00 pm
- Saturday, Nov. 23, 8:00 am-12:00 pm
Check out the tours and you will discover that there are a wide variety to choose from.
Tours range from intimate residential housing aspects, to broad infrastructure storm-water management plans, to technical aspects of recycling and manufacturing, to green schools and universities, cultural centers, healthcare, science and technology, sports, historical landmarks and skyline icons.
Neighborhood development and business campus development projects will be highlighted on tours that explore eclectic neighborhoods, stretching from a redevelopment of The Navy Yard, through University City where University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University make their mark, and out to the surrounding suburbs to understand master-planning of sustainable suburban development in Eagleview.
The Navy Yard, and a Shipyard turned into a sustainable business campus, is also home to the Energy Efficient Buildings Hub, fostering new technologies and work force development for existing building renovations. Neighborhoods are also highlighted in tours on Northern Liberties and Kensington, and North Broad street redevelopment near Temple University, where the Paseo Verde LEED Neighborhood and Development project is building connections and community with supportive housing.
A number of tours are also accessible via walking and/or public transportation. On the Skyline Tour, several icons are showcased, and cultural icons can also be seen on the Parkway tour and Urban Placemaking tours, featuring institutions including The Barnes Museum and The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.
There are also market specific tours including: research and development with University District Labs; healthcare tours featuring a new patient tower, cancer center and medical office building all pursuing LEED; a sports facilities tour highlighting the Philadelphia Eagles; and education tours, from K-12 to University Master Planning, stretching from the city of Philadelphia School District to green schools and universities in the suburbs.
Of course, a visit to Philadelphia would not be complete without a walk through the historic district, where Independence Hall and the U.S. Custom House on Independence Mall showcase sustainable upgrades in existing buildings.
For Greenbuild attendees as well as their guests and families, be sure to check out the full day tours to Longwood Gardens and Stroud Water Research Center, the Philadelphia Zoo, Morris Arboretum, and this year's Greenbuild Legacy Project at Smith Memorial Playground and Playhouse, in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park.
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There are four levels or tiers of AWS Support that include Basic, Developer, Business, and Enterprise. The first type of tier is free of charge and it can be used to have adequate support for account and billing questions and services. Other tiers than Basic are famous for rendering unlimited number of technical support cases that offer web developers and business enterprises full flexibility so that they can choose the level of support that directly suits technical needs of clients.
AWS support is one of the vital parts of a well-managed AWS service. AWS support service providers deliver clients an exceptionalhassle-free AWS support in order to help them get a glitch-free cloud environment. It is no secret that AWS rules the cloud but it can a challenging job for the firms having little or no expertise in AWS implementation and management. And to handle such cases in a perfect manner, there should be a first-rate support team that has a vast expertise and knowledge in the cloud field. With an utmost AWS perfection, 24/7 support, and flawless expertise, it becomes very easy to overcome all cloud impediments in the least amount of time.
A professional and reputed Amazon web service company offers you everything that is necessary to handle development and production issues for AWS products and services. From custom maintenance windows to managed data backups, the company gives you multiple production support:
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Such a company also provides you with a widespread Amazon architecture & Implementation support for all AWS products. It assists you in implementing of the AWS products used by your system. Moreover,it can help you design a fault tolerant system on AWS if you are moving to AWS or new to AWS.
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Why is it that some subjects like xylitol are heralded as so positive by some experts and thrown under the bus by others?
Like our recent article on the safety of using baking soda, today let's explore whether using xylitol in the mouth on a regular basis is a safe and wise choice.
Quick personal disclaimer, for many years, we were rather strongly in the "anti xylitol" camp. Like many that have been on the health food bandwagon for decades, there was a point where we wondered if we should replace any sugar in our diets with xylitol. Then one day we did a simple experiment and forever changed our perspective on xylitol. However, that story will have to wait for another day.
In order to really give this discussion the attention it deserves, we will share what we consider being the primary risks and benefits of using xylitol. It's our hope that you'll gain some insight to assist you in determining whether xylitol deserves a place in your oral hygiene routine.
For clarity, this discussion is only going to focus on the use of xylitol in the mouth, not on the broader issues of using xylitol as a sugar substitute. While it's true that 'what goes in the mouth goes into the whole body', the sheer quantity of any substance, xylitol, in this case, is much, much greater if we consume it as compared to just using it in the mouth.
Risks of using xylitol…
We see three distinct risks with the use of xylitol on a regular basis.
Potential GMO product:
Most of the xylitol produced is made from corn. Unfortunately, most corn grown is genetically modified. Now, I'm sure there are some scientists out there who would argue that xylitol made from corn (whether GMO or not) is molecularly identical to xylitol made from birch or other wood pulp. (Historically, xylitol was made from birch sap.)
Being staunchly on one side of the GMO subject, we prefer to not participate in any experimentation with the relative safety of any genetically modified organisms.
Thankfully, there's an easy workaround to the GMO issue with xylitol. You can still purchase xylitol produced from birch. In fact, here's a source for birch based xylitol produced in the US. 🙂
Highly processed product:
This is true. Yes, xylitol is naturally occurring in many fruits in small amounts. However, the production of xylitol we know as consumers is accomplished by hydrogenating xylan, a plant cellulose. In other words, xylitol isn't 'natural' like honey or maple syrup that we can just tap a birch tree and boil down the sap into xylitol.
While having the word 'hydrogenation' in this explanation of how xylitol is produced may seem scary (after all, we are all afraid of hydrogenated vegetable oils like margarine by now), does that necessarily mean that xylitol is out?
Diving deeper into the production of xylitol shows that hydrogenation is commonly done using the metal catalysts, nickel, palladium or platinum. However, we think the risk of metal residue toxicity is minimal to nonexistent provided that the xylitol is being manufactured in the US, Canada or Europe.
The rub is most of the xylitol produced is coming out of China and is corn based. Nothing personal with China, but their manufacturing standards have historically shown to be less than ideal. (Remember the 2007 stories of Chinese toothpastes contaminated with whatever crazy toxin?) So, to help ensure that the xylitol you use is free from metal residue, be sure the xylitol is birch based coming out of North America or Europe.
Prebiotic – feeds bacteria:
One of the main negatives proponents against xylitol will quote is how xylitol will 'rip apart your insides' and 'cause leaky gut'. (1) Digging into the research suggests that these claims are exaggerated.
It's true that if someone eats too much xylitol it will cause diarrhea, gas and bloating. But this isn't from it ripping apart our digestive tracts. Xylitol is a prebiotic. A prebiotic is food for the bacterial colonies in our digestive systems. So, if a person consumes too much xylitol at once, this can result in an overgrowth of bacteria in the small and large intestine which results in the gas and bloating.
This is why people who are looking to recover from leaky gut are warned to avoid eating xylitol. You see, xylitol is a sugar alcohol, also known as a polyol. Experts involved with FODMAPs, SIBO, the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, and GAPS diet, suggest anyone with compromised digestion avoid eating xylitol. A big component to healing this bacterial overgrowth is to not feed the resident bacteria in our bellies which result in a reduction of their populations.
As we consider leaky gut to be extremely widespread and undiagnosed, anyone with a digestive challenge would be wise to avoid eating xylitol.
(As a side note, we should mention that xylitol is toxic to dogs. Without going into the details of this, research suggests that unlike humans and many other mammals, dogs absorb xylitol extremely quickly and this can challenge the capacity of their livers to process the xylitol. This can cause them serious injury or even death. So, please keep all xylitol and xylitol-containing products well out of reach of any pets.)
Benefits of using xylitol…
We also see three distinct benefits to using xylitol in the mouth on a regular basis.
Wait a second… How can the fact that xylitol is a prebiotic be both a risk AND a benefit?
It's precisely because xylitol IS a prebiotic that contributes most of the benefits which xylitol offers. Like so many substances, dosage defines whether xylitol will support or undermine our health.
Proponents of xylitol suggest 5 'exposures' a day to promote improved oral health.
Here's our concern with this constant xylitol drip…
Just because something seems good for us doesn't mean that more of it will be better.
The 'sugar demon' each of us has within us (provided you grew up on earth in the 20th or 21st century) constantly lures us to eat more sweet foods. So, even though xylitol doesn't negatively impact insulin production like sugar, the more sweet foods we consume, the more sweet foods we crave. Sweet is sweet (yes, even if it's stevia).
So, we liken eating xylitol to a 'gateway drug'. Having regular xylitol (in your diet) will increase your cravings for sweet foods. So, a little xylitol gum here and there seems fine and offers the mouth support toward a healthier balance.
Just be watchful for your sugar demon's attempts to increase your sweet consumption as a result. The research very clearly shows that our systems function most efficiently with very, very little to no highly sweet foods.
Reduces risk of tooth decay:
This has been exhaustively established in the scientific literature. The main 'bad bug' implicated with tooth decay is called Mutans Streptococcus or strep mutans for short.
In the mouth, xylitol is consumed along with fermentable carbohydrates like sugar by strep mutans. However, because xylitol is a polyol (sugar alcohol), it doesn't ferment the same way as most sugars. As such, xylitol doesn't contribute to the proliferation of strep mutans.
In fact, when xylitol is used over time, less virulent strains of strep mutans are selected for, which means that the main thug bug implicated with causing tooth decay is getting weaker over time. (2)
The second way xylitol helps us address tooth decay is due to the fact that in the presence of xylitol, the dental plaque formed from the bad bugs implicated with tooth decay was less adhesive.
Some studies show up to a 50% reduction in plaque accumulation from using xylitol in the mouth.(4) Adhesion is a big deal when we're talking about tooth decay. So, the fact that xylitol helps make plaque less adhesive alone is a real benefit.
Supports remineralization of tooth tissue:
This is big. As we have discussed here for years, we approach this path to optimal oral health from two perspectives, an 'in the mouth' approach and a 'system-wide immune' approach. While there is much we can do to support greater remineralization system wide by understanding what causes decay, what foods undermine our oral health and what foods support greater oral health, having tools to help remineralize 'in the mouth' add yet another strategy for optimizing our oral health.
From the 'in the mouth' approach, remineralization occurs because calcium and phosphorus are held in an available state to chemically remineralize tooth tissue.
An article in the International Journal of Dentistry titled Sugar Alcohols, Caries Incidence, and Remineralization of Caries Lesions: A Literature Review states that xylitol helps maintain calcium and phosphorus in a stable state, available to be used to remineralize our teeth.
"It is important to observe, however, that the stabilizing effect of polyols (xylitol) on the Ca phosphate systems of the oral cavity is predominantly directed to the solubility of salivary Ca and phosphate, rendering their prolonged, dissolved, supersaturated state possible, compared with the presence of, say, sucrose, which tends to initiate instantaneous precipitation of Ca and phosphate in saliva (thus eliminating a part of those substances from remineralization). The polyols' role in saliva and plaque fluid is one of stabilization; Ca and phosphate salts are stabilized in the presence of polyols"(3)
More scientific evidence supports that not only does xylitol support surface remineralization but xylitol even supports remineralization of deeper dentinal layers of tooth structure. (4)
Supports a healthier pH in the mouth
We will mention that xylitol does support a healthier pH balance in the mouth. However, the literature suggests that the support comes not directly from the use of xylitol, but from the fact that the presence of xylitol in the mouth causes increased salivation. It's the saliva that balances the pH in our mouths.
If you'd like to read more about the role of pH in the creation or destruction of oral health, here's an article on tracking your saliva pH. Also, here's a video tutorial where we share a simple (free) technique to increase your saliva, what we call 'Mouth Probiotics'.
Putting together the pros and cons…
With this extensive review of the literature, we have changed our stance on xylitol being used in the mouth. The benefits of reduction of tooth decay, plaque adhesion reduction and remineralization support clearly point toward the use of xylitol in oral hygiene routines.
Just make sure the xylitol you choose isn't coming out of China or from the GMO agri-biz industry.
That's precisely why we chose to include birch-based xylitol in the formulation of OraWellness Shine, our remineralizing tooth whitening powder. You can learn more about how Shine works here. You can also read the reviews for Shine here.
Want to take a deeper dive in learning simple strategies to apply at home to help you stop and even reverse tooth decay? Be sure to check out our FREE resource guidebook, "How to stop tooth decay and remineralize your teeth" here.
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Please remember this! We love our family pets! Of course we want to help them keep their teeth healthy and clean too. Xylitol can be fatally dangerous to dogs. Please never use a human toothpaste or toothpowder containing xylitol on your dog's teeth.
How about you? Do you use xylitol? Do you consider xylitol safe? Please share your stance so we can all continue to learn from one another.
Helpful, Related Resources:
Is Baking Soda Safe to Brush with? [article]
How Teeth Decay (the interplay between sugar, pH and microbes) [article]
What's the Real Cause of Tooth Decay? (and how to stop it) [article]
What Foods Undermine Our Oral Health and Why? [article]
What TO Eat to Support Optimal Oral Health [article]
Tracking Your Saliva pH: How to Know You Are Heading in the Right Direction [article]
1. http://www.naturalnews.com/043857_xylitol_artificial_sweeteners_digestive_distress.html
2. https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Xylitol_in_Dental_Decay_Prevention
3. http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijd/2010/981072/
4. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14700079


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The Rachel Maddow Show Guest List
Week of October 19, 2009
Past transcripts by month
- Christopher Hayes, Washington editor, The Nation
- Michael Isikoff, investigative correspondent, Newsweek and MSNBC contributor
- Xeni Jardin, editor and partner, BoingBoing.net
- Will Femia, lucky pedestrian, msnbc.com
From the Web
- Fox Reporter to Host Totally Balanced Anti-Health Care Reform Event
- Michael Isikoff: Update: Major Republican Donor Plans to Fund Liz Cheney's New Organization
- Rich Life Club's BBB grade: F
- Get Motivated Seminars, Inc.'s BBB grade: D+
- Lowes sell fomer Pope mansion in Manalapan to joint venture
- Robert Scoble's tweet about seeing a Google car and the photo, which should have been credited to Rocky Barbanica is here.
- Will Femia: OMG! It's the Google Street View car!
- Keith Olbermann, Countdown, MSNBC
- Retired United States Army Major General Paul Eaton - He served more than 30 years in the U.S. Army and from 2003-2004 oversaw the training of the Iraqi military. He is now a senior advisor with the National Security Network.
- Jane Mayer, staff writer, The New Yorker and author, "The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals"
- Howard Dean, former Vermont Governor and DNC Chair
From the Web
- Obama Charms Even a Night's Grand Ol' Party
- Bush and Cheney on N.Y. Times Adam Clymer
- The photos of right-wing radio hosts meeting with President Bush can be seen here and here. (Anyone got better links for these?)
- David Rohde: A Drone Strike and Dwindling Hope
- Jane Mayer on predator drones and Pakistan
- [abstract] Jane Mayer, The Political Scene, "The Predator War," The New Yorker, October 26, 2009, p. 36
- S.909 - Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act
- HRC: "...our nation's first major piece of civil rights legislation for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people..."
- The President has just signed IAVA's number one legislative priority for the year into law - advance funding for VA healthcare.
- TPM: Snowe: I Do Not Support Opt Out Compromise, Would Likely Filibuster Public Option Bill
- John Ensign: I'll stump for Harry Reid's opponent
- Tamara Lowe, co-founder and executive vice president, Get Motivated Seminars
- Congressman Barney Frank
- Adam Green, founder, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee
- Jamie Leigh Jones, former KBR employee & rape survivor
- Todd Kelly, attorney for Jamie Leigh Jones
From the Web
- People "Get Motivated" to Flood into Hartford
- CBO's public option stunner: It reduces deficit
- Hula hooping it up for health, first lady swivels
- Progressive Change Campaign Committee
- Lake Havasu City Councilman Says He's "Just a Little Jewish" When it Comes to City Manager's Contract
- No Joke: Have You Heard About the Official FBI Cologne?
- The Franken anti-rape amendment (S.AMDT.2588)
- Senator Franken explains his amendment
- Balloon Boy Game (the sea gull one)
- Balloon Boy adventure (the barfing one)
- Dave Weigel, reporter, The Washington Independent
- Jesse Connolly, campaign manager, NO on 1 Protect Maine Equality
- Wayne Slater, senior political reporter, Dallas Morning News
- Bill Wolff, Vice President of Primetime Programming at MSNBC and the Executive Producer of TRMS. Also a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, a sports expert and a HUGE Saint Louis Cardinals baseball fan.
From the Web
- David Weigel: Conservative Base Stands Up to GOP in NY Race
- Siena poll: Bill Owens surges past Dede Scozzafava in NY-23 congressional race
- Public Policy Polling: Maine Poll Preview
- ProtectMaineEquality.org
- Bush Headlining 'Motivational Mega Show' With 'Inspirational Firepower'
- Get Motivated! (NOTE: Contains auto-play video)
- Living down by the river in a van
- Wonkette: This 'Hard Work U.' At Which Sarah Palin Will Speak… One Must Never Go There
- College of the Ozarks Handbook (pdf)
- USS New York's Ship's Silver registry
- A Tiffany Registry for the U.S.S. New York
- The Incredible Shrinking GOP: Only 20 Percent Self-Identify As Republican
- Ensign's Parents Among Reid's Campaign Donors
- Bill Wolff: Wanna Bet? Money, if not eyes, on NFL
- American Scientist: Predicting a Baseball's Path
- Spitball master Perry watches Rogers with admiration
- How To Throw the Goopball
- Senator Sherrod Brown
- Congressman Alan Grayson
- Suhail Khan, former Hill Staffer and former senior political appointee to President Bush
- Kate Sheppard, reporter, Mother Jones Magazine
From the Web
- GOP Launches Strategy to Trip Up Health Bill
- New study finds 45,000 deaths annually linked to lack of health coverage
- Senator John Kyl, R-Az., on Meet the Press
- Steele: We Don't Need Comprehensive Health Care Reform
- Did Grayson Put His Seat at Risk?
- CongressmanWithGuts.com
- WorldNetDaily: Yes, CAIR is planting 'spies' on Capitol Hill
- Suhail Khan: Muslim Ex-Bush Official: 'Intern Spy' Hunt Threatens Careers Of Good Americans
- Myrick's Office Hasn't Submitted Muslim 'Intern Spy' Probe Requests Yet
- Meet The Man Behind The Intern Spy Wars: Muslim Mafia Author Dave Gaubatz
- DeMint watches out for all of us - "There is a saying that the Jews who are wealthy got that way not by watching dollars, but instead by taking care of the pennies and the dollars taking care of themselves."
- Rep. Buyer's scholarship fund hasn't helped a single student
- Overturned missile transport cleared from road
- Semi carrying missile parts overturns
- David Sirota: Diversionary Tactics Aside, The Tapes Make Clear Rush Limbaugh Is A Racist
- Will the real Chamber of Commerce please stand up?
- The Yes Men Changes the World
- Kate Sheppard: The Yes Men Punk the Chamber
- Kate Sheppard: Chamber: Global Warming is Good for You
- The Top Five Balloon Boy Tribute Songs
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Community Conversation & Scaffolding of the Culture Connects: Santa Fe Initiative
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Circles of Conversation
The community conversation and scaffolding of the Culture Connects initiative began in the Spring of 2015 as a harvesting methodology--a collection and gathering of information on what matters most to the community. Several community-wide discussions were held throughout various locations representing the voice of the City: Value of culture to Santa Fe--its depth, breadth and possibility. Many thanks to all who participated in these invaluable conversations.
Neighborhood Gatherings
The Community-Wide Launch was held on Saturday, March 12, 2016. Over 120 community members participated in surveys and activities designed to capture the pulse of the community.
Saturday, March 12: Community-Wide Launch
Thank you Santa Fe for a great launch! Over 120 community members participated and we collected a lot of great data.
March 15, Museum of International Folk Art
Thank you to the more than two dozen community members who participated and to Councilor Joseph Maestas for being with us!
March 24, Scottish Rite Temple
Thank you to the more than 50 community members who shared their thoughts with us...and enjoyed a flamenco performance!
March 28, Genoveva Chavez Community Center
The conversation was deep and rich at Chavez Community Center.
April 2, Santa Fe Public Library South Side Branch
Community members young and old shared in a great conversation at the library!
Women and Creativity
More than 80 women came together to share food, music and conversation. Participants ranged in age from 14 to 104, representing diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Partners and Sponsors
Partnership and collaboration are at the heart of Culture Connects: Santa Fe. Without the generous partnership individuals and organizations across the community, this initiative would not be possible.
Axle Contemporary | Cheesemonger | Georgia O'Keeffe Museum | Genoveva Chavez Community Center | Iconik Coffee Roasters | Inn on the Alameda | Lensic Performing Arts Center | Leslie Flynt Gallery | LittleGlobe, Inc. | Museum of International Folk Art | Museum of New Mexico Foundation | Ocean Nail/Spa | Oil Stop Car Wash | Ana Pacheco | Performance Santa Fe | Rios Wood Yard | St. Michael's Chevron | Santa Fe Spa | Santa Fe University of Art and Design | Scottish Rite Temple | TOURISM Santa Fe | Women & Creativity