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.. now , we have perverted sex – crazed graduate from Yale . Yeow !
.. This guy is actually a professor at Pasadena City College . Yeah , that means CA , folks . His pedigree is in Medieval History . So , what does he end up specializing in ? Sex and gender studies , what else did you think ?
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Given the prevailing norms of sexual scholarship in academia, what's a heterosexual male professor to do? Evidently, Hugo Schwyzer's solution was to declare himself a progressive feminist and teach classes on pornography. He carved out a career in the field of gender studies despite the fact that his degree was in medieval history. "My mother was a second-wave feminist," Schwyzer said in a 2011 interview. "I was raised in the 1970s with 'Ms. Magazine' on the coffee table and strong feminist values.… I took my first women's studies course early in my college career…. I fell in love with women's studies. But I was leery about majoring in it in the mid-1980s. I didn't know any guys who did that. So I took a lot of gender-themed classes and majored in history instead." While still working toward his Ph.D. at UCLA, he was hired at Pasadena City College in 1993 and showed his "strong feminist values" by having sex with college girls. "Before 1998 I slept with two dozen female students, somewhere in there, it's a ballpark thing," he told the Daily Beast last week. "That ended when I had a similar but not as bad a breakdown to the one I had now. When I got sober, I made amends to the college and swore off sleeping with students."
By the time Hugo Schwyzer "got sober" at age 31, he had already been divorced twice, and had recently been dumped by an 18-year-old student, which "sent me spiraling rapidly downward." He attempted murder-suicide with an ex-girlfriend, a stripper and fellow addict he had met in rehab two years earlier. None of this, however, prevented Schwyzer from becoming a tenured professor with an annual salary of more than $90,000, a published author and columnist featured at The Atlantic and at the feminist site Jezebel.com. Evidently, no one bothered to check Schwyzer's credentials as a self-proclaimed "expert on body image, sexuality and gender justice." As he told the Daily Beast, "I pretended regularly to have more credentials than I actually did," admitting that the ease of his acceptance as "a very well known speaker and writer on feminism" with no more qualification than having taken two undergraduate women's studies classes was "a little odd."
Actually, there was a lot odd about Schwyzer's career, but he may have seemed fairly normal among the lunatic perverts employed by sex-crazed academia nowadays. Three years ago, Columbia University political science Professor David Epstein was arrested for having an incestuous affair with his adult daughter, and subsequently copped a plea deal, but remains employed at the prestigious Ivy League school. One of Epstein's Columbia faculty colleagues, Professor Theo Sandfort, was for many years affiliated with the Dutch pedophile journal Paidika and is co-author of the 1990 book, Male Intergenerational Intimacy, a "scientific" justification of pederasty. At a Yale University "sensitivity training" workshop in March, bestiality and incest were among the topics in a discussion that the student director of the event explained was intended "to increase compassion for people who may engage in activities that are not what you would personally consider normal." A survey of the workshop participants found that 9 percent said they had sold sex for money, and 3 percent said they've had sex with animals.
In the context of academia, Hugo Schwyzer wasn't particularly weird. He taught a course listed in the PCC catalog as "Humanities in the Social Sciences," but which Schwyzer himself called "Navigating Pornography." In February, when he invited famous male porn performer James Deen to speak to his class, Schwyzer was rebuked for having scheduled what PCC called an "unauthorized… public event." In announcing cancelation of the event, a PCC official felt obliged to reaffirm the administration's support for Schwyzer's "academic freedom within the classroom." The professor apparently exercised his academic freedom with tremendous zeal. "He started texting sexual messages and pictures of himself… and beginning in January, engaged in extramarital affairs with several women and one man," the Daily Caller reported. Some of that behavior was revealed in late July, when a porn-industry gossip site reported the text messages (and video of himself masturbating) Schwyzer exchanged with 27-year-old performer Christina Parreira.
Of course, Schwyzer was not fired for his crazy perversion. Tenured professors can never be fired. Instead, PCC put him on medical leave, so he's still collecting his $90,000 salary. His fourth wife left him and the professor is now reportedly recuperating at his mother's house with the help of five different psychiatric medications. But he is certainly not alone in his madness, which is merely symptomatic of how American academia has lost its collective mind.
Related articles
- Seriously, Schwyzer? (feministphilosophers.wordpress.com)
- Porn Professor Goes Berserk, Confesses to Sex With Students (thecollegefix.com)
- 'Bad boy male feminist' melts down: 'I used sex and charm and whiteness' to scam you all (twitchy.com)
- 'Porn professor' unleashes epic sex rant on Twitter (wnd.com)
- Calif prof "wanted to have my students watch me scr*w" male porn star (fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com)
- Feminist 'Professor' Admits No Qualifications to Teach, Adultery, Mental Troubles (stoptheaclu.com)


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This is one of those questions that nobody ever seems to have an answer for. They always tell me to just ignore the voices in my head. It's really not that easy.
Today is a difficult day. I've had my PICC line put in, and while I'm happy I've got it, it's annoying me that I need it. I know that I need reasonable access and that I spend a lot of time in hospital, but it's a constant reminder that there's something wrong and it's a visible reminder. People ask me about it when I wear a t-shirt and forget to cover it. And I don't like having to explain it to them, cause then you get the "Awww I'm sorry to hear that" stories. Having it is both a blessing and a curse.
My head's being especially shitty today though. And there's only so long I can try and have the argument of "you're wrong, I'm not a shit person" before I start not have the energy for it. Which is a bad thing in itself. I've been struggling with my chest and I'm not sleeping fantastically, so I'm tired and feel rough. Never a good combination. I should be revising but the stuff I'm revising is ball achingly boring and I just can't be bothered. Learning about 15 different fungi groups and how they all reproduce and grow just isn't my idea of a party. So I ended up building lego with loud music on in an attempt to shut my stupid head up. Doesn't seem to be working though, so I think I might just give up and go to bed. Seems the best plan, and the safest right now to be honest.

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We really enjoyed our small apartment and the little private terrasse. There is'nt much view, but is private and you can always find a nice place in the garden beside the main building. The owners are very kind and helpful, and always had time for a chat. We borrowed the bicycles almost every day (for free) and enjoyed exploring the area. This hotel is a perfect base if you you want to explore the cost of cote d'Azur.
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During the winter of 1905 and spring of 1906, the need for banking facilities in Allendale, Illinois was expressed by the leading citizens and business people of the community. Steps were taken to organize a national bank, thus The First National Bank of Allendale was chartered by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, United States Treasury Department, on July 6, 1906.
The bank has prospered, grown, and remodeled its Allendale banking facility three times. In July of 1984, the bank began construction of a full service facility in Mt. Carmel. The branch was opened on December 20, 1984, and expanded in 1994. A second remodel and major expansion of the Mt. Carmel Branch was completed in late 2005, and again in 2015. One June 3, 2016, The First National Bank completed its first acquisition by way of a merger with First State Bank of West Salem. This provided the bank with a new presence in the Edwards County market.
The First National Bank remains a locally owned, locally managed, independent financial institution. The bank is owned by Allendale Bancorp, Inc. a one-bank holding company, whose home office is also located in Allendale, Illinois. The company has approximately 268 shareholders, 90% of whom live within a 25-mile radius of the bank. From the initial capitalization of $500,000 in 1906, the bank has grown to approximately 231 million dollars in total assets and is the largest financial institution headquartered in Wabash County.


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What is Tinnitus?
Everyone knows what hearing loss is – the term is pretty self-explanatory. Tinnitus is somewhat different. While many people may not know what the word means, they all have probably heard about its characteristics, and many may have it without knowing what it's called. Tinnitus is better described by its common description, "ringing in the ears". Basically, it is when a repetitive noise is heard without there being any external cause to the sound. People naturally hear ringing in the ears after being in a loud concert, or after being near a construction zone, but tinnitus occurs when there is no external cause to the sound that you hear in your ear.
What Causes Tinnitus?
Tinnitus and hearing loss are directly related. The condition that causes tinnitus (which is more accurately described as a symptom rather than a true condition) is the same that causes hearing loss: inner ear nerve damage. The inner ear is a very sensitive part of the body. Inside there are several small organs that all contribute to interpreting sound waves from outside into sound signals in the brain. One of these vulnerable parts is called the cochlea, and has several hair-like cells inside that vibrate when noise waves pass by them.
Damage to the inner ear occurs when excessive sound waves basically crash into these hair cells and hurt them. The nerve attached to them is often damaged as well and cannot send signals to the brain like it could when it was healthy. The result? Often a loud, annoying, and persistent ringing will be heard. This is what we call tinnitus. Loud noise is the primary cause of this symptom, and can actually lead to more serious conditions like hearing loss. As mentioned above and as I'll explain below, tinnitus and hearing loss are directly related.
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How are tinnitus and hearing loss related? Hearing loss is nothing more than the effect of the same inner ear damage that causes tinnitus. The main difference between tinnitus and hearing loss is the extent of the damage (as tinnitus can still be heard). In fact, severe and prolonged tinnitus is a symptom of future hearing loss. The delicate nerve cells in the ear can be so damaged that they completely lose their ability to interpret sound waves. Thus, if you start getting tinnitus and ringing in your ears, be careful, for the causes of your ringing are forerunners of hearing loss. In this way, tinnitus and hearing loss can be used to learn and hopefully limit your exposure to loud noise before it's too late.
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This recital is so very, very good that you just sit there stunned and then have to pick yourself up off the floor, regroup and sit there stunned for a little while longer. I heard the live version of this concert at Carnegie Hall last spring; this CD was recorded a few weeks later at Wigmore Hall, and I think the Londoners got the better performance, because again, while what I heard was good, this was utterly amazing. Every note of this performance is alive.
Röschmann and Uchida perform three sets of songs, Schumann's Op. 39 Liederkreis, Berg's Seven Early Songs, and Schumann's Frauenliebe und Leben.
Uchida's piano playing reveals that the piano part in these songs is not just "accompaniment" but rather a second voice in the piece. She brings out details that I had not registered before – the heartbeat pulse of the piano part in "Intermezzo" in the Leiderkreis, the way the piano lines wrap up the story of witch and wanderer in "Waldesgespräch", the rushing of the little brook in "In der Fremde" or the simple glow of happiness in "Frühlingsnacht." I was just listening to bits of the recital again as I write this (sometimes I can figure out what I was talking about in my original chickenscratch notes; other times – as is common with important historical documents – the notes are written in a left-handed scrawl so impenetrably awful that I have to go back and re-create the moment in order to interpret the record) and a second listen does nothing but confirm Uchida's power to make the piano part speak.
But let's talk about the singing. This is an absolutely marvelous recital. Röschmann is a first-class interpreter of songs, and there is no better evidence of it than this. Some of the best moments in this were the subtle shifts in mood – the sudden spaciousness at "weites Wunderland ist aufgetan" in "Nacht" during the Berg songs; or the way the word "night" rings – as the text says – at the end of "Traumgekrönt." Röschmann's power to make a melodic line stand still and glow ("Mondnacht") or give an impression of weight and quiet and age ("Auf einer Burg"), simply by the way she colors her voice, is transfixing.
I would be hard pressed to say what my favorite part of this recital was. Schumann's Op. 39 Leiderkreis is among my favorite sets of songs – maybe because listening note by note through one of Röschmann's earlier performances of it taught me a lot about song interpretation – and it loses nothing on being heard again and again. That said, as I noted when I discussed the live performance of this program that I heard in April, hearing her sing Berg's Seven Early Songs made me feel as if I understood them; it's the sort of performance that reduces one's notes to a series of exclamation points and attempts to find synonyms for "luminous". And then there is the last set, Schumann's Frauenliebe und Leben. I have a visceral dislike of this song cycle. That said, I loved every moment of this performance of it. There is something profoundly wonderful about the way Röschmann simply takes it as it is, but by virtue of taking it seriously, and drawing everything out of it that's there, she makes me like it. The last song in particular, where the husband dies, and the vocal part grows quiet and still, is one of the most moving parts of the entire recital.


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A trailer for Legends & Killers, the latest DLC expansion for Red Dead Redemption, has just released. The pack incorporates some of the game's most iconic towns into multiplayer, adding Blackwater and Thieves Landing to the mix. You'll also get to add the deadly tomahawk to your arsenal. But we're most excited about the addition of some of the more memorable characters from Red Dead Revolver. Red, Annie Stoakes, and Buffalo Soldier are just some of the characters you'll get to play as.
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Faulk County Highpoint Trip Report
eleven areas (2,010+ ft)
Date: August 4, 2004
Author: Bob Martin All but one of these areas are near the western county line. From US212 between Seneca and Gettysburg, drive south on the county line. The most northern area is at a water tower 3 miles south. A grass track leads to the tower from the south. A mile south, 3 areas can be found in fields near the road. The county line road doesn't extend much farther south, so you must backtrack and move 3 miles east to a paved road. Follow this road south to a T, which is 6 miles south of US212. Turn right and go west 2 miles and south a mile. Drive west to a house on the right for permission. You can drive a short distance west to where the road becomes impassable. From here it is a good walk to cover 6 areas, some of which might be eliminated with the level. Drive east a mile and a half to find the last area south of the road in pasture.


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Do to the requirement of attending our monthly team meeting at the Range today, I opted to ride the KTM. The Range is not Sport Bike Friendly. Not at all. It's not even Car Friendly. It's 4X4 friendly for sure… So the KTM went to work with me.
I like it. Due to the use of Off Road Cogs instead of actual Tires, it did have an abundance of vibration. But that was expected. It's very different through the curves, the way these sorts of machines lean. I like the riding position and the fact that its so much easier to stand up on the pegs. It's odd standing up on the highway… but fun. I only went tops 67 MPH and not my usual Warp Factor 9, but it didn't feel like I was going slow. It's just a fun machine. I got used to the bike more… and coming home on it I was much more confident and comfortable. I liked it even more.
I also liked the fact that I was able to say to myself, "Hey, where does that little turn off go?" So I took it… went over a couple hills and across a field and back onto the highway. NICE! That is the exact thing I wanted an Enduro for. I can go anywhere on it. I love that. It's not smooth pavement only. I am digging this Enduro thing. The Two Wheeled Jeep thing. It's addicting. I find myself daydreaming about where I can go and explore. I've gone up to Paradise Lake a couple times… and it's fun. But I want to take it further. Go explore some Ghost Towns. Go up to the tops of some of these mountains around here. And I will.
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The innovative So Percussion ensemble returns to UT's Texas Performing Arts again this season for another double-header of boundary-pushing alt chamber music. On Wednesday, the percussion foursome premieres a new work by Steven Mackey co-commissioned by Texas Performing Arts. Then joining with vocalist Shara Worden, lead singer and songwriter for the experimental pop band My Brightest Diamond, So Percussion premieres a new piece by Worden. On March 12, So Percussion performs Steve Reich's 1971 breakthrough masterpiece "Drumming" with the UT Percussion Ensemble. — Jeanne Claire van Ryzin
Details: 8 p.m. Wednesday. $36. McCullough Theatre, 2406 Robert Dedman Drive. 512-477-6060,www.texasperformingarts.org.


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When your child is happy, we are happy. At Mooresville Pediatric Dentistry, we understand caring for children is different than caring for adults. All of our pediatric dental practices are built specifically with children in mind. The open bay treatment areas, kid-friendly themes, and parent-friendly atmosphere are designed to enhance your family's dental visit. We strive to deliver fun, caring dental experience to our patients. We take pride in caring for our community by providing high quality, conveniently accessible, compassionate oral health care.
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Week 39….Beyond Ready…by Liimu
So, this is it. My last post before the newest McGill makes his appearance in the world. I have to admit, there is a part of me that is more excited about not being pregnant anymore than anything else. Don't get me wrong, I cannot WAIT to meet my son, and I'm sure that will overshadow all else as soon as he gets here, but right now, with the numbness in my hands and feet, the swelling everywhere including my face, the heartburn and the wheezing, I just feel like a hot, hot mess. I'm just ready to be on the other side of the peak of pregnancy discomfort, on the road to recovery and back to my sassy self. That's part two of this journey readers, coming back to myself – better than before.
The other thing I wanted to talk about – in the context of being beyond ready – is a little Aha moment my husband and I had with our eight year old. We thought we were ready, she and I. I bragged to friends about how she had decided to move into the baby's room because she wanted to be there to help in the middle of the night. "No backsies!" I joked. And a joke it was because she was terrified to be in her own room after having had someone in her room since her younger sister was born just 16 months after her. So, this week, we blew up the air mattress and put it on the floor of her old room, now her sisters' room, and that is where she will sleep until she's feeling brave enough to try again.
My husband was torn and inclined to tell her to suck it up. But I have been terrified of the bumps in the night, and I know that there are times you need to suck it up and times you need to change the situation to address the fear. Because she wasn't wanting to sleep with us, her sisters wanted her in the room with them, and she is generally a sweet and adaptable young lady, I fought hard for her to get to change her mind and go back to the safety and security of sleeping with her sisters. So far, so good. We thought we were ready before. Now, we are beyond ready. We are ready to admit mistakes and learn from them, and that (I have found) is the most important factor in really being ready for parenthood. Because the only thing I have found that I knew for sure each time I had a child was that nothing at all is certain.


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Wrongful death lawsuit filed following fatal shot by police
Two children lost their mother following her tragic death after a fatal car crash in Texas in 2013. The incident stemmed from what should have been a routine traffic stop, but unfortunately turned deadly. The father of one of the deceased woman's children has recently filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the officer who fired the fatal shot, on behalf of that child.
Fatal accident occurs on Texas construction site
Electrical work is skilled work, requiring particular knowledge and ability to safely perform what is a potentially dangerous job. Electrical work on a construction site can be even more dangerous as construction sites often pose unique hazards. Tragically, a Texas electrician died recently in a fatal accident while working at a construction site.
Attorney guidance aids Dallas families following wrongful deaths
The death of a loved one is an event no one wants to encounter, especially when that death occurs all too young and possibly due to the misconduct of another. In a previous post, this blog reported on the troubling case of a Dallas teenager who died following injuries sustained after another student severely beat him. The family had filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Dallas Independent School District and the Dallas County Juvenile Department, accusing them of misconduct for causing the teen's death.
Wrongful death lawsuit filed following death of Dallas teen
It is a terrible tragedy when a family loses a child, no matter the cause. When that death is at the hands of another, a family may be seeking answers and wondering what options they have to help them recover for the loss of a loved one. A child's death that occurs due to the misconduct of another may be cause for a wrongful death lawsuit, which may be able to provide some measure of comfort for a grieving family.
In the wake of wrongful death, a surviving family needs advocacy
There is nothing so catastrophic for a family as losing a loved one to someone else's negligence. The family's heartbreak is amplified by the notion that the death should never have happened. This is the tragedy of a wrongful death. This is what the surviving family members are left to deal with. They may feel so devastated that they do not know where to turn. In these tragic circumstances, one of the best steps a suffering family can take is to locate a trusted advocate.
Handling complex wrongful death cases
Fatal accidents are an unfortunate fact of life everywhere in the country, including Texas. Too often, however, someone died because of the actions or inactions of one or more people, thus putting those people at fault. As a result, a wrongful death lawsuit is likely if the fact of negligence can be proven in court. A wrongful death claim allows surviving family members to seek compensation from the party deemed most responsible for a fatal accident. The types of accidents and fatal events include car crashes, negligent acts of medical malpractice and dangerous properties. Filing a wrongful death case, however, can be challenging.
What damages can be claimed in a wrongful death lawsuit?
Many different types of accidents that cause a wrongful death occur on a regular basis in the United States. Deaths caused by workplace accidents, medical malpractice and motor vehicle accidents often lead to wrongful death lawsuits. In Dallas, Texas, readers must understand that wrongful death action is only applicable if negligence contributed to the untimely demise of a person. Surviving family members of the deceased person, the decedent's estate or the spouse of the deceased may file a claim and seek compensation from responsible parties.
Texas driver in wrongful death faces manslaughter charge
The loss of a loved one is a sad event for Texas family members. When the person has died suddenly and violently, however, the feeling is likely to be one of devastation. Questions then follow such as, "Was someone at fault?" The results of an investigation by law enforcement can determine whether negligence was a contributing factor to the death. Surviving family members are then often impatient for the results of any investigation.
Texas wrongful death lawsuits are one of our areas of expertise
Death comes eventually to all living things, including people Texans we know and love. When someone dies from age-related conditions or serious medical problems, we find it easier to move on, especially if we have prepared for the event for any length of time. In cases of sudden death from unexpected causes, however, most of us are likely to feel shock and to wonder how our loved one died and whether someone is responsible. If we find that human negligence contributed to the person's death, then we may want some sense of justice and seek some sort of compensation.


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Depleted uranium: could this reduce our dependency on crude oil?
(Phys.org) -- A simple three-step chemical reaction which could herald the introduction of new sustainable feedstocks for the chemical industry has been developed by scientists at The University of Nottingham.
Scientists in the School of Chemistry have developed a recyclable system for converting carbon monoxide (CO) directly into more complicated organic molecules using depleted uranium.
The research, funded by the Royal Society and European Research Council, was led by Dr. Stephen Liddle, an expert in inorganic chemistry. Details of the new procedure which can return the molecule that performs the transformation back to its start point have been published in the prestigious academic journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Many of the products society has come to rely on are derived from petrochemicals and an array of feedstocks needed to satisfy the voracious appetite of the petrochemical industry are produced from the refining of crude oil.
The search for more sustainable sources of feedstocks for petrochemical production is gathering pace and CO is, in principle, one of the options. Industry generates CO in abundance but the problem facing chemists has been how to convert CO directly into useable molecular compounds.
Dr. Liddle said: This is a significant step forward in the search for viable alternatives to crude oil it means that a simple catalytic process for converting CO directly into more complex and value-added organic molecules may soon be in reach.
The need for alternative sources of feedstocks
The continued growth and stability of the global economy requires the ready availability of petrochemical feedstocks. However, uncertainty in their cost and supply and events such as the energy crisis in the 1970s has driven demand for developing alternative sources to crude oil.
Derived from methane and coal stocks, CO is an important industrial gas widely used in many industrial operations for example in the production of aldehydes, methanol and pure nickel. It is readily produced by steam reforming reactions and as a result is an abundant resource that could be used in crude oil-free bulk hydrocarbon feedstock production.
But developing processes to fix CO into molecules of use are energy intensive. Many attempts have been made to make molecular compounds derived purely from CO fixation but they arent recyclable.
What happens next?
Using depleted uranium, chemists at The University of Nottingham have developed a three stage synthetic cycle in which an electron is transferred to CO molecules making them more reactive, a new molecule is then assembled, and then, crucially, the CO-derived molecule is liberated and the metal complex that creates the chemical reaction is retrieved so it can be used again.
Dr. Liddle said: Our work represents a step forward because we have closed a simple synthetic cycle for fixing carbon monoxide the challenge now is to make this a catalytic cycle and to exploit the findings of this work with metals that industry could more easily use.


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On the face of it, Emotional Supply Chains seems like a reasonably timely project; a group show of work that addresses the way identity is constructed in the digital age, going back as far as the turn of the new millennium and working up until the present day. The title of the exhibition comes from the idea that the self is "fabricated via a supply chain of objects, ideas and experiences," according to the exhibition text, and seeks to antagonise the tension between the oft touted freedom of digital space, with its alleged multiplicity and fluidity, and the inescapably tangible and more specific realities we face in real life.
The exhibition is divided into three sections, entitled Authenticity and Artifice, The Networked Self and Origins and Renewal. Each teems with significance not only in terms of how we discuss the post-digital world, but also one in which as Boris Groys has suggested (in a recent essay for e-flux Journal #71, again cited in the exhibition text) we are all engaged in some sort of artistic activity. How then do people navigate this particular multiplicity, which appears to manifest itself in an oddly competitive way, a crowded space where everyone is screaming their own name at the top of their lungs, vying for attention and validation from others?
New Zealand artist Simon Denny's work The Personal Effects of Kim Dotcom (2013- ) is the first work which greets the viewer, taking up a large portion of the main hall of the downstairs gallery. Referring to the ongoing legal difficulties of German-born (and currently NZ-based) founder of Megaupload and Megavideo, the installation is assembled from a collection of objects collated from a list of items seized by police during a raid on his huge mansion in Auckland in January 2012. Denny's work here has a kind of dual significance, revealing Dotcom's rather adolescent tastes (expensive cars, movie memorabilia etc.) that have become synonymous with his public image, as well as touching on issues of copyright and intellectual property rights in the age of the internet. Denny's work tends to have an almost diagrammatic structure, and he's noted as being somewhat 'emotionally removed' from the issues he addresses in his work. The result is that it's one of the most easily readable works in a show that doesn't particularly favour them.
David Raymond Conroy's work, entitled (You (People) Are All The Same) (2016) is a newly commissioned work which takes the structural identifiers of long-form journalism (which is itself a useful commentary on attention spans in our current epoch) and podcasts to explore Conroy's attempts to make a work based on encounters with homeless people in Las Vagas. Central here is the narrative technique as a medium; a slowly unwinding story that while no doubt for many is synonymous with online broadcasting, really harks back further to the golden days of radio. Ostensibly the piece is about making work, the notion of authenticity and the relationship with the audience, but also the way that a story is also often subsumed by the way it is told and 'formatted.'
For me the highlight of the exhibition is Neïl Beloufa's large scale installation in the middle gallery, Lifestyles (2013), which contains the video work People's passion, lifestyle, beautiful wine, gigantic glass town, all surrounded by water (2011). The latter work is an almost clichéd presentation of an upper-class, gated neighbourhood, all carefully sanitised and full of equally non-threatening individuals discussing how they spend their leisure time. One fantastically on point piece of dialogue comes from what sounds like a real estate agent, talking about being able to go up the mountains to ski, then go to the beach to surf before going out on the town for dinner all in the same day (with brief, strategic naps in between). It all sounds like more activity than most people fit into an average month, both in terms of time and energy. The dialogue of course is all carefully scripted, a perfect illustration of how we construct not only ourselves but also some particular suggestion of our surroundings. Beloufa's work here is disrupted by a series of assemblages, which cut through the video projection, dissecting the interviews into multiple panels and mirrors, and further emphasising the fragility of some of these constructed presentations, regardless of how immaculate they might appear from the outside.
In the rear gallery space, several artists reference some of the supposedly quintessential hallmark platforms of the digital age, such as Facebook, Youtube and Instagram. The rise of social media, online celebrities, and even the somewhat cliché idea of the "leaked" sex-tape have all become synonymous with the curation of the 21st century self, something explored in different ways by artists like Frances Stark, Ed Fornieles and Ann Hirsche. In this part of the exhibition, perhaps the strongest ties can be found with the exhibition Electronic Superhighway (2016-1966)[1], currently running at Whitechapel Gallery. In that exhibition as in Emotional Supply Chains, the onset of new technologies and platforms experienced by a younger generation of artists form the basis of their conceptual considerations of the self, as well as more specific sculptural forms. Hirsch's piece in particular is interesting in the way it subtly charts the changes within the internet itself, referencing the ubiquitous chat rooms of the late 1990s and early 2000s with the more established mediums of the present day, with their incorporation of moving image, photography and other interactive elements.
On the upstairs mezzanine, works which address notions of family, history and nationality come to fore, most strongly perhaps in David Blandy's installation Child of the Atom (2010) and Aleksandra Domanovic's 19:30 (2010-11). Blandy's work explores a family myth that connects his late father's time as a prisoner of war to the bombing of Hiroshima, in a kind of constructed set that is visually one of the most striking elements of the whole exhibition. Domanovic's work, spread across two screens addresses the dissolution of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia by collaging materials from television news themes and also rave parties held in the region. This work in particular addresses the way identity is increasingly a pastiche of media, curated to fit a pre-determined format like Facebook or Tumblr, speaking to the heart of the exhibition's overall consideration of where the multiplicity ends and the frequently more corporate manipulation begins.
The show itself is unabashedly dense, due in no small to its division into three sections. At Whitechapel, the curators organised that show by exploring the contemporary works currently being produced in the lower galleries, before juxtaposing them upstairs with a selection of work that shows how some of these ideas had been gestating over a period of decades. The result was something fantastically coherent and very wide ranging. At Zabludowicz Collection the work is more recent, the installation instead emphasising thematic links between specific works that feels like it leaves gaps in the dialogue between different artists. At the same time, it's worth noting that the work casts a broader view than the more common focus on social media or the clumsily inadequate 'post-internet' tag that frequently gets used when discussing works like this. Ultimately the exhibition feels like one which leaves a great deal more open-ended than it makes any attempt to reconcile, perhaps highlighting how in-flux so many of these conceptual concerns still are.
By Will Gresson
[1] http://www.whitechapelgallery.org/about/press/electronic-superhighway/


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Ryan Thomas Gosling (born November 12, 1980) is a Canadian actor and musician. He first came to public attention as a child star on the Disney Channel's Mickey Mouse Club (1993–95) and went on to appear in other family entertainment programs including Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1995), Goosebumps (1996), Breaker High (1997–98) and Young Hercules (1998–99). His first serious role was as a Jewish neo-Nazi in The Believer (2001), and he then built a reputation for playing misfits in independent films such as Murder by Numbers (2002), The Slaughter Rule (2002), The United States of Leland (2003) and Stay (2005).
Gosling came to the attention of a wider audience in 2004 when he was given a leading role in the romantic drama The Notebook, for which he won four Teen Choice Awards and an MTV Movie Award. His performance as a drug-addicted teacher in Half Nelson (2006) was nominated for an Academy Award and his performance as a socially inept loner in Lars and the Real Girl (2007) was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. In 2007, he starred in the courtroom thriller Fracture.
After a three-year acting hiatus, Gosling starred in both Blue Valentine and All Good Things in 2010. The former performance as a frazzled husband earned him a second Golden Globe nomination. 2011 proved to be a landmark year for the actor as he appeared in three mainstream films – the romantic comedy Crazy, Stupid, Love, the thriller Drive and the political drama The Ides of March – and received two Golden Globe nominations. He is due to appear in five upcoming films: the period crime feature Gangster Squad, the generational drama The Place Beyond the Pines, the revenge drama Only God Forgives, Terrence Malick's Lawless, and a remake of the sci-fi film Logan's Run.
Gosling's band, Dead Man's Bones, released their self-titled debut album and toured North America in 2009. He is a co-owner of Tagine, a Moroccan restaurant in Beverly Hills, California. He is a supporter of both PETA and the Enough Project and has travelled to Chad, Uganda and eastern Congo to raise awareness about conflicts in the region. He has dated Sandra Bullock and Rachel McAdams and is in a relationship with Eva Mendes.
Early Life
Ryan Thomas Gosling was born in London, Ontario. He is the son of Thomas Gosling, a traveling salesman for a paper mill, and Donna, a secretary who qualified as a high school teacher in 2011. Because of his father's work, they "moved around a lot" and Gosling lived in both Cornwall, Ontario and Burlington, Ontario. His parents were Mormons, and Gosling has said that the religion influenced every aspect of their lives. His parents divorced when he was a child and he and his older sister, Mandi, lived with their mother, an experience Gosling has credited with programming him "to think like a girl."
Gosling was educated at Gladstone Public School, Cornwall Collegiate and Vocational School and Lester B. Pearson High School. He "hated" being a child. He was bullied in elementary school and had no friends until he was "14 or 15". In Grade 1, having been heavily influenced by the film First Blood, he brought steak knives to school and threw them at other children during recess. This incident led to a suspension. He was unable to read. He was later diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), prescribed Ritalin, and placed in a class for special needs students. Consequently, his mother quit her job and homeschooled him for a year. Gosling has said that homeschooling gave him "a sense of autonomy that I've never really lost".
Gosling performed from an early age. He and his sister sang together at weddings; he performed with Elvis Perry, his uncle's Elvis Presley tribute act, and was involved with a local ballet company. Performing boosted his self-confidence as it was the only thing he received praise for. He developed an idiosyncratic accent because, as a child, he thought having a Canadian accent didn't sound "tough". He began to model his accent on that of Marlon Brando. He dropped out of high school at the age of seventeen to focus on his acting career.
Personal Life
Gosling lives in New York City. He co-owns Tagine, a Moroccan restaurant in Beverly Hills, California. He bought the restaurant on an impulse and spent "all my money" on it. He spent a year doing the renovation work himself and now oversees the restaurant's menus.
Gosling dated American actress Sandra Bullock for a year from 2002 to 2003. He had a two-year relationship with Canadian actress Rachel McAdams from mid-2005 to mid-2007. They briefly reunited in the summer of 2008. Following their split, he described McAdams as "one of the great loves of my life". He dated Kat Dennings in late 2009, Blake Lively in late 2010 and Olivia Wilde in early 2011. Gosling began dating American actress and model Eva Mendes in September 2011.
Fox News and the New York Post have reported that Gosling was arrested by LAPD officers on 17 March 2005. Gosling pleaded "no contest" to a misdemeanor charge of "exhibiting speed," despite being originally charged with "driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs" and "driving with a blood alcohol content of 0.08 or greater." He was sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to pay $849 in fines.
Gosling is supportive of various social causes. He has worked with PETA on a campaign to encourage KFC and McDonalds to use improved methods of chicken slaughter in their factories. Gosling volunteered in Biloxi, Mississippi in 2005, as part of the clean-up effort following Hurricane Katrina. He is a supporter of Invisible Children Inc, a charity which helps children affected by the LRA in Central Africa. In 2005, Gosling travelled to Darfur refugee camps in Chad. He was a speaker at Campus Progress's National Conference in 2008 where he discussed Darfur. As part of his work with the Enough Project, he visited Uganda in 2007 and eastern Congo in 2010.
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007 Quantum of Solace: The Game Hands-On
Quantum of Solace Hands-On
Activision clearly has a lot invested in the next game based on the James Bond series of movies. The games have run the gamut of amazing to awful, with several developers and publishers giving them a try, and that's just in the last few generations of game consoles.The way Activision went all out for the media event supporting the game certainly shows some faith. The event went from a simulated chase scene in flashy cars (yes, a Maseratti is ridiculously comfortable, powerful, and fun; even from the back seat), to personalized briefcases and fake passports, and ended in a Bond-themed setup complete with the game itself. Thanks to developer Treyarch's use of the Call of Duty 4 engine, Quantum of Solace: The Game already looked like it had a lot of potential. After playing both the single-player and multiplayer modes, it looks like that potential is being reached. The multiplayer mode took front and center, as this was the first time it was playable by media. A team death match was set up, with media and development staff interspersed. The gameplay, as mentioned, is very similar to the game whose engine it used, Call of Duty 4. The basic controls are identical, making it easy for FPS fans to jump right in. There is one major addition, however, in the form of a cover system. The cover system implemented is easily the smoothest, most intuitive one yet in a game. It's easy to jump in and out of it, and you can even jump straight out of cover into a dead sprint. Moving from one piece of cover to another is smooth, and Bond moves like a secret agent, not like a soldier, when moving to and from it. It was incredibly impressive, and made the whole thing that much more fun. This was the most fun FPS multiplayer I've played since that OTHER Bond game, Goldeneye on Nintendo64. The levels are extremely varied, from busy city rooftops to more traditional open expanses. The pace is quick and smooth. If you're a fan of hyper-realistic shooters and prefer to snipe, or you're a camper, there are not a lot of hidden spaces that I could find in the first couple go-arounds, but there are definitely possibilities. The only other mode I played was "Golden Gun," which is a death match mode that is reminiscent of an old politically incorrectly named children's game. One layer has the Golden Gun, you can kill everyone, but you get more points for killing the one with the Gun. After you do, you can pick it up for easy one-shot kills. The big key points here are that the new cover system works, and works well, and the game is just plain fun, even if you're not a big (or very good) FPS player. The single-player mode has been on display before, but is worth briefly talking about. In this set of missions largely adapted from the movie (though at least one scene that was cut from the film will be in the game), the controls including the cover are just as smooth. The A.I. is incredibly intelligent. In fact, it was somewhat infuriating how well and quickly enemies adapt to your playing style. If you're charging in and using the (extremely cool) close quarters takedowns, they'll spread out, take cover, and shoot you from afar. If you're trying to camp out and shoot them from behind cover, they'll flank you, surround you, and close in to take Bond out. It's hard, very hard, but it's just a good challenge, and feels like Bond, not just like a generic shooter that happens to star Daniel Craig. There are a ton of highly anticipated shooters coming out this fall, within the massive glut of games in general over the next two months. With the high production value, the recognizable base of gameplay, the new cover system, and the stellar A.I., this is shaping up to stand out from the pack, and not just because it's a licensed project.
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Aaliyah Revisited: Rest In Power
Today marks the eighth anniversary of the tragic passing of R&B 's leading lady, Aaliyah Dana Haughton. As a tried and true Aaliyah fan, I want to recognize and celebrate the impressive body of work she shared with the world — a necessary ritual of healing and remembrance. While nothing can compare to the listening … Continue reading


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ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's government put the army on standby ahead of planned opposition protests in the capital, the military said Saturday, raising the stakes in a political crisis that endangers the country's effort against Islamist extremism.
In another sign of strain on the pro-Western government, a prominent minister tendered her resignation from the Cabinet after a television station complained its coverage of the crisis was curbed.
Authorities have vowed to prevent lawyers and supporters of opposition leader Nawaz Sharif from converging on Islamabad for a mass sit-in in front of Parliament on Monday, arguing it will paralyze the government and present a target for terrorists.
President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday offered to negotiate a solution to a conflict triggered by last month's removal of Sharif's party from power in the country's biggest and richest province, Punjab.
But protest leaders are vowing to defy the widening clampdown, raising the likelihood of violent clashes that could cast the nuclear-armed country into turmoil just a year after democratic elections ended years of military rule.
Information Minister Sherry Rehman announced her resignation from the Cabinet on Saturday after the private Geo TV channel complained that cable TV companies had blocked its programming in several cities.
Geo accused Zardari of ordering the restrictions — an allegation that presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said was "absolutely incorrect."
Rehman didn't explain her decision and the channel appeared to be available again on Saturday in major cities.
Cracking down
Police have temporarily detained scores of activists across the country, including five people at a gathering of hundreds of lawyers and Sharif supporters Saturday in the central city of Multan.
"So far our attitude is soft, but we can change our strategy," said Ali Ahmad Kurd, the leader of the country's lawyers movement, said in Quetta after authorities allegedly prevented him from boarding a plane to the eastern city of Lahore.
"When one path is blocked, God opens 100 others, and we will reach Lahore and then Islamabad," said Kurd, whose road convoy was turned back by police on Friday.
The conflict is rooted in Zardari's refusal to accept demands from lawyers and an array of political parties that he reinstate a group of judges fired by former military leader Pervez Musharraf.
It deepened last month when the Supreme Court banned Sharif and his brother from elected office. Zardari then dismissed the Punjab provincial administration, which had been led by Shahbaz Sharif.
Ejected from his only stronghold, Nawaz Sharif, widely considered the country's most popular politician, threw his weight behind the already-planned lawyers protest.
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How to remove fertilizer orange stains on concrete
Does your concrete have an ugly orange stain on it from your bag of fertiliser? That orange stain on your concrete is indicative of the rust that is contained in many fertilisers. There are many ways you can remove the stain. This article will show you how to remove fertiliser orange stains on concrete.
Decide if you want to use a dry method or a wet method. Dry methods include scouring, grinding, or sandblasting away the stain. These methods will also remove a portion of the concrete, so most people choose to use a wet method. For this article, we will focus on a wet method. Wet methods use chemicals to remove the stain.
Choose a chemical. Orange fertiliser stains are rust stains, so you will need a rust remover. Many home improvement stores sell rust removers specifically for concrete. A well known remover is Singerman Concrete Rust Remover, which will not harm trees or grasses.
Prepare the rust remover. Mix the powder with water according to the instructions that coincide with the size of the area you need to clean. The powder and water will form a gel.
Spread the gel over the entire stain and let it sit for 15 minutes.
Wash the gel away and your stain should be gone.
- Don't use any cleaning solution with bleach in it! This will set the rust stain.
- Make sure to wear protective gloves and goggles when handling chemicals.


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Advocates for Snake Preservation, ASP, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to changing the way people view and treat snakes. We officially launched on Endangered Species Day (May 16) in 2014. Listen to this three minute introduction to ASP, which originally aired on KXCI's Weekly Green, February 16, 2015.
Why Snakes?
Snakes are threatened by many of the same issues that affect all wildlife, including habitat loss, climate change, and disease. But negative attitudes toward snakes may be the biggest barrier to their conservation because it often impedes efforts to address other threats (read more).
Our Mission
To use science, education, and advocacy to promote compassionate conservation and coexistence with snakes.
Our Vision
A world where snakes are respected and appreciated instead of feared and hated.
Our Values
- Peaceful coexistence with snakes requires that we critically examine and modify our own behavior first in conflict situations.
- As Compassionate Conservationists we prioritize non-invasive research and management strategies and do not support lethal methods.
- We believe that individuals matter, beyond their value as members of a population or species and regardless of their status or usefulness to humans.
- Because animal agriculture is one of the largest threats to wildlife and contributor to climate change, we endorse Animal Place's Food for Thought program and have an earth-friendly menu policy.
Our Work
- We conduct and support scientific research on snake natural history and behavior following the guiding principles of compassionate conservation.
- We educate the public about snakes and their conservation through our blog, presentations, other educational events, and publications.
- We identify threats to snake conservation and provide resources on how to address those threats.
The Advocates
Melissa Amarello, Executive Director
Jeff Smith, Director of Research
Steve Marlatt, Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors
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DAYTON — When Chris Newman's high school art teacher informed him that he would be going to art school, it wasn't just a suggestion — it was a mandate.
"She leaned over my shoulder one day as I was working on a painting and said, 'You're going to CCAD — Columbus College of Art and Design'," said Newman, familiarly known by the single moniker of Red.
It's been more than 30 years since Trotwood-Madison High School art teacher Denise Stovall issued that order, and those three decades have taken Red on an artistic journey from department store display work and interior design to the theater stage.
The 50-year-old father of three daughters also runs his own company called Cheeky Monkey and serves as the resident set designer for Dayton Playhouse. He recently painted us a picture of his life as an artist from high school to the present.
Q. Before your teacher mentioned art school, had the thought ever occurred to you?
A. I didn't know what I was going to do with my life; I was still on the fence. I was thinking about architecture, but math was kicking my butt! This was my junior year. I knew I was going to college and I thought I'd just go and figure it out along the way. But when she said art school, that's all I had focused in my head from that point on.
Q. Your parents were both employees of General Motors. Did they try to steer you into a more "practical" direction?
A. Thankfully, my parents never tried to force me into a path I didn't want. My dad was just bound and determined that I was going to college because he only had an eighth grade education. He didn't care that it was art school.
Q. What was your path from art school to set designing?
A. I almost immediately jumped right into (department store) Lazarus. I worked on the sewing floor for about six weeks, then there was a seasonal opening in display and I helped work on Christmas trees. That January a position opened up at the (now-defunct) Salem Mall, so I started almost immediately. The last five years I was there, I designed and decorated the furniture there; that's where the interior design came in.
In 1996, my job was eliminated. My next job, I fell into by accident because a couple of interior designers I'd made friends with were working for other people. Two of them called me that summer and said, "Can you come and faux-finish some furniture and walls?" If I had pushed to do something like this, it probably wouldn't have happened.
Then the theater stuff popped up when I wasn't getting as much work with sewing and murals.
Q. What's your process for designing a set?
A. I sit down with the director, find out what they need. Sometimes I read the script, sometimes I don't. I like to get a feel for a show based on what the director needs. If I have all the boxes of what they need ticked off, after that, it's mine.
Sometimes I will go online to look at how other sets were designed, for example, on Broadway. Sometimes other sets will show me which direction not to go as well.
Q. How do you go about finding your set pieces?
A. That's the fun part! I have almost an obsession for thrift store shopping — Goodwills, Salvation Army stores, yard sales, anywhere I can get stuff for cheap.
Some of my sets, I only have a budget for $500-$650 and that's for everything, props, the whole shebang.
Some of the things are mine — like in the latest show, "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife," all the pictures, all the tchotchkes. Some things are made, like artwork, and some I just found super, super cheap.
Q. What has been your favorite production to design?
A. Last year, we did "The Fantasticks,"' which was probably most representative of my style. I made it look like an old vaudeville theater, with some of the light bulbs burned out, a lot of scrollwork and decorative stuff. I went in not knowing what the show was about and fell in love with it. It won DayTony awards for Best Design and Best Overall Production.
The latest show I'm working on, "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife," I don't want to tear it down!
Q. In addition to designing sets for Dayton Playhouse, do you work with any other theater groups?
A. I've also worked for Children's Performing Arts of Miamisburg (CPAM) since they started five years ago. It's basically the same idea as Dayton Playhouse, but with kids in fourth through 12th grade. Also, I've done a few things for the Dayton Theatre Guild.
Q. What would you be doing if you weren't doing this?
A. I don't know! I recently read a story about people reinventing themselves in their 40's, 50's and 60's, some out of boredom, some out of necessity. I couldn't even imagine what I would reinvent myself into. I guess I was just fortunate enough to realize what I wanted to be early on.
Q. What's coming up next?
A. I'll be working on "1776" for Dayton Playhouse and "Shrek" with CPAM. They'll be opening the same night, May 5.
Reach Belinda M. Paschal at (937) 451-3341.


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Our staff recognizes the authority of God, and realizes that we are shepherds who serve under the Chief Shepherd, Jesus Christ. We desire to devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the Word. Our passion and goal is to equip the believers for the work of the ministry until we all attain maturity in the fullness of Christ.
Dan Greene, Senior Pastor
Pastor Dan is a native of Granite Falls; he has received both a MA and BA from Master's of Divinity and is also a graduate of Fruitland Baptist Bible Institute. He is married to his best friend, Robin, and they have four children and eight grandchildren. His goal as pastor is to lead the people of God to a greater knowledge and deeper relationship with the Lord, by feeding the Word of God and shepherding
their hearts; to better equip the saints to accomplish
His work and purposes, and to share with the
unsaved how to find real life and true freedom.
(2 Peter 3:18)
Barbara Price, Administrative Secretary
Barbara is the glue that keeps us together. We are so glad she is a part of our team. After the death of her husband, Barbara loves to stay busy serving God and helping others. Barbara has two children Joe and Stephanie, and three grandchildren. She worked a number of years as a real estate professional, office manager, and held a clerical position at a local hospital until her retirement. Barbara is a person
who lives out her favorite verse, "Trust in the Lord
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understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him,
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We are blessed to have her serving the Lord in this position. Her background in the business world helps keep the staff moving forward. Barbara is a native of Granite Falls; she has three children, a granddaughter and a great grandson. She has been a member of Christian Fellowship Chapel for five years and served in this position for three years. 1 Peter 4:10 fits her well, "As each has
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From 2005 to 2015 he developed actions collaboration between national research programmes to strengthen the European Research Area. These ranged from bottom-up collaborations between research programmes to combat rare diseases or ensure food safety (ERA-NET scheme) to the much bigger Joint Programming process, which resulted in ten Joint Programming Initiatives between EU Member States addressing Societal Challenges such as Neurodegenerative Diseases or 'Food, Agriculture and Climate Change'.
He has a PhD in Biomedical Engineering (Montpellier and Tübingen Universities) and has been working for the European Commission since 1991, where he developed a research programme on medical materials and technologies (Brite-Euram) and then measures fostering research for and by small businesses (SMEs).
He was in charge of Communication for the Employment and Social Affairs DG of the Commission from 2002 to 2004. In 2001, he was part of the team that drafted the EU White Paper on Governance (rapporteur on Network Governance).
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How long will we be polluted and blocked from the sun? It's enough!!!
by Zen Gardner
OK, they want photos. So, let's send them photos! The following article from an Atlanta CBS affiliate (I know..) ran a piece and is claiming to want to know more. So, let's give it to them.
Here's the story excerpt from the intelhub post on BIN today:
"Looks like the subject of chemtrails got some mainstream coverage out of Atlanta when alocal CBS affiliate ran a story televising details.
CBS – "These are literally crimes against humanity, nature," said Michael Murphy, a chemtrail researcher from Los Angeles. Murphy produced a documentary about the so-called chemtrail cover-up. He said he believes the chemicals in the chemtrails, aluminum, barium and others are making us sick.
CBS is requesting pictures to be sent to them of chemtrails along with comments.
CBS Atlanta wants your chemtrail pictures. Send them to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Send away, people! I've sent a big batch and they've posted them! Maybe someone will listen!
More important—Then contact your local paper, weather channel, EPA office, local government, and say "Why aren't YOU doing something about publicising this outrage like they are?"
If you google your local papers for their contact information, you'll get a list of reporters and editors and their email addresses. Bcc them all! But be polite and let them know you're "so happy someone is finally willing to finally address this subject that's been in our faces for so long and polluting our skies etc." like this is gonna catch on. "Will someone here be brave enough too?"..or however you want to phrase it.
This is a chance to unload. We can at least try one more time, and maybe a tidal wave of Truth will hit the mark! Let's be response-able and do what we can. It holds people accountable and that changes a lot behind the scenes as well.
Hit it any way you can, and be true to the calling….Zen
PS. BIN will publish current chemtrail pics to help track where they are in real time to further expose their program. Download the app and it's pretty straightforward. There's loads of great chemtrail sites to help as well and use their info to help people know what's going on.
But whatever you do, post wherever you can, talk to people, take pictures, every little bit makes a BIG difference!
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The Saginaw Township Police Officers Association will be awarding a $1,000 Law Enforcement Scholarship in the spring of 2017. The scholarship will be awarded to a student who is pursuing a career in the field of Criminal Justice.
Applicants MUST be in the 12th grade AND preparing to graduate from a Saginaw Township High School.
Applicants must meet the following criteria:
- Show a positive attitude throughout the school year.
- Maintain a 2.75 grade point average or better.
- Involvement in extra-curricular activities.
- Demonstrates good citizenship/leadership as a role model.
- Involvement in his/her community.
Applicants also must submit the following items when applying for the scholarship:
- Completed scholarship application.
- Current high school transcript.
- Two letters of recommendation, one from a current teacher or counselor, and one from a non-family member.
- A one page typewritten essay entitled "Why am I interested in Criminal Justice".
The essay must answer the following questions:
- What made you decide that Criminal Justice was the career path for you?
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Applications will be available mid February and may be picked up either at your school or the Saginaw Township Police Department. The application deadline is Friday,May 5, 2017. The winners will be decided by a scholarship committee and will be announced in May. The scholarships will be presented to the winners upon the successful completion of the above requirements. A check from STPOA will be made out to the college or university of his/her choice.
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So, I am flying out of Vegas to Portland today. I get to the airport and the line at the ticket counter was obscene!!! It took me about 10-12 minutes to get through that line. That's usually a 2 minute experience. On the other hand, going through security was about 15 minutes (and that was with waiting for them to bring more bins). That is normally a 20-30 minute ordeal. Why was the world so backward today? I didn't see Spock with his goatee (excuse the obscure Star Trek reference).
I had a two open seats by me, and then a little kid between ages 5-7 said "Mommmy! Here's two seats open!" Crap. Ok. Whatever. I can put up with it. I let them both in to sit down. The woman sits in the center seat. She tells me "Just to let you know, we often have to go to the bathroom a lot. I just wanted to tell you right now. We can move if that will be a problem." So here I am through the whole flight cringing everytime the kid takes a drink. About halfway through the flight, the woman starts to get up, and I stand in the aisle. The kid stays though. When she told me "we", I really thought she meant the kid. Awkward.
When we came in for a landing, there was an interesting sensation. I looked out the left hand windows. It was normal. I looked out the right hand windows. Nothing but water. First thought? I was wondering if the plane had pontoons.
I decided to take part in the #Trust30 writing challenge from http://ralphwaldoemerson.me
Today's writing prompt:
"Your genuine action will explain itself, and will explain your other genuine actions. Your conformity explains nothing. The force of character is cumulative." – Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance
If 'the voyage of the best ship is a zigzag line of a hundred tracks,' then it is more genuine to be present today than to recount yesterdays. How would you describe today using only one sentence?
My response:
Today was an interesting combination of travel and last minute preparation that I'm trying to be positive about despite not having much to validate that positivity.


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Bonnaroo has announced its initial 2017 lineup, which includes U2's first-ever headlining festival performance and appearances by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Weeknd, Margo Price, and dozens of other artists. The four-day event will showcase over 100 artists June 8-11 in Manchester, Tennessee, at Great Stage Park, the 700-acre farm and event space that has hosted the festival since its inception in 2002.
Other artists performing this year include Chance The Rapper, Major Lazer, Flume, The XX, Lorde, Travis Scott, Marshmello, Big Gigantic, Glass Animals, Future Islands, Portugal, The Man, Car Seat Headrest, Louis The Child, Flatbush Zombies, The Orwells, and Lucy Dacus.
The festival continues to expand and improve upon its pursuit of true sustainability each year, and 2016 saw the grand opening of more than 400 permanent toilets and hundreds of permanent shower stalls and water filling stations, all made possible by the park's investment in its own devoted water line. The festival has been recognized twice by the state of Tennessee, winning the Governor's Environmental Stewardship Award and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation's Pursuit of Excellence Award for its environmentally-friendly ways.
Tickets for Bonnaroo 2017 are on sale now exclusively at bonnaroo.com.
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Collegians Mystified win Bathurst Netball Association A grade major semi-final
THINGS looked ominous for Collegians Mystified at the half way point of their Bathurst Netball Association A grade major semi-final with Panthers on Saturday but the minor premiers found a way to win.
Collegians recovered from a six goal deficit at the break to record a 56-48 win, adding to what's been a great season of meetings between the two clubs.
The nerves started to dissipate over the game's back half for Collegians and the deficit was cut to just two at the final break.
In the last quarter Collegians upped the pressure and took the game away from Panthers.
"Panthers always push us all the way and I'm glad my girls were able to respond and come away with the win," winning coach Melissa Noonan said.
"It was just through grit and determination that they got back. At half-time we were disappointed that we'd let them get ahead of us so we talked about a few things we could do to try and combat what they were putting out.
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"The girls knew what we had to do to bring it back around."
The game was moved to the Bathurst Indoor Sports Stadium due to the wet weather.
"Both teams have a fair few players who play indoor netball, so playing inside was okay," Noonan said.
"It was a physical game with a lot of players hitting the deck so we were pleased to be indoors and not losing a lot of skin."
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The Diagnosis Of Posterior Calcaneal Spur
A heel spur is a bony projection at the base of the heel bone, as defined by the website webmd.com. Heel spurs are often accompanied by plantar fasciitis, the inflammation of the soft tissues surrounding the spur, and that is what causes the pain in those who suffer from this condition. To cure or remove a heel spur you will need to see a podiatrist; however, there are some natural remedies and exercises that may help.
Fctors that increase the risk of developing heel spurs include a high body mass index (BMI), regular vigorous activity, and intensive training routines or sports. Factors such as these are believed to increase the incidence of repetitive stress injuries that are associated with the formation of heel spurs. When a heel spur forms, extremely sharp pain along with the feeling that a part of the heel is trying to burst through the skin usually occurs. If left untreated, an individual may eventually begin to struggle to perform simple activities such as walking.
Heel spur and plantar fasciitis pain usually begins in the bottom of the heel, and frequently radiates into the arch. At times, however, the pain may be felt only in the arch. The pain is most intense when first standing, after any period of rest. Most people with this problem experience their greatest pain in the morning, with the first few steps after sleeping. After several minutes of walking, the pain usually becomes less intense and may disappear completely, only to return later with prolonged walking or standing. If a nerve is irritated due to the swollen plantar fascia, this pain may radiate into the ankle. In the early stages of Heel Spurs and Plantar Fasciitis, the pain will usually subside quickly with getting off of the foot and resting. As the disease progresses, it may take longer periods of time for the pain to subside.
Sharp pain localized to the heel may be all a doctor needs to understand in order to diagnose the presence of heel spurs. However, you may also be sent to a radiologist for X-rays to confirm the presence of heel spurs.
Non Surgical Treatment
In case of heel spurs rest is most important. Active sports, running, long walks etc should be avoided to start with. If you?re in a job that requires a lot of standing, take a few days off work. Rest (or reduced activity) is essential to allow the inflammation from becoming aggrevated. Furthermore, you can use ice packs (placed on the heel for 5-10 minutes) to ?cool down? the inflamed area. You may take anti-inflammatory medication or apply a topical inflammatory (i.e. a cream) to help reduce inflammation. In addition, there are some simple exercises that should be done daily to help relieve heel spur pain.
Surgical Treatment
More than 90 percent of people get better with nonsurgical treatments. If conservative treatment fails to treat symptoms of heel spurs after a period of 9 to 12 months, surgery may be necessary to relieve pain and restore mobility. Surgical techniques include release of the plantar fascia, removal of a spur. Pre-surgical tests or exams are required to identify optimal candidates, and it's important to observe post-surgical recommendations concerning rest, ice, compression, elevation of the foot, and when to place weight on the operated foot. In some cases, it may be necessary for patients to use bandages, splints, casts, surgical shoes, crutches, or canes after surgery. Possible complications of heel surgery include nerve pain, recurrent heel pain, permanent numbness of the area, infection, and scarring. In addition, with plantar fascia release, there is risk of instability, foot cramps, stress fracture, and tendinitis.


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A Slice of Island Life
Follow the River Colne down to Mersea Island, home to the Colchester native oyster, and the ideal place to get out and enjoy the fresh air. Go for a paddle on the beach, bird-watching in Cudmore Grove Country Park, or simply for a walk across the tranquil island.
Choose from East or West Mersea - the west is a small fishing town, with some sandy beaches and a selection of shops, restaurants and pubs. The east is more rural with wild natural beaches and large open spaces.
Easily accessible by car or public transport from Colchester Town Centre, Mersea Island is ideal for a peaceful day out surrounded by breathtaking scenery.
Mersea Island is also a great place to discover local produce - a platter of fresh Mersea seafood, with a glass of local wine!
West Mersea
The most populated part of Mersea Island is West Mersea, which acts as a hub for the island. In the small town centre you'll discover shops and restaurants as well as tourist attractions such as the Mersea Island Museum, and the parish church of St Peter and St Paul. The island has a fascinating history, and evidence of Roman settlement remains, most notably in the Mersea Barrow - a Roman burial mound.
Head for the seafront, and the far west of the island and you'll discover an area populated by fishing boats and sailing vessels,as well as some fine seafood restaurants and one of three pubs on the island. A jetty provides a perfect spot to take the kids crabbing in the summer months.
As you head anticlockwise around the island you can witness the beaches turn from mud to shingle and then into sandier fare as picturesque pastel-coloured beach huts appear once you near the holiday camps and more traditionally touristy side of the island that bustles with activity during the peak season.
East Mersea
The eastern side of Mersea is primarily rural farming-land but significantly also includes the island's only country park, Cudmore Grove.
Cudmore Grove is a fantastic nature reserve, with walks that provide stunning views over the estuary towards Brightlingsea. Wild beaches, bird hides and nature trails contribute to the visitor experience, and a large impressive children's play area combined with an old WWII pill box that is ripe for exploring make it a great day out for young children too.
East Mersea is also home to Essex Outdoors activity centre, and the Mersea Island Vineyard.