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Saints of the most High God; the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and the Church of our Lord and King Jesus Christ, there is so much being said concerning the new year. Resolutions, prophecies, and best wishes abound in the world and in the Church. Everyone is hoping for a better new year with prosperity for all. I have found that for me, instead of resolutions and soulish declarations, that repentance from dead works should be my basic foundation. Everyone wants to move forward, but the key for us as believers is repentance from dead works.
Paul says in Hebrews 6:1, "Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundations of repentance from acts leading to death." The Word of the Lord is so simple and uncomplicated, yet so contrary to our thinking and flesh. He says that if we are to move on, we must leave the elementary teachings. The question is: have we ever really got the basics?
Repentance was the first declaration of the coming of Jesus on the scene by John. "Repent for the kingdom of God is at hand." Israel had piled up a lot of dead works that had produced wickedness in the land. The call was to repent! We see repentance in light of moral acts and ignore our dead works and excuse them as mistakes. We cannot continue to approach the new year hoping God will somehow bless the same empty confessions of past years. We must repent and bring these dead works before him in utmost truth. This will free us into the new year and change our direction. So many times we pray for new direction, but we are going the wrong way. Repentance is the key to changing direction and perspective. It is deception and humanistic reasoning that justifies these dead works and efforts. Meaningful moves of God always start with the seeking of Him and the repentance of people who see their hearts in the light of our Glorious Lord.
Lately, because of the condition of our country, we hear ministers once again calling on the people of God saying, "If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." (2 Chronicles 7:14) Resolutions are not the answer for our condition. Pundits and advisers admit that the greatest majority of resolutions fail in the month of January. I heard a very influential person say the other day that she no longer makes them — she was tired of failure upon failure. We in the Body of Christ continue to pile up these resolutions doomed to failure, which result in a mountain of discouragement and condemnation. Such a graphic picture of a continual admission of mistakes, rather than calling it what it is: sin. Paul calls these "dead works leading to death." Many of our dead works seemed right and justified in the beginning, but did not lead to the end we hoped for. Paul says in Hebrews 6 — therefore let us leave. If we are going to move on, the way to move on is to repent.
Consequently, we continue to prop up these works that have no life in them. Self help, more counsel, and even encouraging words will not bring these works into fruition. The word "IF" signifies probability and potential of the promise. If we do not go beyond it and meet the conditions we are doomed to failure and not resolve. If who? My people. What people? Who are called by My name. Will what? Humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn (repent) from their wicked ways. Here is how God sees dead works: these are not mistakes or misjudgments, this is missing the mark, or sin. Repent from the bad shots as the flesh reasons, "at least I took a shot or tried." The flesh can be so noble in its reasoning. Remember Paul writes about the works of the flesh. Notice these are the same words he uses in Hebrews — dead works. We cannot will away these dead works that so easily beset us. We are setting ourselves up for constant defeat and self-examination that brings no life to us. The continual voice of the prince of darkness will bring us to despair and hopelessness but the power of God, the Holy Spirit, wants to bring life and liberty.
Resolutions are on the wrong side of "if" and do not give real steps to get results. Repentance is a gift from God and this gift only comes from Him. Not our will but His will. Humility is the action that causes the gift of repentance to be released in our lives. The acts of humility come through a process of praying and seeking the face of our God. This is where we will receive the power, or the gift of repentance, to turn and go the other way. Turning from the dead work moves us towards Him who brings us life. Resolutions are full of I will, I can do it, and more I, I, I, that keeps us on the wrong side of the "if." Let us repent for the kingdom of God is at hand. He will hear from heaven and will forgive our sins of resolutions and heal us and our land. May it be so according to His Word.
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"Going beyond the word if!" I need to practice that more in my life!! These are words of wisdom!Comment by Hannah 04.27.10 @ 11:44 am
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A study of a solar-powered blood pressure monitor finds it can be an effective tool in places where electricity ? and even batteries ? can be in short supply. A study in Africa found the monitors to be affordable and accurate.
High blood pressure is a major health concern. It can lead to stroke and many other debilitating conditions. But you can't tell if someone has high blood pressure just by looking at them. You have to measure it, on regular basis. And that can be a challenge.
"And so, we have set out to find a device that is accurate, robust, inexpensive, and also not dependent on batteries or electricity for power," said Dr. Eoin O'Brien of University College Dublin, who is the lead author of a newly published study evaluating the effectiveness of these new monitors.
Taking blood pressure can be done manually, with an inflatable cuff and a stethoscope. The equipment is cheap, saiid O'Brien in a telephone interview, but it requires significant training to be accurate and reliable "because the greatest source of inaccuracy with the traditional technique is the observer.
"The observer becomes distracted or forgets what the blood pressure is. At least with the automated device you have the reading there. It's on the screen for you to see."
But automatic equipment requires batteries or plug-in electricity.
So the World Health Organization asked several manufacturers to submit solar-powered devices for evaluation. After laboratory review, the one made by the Japanese technology firm Omron was selected for field testing. On a full solar charge, it can take 300 blood pressure readings with accuracy comparable to the traditional, manual method.
In field tests in Uganda and Zambia, training users of the device only took about 15 minutes, and the health workers say they liked its ease of use.
"And also they liked the fact that they got automated measurements," O'Brien added, "that they had solar power and didn't have to worry about batteries, which is one of the problems with automated devices in that they are dependent upon batteries."
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For some aid workers, three words were descriptive enough: "Whole mountains moved," they said, when a 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck northern Pakistan. Gathering the dead and tending the survivors of such a massive trembler is arduous work in the best circumstances. But torrid weather and rocky terrain made recovery and rescue almost impossible for days.
The Oct. 8 quake hit Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province, killing at least 35,000 and injuring tens of thousands more. Most of the victims were in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir, which is a territory disputed by India and Pakistan. UN estimates put the homeless at 2 million and those altogether affected at 4 million.
For days, rains caused mudslides that blocked roads and made them impassable for relief vehicles. Five days after the quake a 5.6 magnitude aftershock struck the region even as remote villages were still waiting for help to arrive.
Given the challenges, the aid groups best equipped to bring relief were the ones already working in northern Pakistan, a region best known to outsiders for harboring Taliban and al-Qaeda terrorists. Aid workers understandably asked not to be identified, long accustomed to the dangerous territory in which they work. They risk running into trouble with the Pakistani government, which forbids evangelization. Equally dangerous: "A couple miles down the road is an al-Qaeda group," one said.
An aid worker with Wheaton-based mission group TEAM described conditions this way four days after the quake: "Save the Children had a large planeload of supplies arrive today. Trucks can go only so far; maybe we need to pray for donkeys!" The hardest-hit town was Balakot, which one worker described as "incomprehensible": "People on the road had lost the light in their eyes. Not to mention all the dead relatives, still many under the rubble."
Another aid group helping early in the region, Mercy Corps of Portland, Ore., reported half the homes in Balakot (a city of 40,000) were destroyed, another 40 percent were missing a wall or roof, and the final 10 percent had cracks. Fearful survivors, said Susan Laarman, a Mercy Corps spokeswoman, "are spending the night in open fields, and the first night there was rain and hailstorms."
Like many of the victims, aid workers also sleep in the cold open air. "Since the earthquake on Saturday morning we have felt continuous aftershocks," one said. "Even as I write this, there are little tremors and I have to [be] running outside! But I know God is watching over us."
Tents arrived one night at 2:30 a.m., allowing missionaries and aid workers to start distributing makeshift shelter to the homeless. Ms. Laarman said the number of people displaced rivals Southeast Asia's tsunami: "For Indonesia, it was half a million. The challenges to provide aid and economic recovery are going to be greater because there are so many more people."
At Bach Christian Hospital, doctors and nurses are working 24 hours a day to treat quake victims and have added 50 beds, doubling the number of beds in use at the facility, which has operated in the region for over 50 years. The longstanding mission work has a steady reputation for serving the community, despite sometimes fragile relations with the local mosque. Last week, however, its imam arranged for Muslim families to supply meals to patients at Bach.
The hospital is located just 75 miles southwest of the epicenter. Built to be earthquake-proof, it sustained little damage and workers set out on foot following the quake to bring in the injured. The hospital is staffed primarily by Pakistani, but also some American, physicians. TEAM assists the hospital, and spokesman Brynn Slezak said the hospital currently needs more nurses.
Isolated private relief efforts are proving hard to jumpstart in these conditions. The United States has pledged $50 million for the relief effort, and supplied helicopters to deliver tents, blankets, and military equipment to the hard-hit areas and take back injured survivors. Britain also promised $21 million, while some 30 countries have been funneling in food and medical supplies.
One of them is India, which has fought three wars over Kashmir with Pakistan. The quake also rattled Indian Kashmir, where authorities reported at least 1,400 dead. Aditya Nath, Delhi regional manager of ActionAid International, said for his group disaster response hinges on the mundane: Tents are not widely available on the local market. There has been no earthquake in the region for more than 100 years, he said, and the Indian government, caught unprepared, had to order most of the supplies directly from manufacturers.
Still, his group has supplied thousands of blankets and kits with food, educational materials, and medicines. The organization's effort has also drawn two dozen unusual volunteers in the Islamic region: women, rarely seen in public. In this case they are female students from Kashmir University, who are surveying needs and counseling women and children.
The immediate needs are so great in Pakistan and Kashmir that the transition from relief work to recovery will be a long time coming, Ms. Laarman said. Saving lives will be a priority for weeks to come.
-- With reporting by Mindy Belz
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Paradigm shifts in biology have changed the emphasis from single biomolecule studies to complex systems of biomolecules, cells and their interrelationships in ecosystems of life. Such an integrated understanding of cells, biomolecules and ecosystems is key to innovations in biology. Life relies on organisation, communication, responsiveness and regulation at every level. Understanding biological mechanisms, improving human health and addressing the impact of human activity are the great challenges of the 21st century. This unit will investigate life at levels ranging from cells, and biomolecule ecosystems, through to complex natural and human ecosystems. You will explore the importance of homeostasis in health and the triggers that lead to disease and death. You will learn the methods of cellular, biomolecular, microbial and ecological investigation that allow us to understand life and discover how expanding tools have improved our capacity to manage and intervene in ecosystems for our own health and organisms in the environment that surround and support us . This unit of study has the same overall structure as BIOL1007 but material is discussed in greater detail and at a more advanced level. The content and nature of these components may vary from year to year.
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I have a soft spot in my heart for braids and bows, I seriously love them. Personally, I think they're super cute any time of the year, but there is something decidedly springtime-y about them. I may not be able to do most of these hairstyles anymore (which makes me so sad) but that doesn't mean you can't! So enjoy some of my favorite styles I've found around the internet and click their links for how-to's and tutorials.
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Denver-based filmmakers Robin Bond and David Wruck premiered their roller derby documentary Derby Baby on March 31 at the Atlanta Film Festival and screened it earlier this month at the Sonoma International Film Festival, but before they can bring it to a wider audience they need to sort out a global distribution model. This being the 21st century and all -- and inspired by the DIY derby ethos they just spent two years immersed in -- the filmmakers are taking matters into their hands and have turned to Kickstarter to give the project a kick.
"We want our film's message of women's empowerment and sisterhood to be heard everywhere around the world," writes Bond, in her Kickstarter plea for $30,000. "More international exposure of our film will place the sport of flat-track roller derby front and center globally, and will inspire women and girls everywhere."
The feature-length film features a lot of local action from both the Denver Roller Dolls and the Rocky Mountain Rollergirls (and the Rocky Mountain Rollerpunks junior league), but also harbors global ambitions, with segments on the Blood & Thunder Roller Derby World Cup, profiles of teams from as far away as Ireland, an overview of the 75+ year history of the sport, and an in-depth look at how modern flat-track derby has taken root across the U.S. and is spreading around the world. Here's the Derby Baby Kickstarter campaign video:
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Oct 26, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – Apparently healthy domestic geese and ducks in Europe may be harboring the H5N1 avian influenza virus, posing a risk to other poultry and to humans who have contact with them, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned in a statement yesterday.
In some parts of Europe the disease could become endemic in poultry populations, much as it has in some Asian countries, as well as Egypt and Nigeria, the FAO said. The agency said its warning was prompted by the detection of H5N1 in diseased domestic ducks by German scientists. The researchers also found that asymptomatic ducks on two farms had antibodies to the H5N1 virus.
"It seems that a new chapter in the evolution of avian influenza may be unfolding silently in the heart of Europe," said Joseph Domenech, the FAO's chief veterinary officer, in the statement.
If evidence confirms that the H5N1 virus can persist in apparently healthy ducks and geese, regions that have significant duck and geese production will need to reinforce their monitoring and surveillance systems, he said.
Further waves of H5N1 avian influenza throughout Europe, occurring from east to west, could occur if the virus persists throughout the year in domestic waterfowl, Domenech said.
European countries that have experienced H5N1 outbreaks this year include Russia, England, Hungary, Turkey, the Czech Republic, and Germany, according to previous news reports. In September, German officials found the H5N1 virus in frozen duck meat.
Many experts see the links between chickens and domestic ducks and geese as a factor in H5N1 outbreaks in other countries where the virus is endemic, the FAO said.
Jan Slingenbergh, an FAO senior animal health officer, said in the statement that the agency is particularly worried about the Black Sea area, which has high concentrations of chickens, ducks, and geese.
The Ukraine has about 20 million domestic ducks, and Romania's Danube delta has about 4 million domestic ducks and 4 million domestic geese, he said. "These figures compare easily with chicken and waterfowl densities in Asia, where the virus continues to circulate among chickens and has found a niche in countries with tens of millions of domestic ducks and geese," Slingenbergh said.
The Black Sea is a wintering area for migratory birds from Siberia and other locations, the FAO said, pointing out that all countries bordering the Black Sea have had avian flu outbreaks, along with poultry systems with poor separation between wild and domestic birds.
"It could well be that there is more virus circulation in Europe than currently assumed," Slingenbergh said. Though it doesn't appear the virus is widely spreading in European countries, "undetected localized virus spots in countries with significant waterfowl may pose a continuous risk," he said.
In other avian flu news, agriculture officials in Myanmar reported an H5N1 outbreak at a large poultry farm in Bago, about 50 miles from Rangoon, the capital, according to an Oct 24 report from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). The outbreak, which began Oct 19, struck 400 birds, including quail, layer chickens, and ducks. The remaining 33,459 birds were destroyed.
The report said the town is close to a lake that is home to wild birds, including about 800,000 ducks. Infected ducks probably transmitted the virus to quail or chickens, the health officials reported.
Myanmar's last reported outbreak occurred in late July, also near Bago, according to a previous OIE report.
Elsewhere, officials in Vietnam announced today that an H5N1 outbreak has been reported in a third province, Cao Bang, in the northern part of the country near the Chinese border, according to a Reuters report. The outbreak affected 480 ducks and 80 chickens in 13 households in Cao Bang's Trung Khanh district, according to Xinhua, China's state news agency.
Yesterday, Vietnamese officials reported an H5N1 outbreak had killed hundreds of ducks in Quang Tri province in the central Vietnam, about 360 miles south of Hanoi, according a report from Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA). The ducks were among a flock of 600 5-day-old ducklings, Nguyen Quan Vinh, head of the province's animal health department, told DPA.
Earlier this month another outbreak was detected in Tra Vinh province in the Mekong delta, the DPA report said. According to an Oct 11 OIE report on the outbreak, the virus killed 40 unvaccinated ducks; the remaining 296 birds were culled. Before this month's outbreaks, Vietnam's last reported outbreak occurred in August, the OIE reported.
See also:
Oct 25 FAO statement
2007 OIE reports


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A popular Farsi-language radio host has been charged with bilking Persian investors and big banks out of $20 million in a long-running ponzi scheme he used to finance his luxury lifestyle, the L.A. Federal Bureau of Investigation announced.
From 2005 to 2010, John Farahi, 54, allegedly used a bogus financial firm to weasel millions of dollars from more than 100 investors, most of whom were part of tight-knit Beverly Hills Iranian-Jewish community
Many were also faithful listeners of his daily finance radio show, "The Economy Today," whom he lured in by spinning tales about using their investments to buy bonds backed by the Trouble Asset Relief Program and other low-risk investments, investigators say. He hosted the hour-long Persian-language show for eight years.
But rather than invest their cash as promised, Farahi pumped the proceeds into his own personal piggy bank and paid back earlier investors with new investor funds, prosecutors say.
He failed to mention to clients along the way that he lost $15 million through some options trading on the side and continued to reel in new clients.
When he started sweating the losses in 2008, Farahi allegedly fed another wad of lies about his financial condition to banks including Bank of America and Sun West Bank in order to take out massive lines of credit to keep his scheme running.
After the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission cottoned on to the shady business in early 2010 and launched an investigation, Farahi allegedly tapped his lawyer to help cover it up.
He's been charged with a whopping 41 criminal counts, including 16 counts of mail fraud, one count of aggravated identity theft, four counts of obstruction of justice and one count of witness tampering.
Farahi turned himself over to authorities Friday. He faces up to 717 years in federal prison.


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May 14, 2018
Members of the Hudson Valley Community College Academic Senate are busy wrapping up the spring semester, but today, with classes complete and caps and gowns stowed away, they'll discuss the future of Hudson Valley in the higher education landscape during a four-hour retreat on Monday, May 14 in the Bulmer Telecommunications Center.
Their discussions will follow research of the Kettering Foundation's National Issue Forum publication, "What Should We Ask of Higher Education," which provides both a general critique of higher education and three perspectives on the future. Small and large groups will focus on important topics such as Preparing Students for the Job Market, Leadership and Change, and Building Strong Communities.
The Academic Senate is the college's governing body of faculty, administration, staff and students, which meets monthly to examine and resolve issues pertaining to the academic life of the college. Seventy percent of the members of the Senate are full-time teaching faculty or department chairs elected by their constituents. Other elected senators include adjunct faculty, non-teaching professionals, classified staff and students.
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Ricky Martin is to leave the cast of Broadway's Evita, it has been announced.
The 'She Bangs' singer and his Evita co-stars Elena Roger and Michael Cerveris will exit the hit play following the January 26 performance.
Evita producers have indicated that the production might continue its run on Broadway with a new cast, although specifics are not yet known.
Martin took to Twitter on Tuesday (November 27) to thank everyone who has seen him on Broadway since he joined Evita.
"EVITA [was] 1of the most amazing cycles of my career.Discipline and growth! 2013 a year full of amazing projects Thank u so much for ur applause," the star wrote.
He joined the cast of Evita in March, earning rave reviews from theatre critics.
Martin played the role of Che Guevara in the stage production, opposite Roger as Argentinean First Lady Eva Perón.


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Silas Washington's opinions were no different than anyone else. Like most people, he said whatever came to mind regardless who he offended. He didn't intentionally offend anyone, but he didn't worry about it if he did either. Why worry? In BS 16 (before shoulderboards), every spoken word or sentence, no matter how innocent or politically correct offended someone somewhere. No matter what was said, around the clock organized groups specializing in the study and contextual dissection of words and phrases turned anything said into something offensive to someone. In a common sense world, this should have made people choose their words and comments very carefully or shut up all together, but in a conspicuously combustible society such as America, the opposite occurred. People threw common sense aside and became increasingly free with their opinions. However, by BS 11, people across America, including Silas, finally said enough is enough. They demanded something be done to reel in an opinionated society, and bring a semblance of sanity back to the nation.
Believing the federal government was largely to blame for the insanity, the 51 state legislatures took on the task of setting things straight. However, Cuba, the newest state, a state motivated by the tobacco tea industry and a surreptitious government rumor mill designed to invigorate tourism, declined to participate. The 50 remaining governors called a convention in St. Louis in November of BS 11 to discuss and collaborate on measures to resolve the problem, but the meetings were cut short after only two days due to an overabundance of self-serving opinions on how to handle the situation. In March, BS 10, Mississippi became the first state to introduce a solution. The GOPAU (Good Old Politics as Usual) Party in Mississippi introduced a law forbidding opinions of any kind, especially those not favorable to the convictions and beliefs of the authors of the law. HB 1313, as the law was called, was so simple in design and content, that other states enthusiastically adopted it as well. By the summer of BS 8, anyone with an opinion – with the exception of select membership in the GOPAU – was subject to a $100,000 fine and solitary confinement in a state or federal prison for up to ten years. It was not the best of times, but like the majority of people, Silas was not overly concerned.
By fall BS 6, with opinions banned, social media collapsed, and all elections were canceled since it was illegal to vote for the candidate of choice. Rather than hold elections, elected offices were filled by drawing names from a fruit jar, which proved to be much more efficient and credible than the old election process. Anyone Tweeting, texting, or sending a message that could not be supported by hard data was arrested for an opinion crime. Since all beliefs were classified as opinions, churches closed and converted to one choice bicycle shops, and libraries, a viable source for opinions for the few people who actually used them, were sold to storage vendors. Television was relegated to unopinionated news and weather reporting, The Andy Griffith Show, I Love Lucy, and Sponge Bob Square Pants. All other programming was strictly forbidden. As a consequence, and shortly after all musical instruments were re-classified as blue devices and outlawed, the entertainment business declared bankruptcy and ceased to exist. No one had an opinion on anything, or at least they kept it to themselves, which Silas thought wasn't such a bad thing. In Mary Kay vs The United States of America, the Supreme Court ruled wearing makeup was an opinion crime since a person would have to be of the opinion their natural complexion needed adjusting to be acceptable. Not even the stock markets were spared as thousands of stockbrokers on Wall Street were locked out of the exchange – speculation was most definitely an opinion crime.
With people tight lipped and prisons growing into gigantic city states, life was pretty hard boiled in The United States – that is until The Great Caffeine Rebellion. Silas thought the rebellion was a good idea, but of course, he kept the thought to himself. The rebellion began and ended April 1, BS 3. The limited news reported thousands of people gathered in DuPont Circle and surrounding streets and restaurants in Washington D.C. to peacefully protest HB 1313. With their plain black coffee – the only choice allowed – hoisted high in the air, the people slowly poured their drinks over their heads in protest of the discombobulation of America. In Hot Coffee, Mississippi, several people, mostly kin, gathered outside Knight's General Store and poured hot coffee down the front of their pants in protest against the law. Other than a couple of nasty sticky comb overs in D.C. and some reports of serious shrinkage caused by scalding in Mississippi, no one was seriously injured in the protests. Fox News staged an illegal analytical forum as to the effectiveness of the rebellion, but the government shut them down citing the forum as a violation of HB 1313. As far as a rebellion, The Great Caffeine Rebellion of BS 3, wasn't much, but the idea of once again being able to make simple choices such as the color of clothes worn, being able to choose to salt or pepper food, have an opinion on what was pretty, ugly, fat, skinny, acceptable or not acceptable, as well as have a choice in friends was so overpowering that in BS 2 the 30th, 31st , and 32nd Amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America were presented before Congress.
Ratification of the Amendments was tricky. As long as HB 1313 was law, the states could not ratify any new Amendment since the law strictly prohibited a change of opinion on the law; therefore, the nation's lawmakers found themselves in a catch-22. As a last effort, Congress released the Amendments to the states for individual consideration, but under HB 1313, the states were just as powerless. However, one state, Mississippi, had no problem ignoring the law they created and becoming the first state to ratify the 30th Amendment to the Constitution. Once again, the rest of the nation followed Mississippi's lead. Silas marched proudly in the July 4 Emancipation of Opinions parade. The next day, newspapers across the nation were filled with local, state, and national opinions and wonderful blatant gossip. It was a great day of celebration in America!
The 30th Amendment struck down HB 1313 as well as closed all loopholes or questions as to the patriotic heritage of opinions by linking them forever to the First Amendment and the American pursuit of liberty and happiness. To once and for all resolve proprietorship issues concerning opinions and establish opinions as a sovereign right, the 31st Amendment established the right of first opinions with guaranteed copyright protections and benefits regardless of position, wealth, entitlement, political correctness or degree of sensitivity. The 32nd Amendment protected individuals from incarceration for being opinionated. Finally, to assure everyone happiness, conformity, and whatnot, the government contracted with Disney, Intel, and a newly invigorated social media to develop a Personal Integrated Sensory System Imagined Network Grid, or PISSING Network for short. The first prototype was a monstrous insect-looking virtual reality helmet, which frightened little children and the elderly. The helmet gave way to a more user friendly and breathable device, although slightly more cumbersome, known as a shoulderboard. Wearing the shoulderboard guaranteed people in their everyday life the same anonymity and lack of accountability they had loved so much with the old social media. The device was such a hit with the public and government officials that The United States Congress passed the Disassociation Act requiring shoulderboards be worn during all hours of the day except when sleeping.
Silas despised the four sided digital shoulderboard that sat on his shoulders surrounding his head, but he had to admit the apparatus was an ingenious time saver. Get up in the morning, unplug the unit from its charging port, slip it over the head, and punch in the desired look for the day. Presto! No more hours doing makeup, shaving, or fussing with hair. The manufactures still highly suggested bathing the rest of the body at least twice weekly, but from the shoulders up forget it. To become whoever a person wanted to be, all that was required was to simply speak into the Intel 2022 mic or punch in a descriptor on the nifty Intel sychromatic wristband, and instantly the desired image appeared on the board in amazing Disney Realmation 3D. Not only did the boards provide a look, but wearers could express any opinion or say anything they desired without physical association or accountability just like they did in the old days of social media. People could literally be whoever they wanted to be; or at least who they wanted everyone to believe them to be, and therein was the problem for Silas.
Silas was a little man, and the shoulderboard hurt his shoulders, but that was a minor problem. He was an old soul, and simply wanted to be. His few friends told him to relax and let the shouldrboard work for him, but it simply did not work for him. No matter how he tried to fit in with the shoulderboard crowd, that world did not click for him. He tried a macho muscle man image on his shoulderboard for several days, but just as he was getting use to the part, a gust of wind sent him toppling into a nearby shrub with his feet kicking frantically in the air. For children and smaller adults like Silas, the boards made a person top heavy and prone to tip over, which in Silas's case did not speak well of his implied masculinity. Another time, he presented himself as a square jawed, no nonsense cowboy with Southern roots. He was opinionated, conspiracy loving, and ultra conservative. As long as people believed as he believed, he championed their cause. For several days, he had a blast criticizing opinions disagreeing with his and warning that stocks would plummet and the world would end if people failed to share his beliefs. Nevertheless, after a couple of weeks of being better than everybody, he grew tired. He was just not the in your face type, so he turned off his shoulderboard and set it aside, and didn't bother to plug it into its charger. He had no intention of ever wearing it again. Three days later his home was surrounded by SWAT teams, helicopters, foaming at the mouth dogs, the Secret Service, FBI, CIA, and Homeland Security. Poor Silas was taken away in chains.
To make sure everyone tuned in, Silas's trial was held on a Sunday afternoon in Federal court. The government determined they would make an example of him that the people would long remember. The prosecuting team was confident his treasonable act of refusing to wear his shoulderboard would be a slam dunk case in their favor. The defense team agreed. They were envious of the prosecution's case, and hoped for mercy at best. Unless something went terribly wrong, by the end of the day, they fully expected to be home watching their client on the ten o'clock news as he was ushered off to prison in chains.
In spite of his attorneys protests, Silas refused to wear his shoulderboard in the courtroom and appeared natural – unshaved, hair knotted, and unwashed. Warnings were flashed across shouderboards around the nation that some images (mainly Silas) might be too intense for small children and pregnant females. Although his unkempt appearance frightened many young children, embarrassed his family, and sickened the majority of onlookers, not a single person turned away. The nation was captivated by him. For many in the watching audience, he was the first nonviolent individual they had ever seen held accountable for anything.
The court room was packed with people wearing shoulderboards – all except Silas. Everyone expected Silas's attorneys to challenge the Constitutionality of his arrest under the 32nd Amendment. In fact, most observers felt the trial might be more about the Constitution than Silas. Therefore, the Honorable Joseph Summit, the foremost authority on the Constitution, came out of retirement to convene the court. The President of the United States, with Ronald Reagan smiling warmly from his shoulderboard, sat directly behind the prosecution table along with several national, local – including the Governor of Mississippi, and even foreign dignitaries. Silas's family and friends sat directly behind the defense table; several of them had flashing banners scrolling across their shoulderboards that read "We are so sorry, Silas was brought up better than this," and "Please, don't judge us by our cousin's actions."
Silas sat with one elbow on the defense table with his chin propped in the palm of his hand. Five defense attorneys with shoulderboards depicting Teddy Rooselvelt, Samuel L Jackson, Brett Favre, Jerry Clower, and Clarence Darrow, hovered around him all talking at once, begging him to take the government's offer of five years in solitary confinement and a meager $25,000 fine. They insisted he could not hope for a better deal. Silas thought differently and refused to discuss the offer much less accept it.
As soon as the judge was seated, Bobby Joe Stalwart, aka Clarence Darrow, the lead defense attorney and a six four former linebacker for Mississippi State, jumped to his feet. "Your Honor," he said, "I move this case be thrown out by virtue of the 32nd Amendment." The crowd in the courtroom and at home sat up straight. There it was; the case everyone had expected. "My client," he continued, "was unlawfully incarcerated, and he is owed an apology by The United States of America." The crowd nodded its approval. Sitting directly behind the President, the Governor of Mississippi, Theodore G. Bilbo smiling from his shoulderboard, pumped his fist proudly. It was nice to see a Mississippi boy take it to the feds, even if it was in a losing cause. There was no way Silas was going to walk out of court a free man; not when a 450 million dollar deal for a shoulderboard factory in Issaquena County was on the line. A rebel like Silas could ruin everything.
"Mr. Stalwart," said Judge Summit, Judge Greg Mathis looking very serious from his shoulderboard, "first, you are out of line, and second, the 32nd Amendment applies to incarceration for opinions and does not apply to this case. The defendant has been charged with the treasonable act of refusing to wear his shoulderboard in direct violation of the Disassociation Act. His opinion is of little concern to this court."
"Oh," Bobby Joe said, and he and Clarence Darrow sank into his chair next to Silas.
"Oh," gasped the crowd. They had not seen that coming.
The judge stared Bobby Joe into his seat, and then turned his attention to Silas. "Mr. Washington, will you please rise?" he said. Silas stood. As his attorney, Bobby Joe halfway stood, decided better and sat down, thought better of sitting, and started to stand again. The judge watched him a moment. "Mr. Stalwart, please make up your mind to either stand or sit?"
"If it pleases your Honor," Bobby Joe said, "I sure would like to stand with my client."
"Then I would sure like for you to stand with your client, Mr. Stalwart," said the judge. "Just be quick about it." Bobby Joe stood, towering over Silas. "Mr. Washington," the judge continued, "do you understand why you are here today before this court?"
"Yes, sir," Silas said, "because you people won't let me be."
Judge Summit and Mathis smiled. "And, what would you like for this court to let you be?" he asked.
Silas held his chin high. "Alone," he said.
From the back of the room, Jessie, Silas's second cousin on his mama's side, who had a 3D image of Dolly Parton smiling sweetly from her shoulderboard, yelled, "You tell'em cus!" The courtroom erupted with laughter.
Summit and Mathis frowned with remarkable synchronization. The gavel pounded the sound block several times to restore order. "If there is another outburst like that, I will clear this courtroom!" Summit and Mathis shouted in unison.
"Your Honor," Bobby Joe said, "if I may speak?"
"Go ahead, Mr. Stalwart."
"Your Honor," Bobby Joe said laying a hand on Silas's shoulder, "as this court and everybody in it and at home can plainly see by my client's continued refusal to wear his shoulderboard, his ragged appearance, and his lack of clarity to your Honor's questions, Mr. Washington is not of sound mind or body. Therefore . . . ." Silas brushed Bobby Joe's hand from his shoulder, reached up and grabbed him by the base of his shoulderboard, pulled the much larger man down to his level, and whispered to Clarence Darrow. Clarence Darrow jerked erect, red faced. He stared in disbelief at Silas for a moment, and abruptly sat down at the table.
"Mr. Washington," the judge said, "there will be no secrets or whispering in my courtroom. What did you say to your attorney?"
"I told him to shut up and sit down," Silas said.
"That is highly inappropriate," the judge said. "Mr. Stalwart is your attorney."
"Sir, no disrespect intended toward you, but this court is inappropriate, and Mr. Stalwart is not my attorney. I also told him he was fired."
Ronald Reagan coughed loudly, and everyone sitting on the first row behind the prosecution table began high-fiving and slapping each other on the back. Everyone else in the courtroom sat in silence, not believing what had just happened. Without a lawyer, they knew Silas had probably cheated them of the courtroom drama they came to see. The judge pounded his gavel to bring the room under control. "Mr. Washington, are you sure this is what you want to do?" he asked. "I highly recommend you reconsider."
"No doubt in my mind," Silas said.
"As you please, but Mr. Washington, if at any time, you wish to reconsider let me know."
"I object!" the lead prosecuting attorney, Elrod Gladstone aka Vince Lombardi shouted.
"To what?" asked the judge.
"Your Honor," Gladstone said, "you can't let him change his mind later if it suits him."
Judge Mathis sat back and laughed. "Yes, I can," said the judge. "This is my courtroom, and I'll do as I please. Do you understand?"
"Yes sir," Elrod and Vince said, and sat down quickly.
"Thank you," said Judge Summit. "Now let the trial of Mr. Silas Washington on the charges of treason against the United States of America begin. We will not hold his foolishness to dismiss his attorney against him."
The judge turned to the prosecution table. "Mr. Gladstone," he said, "as lead attorney for the prosecution, the floor is yours.
Elrod Gladstone stood slowly. He looked at Silas and shook his head sadly. Walking toward the twelve jurors, he stopped halfway and looked back over his shoulder at Silas and again shook his head sadly. The jurors watched him intently as he walked from member to member of the jury sitting in the first row of the jury box. Six times he stopped, looked over his shoulder at Silas, and turned back to the juror to shake his head sadly. "Your Honor, Ladies and gentlemen," he said, "I will not take any more of the court's time than is absolutely necessary. Your Honor, ladies and gentlemen, it is the opinion of the prosecution and The United States of America that the defendant is guilty of treason against the United States as outlined by the Disassociation Act, but to avoid a long and costly trial, the prosecution wishes to exercise its protected right of first opinion as promised by the 31st Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America."
The judge nodded. "Mr. Gladstone, I was wondering how long it would take you to get to the bottom line in this case. Your point, Sir, is well made. By virtue of the 31st Amendment protecting your right of first opinion, the judgement of this court must rest in favor of the prosecution. I therefore find the defendant guilty of treason as charged."
The President was the first to his feet. He grabbed the Governor of Mississippi, and kissed Bilbo square on the lips. He then turned to the Governor of North Carolina and lay a fat slobbering kiss on the shoulderboard image of Andy Griffith. The room was in complete bedlam. The judge pounded his gavel, but no one heard. The defense team of Rooselvelt, Jackson, Favre, Clower, and Darrow stared in disgust at Silas, but he looked straight ahead unconcerned. After several minutes, the room settled down and order was restored.
"Mr. Washington," the judge said, "do you have anything on behalf of your defense you would like to say before I announce your sentence?"
"Yes, your Honor, I do," Silas said, and stepped forward to face his judge and jury. "Your Honor, I am not a treasonable fellow . . . ." A snicker escaped from the row where the President sat. "Sir, I believe in the United States of America. I respect the Constitution of this great nation, and I respect the prosecution's Constitutional right of first opinion in regard to the verdict in this case. However, I also have right of first opinion as to how the sentence is determined. Therefore, Sir, it is my opinion, I should be held harmless of further incarceration or penalty."
A deep silence hung over the courtroom. The prosecuting attorneys and the President and his pals looked back and forth at each other not believing what they were hearing. Judge Summit raised and pounded his gavel. "Mr. Washington," he said, "your point, is well made. By virtue of the 31st Amendment protecting your right of first opinion in the sentencing phase of this trial, sentencing is hereby established as time served without further penalty. Well done Mr. Washington. Case concluded. Good day."
"You can't do that!" the Governor of Mississippi shouted jumping to his feet. "That's not right! The right of first opinion can't be used twice in the same case."
Judge Summit stopped at the door to his chambers. "Sir," he said, "it was used once for the verdict and once for sentencing, which is very permissible under the law you helped write and the Constitution."
The President turned to the Governor of Mississippi, "I thought you said this was a done deal? You said your 32nd Amendment was flawless."
"This doesn't change anything," Bilbo sputtered.
"Wrong! This changes everything" Reagan hissed. "Andy!" he called after the Governor of North Carolina who was walking to door. "Andy! Do I have a deal for you!" Ronnie called, and hustled after the shoulderboard that had just turned to Barney Fife.
The heavily influenced government newspapers didn't know what to print, so they didn't print the story at all. The Bureau of Bureaucratic Syphoning, BS for short, hurriedly rushed prepared statements to all the television, radio, and shoulderboard networks, thanking everyone for tuning into the realistic legal docudrama pilot that was scheduled to be broadcast on television in the fall. A week after the trial, a follow up bulletin was sent out saying the pilot had not lived up to rating expectations and future shows had been canceled. Three months after the trail, no one remembered the bulletins much less the trial.
Silas continued to refuse to wear the shoulderboard. Due largely to the misinformation pumped through the networks after the trail, there were no reports of others following his example and casting aside their shoulderboards. Six months after the trial, he walked outside one morning to pick up the paper from his driveway, and noticed a helicopter just above the tree tops. "That's the guy!" yelled a man in the helicopter through a megaphone. Within seconds, Silas was surrounded by SWAT teams, helicopters, foaming at the mouth dogs, the Secret Service, FBI, CIA, and Homeland Security. Once again, he was arrested and taken away in chains. The government had decided they could not just let him be. He screamed, kicked, and shouted his rights under the 32nd Amendment, but this time it didn't matter, the Mississippi Legislature was back in session, and change was once more in the air.
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Monday, April 6, 2015
Run/ Walk/ Bike/ Elliptical (Today: 3.66 miles; Running Total: 231.66 miles)
Day 269 of *Another* 100 Days of Good Karma.
Today I went old school for my run. I dug my interval watch out of my closet and set it to match today's Couch to 5K run. I could barely read the instructions through the cracked screen of my phone. Interval 1: 5 minutes, Interval 2: 3 minutes, repeat at the end.
Damn driveways. Why does concrete have to be so hard?
It was so weird to run without a phone. I'm not sure when it happened, but a smart phone somehow became a necessary running item.
I kept thinking the worst was going to happen. 'Justin will get into a car accident' led to 'the school will call and one of the kids will be hurt' and 'there will be a terrible natural disaster and all of California will fall into the ocean and I won't know it because I don't have my damn phone'.
When I got home, I rushed to see what I'd missed.
The sum total of activity on my phone? Flipboard pushed an auto-update.
Apparently I embody FOMO.
There is a very definite radiation burn under my right arm now. It's a deep red color and pimpled with blisters.
It also hurts. A lot.
If you've ever had a sunburn, think back to the worst sunburn of your life. The one that blistered and you couldn't stand to have anything touch it, not even a t-shirt or a sheet. Your skin was hot to the touch. If you allowed anyone to touch you, that is.
Now take that feeling, double it and condense it down to a 4×6 area under the fold of your arm.
That's what my radiation burn feels like.
It makes sleeping difficult. I'll roll over to the right and wake up myself up because it hurts so bad.
I spoke with one of the radiation oncology nurses and asked if I could put Lidocaine cream on it. I have two tubes left over from chemo. I just wanted it to stop hurting.
She said said that the lidocaine cream will thin my skin out. Also, just numbing my skin wouldn't solve the problem. The problem is that my skin is looking for moisture and it isn't getting enough. I told her I'd been putting the Aquaphor on every day. She said sometimes Aquaphor alone just isn't enough.
That's when she gave me a huge pack of the gel sheets you see at the top of this post.
The first time I put one on I broke out in goose bumps everywhere. They're only cool against unburned skin. Against my burned skin the patch skipped right over cool and went straight to the territory of fucking freezing.
But oh my lord, sweet relief. Think back to that bad sunburn again. How good did it feel to apply aloe vera gel that's been kept in the freezer?
I shuddered and broke out in goose bumps but I wanted to cry it felt so good.
The nurse said I'll probably have to change the patch four or five times a day as my skin soaks up the moisture. Whatever. It makes the pain go away and my clothes don't get greasy. I'll change it every fifteen minutes if I have to.
Today's silver lining: Cool Magic Gel Sheets. Whoever invented these things deserves a place in heaven.
I know I've been in an awful mood lately. My burn hurts and I've been very scattered. It makes me think of going through college finals. Just like then I had to shut everything else out, put my head down, and get through the next week and a half. I'll clean up whatever mess I make later.
I still don't know how I'm going to deal with treatment ending, but that's going to have to wait until after treatment is over.
Each worry in it's own time.
What's your silver lining today? I love comments!
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Fall 2017 MenswearRaf Simons
Whether it's the Statue of Liberty beckoning over the curve in the horizon as your steamer approaches from the east, or a frantic cluster of handwritten "Have you been detained?" posters waiting outside immigration as the automatic doors of JFK whoosh blessedly closed behind you, every outsider's first arrival in New York is as different as it is meaningful. For Raf Simons, a designer who is no less vaunted in fashion than he is sometimes ambivalent about it as an art form—i.e., deeply—that rule applies.
Simons is a recent immigrant arrived to take the mantle at Calvin Klein: The king is dead, God save the king. But before he Makes American Fashion Great Again in nine days' time, tonight was about the transposition of his own 22-year-old brand from Europe to the new continent.
What we got was this: Oversize satin-sheen topcoats and almost aggressively mundane boxy check jackets worn atop oversize pants with luxurious breaks at the ankle, bottomed by rope-trimmed chisel-toe shoes. The slightness of the models and the bigness of these pieces contributed to what Simons said he'd aimed to muster, a sense of children adopting their parents' uniform. Sometimes the boys wore nothing but maître d's waistcoats with their baggies, or attenuatedly utilitarian long-yoked work shirts. They almost always wore heaped beading at the neck.


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Knowing your child is happy is the most important thing in the world for every parent. Even more so when your children are not in your care! At Jolly Tots we believe our name says it all – a place where children of all ages are more than happy to stay, play, learn and grow in confidence. Letting you get on with your daily routine with complete peace of mind.
Maybe that's why so many parents, as their family grows, return to Jolly Tots time and time again.
We're right here for you
Jolly Tots is conveniently located on Steeple Road in Antrim. We've been here since 1997 when we started with 5 children and 2 staff. Today Jolly Tots looks after over 100 children and supports the needs of the family.
The Jolly Babies building used to be a family home a number of years ago. Although the relevant changes have been made to suit the needs of young children we have still tried to capture the essence of how it used to look. We still have the original tiled floor, staircase which gives it that warm, homely, family effect.
The Jolly Tots Unit is a purpose built unit. This opened in May 2002. This building has 3 pre school rooms all very well equipped, bright and airy. Even though this building is relatively new we have carried through the home from home effect from the baby unit.
A great place to grow…
Every child is different and every child is special. That's why the Jolly Tots complex is made up of individual rooms designed with different age groups in mind.
Providing a safe, homely and caring environment is our first priority and "learning through play" is our ethos throughout. Each room is fully equipped with carefully chosen toys, games and activities that will encourage your child to explore free play and develop at their own level.
Where early years are learning years
As well as looking after the welfare of every child in our care, we keep a close eye on their little minds too. Our teams of staff put together weekly, monthly and yearly plans to encourage self expression, confidence and personal growth. Throughout your child's time with us we'll observe and take note of their abilities and achievements and provide you with an assessment form so you can keep up-to-date with their progress too.
The areas we concentrate on are:
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Children love to get outside and burn off steam and we have 3 playgrounds that children can use to run about, play on trikes, climb the climbing frame, swing on swings, play in the mud kitchen, read stories in the story hut, bug hunt, sit quietly and look at the environment around them!! The list is endless.


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Ha Tien 1 Cement Joint Stock Company will start construction of a 2.6km road leading to Phu Huu ICT General Port in Ho Chi Minh City's District nine next month, according to the city Department of Transport.
Bui Xuan Cuong, deputy director of the department, said in a document sent to the city government early last week that the 30m wide road connecting the port and Nguyen Duy Trinh Street in District 2 would need total capital of some VND460bn (US$23.59m).
Cuong petitioned the city government to ask District 9 to speed up site clearance so that the build-operate-transfer (BOT) project could be put into use in September this year. Ha Tien 1 Cement has proposed a 24-year toll collection for recovering the capital for the project, says the document.
The relevant departments and the road developer are completing documents for signing the final BOT contract. The road will help facilitate goods transport in the area and benefit local people, particularly those in districts 2 and 9.
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ADMA Forum: Making Something Digital Analogue by Unplugging Pinterest
When Michaela Brockstedt, former vice president of marketing for Westfield Group, discovered a correlation between the demographic of Westfield patrons and Pinterest users, she had an 'Aha'moment.
"Instead of taking something traditional and making it digital, we decided we would flip the equation and take something digital and make it analog."
At yesterday's ADMA Global Forum Brockstedt and Cory Surovek, manager of common area design for Westfield Group presented 'Pinterest Unplugged' where the two discussed the the success of the redevelopment of Westfield's University Town Centre (UTC) shopping complex in San Diego which incorporated a free standing, interactive, Pinterest wall.
"Westfield is redefining what it means to shop…it's paying close attention not only to what you buy, but to the experience you have when you're buying," explained Brockstedt.
The facelift encompassed the idea of "resort as retail" which aimed to provide a luxurious experience for Westfield shoppers.
When Brockstedt quoted research that showed Pinterest users and Westfield shoppers were predominantly female and fell within a similar age and socio-economic bracket. The research also revealed that Westfield shoppers loved Pinterest which Surovek said "was an added bonus".
"We realised that if we wanted to be talking to our core customer and our core potential customer, she was certainly using Pinterest," explained Brockstedt.
In a bid to convene potential Westfield customers, Brockstedt led a team of designers, architects and creatives to build and integrate a full-standing, real-life, Pinterest wall as part of the complex development.
In figuring out how to incorporate luxury into the shopper's experience, Brockstedt wanted to a way to engage customers, involve digital and have a fun, interactive space which improved the patrons'experience.
The life cycle of the Pinterest Unplugged project was about six weeks. "When she first told me the time frame and budget ($US8,500), I thought she was crazy," said Surovek.
Brockstedt was able to negotiate a larger budget by telling her superiors the installation could be dismantled and re-located to other Westfield centres. The final cost for Pinterest Unplugged was $US48,000.
The installation reached more than just the UTC Westfield patrons thanks to articles written by Mashable and others, which garnered more than four million impressions.
"Advertising is very expensive in San Diego, so being able to get so much coverage and having people do segments for our local news in front of it was just fantastic," said Brockstedt.
"Shoppers would take selfies and share them on social media," she added, which contributed to the project achieving scale.
The Pinterest wall was a hit. "People who did love Pinterest got really excited because it was real, you could touch it, there was something that made it human," said Brockstedt.
Brockstedt has since set up her own branding agency, Brandsavvy.buzz where she applies insights from the Pinterest Unplugged experience.


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New Year's Eve in the hills of Puerto Rico...
What did you do on New Year's Eve? usually, we don't even go out, just hang out at home. 2006 was very different, though. Here's what we (me, my wife, my son, Chris, and his girlfriend, Lauren) did:
We made a big pile from two queen size mattresses, along with their box springs, a large couch and a small couch, all of which had been badly damaged by rats and termites as they sat in an unoccupied house on the west side of Puerto Rico, which is nestled in an old coffee farm that is now more like a mini rain forest.
Chris then poured some gasoline on the furniture and applied a match.
Whoosh! An enormous fire immediately engulfed the pile, as Chris ran backwards as fast as he could to avoid having his eyebrows singed right off his face.
The flames rose some thirty feet in the air, throwing off a beautiful, but scary, fountain of sparks and burning fragments of upholstery. Even twenty feet away from the fire, the heat was awesome.
Click here (12MB file, sorry) to watch a short video of these amazing New Year's fireworks.
After I doused the glowing embers with water, we all agreed that it was an awful lot of fun, but also kind of dumb and careless. But the house didn't catch fire, the trees and plants nearby didn't catch fire (though lots of the leaves closest to the fire, turned brown and shriveled a bit), and no one was badly burned (well, I did do something really stupid and ended up with a couple of small burn blisters on my foot, but we won't get into that).
May your 2007 be as bright and intense, and result in no damage done, as our furniture bonfire!


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On Wednesday Night, June 14th, 2017, Play-Well TEKnologies will be collaborating with the Thinkery to build the city of Austin out of 40,000 LEGO® Bricks. Families will get the opportunity to build the city of Austin as they would like to see it. They also get to tackle these questions through play:
- If you had the chance to design the city of Austin, how would you design it?
- What else would you add to the city that you currently think is missing?
- How would you make Austin even better than it is now?
Building The City of Austin out of 40,000 LEGO® Bricks takes place during Thinkery's special Community Night hours (Wednesdays from 4–8 pm), when admission to the museum is by donation—meaning families are able to pay what they can. The suggested donation is $1.
Thinkery strives to provide a friendly, inspiring space to learn for the entire community, regardless of financial status. By providing experiences to underserved audiences, the museum broadens its ability to equip and inspire the next generation of creative problem solvers.
For information about Thinkery and its Community Night program, please click here.
For information about Thinkery's STEAM on the Spot program, please click here.
Here are the details of the event:
Event: Building The City of Austin out of 40,000 LEGO® Bricks
Location: The Thinkery, Austin Children's Museum, 1830 Simond Ave, Austin, TX 78723
Date & Time: Wednesday, June 13th, 2017 / 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM
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Thinkery is an evolution of Austin Children's Museum. It's Austin's home for "why" and "how." A place where science and families play side by side. Where people connect with ideas by doing, making and experiencing. It's a foundry for a new generation of innovators and creative problem solvers. And it's a heck of a good time. For more information, visit thinkeryaustin.org.
Play-Well TEKnologies teaches LEGO-Inspired STEM Programs to approximately 100,000 kids/year around the U.S. Their goal is to inspire the next generation of engineers, innovators, scientists, and inventors all through the power of play. Kids dive into our classes and exercise their innate gift for building. They come away understanding fundamental principles of engineering and physics. The experience boosts their confidence, creativity and ability to collaborate. For more information, visit play-well.org.
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