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Admission includes a commemorative pint glass for the first 500 ticket purchasers, 1 drink ticket for a 16 ounce pour, trail pass and live music. Additional drink and food tickets are available for $4 each. Admission tickets can be purchased online here. The nonrefundable ticket (event proceeds rain, shine, or blizzard).
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Today, I had the pleasure of being a guest on our local NBC 6 studio discussing the weddings I design on Fisher Island and my flower boutique, Ocean Flowers. Trina Robinson (the anchor) who interviewed me was amazing and as beautiful in person as she looks on tv! Funny enough, I actually used to work at NBC 6 back in the day as an intern so it was pretty cool being able to come back and this time around, as a guest!! Here are some pictures from the segment.
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Jabesh Amissah-Arthur, the Chief Executive Officer of Bui Power Authority has taken a leave of post.
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The brother of immediate past vice president of Ghana Kwesi Amissah-Arthur will commence his terminal leave today.
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There are thousands or even millions of single German women seeking men through online dating sites. They are looking for a date, relationship and marriage on the Internet. Single women in Germany are not only looking for local men but open for Black, Hispanic and even Asian guys. The main reason is the scarcity of German men relative to women which leads to this issue. In other words, women outnumber men in this country since World War Two.
German women (Photo: stormfront.org)
Generally speaking, after WW2, every two men have three women for under 40 age group. Nowadays, the shortage of men in Germany decreases but still, there are maybe four men for every five women between this age group. As a result, it is hard to find a man for dating and marriage. That's why many German single ladies have to use online dating services to find foreign men, especially men who live in the United States, UK, Canada, Australia and else.
German women looking for single men online has become a phenomenon in the last few years. They are open to most races, especially who live overseas. They are looking for African American men, Canadian men, Australian men and other nationality as well. I have to conclude that men in Germany are easy to find a local woman while women aren't because of the shortage of men. To get a date single German girls have to go online to find one. Woh, it is hard, isn't it?
Another reason that single German women seeking men online is the convenience at these internet dating websites. In the last few years the trend in dating from internet has changed drastically that all German singles can use to find a date. They don't have to dress up and drive to a club to find a date. They don't have to queue up in line to wait for someone. They use open their computer and search for a date. The traditional mating ritual is outdated and retired. Single ladies in Germany have many advantages with using online dating to search for single men.
Single German ladies don't have to leave their house. They can find the exact type of man they are looking for in terms of personal background like age, location, height, weight, education, career and so on. Online dating is the community where single people go and sign up their personal profiles to find that special someone. They just need to file a personal ad that describe who they are to the world. There are paid and free dating sites. So, they can select what type they can use.
Every year, there are millions of happy couples and relationships created from the internet dating sites. Online dating really works because it is easy, simple and convenient to most single people. What single German ladies like to find is true love and relationship online.
Nowadays, you seldom see single German women who gather in pubs or bars. This traditional way of dating is retired. The modern way is to join social sites like Facebook or German dating sites like Germanydatingnet.com or others to find friends, pen pals, romance, relationship and marriage.
So, the reason that single German women seeking men online for dating and marriage is because the shortage of men in this country and the convenience that online dating sites bring to them.


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The registration process for the Marine Corps Marathon this past Monday went anything but smoothly. The popular marathon which will take place on October 27th in Virginia and Washington, D.C. sold out in record time, under 2 1/2 hours, but, in that short amount of time, the website of Active.Com – the company in charge of the sign up for the marathon, was continuously busy and/or crashing. I tried to register non-stop for over an hour. On at least three occasions, the registration seemed to go through to the final pages, only to crash again. It was brutal. It was painful. After 78 grueling minutes of refreshing my computer and iPhone, I was finally was able to register in full for the Marathon. I was one of the lucky ones. The aftermath brought a lot of complaints and criticism about the process. Those who were closed out are rightfully frustrated and angry.
I just received an email from Active.Com, apologizing for the mess, and stating that Active.Com intended to donate its proceeds to charity. The email states:
Marine Corps Marathon Runners,
Have you ever had a race where after months or even years of training, eating right, listening to your coaches, investing in new gear, it went badly?
This happened to Active last week and we feel sick about it. Marine Corps Marathon was ready to sell-out in record time. We were ready. And, we tripped at the starting line. We are truly sorry the registration experience did not reflect the iconic Marine Corps Marathon itself.
We've looked back from every single angle. We should have done this. We could have done that. The fundamentals are all there. It came down to a few miscalculations. We know you expect more from us. We are capable of much more. It's our job to prove it from now on.
In order to create some good out of a frustrating experience, we're donating all of our fees associated with this race to two causes we can all get behind, the Wounded Warrior Project and Semper Fi Fund. Our mission is to make the world a more active place. There are hundreds of charities aligned with our mission but these two have specific programs that support our military on the road to creating an active life through the sport of running.
Wounded Warrior Project's Physical Health and Wellness program provides recreation, adaptive sports programs and overall strategies to help Wounded Warriors remain physically engaged while adjusting to life after injury.
Team Semper Fi, the Semper Fi Fund's Recovery through Sport program, is made up of servicemen and women who have been injured or have battled a life threatening illness and have refused to let those challenges prevent them from competing in athletic events like the Marine Corps Marathon. Team Semper Fi is the heart and inspiration of the Semper Fi Fund's rehabilitative Athletic Program
This by no means makes our mistake right, but using these funds to support our military and the running community is the best way we know to move forward.
We hope you have a great journey training for an incredible race.
The Active team
I'm not sure how I feel about this. I'm trying to digest it. While its actions are commendable, some might say it is too little, too late. What do you think?
On another note, I know at least one person who appealed to the marathon or Active (I'm not sure which) about the fact that she was almost registered when the system glitched. She was permitted to register. Maybe this is worth a shot if you came really close to registering – especially if you took a screen shot of the page?


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A Ground-Based Search for Transit Timing Variations from the Apache Point Observatory
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The following dissertation presents work done as part of a ground-based transit follow-up program designed to look for transit timing variations in well-known transiting systems called, the Apache Point Survey of Transit Lightcurves of Exoplanets (APOSTLE). I outline the observing strategy, data reduction and analysis of data for the objects GJ 1214b, XO-2b and TrES-3b. The results of our analysis show general agreement with previously measured properties for these systems, and in some cases we are able to place tighter constraints on system parameters. We were able to detect a low-energy stellar flare, and three spot-crossing events with our observations of GJ 1214b. Our transit timing data do not show strong signs of timing variations and hence we are unable to claim detections of additional planets. Even though the results of this study do not present any new discoveries, the topics outlined in this dissertation are a useful synthesis of techniques used to execute a high-precision ground-based transit follow-up project.
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=== Running pskpage ===
=== Running pskpage ===
Since ''pskpage'' uses very little screen space, you may wish to run it in the same window as ''mskpage'', with the latter program
Since ''pskpage'' uses very little screen space, you may wish to run it in the same window as ''mskpage'', with the latter program below . The resident file manager will then conveniently point to the same base directory for creating and printing scores.
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Revision as of 03:36, 14 December 2010
- 1 Starting from MuseData Stage2 files
- 2 Starting from i-files
- 2.1 Directory preparation
- 2.2 Running mskpage
- 2.3 Running pskpage
- 3 Starting from page files
- 4 Starting from CFT files
- 5 Converting page files into PostScript files
Starting from MuseData Stage2 files
In order to print a musical score from Dmuse when starting from MuseData stage2 files, the musical data must first be converted into i-files which are then converted into page files. The page files can then be printed directly to a printer or converted into PostScript (which can then be converted into PDF files for online use) or printing to non-PCL printers. To convert the MuseData files into i-files, you must use the autoset program as described below. In addition to preparing printable scores from MuseData stage2 files or page files within Dmuse, you can also the command-line program muse2ps for batch processing on the command-line.
Directory preparation
Before running autoset, you must first create the output directory into which the i-files will be written (or verify that this directory exists). When using the conventional MuseData work directory file structure, files will be written into a sub-directory of the main work directory which is called outputs. Within the outputs directory, create a sub-directory with a name of your choosing. For this particular example, the name score is used for this sub-directory. Within the outputs/score directory, you must create a directory called i-files. And within the outputs/score/i-files directory, you must also create a sub-directory for each movement of the work which parallels the directory structure for the movements in the stage2 directory. If you are only preparing the score for one movement, then you will only have to create the directory for that particular movement. Typically movements are two-digit numbers, such as 01 for movement 1, 02 for movement 2, etc.. But this is a convention which has to be verified by looking at the sub-directories within the stage2 directory for the work.
The output directory structure can be prepared from within dmuse by using the file manager which is opened by pressing the F4 function key. Alternatively, the directories can be created in the standard method for the particular operation system which you are using.
Notice that the input and output directories are at standardized locations within the MuseData database work directories (stage2/01 for the input and outputs/score/i-files/01 for the output if the first movement of a work is being processed). However, autoset does not really care where these directories exist; it only wants to know where the input files for a particular movement are located, and where to write the output files. Both the input and output directories must exist in order for autoset to convert the stage2 files for a movement into i-files. You cannot use the same directory for input to and output from autoset, since the names of the stage2 input files and the i-file output files will be the same.
Running autoset
To start autoset go to an empty window, such as window #5, by typing Keypad 5. If the window you are using is not empty, but the content of it does not need to be saved, press Home to get to the top of the window, and then press Shft+Keypad - to delete all lines of text after the cursor.
To start autoset, first press Shft+Keypad * to start the zbex interpreter. Once the zbex interpreter is running, the string "[*]" will appear on the top right border of the dmuse window. If this mark does not appear, then you will have to edit the Dmuse INIT file to enable the zbex interpreter (change the line "Ibex Active: N" to "Ibex Active: Y" in the INIT file for dmuse and then restart the program). The zbex interpreter will print the text "Ready for program". Type the name of the program to run, which in this case is autoset, and then press Return. Zbex will then start running autoset. The figure on the right demonstrates what should happen in Dmuse at this initial stage when starting autoset.
At any point while running a zbex program, such as autoset, you can type two exclamation marks (!!) at the start of a line and press Return to quit the program. After exiting the program, the zbex interpreter waits for the name of a program to run. So for example, you could go to the top of the windows and press Return on the line where you typed autoset to start running it again.
Music size
The first question that autoset asks is:
Enter note size (<return> = 14: x = non standard parameters)
This option sets the font size of the music. Size 14 means that there are 14 pixels between successive staff lines (in 300 DPI). Font size 14 is the standard font size for scores (you can press return to use that default size). The smallest possible size should be 6. Parts are usually typeset in size 21. Not all font sizes are available. The standard sizes which should be available are: 6, 14, 16, 18, and 24.
Compression factor
The next question which is asked is:
Compression factor (<return> = none)
You should probably press return for the default compression factor of 100. For denser music, use a smaller value, such as 90. For greater spacing between notes, try something like 110. Good results are usually in the 92-96 range. Sometimes 85-87 might be needed. This value is typically used to get the last page to contain a full page of music.
Source file location
The third question that autoset asks is where are the MuseData files located:
Autoset performs the first step of the music typesetting process. Autoset takes stage2 source files as input and produces non-page specific intermediate files. Since the stage2 directory contains source files for a variety of uses, you need to specify the group (i.e. sound, score, parts, short or data) that you want autoset to work on. Enter the source library and group name now. Source library?
At this point it is useful to have the resident file manager point to the main working directory or one of its parent directories. The term library in Dmuse is equivalent to directory or folder. For example if the musedata files are stored in /usr/local/apps/musedata/baroque/corelli/chry/trio/op1n12, it might be useful to set the file manager to be looking at the directory /usr/local/apps/musedata/baroque/corelli/chry/trio. If you set the file manager to point to this directory, then you can answer the above question like this if you want to generate a score for the first movement:
Group name
The autoset program then asks for the group name to process. The stage2 files contain a Group Memberships: line which should contain one or more membership labels. Type the name of an existing group for this question:
Group name? (default = data)
The most common group for generating a score is "score". When generating parts, a typical group name would be "parts". Type score for this particular example of typesetting a Corelli sonata movement. If you are unsure of what groups are available, examine the Group Memberships: line in one of the stage2 files which you are processing.
Output directory
Next autoset asks where the resulting i-files that it creates will be stored:
Autoset works on only one movement at a time. The output library (for i-files) must already be allocated. Autoset will name the output files (i-files) according to the order of the input files in the group; i.e. part 1 from the input group becomes the i-file "01". Autoset can work on a range of parts within a group. You will be asked to provide this range. Enter the output library and range now. Output library? (Enter a blank line to get default output library).
In this case type:
The directory outputs/score/i-files/01 must already exist before you continue with the program. This is the sub-directory into which all of the data from autoset will be stored.
Number of parts
Now autoset will examine the stage2 files for movement one and identify how many parts are present in the score group membership:
There appear to be 3 parts in this group. Enter the first and last numbers of the range you wish, or simply type <Enter> to process all of them.
In this case, we are preparing a score (not a part), so press Return. It is useful to remember this number (3 parts), which the mskpage program will ask for later after you finish running autoset.
Creating i-files
At this point autoset has all of the information which is necessary in order to complete the processing of the data. The figure on the right shows the status messages which are displayed in Dmuse as autoset generates the output i-files which will be stored in op1n12/outputs/score/i-files/01 in this example.
Starting from i-files
At this point you should have a set of non-page-specific i-files within the sub-directory outputs/score/i-files. Here are the contents of these files for our example printing of the first movement of Corelli's Op. 1, No. 12 sonata:
|File name
|Violino 1 i-file
|Violino 2 i-file
|Violone e Organo i-file
Each file contains a single part's notation as if it were on a very long continuous page with only one system. At this stage in the score printing process, these non-page-specific i-files need to be assembled into page files. Each i-file contains all of the musical data for an entire part. The next step in the process is to create the page file, which describes the layout of the music onto specific pages.
Directory preparation
Running mskpage
To convert from i-files into page files, run the mskpage (Make SKore PAGE files) program. You can start the program in a new window, or if you want to clear the contents of the current window for running mskpage, press Home to go to the first line in the window, and then press Shft+Keypad - to erase the contents of the window below the cursor. Then press Shif+Keypad * (unless the "[*]" marker in the top right of the dmuse window is indicating that the zbex interpreter is still running. If zbex is still running, then just type the name of the program to run and press Return:
Input directory
The mskpage program will ask for the location of the i-files (which you may have just created).
Input Library name?
For our example score printing process, the i-files are stored here (presuming the resident file manager is pointing to the correct base directory):
Output directory
Next, mskpage will ask where the output files should be written:
Output Library name?
For the example, they should be placed in:
Note that this directory must first exist before continuing, otherwise mskpage will print an error message and stop when it tries to write the output files to this directory.
Part selection
The mskpage program will now print:
starting number
This is a question which is asking for the name (number) of the first i-file which was created with autoset. In almost all cases, you should type 01 for the first file. An example of when you might not start with the first file is when you want to print a subset of the full instrumentation, provided that the subset files are stored sequentially. For example, you could print only the string, brass or woodwind sections of a full score.
Number of parts
The mskpage program now asks how many i-files are needed to construct the score. In the example case, there are three i-files for the three parts:
number of parts 3
Test line
Press Return at this prompt:
transferring done! Enter a non-blank line if this is a simple test
Page height
Height of new typesetting (return = top)
Press return for the default. If you need to start the music lower for some reason (such as beginning a movement on a page left incomplete by a prior movement, or the need to leave extra space for wordy header material), enter the numerical parameter (300 DPI) here. For example, 1500 will begin typesetting about halfway down the page.
Tacit instructions
Line of tacit instructions? (return = none)
When making parts, what text to print to specify tacit movements. Press Return in this case, since scores do not need tacit instructions.
Justification of the last system
Right justify last line? (return = no) Also, enter "wide" command here.
Press return to use the default, which will not attempt to justify the last system. Type yes if you want the last system to end flush with the right margin.
Movement title
Movement title?
Type the name of the movement. In this case, simply type "I.".
Bracing structure
Enter brace/bracket/bar structure [] = bracket and bar () = bar only {} = brace dot = part colon = grandstaff
In this case type:
which means to place a bracket on the entire system which contains three parts which are represented by the dots.
Line spacing
Line spacing: text, no text (return = no change) Otherwise, enter all spacings (max of 15 per line) 175 140
Use the default spacings by pressing Return.
Final processing
At this point mskpage will finish producing the pages for the movement. The program will list the systems as it processes the data and report the measure number at the start of each system. The number before the measure text is the page on which the system is being written:
1 measure 1 1 measure 6 1 measure 12 1 measure 19 Total pages = 1 in .../op1n12/outputs/score/pages/01 Ready for program
In the example process, this is the output from mskpage:
Running pskpage
Since pskpage uses very little screen space, you may wish to run it in the same window as mskpage, with the latter program running below it. The resident file manager will then conveniently point to the same base directory for creating and printing scores.
Music size
Input directory
Starting page
Number of pages
Shift margins to facilitate binding
In most cases, this line will be left blank. Answering "Y" will shift the printed output (to the right on odd pages, left on even pages) to allow more room on the inner margins for binding.
Starting from page files
Starting from CFT files
CFT files are a compressed collection of page files.
Converting page files into PostScript files
Instead of printing to a printer, the graphical music notation encoded in page files can be written to a PostScript file. This file can then be converted into a PDF file for web distribution.


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October 2018 Nonprofit Partners
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November 2017 Nonprofit Partners
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April 2017 Nonprofit Partners
Gwinnett County Public Schools is a school district operating in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States. GCPS is the largest school system in Georgia, with 139 schools and an estimated enrollment of 178,000 students for the 2016-2017 year. GCPS is estimated to be the 14th largest school district in the U.S. The district has its headquarters in an unincorporated area near Suwanee.
GCPS was the winner of the 2010 Broad Prize for Urban Education. In 2014, GCPS was nominated for the Broad Prize for Urban Education once again, the first school district to have won the Broad Prize before and be nominated again in its first year eligible to win the prize.
The Gwinnett County schools who are partnering with us for this event include: Louise Radloff Middle School, Lilburn Middle School, Sweetwater Middle School, Meadowcreek High School & Berkmar High School.
Atlanta Ronald McDonald House Charities, Inc. is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization dedicated to nurturing the health and well-being of children and families. The Ronald McDonald House helps keep families close to their children receiving specialized treatment at local hospitals, allowing the caregivers to spend more time with their child and interact with their medical team. The two Atlanta Houses have provided a home away from home to more than 46,000 families of ill and injured children since the first Atlanta House opened in 1979.
At the Ronald McDonald House, families can enjoy many of the comforts of home, receive nourishing meals prepared and served by volunteers and obtain emotional support through contact with other families experiencing similar situations. No family is turned away if they cannot afford the small $20 requested contribution and many of these families stay at the Ronald McDonald House for weeks, and sometimes months, while their children receive medical treatment. For more information, visit www.armhc.org, follow Atlanta RMHC on Twitter (@ARMHC) or like Atlanta RMHC on Facebook (Facebook.com/Atlanta RMHC).
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta's mission is to provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported, one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever.
As the largest one-to-one mentoring organizations in the Southeast, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta (BBBSMA) currently serves over 2,000 youth. Our staff of approximately 40 employees supports our city's children and their families through friendships with caring adult volunteers.
We assist children and families in all 12 metro Atlanta counties – the bulk of children come from Fulton, Dekalb, Cobb and Gwinnett counties.
F.R.E.E. collaborates with individuals, groups and organizations, to conduct fundraisers. We also transport and distribute donations all thru the efforts of a 100% volunteer staff from several different backgrounds.
F.R.E.E. began by providing parochial school tuition, busing, and lunches for refugee children in an environment where they can get the individual attention, they require. A parochial school educational environment shields them from the gang activity, bullying and violence present in the local public school system. Subsequently we became aware of the great physical and emotional needs in their community as well. F.R.E.E. strives to meet these needs by soliciting and distributing donations of money, food, services, and gently used goods (including clothing, furniture, bedding, shoes, toys, bicycles, baby supplies and common household items. F.R.E.E. also provides fun learning activities in the Clarkston community to increase the children's knowledge of the society in which they now live. Importantly, F.R.E.E. also provides transport to/from medical and legal appointments in urgent situations. (F.R.E.E.) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization (EIN #47-1667780).
Amani Women Center (AWC) is a safe haven for refugee women of all cultures who are seeking a space for spiritual, mental and physical healing.
Amani Women Center has established a successful track record, delivering unique and culturally sensitive workshops, programs & services for immigrant and refugee communities for their overall development, wellbeing and championing an improved quality of life to our target communities. Our vision and mission is to provide a safe haven for refugee women of all cultures who are seeking a space for spiritual, mental and physical healing. AWC's holistic approach is to cater to the health of the community through a variety of hands-on programs sensitively tailored to specific needs. We are and want to continue to educate and empower refugee women with culturally sensitive tools that contribute to their overall well-being.
Amani is "Swahili" for peace. "Peace" is what every refugee woman and family are seeking when fleeing their war-torn countries and resettling in America. Please visit our website for more information and to get involved.
UNICEF works in 190 countries and territories to protect the rights of every child. UNICEF has spent 70 years working to improve the lives of children and their families. Defending children's rights throughout their lives requires a global presence, aiming to produce results and understand their effects.
The mission of the GACS UNICEF Chapter is to educate, advocate, and fundraise in order to help attain the sustainable human development goals adopted by the world community and to provide opportunities for students as well as the general population to develop a better understanding of international suffering.
For 70 years, UNICEF has worked to improve the lives of children and their families. Despite remarkable challenges around the world, UNICEF staffers fight for the rights of every child seeking safe shelter, nutrition, protection from disaster and conflicts, and equality.
We advocate on behalf of animals who cannot speak for themselves. An all-volunteer 501(c)(3) non-profit, tax-exempt organization, we make it a priority to provide a wonderful lifetime home for abused, neglected and exploited farmed animals in need. We also work to educate and inform the public as to the inherent worth of all sentient beings and advocate for their compassionate treatment. Promoting ethical veganism stands as the crucial core of our outreach efforts.
Located just outside the quaint, historic small town of Warm Springs, GA in bucolic Meriwether County just south of Atlanta, Full Circle Farm Sanctuary opens its doors to the voiceless farmed animals who otherwise would have no sanctuary from abuse and exploitation. We rely on public support to continue our ongoing work of providing safe haven to rescued farmed animals in need.
Full Circle Farm Sanctuary has a very small staff to manage administrative tasks as well as daily animal care. However, we are always looking for volunteers to assist with the care and love of the animals as well as other tasks that ensure the smooth daily operations of the sanctuary. For more info please visit our website.
The Union of Vietnamese Student Associations of the Southeast (UVSASE) is a non-profit, non-partisan, community-based organization, established in 2015 with a commitment to unify Vietnamese youth organizations in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee to create a solid regional network. Our mission is to foster the growth of leaders, support organizational development, and advancement, and promote cultural awareness amongst our constituents.
UVSASE's organization goals include:
- Bringing together young leaders to build unity and solidarity amongst Vietnamese American youths in Southeast region
- Encouraging and advancing the professional and leadership development of young leaders
- Promoting awareness of the Vietnamese culture, language, and history
- Serving as the central connection and facilitating the interaction and sharing of resources amongst Vietnamese youth organizations within the Southeast states
- Fostering organizational growth and sustainability of established VSAs in the Southeast region
- Encouraging participation and cross-promotion of regional events
Atlanta area is one of the major hubs for Indian Community and there are various organizations in Atlanta area serving the community in different capacities. IFA has noticed a gap with regard to organizations working together to serve the community, and we want to bring every organization together to show the TRUE strength of our community. Our community is advanced in all areas like Culture, Social, Engineering, Medical, IT, Small and Large Business and growing into the Public sector. But we are still missing the togetherness to show our strength, IFA believes in bridging all organizations and providing more effective services to the community. We at IFA will also strive hard to involve in local activities to become part of American Living and lay a great cultural foundation for our Next Generations. This can be achieved by preserving the best of Indian culture while creating mutual respect for both cultures based on American values of freedom, individual liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Indian Friends of Atlanta (IFA) was formed in 2014 partnering with various different Indian organizations to fill in the gaps in community services, focusing mainly on the services along with spreading the culture and traditions of different Indian dialects. After its Inception in 2014, IFA has conducted different seminars in different aspects like Immigration, College Planning, Financial Planning, and the team also decided to conduct more medical seminar.
Samara's Angel Foundation actively works with immigrants from Haiti throughout Atlanta & teaches vocational skills to young men and women in Haiti through a Saturday Enrichment Program. They also conduct summer camps in Haiti for impoverished children.
In 2008, Samara Gracia returned to Haiti after 25 years. After visiting several impoverished areas in Haiti, Samara decided to make a difference. she first worked at Mission Polyvalente in Ca-Ira, Leogane then later when the earthquake devasted Haiti in 2010, Samara quickly responded by organizing drop centers where people can donate items and delivered these items to numerous locations in Haiti herself.
AFB is a mentoring society for girls ages 5-15. The organization is geared towards developing a group of well-rounded young girls physically, emotionally, spiritually, and socially while they bloom as an individual and learn to successfully connect with other girls just like them. Our organization follows age appropriate themes, groups, and programs; while working with the girls to develop a positive self-image, character, distinction, and grace.


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St. Thomas Hires Presbyterian, Jewish, Muslim Faith Leaders
The Office for Mission has hired a Presbyterian minister, Jewish rabbi and Muslim imam onto its pastoral staff, another step forward in the university's push toward supporting all faiths on campus and throughout the St. Thomas community.
St. Thomas to Observe Holocaust Remembrance Day
Monday, April 24, is Holocaust Remembrance Day. St. Thomas community members are encouraged to take time for learning and reflection, not only about the atrocities of the Holocaust, but also of the bravery, courage and love seen amongst those affected by it.
Architect and Scholars to Discuss Creating Sacred Space March 28
The Sacred Arts Festival at the University of St. Thomas will present "Creating Sacred Space," a cross-disciplinary dialogue at 7 p.m. March 28 in the O'Shaughnessy Educational Center auditorium. Acclaimed architect John Cuningham and three distinguished scholars – Victoria Young, Jeanne Kilde, and Marilyn Chiat – will examine the construction of sacred space through the lenses of architecture, ritual and social history.
Yale Professor and Author of the Acclaimed Bloodlands to Speak Here and at U of M April 6
Dr. Timothy Snyder, the Housum Professor of History at Yale University and author of several award-winning books – including Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin and Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning – will give two lectures in the Twin Cities on Thursday, April 6, one at the University of St. Thomas and another at the University of Minnesota
Fordham Theologian Jeannine Hill Fletcher to Speak Here March 15 on God and Religious Diversity
Jeannine Hill Fletcher, professor of theology at Fordham University in New York City, will present "The Oneness of God and the Diversity of Religions: A Christian Perspective" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, in Room 100 (the Great Room) of McNeely Hall on the St. Paul campus of the University of St. Thomas. The lecture, sponsored by the Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning, is free and open to the public. "The earliest Christians experienced the reality of God as creator beyond human comprehension, but they also gave witness to the experience of God in Jesus Christ and the Spirit among them," Hill Fletcher said.
"Keeping the Spirit Alive"
The Twin Cities Jewish Community Alzheimer's Task Force presents "Keeping the Spirit Alive," a conference for caregivers and those supporting a loved one with Dementia. The conference is free and open to people of all faiths or no faith at all. It takes place Sunday, April 30th at Adath Jeshurun Congregation in Minnetonka. It will include keynote addresses from Marc and Deb Grossfield who will share their personal journey as care partners for their father, Stuart, who has been living with dementia for the past sixteen years. Conference participants will have the opportunity to learn from experts and other caregivers about dementia and how to navigate through what can be a difficult time.
Sikh Scholar to Speak at St. Thomas Nov. 14 About God and Religious Diversity
Rahuldeep Singh Gill, associate professor of religion and director of the Center for Equality and Justice at California Lutheran University, will present "The Oneness of God and the Diversity of Religions: A Sikh Perspective" on Monday, Nov. 14, at 1:30 p.m. in Room 100 of McNeely Hall on the St. Paul campus of the University of St. Thomas.
Prominent Hindu Scholar to Speak Here Nov. 7 About Oneness of God and Diversity of Religions
Anantanand Rambachan, professor of religion and philosophy at St. Olaf College, will present "The Oneness of God and the Diversity of Religions: A Hindu Perspective" Monday, Nov. 7, at 1:30 p.m. in O'Shaughnessy Educational Center auditorium on the St. Paul campus of the University of St. Thomas.
A Taste of South Indian and Sephardic Jewish Music
Religious Leaders From Four Traditions to Discuss Change and Conflict Within Their Communities
Religious leaders from the Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Buddhist traditions will be panelists in the program "Change and Conflict Within Religious Communities" on Thursday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m. at St. Luke Presbyterian Church, 3121 Groveland School Rd., Minnetonka.


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Post translated from the video of Gabrielle ISIS (link below).
More than 8 000 years ago, there was a kind of matriarchy through the worship of the Goddess creative of everything, and with respect for all the natural laws. There was harmony on Earth, despite the fact that women had the power on men. They were able to decide everything. So matriarchy has revealed also its dark side: men were just good to make children and physical works.
Then the humanity has turned into patriarchy: men took the power and became the masters of the world, revealing the darkest side of the masculine. They dominated women in violence, with a warrior mind. They had the material power, the control, and used women as domestic slaves, laying hens, and sexual preys.
Now, this is the big comeback of the feminine values: softness, compassion, love. It means all the things around the heart. This is the comeback of the Goddess, the divine feminine.
This is not the comeback of matriarchy as far, but only the creation of a balance between masculine and feminine energies. The divine feminine must break free, to help and heal the injuries of the divine masculine.
Everything happens in each of us, because the process of awareness of Earth starts inside us, first. We have to figure out what happens inside, between the divine masculine and the divine feminine, the balance between the left brain and the right one.
This comeback of the divine feminine and the progressive death of the masculine domination bring a lot of questions to men who don't understand who they are, or what to do anymore. There is a loss of their masculine identity. They see, powerless, the feminine go on, and shine more and more: women meet, join, so stand together. Men don't know what to do at home, or with their children anymore. They wonder what their role is, now.
This loss of their identity is linked to the fact there is not a lot of divine masculine models in our society, because men are too much conditioned by patriarchy. So, they wonder what does it mean to be a man, what does the society say about it. Does a man has to get big muscles, a big bank account, a career. So does he must help his family for living?
What the divine masculine is ?
The answer is: this is the verticality, the link between the heavens and the earth. This is also to be connected with the solar star, with the elements fire and air. This is the action, the movement, the direction, the goals, so a pillar deeply anchored in the earth.
The divine feminine is unsteady, changing, and needs this pillar, this anchor. The masculine takes inspiration from the feminine and brings it back in the material to be shaped. He structures the ideas, makes them real. The masculine is a builder, an entrepreneur. He sets goals and takes the decisions. He is linked to strength, security, courage, knowledge, wisdom, and responsibility. He's a peaceful warrior, who has made peace with himself, who has laid down arms and his sufferings, so he goes to the conquest of love. This is the chivalry: the gallantry, the courtly love. The divine masculine allows the feminine to get a safe space, to be opened, and to spread itself in what it is.
Now, men move on. Women may be happy of that. But there are two kinds of men:
- Those who are too much in their masculine: they are shut themselves off from their emotions, their intuitive part, and their spirituality. So they use their mental, live in the concrete, and the logical only.
- Those who are too much in their feminine: they are too sensitive, they can't anchor, grow up, find references, build their own life, and they are hurt children who seek their mother.
So now, men are more and more interested in the open mind. They take the lead to find their self inside, to know who they are. They start to work on themselves, to figure out the sufferings of their childhood. They open their mind to the spirituality.
But the main problem of our society is they're more condtionned than women by their emotional side : showing their emotions, their vulnerability is seen as a weakness. So when they do it, they go too far in the divine feminine, they dream their life instead of living it, they're in their imagination, so they forget to anchor in the real life. In front of these men, women are confused: they want well-balanced men, anchored in their divine masculine.
We all have to find a balance between these two parts inside each of us.
To know more about this topic, let watch the perfect videos of Gabrielle ISIS which have inspired this post. A big thanks to her:


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Discount Gambling for Christmas
November 28, 2011 § Leave a comment
The retail sector is very tight with high street retailers offering significant discounts to entice customers to spend. Very often the offers are on either stock items or special purchases and if you are prepared to compromise on model or brand you can grab a real bargain.
The pen market is even tighter both online and in the retail sector. There are bargains available at present but if you fancy a flutter on whether prices will take a further plunge in the final run-up to the big Day, be careful! Speciality lines such as pens, are being short stocked by both retailers and their suppliers. At PenFountain.com we have already experienced some surprising lines being placed onto back-order with our wholesalers because of stock optimisation and, as Christmas draws closer, the chances of replenishing supplies will become more precarious.
At PenFountain.com we will be removing our usual alternative nib options on our fountain pen ordering in the run-up to Christmas purely on the basis of it being difficult to maintain stock levels in the high volumes of pre-Christams sales. Therefore, if you want a specific pen with a specific nib, we would recommend buying sooner not later and it is highly unlikely there will be a sudden unloading of stock just before Christmas!


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Syrian troops seal restive northern city
Beirut: Syrian tanks sealed a restive northern city on Saturday, and activists said they expected an all—out government assault on the region near the Turkish border.
President Bashar Assad has sent heavy armour, including tanks, and thousands of troops to the region as he struggles to crush a nearly three—month uprising against his family's 40—year rule.
Human rights groups say more than 1,300 people have died in the government crackdown.
The military operation in the mostly deserted town of Jisr al—Shughour is in response to what the government claims were attacks by "armed groups" that killed more than 120 officers and security personnel.
Refugees reaching Turkey said the chaos erupted as government forces and police mutinied and joined the local population against Assad forces.
Syrian state television today said army units arrested several leaders of the alleged armed groups in the area of Jisr al—Shughour, a city of about 40,000.
About 80 percent of the population has fled, with more than 4,000 Syrians taking sanctuary across the Turkish frontier.
Syrian troops backed by dozens of tanks have been operating in the area for several days, securing towns and villages on their way to Jisr al—Shughour.
Government forces reportedly have been in position for an attack on Jisr al—Shughour for about two days, and it was not clear what was delaying the army from entering the town.
City resident and activist Jamil Saeb, reached by phone, suggested the army was afraid to take on people still in the town because they "are known to be exceptionally fierce."
He said several army deserters and officers were still in the town and have vowed to fight back and to protect the other, unarmed residents.


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KALLION FARMS and SALINAS RANCH have partnered together to combine and utilize our individual ranches unique horned and polled Brahman genetics to further develop a new generation of high marbling, functional, fertile, and docile cattle. The partnership will strive to provide an enhanced and advanced Brahman with economic traits on the outside, and under the hide, to registered breeders and the commercial producer around the globe.
Exciting News - #1 marbling Brahman bull
We are excited to introduce Mr. US Kallion Benchmark. He was produced through our partnership with Kallion Farms. He is the #1 highest marbling Brahman in the world. His IMF score at 13 months was 7.19.
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"The United States is the only country where it takes more brains to figure your taxes than to earn the money to pay it." –
former Florida Senator Edward J Gurney
* Tax pros – the July 15th issue of TAXPRO BUZZ is here! Click here to download.
* In "Tax Expenditures and Oversight" at 21st CENTURY TAXATION Professor Annette Nellen discusses the recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on "Tax Expenditures: Opportunities Exist to Use Budgeting and Agency Performance Processes to Increase Oversight" (GAO-16-622). Click here for the highlights and here for the full report.
Annette says (highlight is mine) –
"It looks at the estimated $1.23 trillion annual cost of special tax deductions, exclusions, credits and preferential rates AND how there is basically no oversight of these costs relative to discretionary budget items."
According to the report highlights the $1.23 trillion in tax expenditures distributed via the 1040 is "an amount comparable to discretionary spending".
This lack of oversight is one of the reasons that government welfare and other social program benefits, like the Earned Income Credit, the refundable Child Tax Credit, the various educational benefits, the residential energy credits, etc, should not be distributed via the Tax Code.
See my TWTP post "The Tax Code Needs to be Rewritten from Scratch".
* Speaking of federal social welfare programs that don't belong in the Tax Code - in "Illustrating the Earned Income Tax Credit's Complexity" the TAX FOUNDATION talks about another GAO report from earlier this year (highlight is mine) –
"The Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report in May of this year. It found that the program suffers from a high improper payment rate. For the fiscal year 2015, they found that $15.6 billion of the EITC's $68.1 billion in total payments were considered improper, meaning the filer over claimed or wasn't eligible. That's almost a fourth of the entire program's payments.
The GAO says that the program's high payment error is a result of the program's complex eligibility requirements."
Once again the solution – take the EITC and other federal social benefit programs out of the Tax Code!
* A trifecta - NO! NO! A million times NO! The million and two NOs is my response to "Senator Seeks to Revive First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit" from Michael Cohn at ACCOUNTING TODAY.
This credit, being refundable, was, as refundable tax credits are, a fraud magnet when it was in effect in the past.
As Michael explains (highlights are mine):
"The original credit was fraught with erroneous claims, and Congress had to add antifraud protections to the final extension of the tax break. A report in 2012 by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration found the Internal Revenue Service disallowed nearly $1.6 billion in erroneous claims but said there was likely much more fraud that could have been caught if the IRS had been given expanded math error authority from Congress."
If the idiots in Congress want to encourage homeownership via subsidies let the subsidy be provided as a direct government payment at the closing of the qualifying home purchase.
Read my lips – NO REFUNDABLE CREDITS! NO DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL SOCIAL BENEFIT PROGRAMS VIA THE 1040!
* Kay Bell tells us that "NJ looking at ending Pennsylvania tax reciprocity" at DON'T MESS WITH TAXES.
As Kay explains –
"With reciprocity, the taxpayer files a return and pays the tax only in the state where they live."
So NJ resident taxpayers who work in PA do not pay any PA non-resident state income tax on their PA-source wages – and do not have to file a non-resident PA state tax return. The PA employer withholds (or is at least supposed to) and remits NJ Gross Income Tax from the PA source wages. And, of course, vice versa with PA residents working in NJ.
While this creates some extra work for the employer, and at times some extra work for the taxpayer or tax preparer when the PA employer erroneously withholds PA state income tax instead of NJGIT, I have always liked this arrangement and hope it continues.
* At her BANKRATE.COM tax blog Kay suggests "10 midyear tax moves to make now".
#10 is "Hire a Tax Professional". Begin your search To find a tax professional click here.
* Jason Dinesen continues his tour of the 1099 forms with "A Little About 1099s:Types of 1099s (1099-LTC thru 1099-SA)".
* It seems that the infamous "47%" is not 44%. The Tax Policy center's TAX VOX blog gives us "A Closer Look At Those Who Pay No Income Or Payroll Taxes".
* Forbes.com's TAXGIRL Kelly Phillips Erb reports that "Back To School State Sales Tax Holidays Start Soon". Kelly provides "a quick list of states offering taxpayers a break this year".
* Jim Blankenship deals with the issue of taking an "RMD from an Inherited IRA" at GETTING YOUR FINANCIAL DUCKS IN A ROW -
"If you have inherited an IRA you are required to begin taking distributions from the account according to a set schedule."
* Michael Cohn from ACCOUNTING TODAY reports that a new "Group Plans to Audit the IRS" –
"The Tax Revolution Institute— a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that says it promote 'justice and integrity in the tax system'—has created a new website, AuditIRS.com, where it hopes to collect personal experiences from taxpayers about their encounters with the IRS."
* From THE HILL "Activists to deliver petition urging {dangerous buffoon} Trump to release tax returns" –
"Democrats have suggested that Trump is trying to hide something by refusing to release his returns. Some Republicans, including 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, have also said that Trump should release his returns.
Trump has said that he will release his returns once the IRS is finished auditing him, but the agency has said that an audit does not prevent taxpayers from releasing their own information."
Of course he has something to hide – he does not make as much as he says he does, and he gives next to nothing (proportionate to his income) to charity.
* And, returning to Kay Bell's BANKRATE.COM tax blog, we also hear that someone has offered a "$5M 'reward' for Trump tax return" –
"An anonymous individual has offered to donate that amount to a veterans' charity if the presumptive Republican presidential nominee will release his tax returns.
The inquisitive donor, who wants to keep his identity private, reportedly will even let The Donald choose the charity."
Does this sound like anyone we know?
"The late Theodore Millon, one of the co-developers of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, devised the subtypes of personality disorders and described the attributes of the "unprincipled narcissist" disorder as: deficient conscience; unscrupulous, amoral, disloyal, fraudulent, deceptive, arrogant, exploitive; a con artist and charlatan; dominating, contemptuous, vindictive. These personality attributes shape behavior patterns which, in the unprincipled narcissist, tend toward self-absorbed egotism. Symptoms include an excessive need for admiration, disregard for others' feelings, an inability to handle criticism, and a sense of entitlement."
"We are just a few short weeks from when Chief Birther Donald Trump, an unscrupulous, amoral, vindictive, con man, sweeps into Cleveland and becomes the scariest and most profoundly unqualified person to ever be nominated by a political party in the history of the United States."
From "'A Trump speech is just a story starring Trump': Science proves The Donald is a textbooknarcissist".


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Vietnam Veterans of America Joins in Lawsuit Against VA Secretary for Violating Rights of Disabled VetsSpecial to Salem-News.com
The new rules to file claims directly impact Disabled Veterans
(WASHINGTON, DC) - "Vietnam Veterans of America has joined four other veterans service organizations as a co-plaintiff to The American Legion et. al. v. McDonald in an effort to stop the implementation of a new rule eliminating most informal VA claims and limiting the types of claims the VA will adjudicate," announced John Rowan, VVA National President.
"Informal claims account for approximately half of all claims the VA receives," said Rowan.
"The new rule, which went into effect March 25, eradicates the decades-old right of a veteran to write a letter to the VA, seeking a specific VA benefit and having the VA consider that letter as an informal claim.
"The new rule also prevents the VA from considering claims that are supported by the evidence in the VA record but have not been specifically claimed by the veteran." The new rule changes, which require claims to be submitted on the VA's standardized forms, will impose barriers for all those without access to those forms, as well as those without the medical and legal knowledge needed to fill them out correctly.
"While the VA has promoted this rule change as being more efficient and therefore favorable to the veteran, in fact, this rule change over-formalizes the veterans claims process, making it more adversarial than ever before.
"We will not stand by silently as our government places further obstacles in front of our injured and disabled veterans and their families, undermining our nation's pledge to care for those who have borne the battle and their families," said Rowan.
Prior to March 25, under the informal VA claims system, any benefits awarded would be paid back to the date that the VA had received a notice from the veteran, signaling his or her intent to file.
Under the new rule changes, however, the clock for an effective date for benefits starts only when a veteran files the standardized VA paperwork.
The suit, which seeks to have the Department of Veterans Affairs' new rule declared unlawful by the courts, was filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals on March 20 and was entered into the court's docket on March 26.
The other co-plaintiffs in the lawsuit are the American Legion, AMVETS, The Military Order of the Purple Heart, and the National Veterans Legal Services Program. Vietnam Veterans of America (www.vva.org) is the nation's only congressionally chartered veterans service organization dedicated to the needs* of Vietnam-era veterans and their families.
VVA's founding principle is "Never again will one generation of veterans abandon another."
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Here at Simply Sound & Lighting, we've done the thinking for you and put together some examples of our most popular hire packages. All of the below packages can be modified to suit you and your requirements and are a great starting point for your event!
Give your wedding some extra sparkle! An easy to use package with uplighters, PA system for speeches/background music.
Portable PA System include Handheld Wireless Mic
Ideal for speeches and background music with the added bonus of operating from the battery
4x LED Light Bar Uplighter
These are perfect for adding atmosphere to your venue as you can choose to set them to any colour. They can even be set to respond to your music in the evening to liven up your celebration!
A Confetti Cannon
Perfect to start your first dance in style or leave with a bang! Single use and easy to operate. Choose from a variety of colours.
The next level package includes everything you need to make it a day to remember!
N.B. Please note that this package contains everything in the Standard Wedding package
GigBar Disco Lighting
All in One Lighting T-Bar with laser, derby lights and colour washes
Mirrorball & Pinspots
Fill your entire venue with pinspots of light using a mirrorball and motor.
3 Extra Confetti Cannons
Make sure the first dance goes with a bang!
Make your child's party extra special with this children's party package. Simple to setup and operate.
Bubble machine inc. bubble fluid
A great way to keep the children amused
PA System
Perfect to play your music straight from your phone or USB stock
LED Astro Light
Fill the room with rays of light to the beat of the music
Having a party? This package is ideal for up to 50 people and includes a 'Plug & Play' sound system and lights.
800W Sound System
Consisting of a subwoofer and 2x tops with an iPad/iPhone plug-in facility
GigBar Lighting System
Lasers, Derby, Strobe and Par Cans all in a simple 'Plug & Play' T-Bar lighting stand
Having a bigger event?
N.B. Please note that this package contains everything in the Small Wedding package
Another 800W Sound System
Giving you double the power and bass! The systems link together and you can still play from a phone or iPod.
LED Par wash lights providing colour
Smoke Machine inc. fluid and remote
Great to add some atmosphere to your event, all at the touch of a button
An ideal package for showing that important PowerPoint to your clients, show a DVD or advertise your new products.
120" Hydraulic Pull Up Projector Screen
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The DJM800 is a powerful 4 channel 96 kHz / 24 bit digital mixer that's complemented by 61 assignable MIDI control channels.
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LEDj White Starlit Dance Floor System (12ft x 12ft)
With crisp white LEDs inset into high gloss black or white interlocking panels, the Starlit systems are ideal for use in venues for events such as weddings, parties and corporate evenings.


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Astros have top pool for international signings
HOUSTON -- The Astros will have the most money to spend of any team during the international signing period starting July 2, with a bonus pool of $5,015,400, the product of finishing last season with the worst record.
Houston will have the second-highest bonus pool for the first 10 rounds of the 2014 First-Year Player Draft, at $13,362,200, behind the Marlins' $14,199,300. Miami has 13 picks in the first 10 rounds, which is why they'll have more money.
The Astros have the No. 1 overall pick for the third year in a row, which this season is valued at $7,922,100, just shy of the all-time Draft bonus record of $8 million, paid by the Pirates to No. 1 overall selection Gerrit Cole in 2011.
The Draft pools cover the top 10 rounds and any bonus money in excess of $100,000 given to players taken in rounds 11-40. If a player selected in the first 10 rounds doesn't sign, his assigned value is subtracted from his team's pool. There are penalties for exceeding Draft bonus pools.
The international bonus pools cover signings from July 2 through June 15 of the following year. Players who are at least 23 years old and have played in a professional league recognized by the Commissioner's Office (such as in Cuba or Japan) for a minimum of five seasons don't count against the pool, nor do players who sign for $10,000 or less.
Clubs are penalized for exceeding their allotments for international players, but not as harshly as they are with the Draft. Any overage is taxed at a 100 percent rate. In addition, teams can't sign a player in the next signing period for more than $500,000 if they surpass their pool by more than 5 percent and up to 10 percent; can't sign a player in the next signing period for more than $300,000 if they go over by more than 10 percent and up to 15 percent; and can't sign a player in the next two signing periods for more than $300,000 if they exceed their allotment by more than 15 percent.


text: SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with Captain Erich Telfer, the commanding officer of the Coast Guard Maritime Intelligence Fusion Center Atlantic in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Houghton and Telfer discuss the role of the Coast Guard in the broader American intelligence community, the professionalization of the Coast Guard intel branch, and CAPT Telfer's research into the intelligence response to the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. CAPT Telfer's study can be read here: ni-u.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Telfer_UnlimitedImpossibilites.pdf


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One of the top daily-fee golf courses in Las Vegas
(Scottsdale, Ariz.) - Troon, a leader in upscale golf course management, development and marketing, has been selected to manage Aliante Golf Club in North Las Vegas, Nev.
Designed by Gary Panks and Associates, Aliante is an exciting and challenging course that stretches more than 7,000 yards from the back tees. Its distinct qualities are formed from a natural arroyo that meanders through all but four holes of the golf course, creating elevation changes and dynamic contours throughout. As a result, players can enjoy the challenge of playing from a variety of lies and angles that demand creative shot-making. Two water features highlight the course design, which offers generous landing areas and strategically placed trees that are uncommonly found on most desert-style courses.
"Aliante Golf Club is an excellent addition to our portfolio," stated John Easterbrook, executive vice president of operations, Troon. "Located in an extremely competitive golf destination, we are confident our management and agronomic practices will contribute positively to the facility's success."
True to his design philosophy, Panks has once again fashioned a golf course that will challenge experts to utilize every club in the bag while providing an enjoyable experience for casual golfers. The practice facility features an expansive driving range, putting green, chipping green and practice bunker.
"Aliante Golf Club is one of the best local golf courses in Southern Nevada," said Tim Hacker, city manager, City of North Las Vegas. "Its growing popularity is a testament to the city's commitment to providing quality recreational amenities that draw locals and visitors alike."
Aliante Golf Club is located in the Del Webb master community of Aliante. The club also boasts an inviting clubhouse that features a well-appointed golf shop, grille, bar and an event patio with views of the golf course and surrounding mountains. For more information on Aliante Golf Club, call 877.399.4888 or visit www.aliantegolf.com.
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Milk Carton Dreidel
Here's an easy way to make a dreidel using small milk cartons!
- Pencils
- Glue
- Paint and paintbrushes
- Small milk cartons or boxes
- Clean out and fold back tops of milk cartons.
- Mix a little glue with paint and let children paint boxes.
- On each side draw one each of the following Hebrew letters: nun, gimel, hey, shin. These letters stand for "A Great Miracle Happened There."
- When paint is dry, poke the pencil through the box from top downward, so point is on the bottom.
- You're ready to spin!
Here's how to play the dreidel game:
- Use pennies, nuts, raisins or chocolate coins (gelt) as tokens.
- A player spins the dreidel. When it stops, the letter that is facing up decides the outcome:
- NUN—nothing happens - next player spins the dreidel
- GIMEL—player takes all tokens in the pot '
- HEY—player takes half of the pot '
- SHIN—player must put one token into the pot


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At home I have a blue piano.
But I can't play a note.
It's been in the shadow of the cellar door
Ever since the world went rotten.
Four starry hands play harmonies.
The Woman in the Moon sang in her boat.
Now only rats dance to the clanks.
The keyboard is in bits.
I weep for what is blue. Is dead.
Sweet angels, I have eaten
Such bitter bread. Push open
The door of heaven. For me, for now---
Although I am still alive---
Although it is not allowed.
---Else Lasker-Schuler
Else Lasker-Schuler's My Blue Piano
The transformation of tragedy into art is remarkable. Tragedies cause moments of severe debilitation to imbed under our flesh, amongst our blood and nerves. The simplest errands become the largest endeavors. Greeting a stranger, or an old friend, becomes a task that requires ample energy. Tragedies naturally involve loss, and in the losing we struggle to compensate, to restore all parts of ourselves that are irrevocably altered. Else Lasker-Schuler was able to take the horrors of war, and her resulting loss, and craft moving poems, including My Blue Piano. We've already explored a few poems dealing with the complex emotional issues of war this month, and like some of those poems My Blue Piano approaches the question of survival, but from a far different perspective.
"At home I have a blue piano. / But I can't play a note." In two lines Lasker-Schuler delivers the heartbeat of this poem. She introduces our speaker, her piano, and initiates a conflict. Almost immediately she has readers asking why can't she play a note. The piano is tucked into a shadow and it's been that way "ever since the world went rotten." Whereas some poets address war specifically to the place, dressing the landscape of their poems with the markers of Vietnam, Korea, Omaha Beach, and other noted battlegrounds, Lasker-Schuler plainly omits any emblems of specific places. The war, in this regard, is insignificant, but its impact is monumental. It has turned the world "rotten" and in this type of world life is supremely difficult.
The piano is a primary character in the poem. The scope of time can easily be viewed through the eyes of the piano. In happier times it was alive with music, but now "Four starry hands play harmonies. / The Woman in the Moon sang in her boat. / Now only rats dance to the clanks. // The keyboard is in bits." Like the world and its inhabitants, the piano is in shambles. The starry hands playing the harmony are ghostly and might seem to be comforting, if not for the fact that they are playing (in clanks, mind you) exclusively for rats. Compare this to the whole town dressing in their finest attire and assembling in a concert hall to hear a virtuoso performance and you have a clear idea of the impact Lasker-Schuler is attempting to convey with the piano's demise.
From my perspective, this poem reaches a peak of brilliance in the haunting final two stanzas. So much of the poem is written in simple, straightforward sentences. The words are nothing extravagant; they feel, themselves, like scraps left behind in the war's wake. "I weep for what is blue. Is dead." This admission triggers a direct address and request that ruptures all hope and captures the devastated mindset of a survivor so accurately. Lasker-Schuler continues "Sweet angels, I have eaten / Such bitter bread. Push open / The door of heaven. For me, for now---/ Although I am still alive---/ Although it is not allowed." In finishing this poem, so much of me begs for the speaker to die and join those she has had taken from her in heaven. So much of me understands that she can't understand what has happened, that she can't find anything good in her loss. So much of me believes that she is not giving up. And yet, I read these lines and realize that without life, without the gift or burden of survival, Else Lasker-Schuler wouldn't have been able to write this poem. Like Elizabeth Bishop, she wouldn't have been able to gather her loss into words. Like Yusef Komunyakaa, she wouldn't have been able to ask why she survived and why she can't be with those who died right now. She herself knows what she asks for is unreasonable; why else would she end with "Although it is not allowed." Again we have an example of the magic of poetry. Lasker-Schuler turns to it in her most downtrodden moment to see if it can spark a bit of hope in her, if in transforming her grief into words she, too, will be transformed.


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- Production databases - No way, nope, nyet, nien, bu shi, iie.
- Test databases - When bench marking and performance tuning are not factors at the time, virtualized environments can play a role here. Has to be used in a controlled environment.
- Development databases - Extremely efficient and cost effective.
Definition of Virtualization
We are all seeing that virtualization will be an area of continued growth. Virtualization from Wikipedia:
In computing virtualization is a broad term that refers to the abstraction of computer resources. One useful definition is "a technique for hiding the physical characteristics of computing resources from the way in which other systems, applications, or end users, interact with those resources. This includes making a single physical resource (such as a server, an operating system, an application, or storage device appear to function as multiple logical resources; or it can include making multiple physical resources (such as storage devices or servers) appear as a single logical resource."
As you are well aware, each vendor has their own definition of virtualization. In the Wikipedia definition (above), they define platform virtualization, resource virtualization as well as some good virtualization examples.
The Role of MySQL in Virtualization
As databases continue their rapid growth and proliferation, organizations are looking for more ways to reduce hardware and software costs. Large vendors don't want customers to look at hardware and software from a commodity perspective. However, powerful open source solutions are giving organizations a lot more flexibility in purchase decisions. Open source solutions offer much more cost effective solutions with MySQL, Linux, Intel (and AMD) hardware with muliple CPUs. We can definitely expect that solutions like MySQL and Linux will play a large role in virtualized environments today and in the future.
There is also a new forum at http://forums.mysql.com on discussing VMWare and MySQL if you have comments.


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The importance of balance to an athlete is indisputable. From running, to jumping, to catching or throwing, athletes require balance to be successful. Maintaining balance in the pH levels in their bodies is just as important. When athletes exert their muscles, lactic acid builds up causing fatigue, soreness and a longer recovery time. Now there is a sugar-free, all-natural alkalizing drink mix for athletes, Swanson® pH Balance Alka-Tone Ultimate Alkalizing Formula for Endurance & Recovery, which goes beyond typical sports drinks. The new dietary supplement features Alka-Plex™ Technology to promote totally-body wellness and pH balance.
As the body metabolizes fuel, it creates acid wastes and hydrogen ions accumulate in muscles. This is also known as lactic acid buildup and it can cause a heavy feeling and delay recovery time. To sustain a healthy pH balance in the body and prevent lactic acid buildup, acid and alkaline balance must be achieved. Swanson pH Balance Alka-Tone features energizing B-vitamins and electrolytes with Alka-Plex—a mineral alkalization supplement to promote proper pH balance in athletes as well as people of all ages. It is sweetened with a natural Stevia-based sweetener, making this an alternative to traditional recovery sports drinks.
Swanson Health Products is an industry leader in bringing vitamins directly to consumers at the lowest prices possible. Swanson Health Products, headquartered in Fargo, ND, offers the highest quality vitamins, supplements and natural health care products and is Good Manufacturing Practices certified. Swanson Health Products goes a step beyond its competitors by offering powerful guarantees. All products are backed by a 100% Satisfaction, Money-Back Guarantee. For more information, please visit http://www.swansonvitamins.com.
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Just over a year-and-a-half has passed since Israel's government agreed to a ceasefire with the Hamas terrorist organization in August 2014, ending Operation Protective Edge, but new Israeli assessments indicate Hamas has already fully restocked its missile arsenal.
The appraisal, reported by Walla on Friday, notes that most of the missiles that bring Hamas back to the amount it had before it launched its third terror war on the Jewish state are of a shorter-range, and are domestically produced and therefore of a lower quality.
Back in June 2014 the terror group had around 12,000 rockets of various ranges, including long-range missiles. According to reports Hamas used around 4,600 of its rockets during the Operation, and another 4,000 or so were destroyed in Israeli strikes, leaving the terrorists with a third of their arsenal by the end of the fighting.(READ MORE)