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What do I have in my Close to my Heart stash?
How could I use it in unexpected ways to pretty up a calendar/planner/diary?
I already use a bit of washi tape to mark big events (like birthdays and anniversaries). Usually I rip my washi tape as it's so easy to get the lengths I need. Some days though, I want nice clean edges and that's when my nonstick scissors come in handy. I'm also forever running out of pockets and places to put ticket stubs, receipts, vouchers and the like. I can add some clever pockets with these envelopes and keep them in place with my mini stapler or adhesives.
I'm a sucker for sticky notes and envelopes. Lucky for me there's a cute range of My Crush™ accessories that includes both!
Did you know about the great MyCrush special running this month?
What do I keep all my calendar decorative goodies in? A My Acrylix® Organizer! It's the perfect size to hold all my bits and bobs securely. All my little bits fit perfectly in craft boxes. Or for the fashionistas out there, a chevron shoulder tote holds everything and makes a great day bag.
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About Us
Management Team
Shameze Rampertab, CPA, CAChief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
As Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of Zomedica's Canadian-based parent company, Shameze Rampertab, CPA, CA, is focused on strengthening the company's capital structure via the development and implementation of financial strategies to ensure continued growth and viability in the evolving animal health market.
Stephanie Morley, DVMPresident and Chief Operations Officer
As President and Chief Operations Officer, Stephanie L. Morley, DVM, leads Zomedica's veterinary and innovation strategies, product development activities, research and development, and facilitates new business opportunities to ensure the delivery of affordable, high quality veterinary products by aligning customer needs, translational technologies, and corporate objectives.
Bruk HerbstChief Commercial Officer
As Zomedica's Chief Commercial Officer, Bruk Herbst is responsible for leading marketing, sales, and customer service and support operations to execute and deliver the company's commercial strategy, including the launch of its diagnostic, point of care, and therapeutic product offerings currently in development.

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Our CBD based client is looking to appoint another GIS Analyst to their busy team. Your prior experience with wind or solar technology would be most advantageous.
Working full time 5 days per week you will be responsible for analyzing project site and data for the renewable energy focused projects. It is envisaged that you will have 2-5 years local professional industry training and will be highly competent using ArcGIS and CAD. Those with 3D wind modeling experience are highly sought.
You will be available for an interview in Melbourne on a few days notice.
In the first instance all candidates will email a copy of their updated resume (word.doc format ONLY) together with a one page cover letter to firstname.lastname@example.com
Your cover letter should provide a comprehensive summary of your ArcGIS, AutoCAD and 3D modeling experience, notation of your tertiary qualifications and direct contact details including your state/city of residence.
Only Australian or New Zealand based candidates with at least 2-3 years local spatial industry experience, appropriate industry training, qualifications and those who have emailed a copy of their resume as well as a cover letter will be considered for this new GIS Analysts position.
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Bhaskararajapuram has a ShakthiPeetam with Meru as the main focus of worship.On special occasions such as AkhandaLalithaSahasranamaParayanam,a huge congregation descends on the village.The placid village acquires a new personality with the series of festivities.
On the 3rd of September,theKothandaramaswamy temple also in this village had its Kumbhabhisekam after a lapse of 20 years.This is a small temple.The main deity is Lord Rama with Sita and Lakshmana in Panchalohaand this was a gift from the Maharaja of Mysore to Sri Venkanna,the ancestor of the leading mirasdar family of the village Sri G.SrinivasaIyer.A senior family member Mrs.Saraswathi who Is well into her nineties,narrated the legend of the installation of Lord Rama.The family ancestor Sri Venkanna served as the Diwan of the Mysore Maharaja.He decided to return to his home base at Bhaskararajapuram and at the time of his departure was gifted the idol of Lord Rama.The image was carried in a Palanquin and was installed in a little garden.Lord Rama is said to have appeared in a dream and asked Venkanna why he had been abandoned in the forest.Contrite Venkanna immediately got the present temple constructed nearly 300 years ago,The childless Venkanna was subsequently blessed with a child and his family established roots in the village and spread like a banyan tree far and wide.
The Kumbhabhisekam rites were performed by Vaishnava priests according to the VaikhanasaAgama,The entire village was reverberating with Vedic chants creating an out of the world atmosphere.
Every time a PoornaAhuthi was performed,bursting of crackers sent out a call to the residents of surrounding villages to join the poojas.What was very significant was the wholehearted participation of all sections of the population in the village and surrounding villages as well.Sumptuous food was served to all .
My next visit was to Govindapuram,a small village now famous for its PandarinathTemple,itsgoshala,old people's home and last but not the least the Akhanda Rama nama Mandapam.The temple was truly amazing, located in the farmlands on the Kaveri delta.Its gopuram built in the North Indian shikara style stood out, tall and graceful.Inside the sprawling complex the elevated temple had to be reached after a climb of about 50 steps all well spread out.Pandarinath and Rukmayi in black marble beckon you with a smile.Thegoshala cares for nearly 300 to 400 cows in three colours,black,white and brown.A team of North Indian volunteers and workers take care of the temple,goshala and all its annexes.National integration comes through these acts of service.TheAkhanadaRamanamamandapam was constructed at the spot where Swami Bodhendral heard the Ramanama being recited from under the ground.Namasankeertanam as the easiest and the best form of worship finds expression in this place.
I returned to Chennai with happy memories and the trip gave me opportunities to renew my ties with my mother's family.One cannot but help comparing our villages of Tamilnadu with Kalpathy,a village in Palghat which has been declared a heritage site.Many people who have lived in other parts of India and abroad return home and actively promote cultural and social activities in Kalpathy. Good infrastructure and a conducive atmosphere encourage such returnees.The Kalpathy Car festival draws thousands of people from all over the world and the event is much acclaimed.It does a great deal for the pride of the residents who vie with one another to ensure the continuity of traditions andthus the tourist potential of Kalpathyis fully exploited.We, in Tamilnadu, must also wake up to the potential of our little diamonds like Bhaskararajapuram and Govindapuram and help preserve our heritage and protect our villages which are the repository of our culture and tradition.
Dr Indira Ramanathan
AN APPEAL:TheKothandaramaswamy temple in Bhaskararajapuram stands without a gopuram due to paucity of funds.The residents and other devotees appeal to all for contributions to provide a gopuram for the temple.Benefactors may contact Sri S.KalyanaramaIyer,Treasurer,BhaskararajapuramAsthikaSamajam No.295,Agraharam,Bhaskararajapuram,Thiruvalangadu Post,Pin-609810.Mobile No.7598174863
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This painting is an homage to my (and my Ducati's) adventures in Europe and a tribute to France's street artists (Invader, OaKoAk, Blek le Rat, Mantra). Inquire if interested in the 18x24" Acrylic-on-Panel original.
Each hand-signed Giclee canvas print is individually produced by the artist utilizing professional imaging technologies and methods. As a result of meticulous standards, the Giclee retains a beautiful painterly quality that preserves minute and subtle tints, blends and detail of the artist's original painting. The meticulous reproduction process and the use of archival pigments and museum-quality canvas produce a stunning piece that could easily be mistaken for an original. Canvas prints ship rolled and can be mounted, stretched or framed upon arrival.
Lustre prints are printed on Kodak Endura Professional paper.
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The front cover of the magazine which published this amazing program!
I've recently been amazed by some more little known information I've found in a small magazine called "The Transactor", published by Commodore Canada and available for download on http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/~schepers/transmag.html . This magazine was so good that Commodore decided to cancel it, to be replaced by its US magazine, but then "The Transactor" managed to continue after getting sponsorship from one of its advertisers.
In their Volume 4, Issue 4 edition, dated July 1983, there was an article with a type in listing called "Graphics Utility", written by a well known Commodore PET programmer called Brad Templeton. Obviously, this program was written only a few months after the Commodore 64 came out, so there was no way anyone could have learnt how to program many things on it by that time, if it had been their first computer.
The output of a demo program using these routines
An Internet search reveals that Brad Templeton worked for the software house Visicorp (creators of Visicalc), which at one time was bigger than Microsoft, and he programmed commercial software such as "Time Trek" for the PET, "Checker King" for the PET, Apple ][, and Atari 400/800, the PAL Assembler for the PET and C64, as well as the utility package Power for the PET and Power 64 for the C64. All of these computers speak 6502 Machine Code. He also programmed most of Visiplot for the IBM PC, used Arpanet starting in 1979, and Usenet starting in 1981, but I'm not sure what computers this was on. As they were text based, I think most computers at the time with the right software and a modem could handle this. He's done lots of Internet related things since then. To sum up, my point is that before programming the Commodore 64 he had programmed the PET and used computers for at least THREE YEARS before this amazing program "Graphics Utility" was published.
The program "Graphics Utility" is a short, quick fix for Commodore 64 BASIC V2, adding Machine Code routines for turning on and clearing the lores multicolour graphics screen, setting up its palette, plotting a point, drawing a line, detecting the colour of a pixel, as well as returning to the text screen, which were all things that the Atari 400/800 and Apple ][ computers could already do in their dialects of BASIC. These are the bare essentials, but there seems to be no way to set the other 12 colours without clearing the screen again, use the hires graphics screen, or to specify vertical Y as well as horizontal X coordinates before printing a character on the text screen. I should also mention at this point that the Commodore BASIC command SYS could have various parameters following it after the RAM address, but Commodore often failed to mention this! Of course, most dialects of BASIC at the time didn't have a command to fill or paint enclosed shapes.
The most important thing about this article is that it makes the point that extended BASICs are no good for writing "transportable programs" which will run on someone else's Commodore 64. From this and the general tone of this article, we can conclude that these routines were made to be redistributed without paying any royalty fees! This means that Brad Templeton and The Transactor magazine actually more or less fixed Commodore 64 BASIC V2 in mid 1983 in a magazine published by Commodore!!!!
A section early on in the code showing some occurences of ??? indicating that the C128 MONITOR can't disassemble it
I tried disassembling this code in the C128 built in MONITOR, to try and work it out, but I found that a lot of the code was opcodes I haven't yet studied and some of it wouldn't disassemble at all, just listing ??? instead of a disassembly. I've recently found that Jim Butterfield's book about Machine Language for Commodore computers has become very hard going, so now I'll have to study a 6502 book not about Commodore computers at all.
I think that what was desperately needed at this point was for Commodore to include a cassette of this amazing software, as well as a copy of the original article accompanying it, with every single Commodore 64 sold anywhere in the World from that point in time! Not long after this, they could have incorporated these routines into their BASIC ROM and actually given them names, such as LRG, DRAW, PLOT, POINT, and TEXT. Don't forget that this Machine Code program only took up 750 bytes. The Commodore BASIC V2 ROM on the C64 was 8K, but it was only one of FOUR ROMs in the C64, so don't bother telling me this couldn't have been done! I rest my case.


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Sun 24th : 2-3pm : Mill on the Fleet
David Behrens is currently studying music at the University of Edinburgh. He is classically trained in piano with a repertoire ranging from Shostakovich to Charlie Parker, and trained in jazz on the saxophone. He has performed his own compositions and arrangements in a variety of venues throughout Scotland, with his current interests revolving around Scottish folk music, jazz and songwriting.
We are delighted to welcome him to Midsummer Music where he will be playing a range of his own songs, taking folk-influenced inspiration from songwriters such as Lisa Hannigan, Bon Iver and Damien Rice.


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The landscape of SEO is an ever-changing one, as search engines tweak their algorithms to provide the most relevant and authoritative content to their customers. It's no surprise, therefore, that previously successful techniques cease to work effectively and need to be re-thought. Then again, some SEO techniques were never a good idea in the first place.
Certain unscrupulous individuals have always tried to trick their way into a higher page ranking than the one their sites deserve through the use of tricks and gimmicks; these sites are generally known as "webspam." Search engines know about webspam and will always try to combat it.
Here are the top SEO techniques to avoid. Some simply don't work, while others will actively harm your page ranking and your brand.
1. Automated backlink building
This falls into the "never a good idea to begin with" category. Automated backlink building uses robots (small autonomous programs) that crawl across the Web, dropping links to your site into comment boxes, forums, and other places that allow public posting without registration. Some automated backlink builders generate fake Web content as well, placing links back to your page in machine-generated articles. Modern search engines can easily detect these tricks and will actively penalize your site if you use them.
2. Keyword stuffing
This involves attempting to artificially boost your page rank for certain keywords by cramming them into your site in a haphazard manner, with no regard for readability. This technique has been declining in effectiveness since the turn of the century and is now actively toxic to your search performance. Identify relevant, useful keywords and optimize for those, including them in moderation and always with regard for the needs of a human reader.
3. Abusing the Metadata
Many years ago, search engines used to look at a site's metadata and uncritically factor it into their evaluation of a page's subject and its ranking. As soon as early "black hat" SEOs realized this, they began to cram every keyword and possible search term they could think of into a page's metadata in the hopes of securing an artificially high ranking. The upshot of this was that search engines began to disregard large chunks of websites' metadata. Today, metadata stuffing is used by search engine algorithms as one of the red flags they look for in identifying poor-quality websites.
Ultimately, the main reason that sites fall foul of search engines' anti-webspam measures is that they look as if they're employing "black hat" SEO techniques. The best way to avoid being mistaken for a webspammer is not to be one. Provide your visitors with quality content, engage in responsible promotion and follow the guidelines for best SEO practise offered by the search companies themselves.


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Older Americans largely prefer to stay in their current homes as they age rather than downsize or relocate. And that is a major driver in the continued growth of "aging-in-place" remodeling. This technique involves making home modifications — big or small — to help homeowners live safely in their home for many years to come, especially as they experience changes in their health or mobility.
In fact, a recent survey of NAHB Remodelers found that among all of the various reasons their clients are requesting home remodeling projects, the desire to age in place is quickly becoming one of the most popular.
When asked about the frequency of customers calling to request aging-in-place home modifications, more than half (52 percent) of the remodelers said those calls occur "often" or "very often." That portion has grown significantly in recent years — up from 32 percent in 2012.
While the "desire for better/newer amenities" and the "need to repair/replace old components" still lead the list of reasons to remodel, the increased intrigue for aging-in-place projects is notable, said NAHB economist Paul Emrath. However, "the uptick is not entirely surprising, given the ongoing growth in the nation's older population," he said.
According to the remodelers who were surveyed, some of the aging-in-place remodeling projects that have increased in popularity the most in recent years include:
- Grab bars in showers and near toilets
- Taller/elevated toilets
- Curb-less entry showers
- Widened hallways and doorways
- Additional lighting to interior and exterior areas
Many of today's most reputable remodelers, including Irons Brothers Construction, have gone the extra mile to refine their craft of aging-in-place building techniques by earning the NAHB Certified Aging in Place (CAPS) designation. In fact, Joseph Irons, General Manager of Irons Brothers Construction, not only is CAPS certified, but he also instructs other remodelers, builders, occupational therapists, and other health specialists in the NAHB's CAPS courses to earn their certification. This training certifies that they are among the best in the industry at identifying opportunities, integrating the latest products and designs, to enhance the safety of your current home, and its long-term value as well.
To learn more about Irons Brothers Construction's aging-in-place projects, visit their website gallery and see references to Certified Aging in Place at www.ironsbc.com/affiliations.
To learn more about CAPS, you can contact Irons Brothers Construction and also review the NAHB Certified Aging in Place information at www.nahb.org/caps.
— By Melissa Irons, CGR CAPS CGP, Marketing & Operations Manager
Irons Brothers Construction, Inc.


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Our Beliefs, Their Lives – Superstitious Carnage
There are times when I doubt if I live in 21st century. Despite advances in science, technology and medicine, irrational notions hold remarkable sway over us. Shark fin, rhino horn, vulture brain, leopard paws – so goes the list of items which we still believe to have miraculous, medicinal or aphrodisiacal powers. Even though scientific research has busted these claims, large number of people still rely on them.
Recently I visited Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. They had a fabulous section on sharks. A huge collection of shark teeth and jaws were on display (the shark's body is made of cartilaginous skeleton). In one gallery the frozen exhibit showed a Mako shark attacking a Blue Fin Tuna. Several sections were devoted to facts about shark attacks. Contrary to popular belief, the number of unprovoked shark attacks on humans are few. The general behaviour of all species of shark bore no resemblance to the bloodthirsty, vengeful ones portrayed in 'Jaws'. After the visit, I developed a new found respect for this apex predator whose beauty, power and elegance was simply astounding. Sadly, sharks are being decimated worldwide. Destruction of habitat and irresponsible fishing apart, the most significant contributor to killing of sharks is the demand for shark fin. Sharks are caught, their dorsal and pectoral fins cut off and left to drown and bleed to death, just so that a chosen few can drink expensive shark-fin soup, basking in the glory of conspicuous consumption. With the rising affluence in China, demand for this aphrodisiacal ambrosia has gone up thereby endangering the survival of many shark species. The fact that shark fin is just tough, rubbery, tasteless cartilage is masked by the mesmerizing power of superstition.
Another case in point is Rhinoceros horn. Rhinos are hunted in Africa, India and southeast Asia for their horn which is simply a hard clump of keratin. The astronomical price of Rhino horn in international market has lead to heavy poaching in recent years. In several countries such as China and Vietnam, the horns are used in traditional medicine for curing fever. The medicinal effects of Rhino horn are far from proven, but the power of superstition continue to kill Rhinos nonetheless, driving them to extinction.
While Shark fin and Rhino horn are the most conspicuous instances, examples of the threat posed by superstitious beliefs to flora and fauna abound. In South Africa, Muti medicine practitioners kill vultures to extract their brains. They hope that consumption of vulture brains would enhance their clairvoyant powers. Snow leopards, a critically endangered species, are killed for their hide and bones which find use in traditional medicine.
The cruelty and utter meaninglessness of the destruction wrought by these blind beliefs are appalling. However, stemming from ignorance and rooted in tradition, such superstitions are difficult to eradicate. One can only hope that someday reason would triumph over ignorant faith.
The Snow Leopard – A Zen Meditation
Just finished reading The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen.
In this epic journey Matthiessen accompany biologist George Schaller to Crystal Mountain in the Inner Dolpo region of Nepal to examine the behaviour of Bharal (blue sheep) during oestrus. It is as much a journey through Himalayas as an inner quest, a pilgrimage as well as a scientific expedition. Matthiessen never actually sights a Snow Leopard, but has to content with numerous pug marks. But the experience and the narrative are spellbinding.
I read a large part of the book in fragments while travelling, though the last 100 pages or so I finished in a near single sitting.
The grueling trek across a frozen wasteland, surmounting high passes, braving blizzards and crossing murderous torrents along valleys and summits of the Himalayas; the Sherpa's and porters, yak herds, Lamas, the monasteries and Gompas, fluttering prayer flags, the reverberations of Om Mani Padme Hum, occasional references toYeti, the stalking of blue sheep, the birds, beasts and men that he meets along the way – all of it makes compelling reading. The ice crested pinnacles and falling snow vividly coloured my imagination as I walked the trail along with the author. The inner peace and the sense of being one with nature and the scheme of things that comes to Matthiessen permeated me too. I regretted his return to civilization at the end of the expedition as much as Matthiessen.
The book is semi-autobiographical with many references to his children and deceased wife. There are several allusions to Buddhism, its history and practice which demands reflective reading. To me the book is definitely among the ones that have touched an inner chord. I guess I'll return to it again and again.
Most recommended.
Engineering Self Destruction – Man vs. Nature
"One day this boy and other will destroy that forest, and their sheep fields will erode in rain, and the thin soil will wash away into torrents, clogging the river channels farther down so that monsoon floods will spread across the land. With its rapidly increasing population, primitive agriculture, and steep terrain, Nepal has the most serious erosion problem of any country in the world, and the problem worsens as more forests disappear in the scouring of the land for food and fuel; in eastern Nepal, and especially the Kathmandu valley, firewood for cooking (not to speak of heat) is already precious, brought in by peasants who have walked many miles to sell the meager faggots on their backs. The country folk cook their own food by burning cakes of livestock dung, depriving the soil of the precious manure that would nourish it and permit it to hold water. Without wood humus or manure, the soil deteriorates, compacts, and turns to dust, to be washed away in the rush of the monsoon."
The repercussions of our actions may not be immediately discernible. However, the accumulation of these tiny, seemingly inconsequent acts finally garners sufficient momentum to threaten our existence. Cigarette packs come with warnings in block letters that smoking is injurious to health. But these are ignored since smoking doesn't kill instantly. Yet, each inhalation progressively harms lungs until it collapses. Right now, ignoring the warning signs of climate change, oil crisis and food scarcity we too blissfully march on to the sound of our death knells.Our callousness to nature can be partly blamed on the implicit assumption that we are superior to it. Most of us vicariously experience wilderness through TV, movies, documentaries, magazines or books instead of being in direct contact with nature. An average city dweller is more familiar with man-made structures from childhood, more used to horns and roar of vehicles than birdcalls, piped water instead of wells or a stream, cityscapes rather than jungles or farmlands. Encounter with animals is limited to stray dogs and cats, cattle and donkeys ensconced on the roads, an occasional monkey, squirrels, pigeons or crows. For the most part these are considered a nuisance or at most a curiosity. Regarding animals in captivity, we feel pity or a sense of wonder, knowing full well that their life or death rests upon our choice. In villages and farms thriving on agriculture, attitude towards farm animals remain utilitarian and often cruel. Habituated to such transcendence over animal and plant life, armed with religious authority which grants right of man over nature and intoxicated with technological accomplishments we soon develop a false sense of "superiority" over Nature.
Inebriated by success we have arrogated the role of master and commander of the world to ourselves intending to control and manipulate it without realizing that we are a manifestation of nature. We are forged from its elements into which we return when we die. Our lives are intimately woven into nature's scheme of things. By wrecking havoc to our environment we are endangering our own lives. Though we may laugh at his stupidity, we are no different from Kalidasa when he attempted to chop off the branch in which he was sitting unmindful that he would fall along with it.
It is only when faced with natural disasters and calamities that our respect and awe of nature returns. Then we sink to our knees and pray to gods to save us. These gods, omniscient, omnipotent and always favouring man has consistently failed to live up to our expectations. This should have warned us long back that they are a figment of our imagination. With more disasters lined up for the future that realization is far from likely. Going by the indications, our religious fervour is likely to increase.
William Blake wrote in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell –
"If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things through narrow chinks of his cavern."
The doors of our perception are painted black by the carbon we relentlessly spew into the atmosphere. Soon, we would be groping blindly and gasping for breath inside the caverns. The choice is ours and the time is now. Right now we have to tools and the technology to cleanse our doors of perception. If we let the status quo prevail, our only chance to perceive infinity would be lost forever.


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Lundon's Bridge and the Three Keys is a modern day fantasy adventure for the whole family. Ancient sea-magic turns a dolphin into a human, an evil spell changes a teenage boy into a dragonfly and a once good and loving jellyfish queen becomes an evil fairy godmother. This story, filled with adventure after adventure uses family love and the magic of belief as weapons to fight a war between the land and the sea.
WHY? - Nationwide, Schools Desperately Need Funds! Across the nation, schools are experiencing major budget cuts. Teachers and parents are subsidizing supplies, from paper to textbooks and programs.
HOW? - Lundon's Bridge Project"Booking Millions For Schools"50% of all gross book sales go directly to your school; sales of other promotional items from this book will also be shared!
- March 17, 2009-10:00 AM Eastern Start. Let's set a World Record - most money donated to America's schools in ONE day! This amazing school money making event will continue for 24 hours!
WHERE? - Your Local School or on the Internet. Go to Lundonsbridge.com. Download an order form. Take it to your school and place your order before March 17 (to join the World Record Program) or place your order on-line now (buy now).
WHO? - We All Work Together. All individuals, businesses, etc. including: students, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, teachers, friends, anyone wanting to make a difference.
For more information go to: http://www.lundonsbridge.com/ or www.lundonsbridge.blogspot.com


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Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Class Action Lawsuit
A Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Class Action Lawsuit is being filed against the manufacturers of select drugs.
Officials say the makers of some drugs, including Motrin, Advil and Aleve, may not have warned consumers of the risk of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS).
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS), otherwise known as Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis, involves the decay of skin. The skin is said to deteriorate and decay. It can affect approximately 30-percent of one's total area of skin.
Medical sources say Stevens-Johnson Syndrome begins with the malfunction of the body's mucous membranes. As a result of a reaction to certain medications, these mucous membranes begin to dry up.
Why Might You File A Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Class Action Lawsuit?
You may be justified in filing a Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Class Action Lawsuit if you suffered from Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis, or Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, as a result of taking certain medications.
Notable companies like Johnson & Johnson manufacture certain drugs for wide consumption. These companies are responsible for disclosing information to the public. This information includes health and safety issues, and possible life-threatening concerns.
Since individuals were unaware of the risk some medications carry for Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, they may be liable for this type of injury. It is believed that if someone was well-aware of the risks of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, they may not take the drug at all. It is plausible they would be more prepared, also, in the event of a health risk, or drug-related illness.
How Does Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Start?
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome begins with our body's own reaction to certain medications. Common medications are known for causing Stevens-Johnson Syndrome can include:
- Sulfa-based medications
- Amoxicillin
- Penicillin
- Erythromycin
- Dilantin
- Carbamazepine
- Motrin
- Ibuprofen
- Septra
Some of these medications have been known to cause Stevens-Johnson Syndrome in certain individuals. When the mucous membranes in the skin become compromised, red patches begin to form across the body. This is an initial stage of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome.
These patches can grow larger and become irritated, and itchy. Some have been reported to lose their eye sight as a result of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome.
The skin is our body's largest organ. When the skin becomes compromised, it can lead to serious illness, infection, or even death.
If you begin to experience the symptoms of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, call an experienced Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Lawsuit Attorney today.
NOTE: It is imperative that you seek medical treatment right away if you believe you or a loved one is suffering from Stevens-Johnson Syndrome. THIS ARTICLE IS NOT INTENDED TO GIVE MEDICAL ADVICE, NOR SHOULD IT BE USED TO TREAT, DIAGNOSE OR MEDICATE ANYONE. ALWAYS SEEK ATTENTION FROM A QUALIFIED MEDICAL PROVIDER IF YOU BELIEVE YOU ARE SUFFERING FROM STEVENS-JOHNSON SYNDROME, OR ANY OTHER SERIOUS ILLNESSES.


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Canberra and Region Visitors Centre
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Canberra and Region Visitors Centre is Canberra's official and fully accredited tourism information centre, operated by VisitCanberra for the benefit of tourists and locals alike.
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Why ePermitting is 'Low-Hanging Fruit' for Improving Citizen Service
You read that right – we're a permitting solution referring to ePermitting as "low-hanging fruit". Why? Because when it comes to high-impact, measurable, and scalable improvements to your municipality's digital presence, ePermitting is like training wheels. Whether you're a team of one managing countless moving parts, or a local government who hasn't yet heavily invested in your online presence, it's time to consider ePermitting. It's time to consider giving a little, in return for a lot.
We've helped over 145 communities implement ePermitting, from villages to statewide initiatives. With an average implementation time of 60 to 90 days, we're confident that no community is too small or too resource-strapped to make the switch from paper processing to ePermitting.
With this in mind, let's take a look at just a few of the many reasons why introducing an ePermitting solution to your digital citizen services can be a great place to start, for communities of all sizes looking to modernize their processes.
High-impact Citizen Touchpoint
When Jamie Hellen, Deputy Town Administrator of Franklin, MA, started thinking about the most effective ways to improve citizen service, he arrived at a simple question: "What's the easiest way to touch the most lives in a cost-efficient manner?"
"We have about 10,000 households in town give or take, and almost half of them have a dog. So when you're looking for common denominators, and getting the most bang for your buck, you need to think about what's going to affect the most people," said Hellen, who started with the Town in January of 2016. "When we started looking at the issue, we realized that ePermitting is one of those things."
Although the majority of City Hall transactions are for a community's "power users"—i.e. contractors, prospective business owners, etc.—even the least involved citizens will eventually need to do business with their local government. Hellen realized that over a five- or ten-year span, an ePermitting solution would make the biggest impact on the most people.
On the flip side, simplifying permitting and licensing for regular users is a no-brainer. For the business and development community, ePermitting can mean starting a project several weeks earlier without ever having to make a trip to City Hall. "That's the kind of efficiency and brand we want," explained Hellen. "The ability to save people time and hassle is where the rubber meets the road in changing the paradigm of what government does."
Boosting Efficiency Across the Board
An ePermitting solution means greater efficiency for both citizens and government. By simplifying a time-consuming (but otherwise routine) process, all stakeholders have more time for what's most important in their day-to-day lives.
Citizens applying for a parking permit no longer have to find time during the workday to wait in line. Contractors are spending more time in the field, and less time navigating City Hall. Code violators are avoiding the frustration of paying tickets in person, and employees are equally as happy to process these functions virtually.
Before ePermitting, the Town Clerk's office in Franklin sent out 5,000 paper dog licensing forms with the annual census, manually entering the handwritten responses into their database. With ePermitting, the office will now save precious days and dollars that can be allocated to higher-priority projects. Ultimately, there are winners across the board.
Unexpected Returns on Investment
For many communities, implementing ePermitting means more than just the ability to process permits online. Orange, Connecticut's Fire Marshal Tim Smith found that taking the time to examine their internal processes meant they were able to consolidate permit forms and workflows. "We looked at all of our permits that needed to be updated, and ones that were completely obsolete. Some of them were eliminated and some combined into one. We really streamlined our whole permit process when implementing ViewPoint Cloud," said Smith.
In addition to greater form consolidation, ePermitting facilitates better communication between departments. In Orange, better communication and interdepartmental workflows meant more revenue. "Now, for instance, if someone owes back taxes, they can't get their building permit until they pay their back taxes," explained Smith. "We're seeing a big increase in revenue, especially outstanding revenue, because of that."
Many of our customers have seen these kinds of unexpected returns on investment, because implementing an ePermitting solution has a waterfall effect—making one operation more efficient leads to more and more opportunities for improvement.
The future of government technology is about creating ecosystems of connected technologies. ePermitting is a smart investment, in part, because it's easy to scale across many departments and even across connected municipalities.
A little over a year ago, we launched a statewide initiative in Rhode Island to bring ePermitting to citizens at both the state and local level via a state-level pilot project. Sharing the implementation load means smaller communities have gained unprecedented access to new technology, while residents and businesses can use the same ePermitting system across several state and local agencies.
Though some smaller communities may feel like virtualizing these processes is beyond their scope, we have found that the right software can scale to any sized community. And with state and local IT spending set to outpace federal in the following two years, many local governments are looking to modernize or get left behind by their peers.
Scalable pilot projects that share technology solutions across an entire region is smart government. Microsoft's Director of Modern Government, Jeff Friedman, called the Rhode Island project "a model for how digital transformation can deliver better and more cost-effective citizen services, and cultivate a business-friendly environment."
Opportunity for Agile Implementation
Above all else, the beauty of ePermitting is in its simplicity. It represents an opportunity for government officials to test and demonstrate the efficacy of software solutions in their community without having to digitize their entire process right away. By starting small and identifying areas where their efforts could have the most impact, Hellen and his team in Franklin, MA were able to test the waters before diving in head-first. "I want to use some of the initiatives and pilots we're doing with ePermitting, and analyze them over the next year, then think of ways we can better utilize these tools."
As Lea Deesing, Riverside, California's Chief Innovation Officer explained in our recent Year of the Citizen webinar, "success in smaller IT projects can be used as leverage for future, larger investments." After their initial ePermitting pilot project, the Town of Franklin hopes to do just that. "Our hope is that if everything works out with [ViewPoint Cloud], and the staff, city council, elected officials and residents are all happy, then we'll move towards liquor licensing, building inspections, etc. and slowly expand year after year," said Hellen. "And eventually, the long-term goal is to have a fully operational online store for all of our citizens."
This type of agile implementation—or taking projects in bite-sized chunks and improving as you go—is the new standard for government IT projects. This approach saves money, saves on implementation costs, and avoids some of the major pitfalls of launching all parts of a major initiative at the same time.
Taking the First Step
Implementing software doesn't need to be hard nor does it require massive disruption to day-to-day operations. If you've caught yourself asking the question, "How can I make my job easier while also improving the citizen experience?" then it's time to consider ePermitting. Online permitting improves internal operations across departments, and provides a new standard of service for contractors and community members. It's a highly measurable and scalable solution that pays dividends, often even unforeseen ones. Take the first step towards a digital solution for your community. Don't worry, we're here to help.
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We have had quite a bit of snow here in NW Iowa. After almost no snow last year, it's been a welcome sight. I don't think I scrapped with a single piece of winter paper last year. But this year's already a different story. We've had 3 Snow Days already this year...so with that in mind I bought a bunch of winter paper and here's my first Snow Day layout.
For this layout I chose Pebbles Inc Winter Wonderland Collection. This is a bright and joyful winter/snow collection that is super fun and easy to use. There's a bit of pink and purple in this collection as well as some snow princesses, but as you can see you can totally make a layout from just the frosty blues and silvers if you want.
I added in a few snowflake sequins from Pink Paislee's Yuletide collection and a bit of American Crafts Silver Glitter Tape to add some sparkle (because every snow layout needs at least a little sparkle).
This photo was taken on the first snow day of the school year (right before I put on my snow clothes and headed out to play, too). There's just something special about playing in the snow on a day off from school!
How's the winter weather in your neck of the woods this year? Will you be needing a lot of winter paper like me?


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Before this winter, I've never shot a gymnastics meet. But it turned out to be cool.
I don't know much about gymnastics judging and scoring, but I enjoy shooting and watching the girls competing. I'm awed by all the things they do, such as twisting their bodies or flipping themselves in the air and then landing on them beam, every time I shoot the meets and invites.
The EVC meet in Valders was my favorite gymnastics cover throughout the season. Below are some of the ones that I like, and here is the gallery on our website.


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Imagine if everybody received a regular "paycheck" just for being alive, a paycheck sufficient to support basic human needs, with no means-test nor any rules on how it could be used. The idea is known as Guaranteed Minimum Income, or Basic Income, or various other names. I first wrote about it in this article: Why the U.S. should implement basic income. That was in October of 2009. Since then, the need for basic income has only grown, and it will only continue to grow as time goes on. Consider the following ten reasons why Guaranteed Minimum Income is necessary.
The Economy Needs Basic IncomeWe inhabit a highly industrial society and industry depends on demand. It is necessary for industrial societies to stir up artificial demand to spur production on, and it only becomes more necessary as time goes on. There is a kind of prisoner's dilemma when it comes to business: any particular business benefits by automating its workforce and reducing salaries, but if every business does this, then who will buy products? Technology is advancing in sophistication. You know IBM's "Watson" robot, who just beat the world champions at Jeopardy? Within a decade or less, Watson's going to be hitting the workforce. No job is safe from automation, nor should it be: it is below humans to do work a robot can do, and there is very little work that a robot cannot, in principle, do. So as time goes on, there is going to be less and less need for human labor. How, then, can the economy continue? Who will businesses sell things to, if nobody has a job? They will sell things to recipients of Guaranteed Minimum Income.
Crime Prevention Needs Basic IncomeExpanding on the above, what happens when peoples' jobs are automated in a world where money is life? Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat, otherwise we get along. If every citizen were given an automatic stipend sufficient to support a modest life, thefts would plummet. You might complain about taxes or wealth redistribution, but mark my words, you are already taxed and your wealth is already redistributed: every time you shop, you pay a markup to offset theft, a highly inefficient and twisted dark-world version of basic income which rewards the unscrupulous.
Government Stability Needs Guaranteed Minimum IncomeWant to see the natural fate of a government whose people cannot get enough money for a modest life? Look to North Africa. I bet Ben Ali, Hosni Mubarak, and Moammar Gadhafi are starting to wish they'd thrown their people a bone when they had the chance. Once the protesters hit the streets, it's too late (and frankly, to any leader who would only give their people a basic income to save their own hides, and not because they care about the peoples' well-being, good riddance!)
Human Decency Needs Guaranteed Minimum IncomeWhat does the worker do when he feels he's been told to do something unethical? He sucks it up and follows orders. He does not have much choice, knowing his boss can casually fling him to destitution. Guaranteed Minimum Income provides a safety net so that people can make the right choice instead of the financially forced choice. The current financial situation actively penalizes those who stand up for what's right. That needs fixed. It needs Basic Income.
Innovation Needs Basic IncomeConventional laboratories and research provide incremental progress, but they suffer diminishing returns. Bound by the need to put food on the table, would-be innovators are forced to take the cautious road. Real innovation needs thinking outside the box, and it is inherently risky and dangerous. Basic Income is needed so that people can pursue their ideas without the horrible prospect of losing the game of capitalism. Sure, most ideas will lead nowhere, but the occasional idea will revolutionize everything. In our society, when an idea leads nowhere, it's a financial disaster. As teachers are being laid off, universities are hiring fewer professors, and automated education looms troublingly on the far horizon, there are fewer and fewer fallback positions for the failed innovator, and without a guaranteed stipend, doing anything new or risky will become increasingly suicidal. We need to avoid that, and provide a fertile environment for innovation, by guaranteeing everybody we won't let them go hungry if their idea doesn't pan out.
Means-Testing Disincentivizes WorkExisting welfare is based on means-testing, and is a brutal disincentive for work. On one extreme, the government cuts you a very modest check, and on the other extreme, an employer cuts you a not-so-modest one, but the road between these extremes is littered with roadblocks and potholes. If you get a very basic job with low pay, that's not worth giving up your welfare for! And the natural course of capitalism is for those crummy jobs to proliferate while higher-paying jobs get cut. In short: if a man wants more money, let him work for it, and let him have it in addition to the basic income he already had.
Welfare is InefficientOften if not always, it costs more to enforce means-testing and draconian rules telling welfare recipients how to spend their money, than it would cost to just give it to them no-questions-asked. I've heard horror stories where people go to court because they bought some trifling cheap luxury object that was deemed outside the rules. Judges and jurists deliberate, costing a huge amount of labor and effort, all over some trivial offending charge. Again, qualifying for a government handout often involves so much paperwork and interviewing. Social workers proliferate. It would be more efficient to just flat-out give the basic income to everyone, whether they be truly disabled or whether they be a billionaire. Yes, that's right, Bill Gates and Warren Buffet need their guaranteed minimum income as much as anyone else, and part of that is because otherwise…
Welfare Offends Human DignityIn addition to the inefficiency and the work disincentivization, means-based welfare creates an implicit caste system. It is human nature that if something distinguishes the have-nots from the haves, it will become stigmatized. If everyone on welfare were required to wear an identifying badge, it would become a scarlet letter, no matter how noble the original intentions of the law. Whether we mean to or not, distinguishing the poor and giving them special treatment brands them and causes them to be outcast. If a man gets his government check and his friends don't, how can he sleep at night? "Poor" will become a part of his identity. He'll have no self-esteem, no self respect, and a vicious cycle will develop, preventing him from bettering himself. Screw that! Give everybody their basic income equally.
We Need Our Money To Reflect Human GenerosityThe whole point of money is to relieve us from having to manually keep track of who we should do things for. If your neighbor comes and asks to borrow something, of course you'll let him, but suppose he shows up every day, always asking to borrow the same thing, and of course never giving you anything in return. Eventually, your patience would wear thin. But maybe that neighbor actually provides a lot of value to the world, say, by calibrating machinery in a warehouse. You wouldn't know that, not being the warehouse owner, but if your neighbor has money to show for it, then presto, we have a way of conveying favors-earned. Your neighbor can give you a little money for your stuff, or better yet, go to the store himself! But the point of all this is, money or not, warehouse or not, you wouldn't deny him the occasional request, as long as he isn't abusing it. You're a naturally generous person. But money doesn't reflect that. We need money to reflect the basic generosity of neighbors, the fact that you wouldn't let a man starve in front of you if you had any way to help it. We need a regular, guaranteed basic income.
We Need Our Money to Reflect the True Source of All WealthAll wealth ultimately traces its source to something no man can own, whether it be God or whether it be the thermal energy of the sun. The truly strict objectivist would pay his fair share of the Sun Fee, an expense so prohibitive that to pay it would require so much labor and energy that it would leave the Earth a cold, lifeless rock. (Can a helpless young child be expected to financially re-compensate his parents for their time, effort, and love?) Yes, all life on earth exists because of a basic income of sunlight, without which no feat of willpower or pulling-up-of-bootstraps would save us for long. A man might own the earthly means of production but he does not own the elements! To have all the wealth and deny a fellow man his basic income is to abuse the elemental generosity of the universe.
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We drove up, parked the RV, and walked up, just as it made it's grand eruption: Old Faithful! We were finally in Yellowstone!
And yes, we did arrive just as Old Faithful erupted; it was actually pretty incredible timing. My sisters and my dad and I then proceeded to walk around the geysers near Old Faithful, which were really cool. They're all boiling and bubbling and steaming, and the water is so clear! (One of these, it the picture taken above of Doublet Pool.) However, it smelled. Like sulfur. Which, if any of you know what that smells like, is exactly like rotten eggs. Dad says the reason it smells so bad is because Old Faithful is really a monster that farts ever 40-90 minutes! While I know better then that (I'm not that naïve anymore, Dad!), I was starting to think we shouldn't have eaten eggs that morning for breakfast… Continue reading


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Hi guys! What do I think about Larry Williams?
So Larry Williams obviously is the name in the trading industry, he is the only guy who was able to transform $10,000 into over 1 million in World Cup Trading Championships of 1987, so above eleven thousand percent performance and the questions I am asked some time: "Is he a scam? Does he really trade? Does he have knowledge about markets?".
So guys, maybe somebody is disappointed about this, but I cannot say anything negative about Larry Williams!
From my experience, having met him, having talked to him, having exchanged emails, I can only give an extremely positive review about Larry Williams.
First of all Larry Williams is deeply in love with his passion for the markets.
He's always trying to figuring out what markets do, he is always analyzing, studying and really focusing on what's happening and what's going on and how to beat the markets.
I remember I wrote sometimes to him some emails, on different occasions and he replied nearly immediately he was sitting here at a computer working and it was replying.
Not big replies but straight to the point, clear answers and pearls of wisdom of somebody who is really in touch with what's going on in the markets.
"He was arrested in Australia and he didn't even pay to get freed because he didn't have the money probably!".
Well, this is something that people wrote and you can read it on the Internet.
These people probably are not familiar with Australian laws, they don't know that you cannot pay for your own freedom and who has to pay does not even have to be a relative I think and has to be resident in Australia for a certain period of time, so I mean I'm not an expert but I know that it's not automatic that you have money, you get arrested, you pay and you get out!
No, it doesn't work like that so Larry could not use his own money to get out on that occasion.
"Yes, but he made a lot of money out of books and seminars because that's the way he was arrested because of tax issues!
So obviously he's a fraud!"
Why? I mean he made money selling books, selling education? Well done!
I mean he deserves that money because he wrote many very valuable books, he presented many incredibly good seminars so he deserves every single cent of the education that he sold, I don't see anything wrong in that.
But people are still doubtful about him. I can tell you, I was in New York, I'm telling you now as a person, not as a trader, I was in New York attending one of his free seminars at the Trader Expo.
I don't remember it was 2013, I don't remember exactly, I was sitting in the rear rows so he didn't know I was there and he has shown the recent results of a World Cup Trading Championship and my name was there several times because I won several times and he presented me as one of his students because I attended a course of Larry in 2004 right to Santa Fe in California.
So somebody in the front rows asked him if I used his techniques to win the contest.
So that was an incredible occasion for marketing but he honestly said: "No! He uses his own techniques, I'm not aware of any of my techniques used to trade from Andrea".
So that was incredibly honest from him which is the truth, but he didn't know I was listening so he could tell anything, he would say anything about me, I would have never known but he was extremely honest and that is in my opinion, one of the most important traits of his character.
So I am really sorry for those who hope and would say something wrong, because you know I am often very skeptical about the trading gurus, I always beware anybody of believing too much what they hear I believe that most of the gurus out there are scams.
I cannot say this about Larry Williams!
I can only always say incredible good words about him as a trader and as a person because this is my personal experience.
Now I don't know if he is now making money, if he stopped trading, he's losing money, I don't know because I don't see his accounts, I don't know what he's doing today but from my experience with Larry Williams I can only give an extremely positive review about Larry Williams one of the greatest traders and market students out there.
In my opinion, Larry Williams is an absolute must for anybody who wants to understand something about trading. That's it guys, sorry I couldn't say anything wrong about Larry sorry about that.
Ciao from Andrea Unger.
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Welcome Waylon Gaddie!
Oyate Nawincahcinjin (Defends the People), Waylon Gaddie, is a member of the Oglala Lakota Nation and comes from Allen, SD.
He grew up on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and currently resides near Lost Dog, a small community on the northeastern portion of the Pine Ridge Reservation. He is a graduate of Little Wound High School, Kyle SD. He received an Associate of Science Degree in Carpentry in 1992 from Western Dakota Vo-tech in Rapid City, SD, and an Associate of Arts Degree in Fine Arts from Oglala Lakota College (OLC) in 2015.
Since 2008, Waylon has worked with K-12 students on the Pine Ridge Reservation and surrounding areas in Lakota Culture and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM ) outreach and afterschool programs. Waylon was a presenter and volunteer mentor at the Oglala Lakota College Math and Science Department Native Science Field Center Program.
In 2013, Waylon and his wife Helene founded Generations Indigenous Ways, an informal science educational program that integrates Lakota Culture and Western Science. Generations Indigenous Ways is a Native non-profit organization that is an affiliate of The Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc. Waylon is the organization's Lakota Culture Advisor, and is currently helping organize afterschool science programs as well as Lakota cultural seasonal camp programs on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
In his spare time, Waylon enjoys dancing at pow-wows all across the North American Continent. He is known for his expertise in Northern Men's Traditional Dancing. Waylon brings his knowledge of Lakota Culture, youth programming, and community outreach experience to the Allen Youth Center.
Waylon Gaddie has been hired as the first full time director of the Allen Youth Center. The Youth Center Building was funded by One Spirit and was opened last year. Since the opening, programs have been operating part time while the search for a director was going forward. Waylon started as Director on February 15th and is getting the center ready for full time programming for the youth.
Board of Directors
The Governing Body
The youth center will be governed by a community board that includes:
- Jeff Harris
- John DuBray who pushed for the center for years, pressing the needs of the youth and helping One Spirit raise funds for the building.
- James Cross, the Allen Tribal Representative who worked with John and One Spirit to ensure that the dream of the center came to fruition.
- Jeri Baker, Director of One Spirit, who funded the center and will continue to provide funds for the director and the programs while the community establishes the center as a non-profit, 501c3 organization.
- Waylon Gaddie - the new Director
- Youth from the community who will be identified and installed as voting members of the board.
Youth Programs
Lakota Based Skills and Activities
The programs at the youth center will include among other things music, art, after school homework help, always snacks, astronomy and Lakota star knowledge, Lakota language, Lakota life, nature and survival skills, and gardening. The center will be open daily. Hours and activities will be posted inside.
Currently One Spirit is raising funds for a full basketball court. A $5000 donation has been made to start the fundraising. The full cost of the court will be about $25,000.
One Spirit is a 501c3 that has been working with the Lakota on the Reservation since 2005. In addition to building the Youth Center, they have food, heat, sponsorship, youth, and urgent need programs. Their food program provides food monthly to more than 300 families all across the Reservation and is distributed at the end of the month when it is most needed. The program also keeps nutritious snacks for the kids at the youth center, helps with food for the Bear Cave and the Cohen House. The youth program supports running programs that have camps in the summer and sends Lakota young people to various running events including the Denver and New York Marathons.
The Board plans that the center will be a source of continuous support to the youth and will be a model that can be replicated across the Reservation.


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Laying down the Lawton - Andrew Lawton A rookie Alberta MLA is taking a stand for healthcare practitioners' conscience rights. The organization that's supposed to be standing up for the rights of doctors is, bizarrely, fighting him on it. Dan Williams, a United Conservative Party MLA for Peace River, introduced a private member's bill in early November that would amend the Alberta Human Rights Act to enshrine protections of "conscientious beliefs" ... (Continue reading)
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Everyone knows that dogs are smart. From bomb-sniffing K-9s to pups being trained in sign language and pooches trained in smell out rare gorillas, our four-legged friends can fit into some four-legged smarty pants. But there is a new crop of dog geniuses popping up: The "creative" type, with the latest being a puppy artist from Minnesota painting with brush in mouth. But just how clever is your pup? Could you be living with a slobbery little da Vinci under your roof or a mini Einstein?
New York-based developer Laura Tallardy designed an app to help you figure it out. Tallardy, who also designs apps for kiddos and illustrates children's books, was inspired when she visited School for the Dogs, an animal training and education center in Manhattan.
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"A friend of mine runs the school," says Tallardy. "Her dog, Amos, loves her iPad, so she started teaching other dogs how to use them, but she used mostly apps designed for humans. She suggested I create an app just for dogs."
Thus, App for Dog was born.
Amos playing with the app:
iPad Apps for Dogs from School For The Dogs on Vimeo.
App for Dog consists of three main features: a training component that clicks when the dog touches the screen; a YES/NO button feature, where you ask your pup questions and she selects an answer; and, the most fun, a painting program where little puppy noses and paws can create a masterpiece.
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"The colors change automatically and randomly so you get a different, unique painting every time," Tallardy says. "I'm working on an update for this spring that will let you order prints of your dog's paintings on canvases, mouse pads and a new way to save paintings within the app and email them to friends and family." Genius.
But how is App for Dog different from other pup-friendly apps? First of all, it was specially created with dogs in mind. "Dog paws and noses aren't very accurate, so all of the games use the entire touch screen. The dog doesn't have to tap exactly in the button or exactly on the clicker, as long as a tap is registered somewhere on the screen, it'll work," says Tallardy.
Dogs also see and process the world differently than we do, and App for Dog takes that into account. "The buttons are calibrated to a dog's visual spectrum — they see in a range of yellow to blue, so the buttons are bright blue and yellow to be visually distinctive to a dog," Tallardy says.
To get your dog interested in an iPhone or iPad, School for the Dogs sometimes runs a workshop, called iDogs, to help dogs learn how to use touch screens. If workshops aren't your thing, Tallardy says it's pretty easy to teach your pup to use the app. "Get your dog interested in your phone, and every time he touches his nose to the screen, praise him and give him a little treat. Dogs learn fast and he'll soon be tapping away along with you."
App for Dog has been well received so far, and has been mentioned in The New York Times, The Guardian, and The Daily Mail. Even more than the critical praise for her work, though, Tallardy loves seeing the art dogs make using her app. "Someone created an adorable video of their dog using the app, it's one of my favorite things ever," she says.
If you'd like your pup to try his paw at being an artiste, head over to App for Dog.
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State Rep. Chester Crandell, R-Heber, wants the state to regulate federal regulators.
Crandell is pushing HB2077, which would require visiting officials from any federal regulatory agency to register with the sheriff of the Arizona county they are working in.
HB2077 also would require federal officials to pay a "reasonable fee" for the processing of the registration application.
In addition, the state stands to make a profit if the bill becomes law. If the federal agency is investigating an Arizona business, and the agency determines the business must pay a fine for violating federal regulations, the money would be given to the sheriff who will pass it on to the county treasurer who will send it to the state general fund.
In opposition to the bill, Jennifer Sweeney of the Arizona Association of Counties is concerned with how the logistics of implementing the bill would pan out.
"From a county sheriff's perspective, we don't feel that the sheriff is the entity to which these federal agencies should be registering," said Sweeney. "Nor should they serve as the collection point for any kind of funds because then you are asking the county sheriff to be the pass-through agency, essentially to the county treasurer's office."
On Feb. 8, the House Committee on Government voted 5-4 in favor of HB2077. The vote was mostly along party lines, with five Republicans voting "aye" and the three Democrats voting "no." One Republican, Rep. Steve Urie from Gilbert, joined the three Democrat dissenters. The bill will next be heard in the House Military Affairs & Public Safety Committee.
"The reasoning behind the bill is to basically give the people who are being monitored and regulated by the federal regulatory agencies the opportunity to know that they are coming into their backyards," Crandell said.
Crandell said that as far as he knows, the money collected from fines imposed on businesses by federal regulatory agencies goes back to those agencies.
"I think it's a conflict of interest when you have an agency that has the power to levy fines, and then that's what they survive on," Crandell said. "The more fines they get, the bigger they'll get."
So if the bill becomes law, not only will the agencies be losing a portion of their funding, but they also may be forced to spend extra money to enter each of the state's 15 counties.
"One of the consequences out of this is that we will receive less regulation," Crandell said. "If there is no motivation for them to come in, if they're not getting any money and it's going to cost them, I would hope that we would cut down on some of the federal regulation that we're getting."
The bill would make it mandatory for agencies to register and pay the fees that are required by that sheriff every time they entered a county. Each county may decide a fee to cover their administrative costs.
Crandell said that the bill does not provide any penalties in the instance that a federal agency chooses not to register with the sheriff.
"Coming into the state they should comply," he said. "They require us to comply with federal law. I'm not sure that there is anything in that bill to actually arrest them or do anything like that. I would hope that because it is a state law, they would take a look and respect that."
Examples of agencies Crandell said would be affected by the proposed legislation are the Internal Revenue Service, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Mine Safety and Health Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency.
"The Fourth Amendment gives us the right of privacy and unreasonable search and seizure," Crandell said, "and in my opinion, the federal regulatory agencies are overstepping their boundaries, by showing up unannounced and manufacturing things that seem to be hazardous."
Crandell said the bill would protect the rights of Arizona businesses and residents.
"If (the agencies) are not getting the money, then maybe they won't be quite as anxious to be as arbitrary and capricious in levying fines, because they are not going to benefit," he said. "It's almost an impossible task to work with some of the regulations that we have both from the state and the federal government."