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Grow deeper in your faith with small groups, Bible studies and more. Get connected at Northside by joining a group or participating in our men's and women's Bible studies.
Sunday School
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Adult Sunday School classes make up the majority of our midsized group options at NCC. Sunday School gives depth to your faith as you study the Bible weekly together.
Sunday school classes are offered at 8:00, 9:00 and 10:15 a.m., and can be joined at any time. A list of class options is available below and at Guest Services.
Connect to a Small Group
Live in community
At Northside, we strive to live in community with the spirit of unity. We believe that life is best done together, and one of our options for building community are our small groups. Small groups meet for bout 10-12 weeks each fall and spring semester across the Springfield metro area.
Women's Ministry
Connect with the ladies of Northside
From ministry opportunities to Bible studies and special events, Northside offers many opportunities for women to connect with one another and to grow in their relationship with Christ. Women's Bible studies meet on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and special events are held throughout the year.
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Alexander McQueen's brand will live on, according to Gucci Group, which has a 51% stake in the company via http://www.WWD.com. The celebrated designer, who committed suicide last week, decided that Alexander McQueen, the label, had "transitioned from being the name of a designer to putting in place the building blocks of a brand" according to Gucci Group chief, Robert Polet.
"That means that will be my legacy," McQueen said, according to Polet. "That's something I will always leave behind."
With the Fall 2010 collection almost complete, the brand will present at Paris Fashion Week between March 3-11. Surely, the fashion industry will be awaiting the collection debut with baited breath.
In the meantime, fashion moguls like Betsey Johnson and Naomi Campbell have paid tribute to the fallen fashion icon in their New York Fashion Week shows and a tribute is planned to Alexander McQueen during London Fashion Week.
Betsey Johnson tribute.
Tribute at Naomi's Fashion Relief for Haiti Fund show.
First Lady Michelle Obama wore an Alexander McQueen printed blouse from the Spring 2009 collection to meet with ten students from London at the White House this morning. Mrs. Obama's knowledge, thoughtfulness and sensitivity toward the Fashion World continue to amaze me.
Check out a pic of the First Lady in Alexander McQueen below via http://www.Mrs-O.org. What a subtle and beautiful tribute to the late designer.
I am so sad about his passing, but grateful we have his "legacy," of artful, inspired designs to look forward to.
Wearing my beloved MCQ…for Target dress in solidarity.

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Reflexology - Hilperton Marsh
Hilperton is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The village is separated by a few fields from the northeastern edge of the town of Trowbridge and is approximately 1.3 miles from Trowbridge town centre. Wikipedia
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The Botanical Therapist
Corsham, Wiltshire, SN13 9EG
07753 615601
Kay Wood, The Botanical Therapist Reflexology & Reiki treatments based in Corsham. Member of the Association of ReflexologistsDistance: 5.78 miles.
Rose Holistic Treatments
Bath, Somerset, BA1 3EG
Take a deep breath and relax..... Are you busy working or caring for loved ones? Are you suffering from stress and anxiety? Do you have tension [...]Distance: 9.14 miles.
Inner Harmony Therapies
Frome, Somerset, BA11 2LE
Services Reflexology, Aromatherapy and Holistic Massage in Frome. Gwen Potts MFHT is a member of The Federation Of Holistic Therapists and has over fifteen years experience in the field of [...]Distance: 9.3 miles.
Ali Iles – Reflexology & Massage Therapist
Bristol, Bristol, BS16 6AT
07961 985297
Services Ali Iles is a Reflexology & Massage Therapist based in Downend, Bristol, offering Complementary Therapies to help bring relief from a wide range of [...]Distance: 16.21 miles.
JDS Reflexology
Bristol, BS15 1EH
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Services I am a mobile holistic therapist offering reflexology in the comfort of your own home or a location of your choosing (depending on location). [...]Distance: 16.67 miles.
Therapy Centre
Bristol, BS14 9HB
Based in South Bristol at Kinsale Road, Bristol BS14 9HB. Free street parking is available. Reflexology is provided by Louise Morgan. The centre also offers [...]Distance: 16.73 miles.
JCG Reflexology
Pewsey, Wiltshire, SN9 5DX
Services Welcome to JCG Reflexology, based in Pewsey, Wiltshire. I provide reflexology treatments in the comfort and privacy of your own home as wellas from [...]Distance: 18.13 miles.
Christine Khalif Reflexology and EFT
Bristol, BS3 1BH
07786 189185
Services : I am a holistic therapist offering reflexology and EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique). A powerful way of healing many of my clients choose is [...]Distance: 18.89 miles.
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Bristol, BS3 1JJ
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Services Reflexology. Hypnotherapy . Reiki . All therapies can be adapted to include the healing power of all services offering a [...]Distance: 19.32 miles.
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Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2PL
Services and fees Ayurvedic Abdominal Massage … 50 minutes.... £35 Ayurvedic Full Body Massage .......... 1hr .... £45 Indian Head Massage ..................... 50min .... £35 Reflexology, Precision Reflexology, Pre [...]Distance: 19.83 miles.
Lisa Joyce Therapies
Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 1NE
I am a fully qualified and experienced therapist in Reflexology, Facial Reflexology & Massage. I've always had a passion for Holistic Therapies, Health and [...]Distance: 20.61 miles.
Life Reflexology
Bruton, Somerset, BA10 0NN
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Hello and welcome to Life Reflexology. At Life Reflexology we offer feet and hand reflexology. My name is Sarah Crossman and I have been interested [...]Distance: 20.69 miles.
Free Flow Healing
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Services Free Flow Healing: What I call Free Flow Healing is a range of therapeutic approaches - reflexology, energy-field healing, mindfulness - that not only helps [...]Distance: 21.43 miles.
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Services I am a qualified Reflexologist and Holistic Therapist and I offer a range of complementary therapies from my practice near Blaise Castle, Bristol. I [...]Distance: 22.23 miles.
Melissa Bojar
Swindon, Gloucestershire, SN1 4AN
Melissa Bojar - Reflexology Welcome, I am an holistic therapist specialising in Reflexology in Old Town Swindon & Marlborough. Reflexology is an extremely popular and relaxing treatment [...]Distance: 22.85 miles.
Natural Tranquility Holistic Therapies
Swindon, Gloucestershire
Services Supporting conception reflexology, maternity reflexology, hot stone reflexology, precision and traditional reflexology, massage:Swedish, aromatherapy, Indian head and seated. Reiki.About me Hi I'm Carolyn, I am [...]Distance: 22.87 miles.
Old Town Reflexology
Swindon, Wiltshire, SN1 4AB
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Louise Canty
Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 8RZ
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Services Reflexology (to feet and hands) Reflexology works holistically helping the body to restore its natural balance. There is usually a feeling of relaxation, reduction in [...]Distance: 23.5 miles.


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Also Read: Dogecoin Leaders Present Evidence that CEO of Troubled Bitcoin Exchange Moolah Is Long-Time Scammer
Also Read: New Sources Verify Bitcoin Exchange Moolah CEO Alex Green's Former Scammer Identity
Just before the accusations arose, Green announced that Moopay would be filing for bankruptcy. Without warning, he shut down MintPal, a popular bitcoin exchange, trapping what looked like $130,000 worth of cryptocurrency inside. Green then claimed that Moopay had no control over MintPal; a completely different message than he told in Moolah's company blog. Claiming they passed the exchange over to new management, Green informed Moopay employees that MintPal was no longer their problem.
Now, it's public knowledge that the accused scammer Alex Green may hold 3700 stolen bitcoins, $1,480,000, from the exchange in his personal wallet. The coins are narrowed down to exist in this wallet. However, Green quickly took the podium to announce that he is Ryan Kennedy, and the coins quickly moved afterwards.
After a confession by former Moopay employee Eoghan Hayes, the accusation and worry were made clear:
"What happened to MintPal is the equivalent of a nuclear bomb being dropped on a City, and a two-man hazard crew consisting of Mike and Ferdous are now in charge of the cleanup – and attempting to follow the trail of a 3700BTC transaction from MintPal, which is now accused of being lodged into a personal account of Ryan Kennedy."
Hayes continued, explaining that after accusations had started to fly that Alex Green was a scammer, he learned a horrifying piece of information from MintPal's former owners.
"I immediately got in touch with Mike, and Ferdous; the main shareholders in MintPal. They were as shellshocked by all of this information as I was. They then revealed to me something far more dangerous; Ryan is currently in complete control of the MintPal system, inclusive of the cold storage wallets. Coupled with this, over 1000 BTC in altcoins were not transferred in the "server migration"; and would have been lost forever if MintPal's previous owners (Jay and Jason) did not reach out to the server host."
Furthermore, Hayes learned that Green did not log into the MintPal system a single time from his given United Kingdom address. No one knows where Green is at the moment, and the only hope is that the United States Department of Justice or the Securities and Exchange Commission can track him down.
Earlier this week, CoinGecko delisted MintPal as an exchange on their website. Their co-founder Bobby Ong told CCN that he believed MintPal was a lost cause, and compared them specifically to Mt.Gox.
"If you go through the historical postings of Moolah, they claimed to have acquired MintPal," Ong said. "Yesterday they started saying that they did not actually acquire MintPal, but were only responsible for managing it. Either way this is a serious breach of trust of the public."
Some users are reporting that they received a few altcoins from withdrawals, but bitcoin confirmations are few and far between.
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More than one-third of practices close lists in one area
Practices across Scotland are being forced to stop taking on new patients due to the shortage of GPs, including around a third of practices in Lothian, figures suggest.
Currently 39 of 124 practices in the region are full and have put strict limits on accepting new patients, with fears this could rise to 50% of practices soon.
GP leaders have arranged a summit with health bosses at the end of September to consider the options for relieving pressure on services.
Scottish GPC chair Dr Alan McDevitt warned the situation was reflected across Scotland and there was a 'real risk' it would happen more and more frequently if action was not taken.
Figures obtained by Pulse revealed:
- seven of 69 practices have placed restrictions on taking on new patients in Tayside;
- twelve of 58 practices in have closed lists in Fife;
- three of the 242 practices in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde are operating closed lists.
Dr McDevitt said: 'The BMA is working with the Scottish Government to develop a new way of working that once again makes becoming a GP an attractive career option, but to do this there must be an increase in funding to general practice and primary care that supports GPs in communities across Scotland.
Dr Iain Morrison, medical secretary of Lothian LMC said many practices, including his own, had 'open but full' policies which restricted registrations to new births or patients assigned to them by the Health Board.
In the east of Midlothian, lists are largely closed, he added.
A long-predicted population explosion in the area has not been matched by investment in general practice, he explained.
Dr Morrison said: 'There has been disinvestment in primary care in the past decade and that's been particularly felt in Lothian. We have arranged a primary care summit at the end of this month to look at what the board can do to promote primary care.
'In the short-term we have to look at what ancillary staff are available to help general practice stay open, eg, development of the pharmacist within practice role.'.
Professor Alex McMahon, director of strategic planning for NHS Lothian, said the decision to restrict registration of new patients was never taken lightly but that it was a temporary measure to ensure 'a safe and effective service'.
'GP practices across Lothian are working hard to maintain access for patients but many are unfortunately facing difficulties in the recruitment of GPs – an issue being faced by surgeries across the country,' he said.
This year, NHS England figures seemed to reveal that more than double the number of GP practices were forced to close their list to new patients in 2015/16 as the year before. NHS England figures obtained by the Sun showed 175 practices closed lists to new patients last year compared to 77 in 2014/15.
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Why is this a surprise? With supportive bodies that look after their staff like the GMC CQC NHSE OMBUDSMAN CCG And local hospitals, why would anyone want to be or work as a GP. I have yet to meet a GP who is not thinking "how can get out of this /cut my sessions /cut my hours/ do any work that does not involve patient contact". This is the tip of the iceberg.
The Scottish Government, and in particular the Department of Health (DGHSC), should be held accountable for lack of planning and investment in primary care in NHS Scotland.
I wonder if the Cabinet Minister, Shona Robison, will do her usual and voice the rhetoric scripted for her by senior civil servants? This usually involves selective and creative use of statistics that often do not match what is happening in the real world.
The Minister and the Director General for NHS Scotland should be called to the Health and Sports Committee of the Scottish Parliament for this matter to be fully considered. Access to health care is too important for anything short of this not to happen.
Dr Peter J Gordon
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Strawberries, cherries and an Angel kissing spring
Last summer, after spending a week in Gais, in Switzerland's charming Appenzeller region, Laveena and I took the train to Stein Am Rhein. We had plans to meet up with our friends from Germany, the effervescent and affable Lydia and Oliver Kirchel, a delightful couple we met in the Maldives in the late 90s and with whom we have toured different parts of the world including Scotland, Denmark, Luxembourg, Germany and France. We arrived at the station and almost as soon as we stepped out, in keeping with the well known reputation of German precision, our dear friends announced their arrival with a light honk of their car horn.
After an exchange of kisses and hugs we were on our way to the Black Forest region where we were to spend a night at the Schwarzwaldhotel. We arrived at the hotel early evening and were not too pleased with either the location or the property, however since it was only the one night, we decided to ignore the size of the room and bathroom and instead looked forward to our planned walk at Lake Schluchsee. The walk to the lake did not disappoint. We spent our time catching up with the Kirchels and had the spectacular views of the lake as a backdrop.
The next morning we set out early to Kaiserstuhl. Laveena and I were seated in the back of the X5 as it zoomed past the pine and fir trees so magnificently distributed across the region to make up the black forest. We stopped at Schauinsland, in Freiburg, Germany and enjoyed the enchanting views of the Vosges mountains in France. The mountain is popular with bikers and is also used for skiing in the winter months. We spent the night at the Hotel Schwarzer Adler in Vogtsburg-Oberbergen, Germany. Not only does the hotel enjoy an idyllic location, set within a vineyard, with relaxing rose and herb gardens, a Michelin star fine dining restaurant and a cellar that's home to 2,700 varieties of wine but it is also a member of the small luxury hotels of the world and a charming place to stay in. In fact, the German national soccer team stayed here after they won the world cup in 1954. Our room was elegantly decorated with fine furnishings in a timeless style which reminded me of a friend's cottage I used to visit in the English countryside. The teak wooden furniture had a strangely familiar smell which I identified with quite easily as my friend's home in England too had teak wood furniture and a floor which creaked enchantingly with every step I took.
We settled in and an hour later stepped out to experience the picturesque Kaiserstuhl villages. As we drove by the villages, we chanced upon some lush Cherry trees. Laveena and I excitedly asked Lydia and Olli if we could stop to pick some cherries and they said we could. We feasted on some of the freshest, bright red and juiciest cherries we had ever eaten. It was truly a treat we both thoroughly enjoyed. We then visited a winemaker who introduced us to some local food and served us home made cake. This village experience was unique and authentic and we are glad to have done it before our onward journey to Osthouse via Colmar in France.
At Colmar we stopped at the market set in a picturesque part of the city with it's flowery town centre and beautiful canals. Strolling on foot amidst the colour and vibrancy of its people, the food stalls, the narrow streets and the shops selling Alsace wine, all four of us fell instantly in love with this town with it's enchanting allure of half timbered houses. We decided to do some dinner shopping before heading to Osthouse. We purchased some delicious Alsatian wine, cheese and sausages and were sad to leave. On our way to Osthouse we saw signs for strawberry fields. Olli drove to the next town where more signs directed us to an open strawberry field. Excited, we grabbed our baskets and hurried to the fields where we picked the reddest, largest, freshest and most juiciest strawberries we had ever seen.
After checking out with the young girl in charge of the fields, we loaded our boxes into the car and headed to Hotel A' La Ferme' where we planned to stay for two nights. We drove into the small village of Osthouse, in the heart of the Ried, half way between Strasbourg and Sélestat between the Black Forest and the Vosges. Shortly we arrived at this ever so charming 18th century farm like hotel, surrounded by beautiful roses and shrubs. A garden separated us from the main reception area. After checking in, we were shown to our rooms by the couple who ran the place, Brigitte and Jean-Philippe. The moment we stepped into the house we fell in love with it's quaint yet luxurious village look and feel. The size of the room was impressive and it overlooked the garden on one side while on the other we could see the quiet village street below. We placed our strawberries near the air-conditioning and before we knew it, the entire room had the magical fragrance of fresh strawberries. We rested a while and then headed down for our wine, cheese and sausage dinner. Olli and Lydia had prepared the table in the garden for the evening, which turned out to be a delightful experience. Post dinner we walked out into the village and for the hour we were out, the only other villagers we saw were a few ducks, swimming in the local lake. It was a bright moonlit night. The silence was almost electric and the stars twinkled in their stately constellations. As time went by all we could hear other than our own voices was the rustling of the tree leaves. As we walked back to Hotel A'La Ferme' we could distinctly smell the magical fragrance of lavender and noticed under the yellow glow of the lone street light a number of bushes. The cool, gray-green foliage contrasted nicely with its own lavender coloured flowers, as well as the dark green herbs and other plants. We returned to our rooms and slept so peacefully that night, the quiet of the village embracing us ever so willingly and happily. The next morning after a wonderful breakfast, we once again set out to explore the area and after driving by lakes and hillsides, through numerous fields and forests, after seeing scores of village bakeries and quaint churches we returned home.
Dinner that day was prepared by Jean-Philippe. His reputation of being a decorated Chef was well known, with scores of write ups in local magazines and positive comments from guests on the internet. He more than impressed us with his offer of terrines, wood-smoked salmon and the not-to-be-missed pork presskopf in vinaigrette. All dishes were perfectly plated and prepared with the utmost care using high-quality ingredients. With sourdough bread as an accompaniment and a fine regional wine perfectly paired with the food presented, dinner that evening far exceeded our expectations. To finish it off we had the mini pains au chocolat and the Kougelhopf and a mouth wateringly delicious dessert made from fresh strawberries. We were to leave for Trier the next day. Lydia lived in Trier, on a Vineyard, with horses and rabbits and rolling hills and we were excited to visit her home in a part of Germany, known to be the oldest. Olli who lives in Hannover, visited Lydia every weekend, until she recently moved to Basel in Switzerland. About our fabulous experiences during our week long stay in Trier, I shall feature in another blog.
Strawberries, cherries and an Angel kissing spring (Germany)
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Name: Mrs. Josie Vander Stoep
Homeroom: 3rd Grade
Subjects Taught: 3rd Grade
Education: B.A. in Elementary Education (Dordt College)
Completed Years of Service at SCS: 2
Why I am excited to teach at SCS: I am excited to teach at Sanborn Christian because I love being able to show and teach children how Christ is in every part of life. I believe God is powerful, just, merciful, loving, and compassionate. He is the perfect Father and I want to share that with each and every one of my students. I have been given the amazing responsibility of being able to be a part of their walk with our Lord and Savior. What a gift it is that we are able to show Jesus' love in all areas of life. I am thankful to be able to work with the SCS family in helping raise up God's children to be servants and disciples in whatever they do and wherever they go.
Why I love SCS: I love SCS because it is a place where many dedicated believers are working together to share God's love. It is a place that is committed to raising up children in the knowledge and love of Christ so that one day, they can go out into the world and serve Christ. It is a place that makes you feel like family because of how kind and caring the staff and the families are. We are called to be one family in Christ and that is exactly what Sanborn Christian School is. Time and time again, I saw and felt how much the SCS family cared for one another through good times and tough times. I am blessed to be able to work in a school where God's love is so evident.
Favorite Bible Verse: "The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." (Psalm 23)
Sanborn Christian School
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Love inspiring children by teaching awareness, understanding, and appreciation for the natural world? Pacific Science Center is looking for the right candidates to teach science-based environmental education programs at the Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center in Bellevue. MSEEC Educators teach awareness, understanding, appreciation, and a sense of stewardship for the natural world, through science-based environmental education programs.
The Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center is a partnership, collaboration between Pacific Science Center and City of Bellevue, Washington. In the summer we run environmental education-focused day camps for ages K-8 with a wide variety of themes. During the school year we teach programs to school groups, scouts, and families.
Our Educators bring a variety of programs to life and inspire guests of all kinds. The ideal candidate will have the following: Experience teaching elementary age students; Group management skills; Flexibility and the ability to think on your feet during unexpected and stressful situations; Excellent communication skills including a high level of comfort with large groups; Ability to maintain enthusiasm and positive outlook; Smiling team player; Knowledge of fresh water wetlands; WA State Driver's License or ability to obtain in order to drive 15 passenger van (training provided); First Aid/CPR certification or willingness to obtain
It is important to consider that most programs split their time evenly between indoor labs and outdoor hikes. Educators must be able to work outside in inclement weather and in a variety of conditions including mosquitoes and muddy trails. They must be able to walk 3 miles with students and carry up to 20 pound class bins to and from storage and assisting with carrying and loading of canoes. This is a non-benefited, temporary role through August 2014. There may be opportunities to continue past August, depending on work availability. Hours vary by season. During the spring may work up to 28 hours per week, summer up to 40 hours per week. Working on weekends and nights is occasionally necessary in support of our programs.
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United Nations: Asserting that efficiency of the Security Council does not depend on "numbers", India has said the UN top body's expansion should be based on "contemporary realities" and the need for ensuring due place to under-represented and unrepresented regions.
"I fail to understand that if since 1945 the total population of the UN's membership has increased more than 3 times, the number of countries members of the UN has increased more than 3 times, yet we are hearing voices saying that increase of the size to less than 3 times what it was in 1945 is too much," India's Permanent Representative to the UN Syed Akbaruddin told a council reforms meeting yesterday.
He asserted that the UN must recognise that the case for optimal size of the expanded Council needs to be built on "contemporary realities".
Akbaruddin said the expansion should also be based on the need to ensure that the under-represented and unrepresented regions including the developing countries of Africa, Latin America and Caribbean and the vast majority of Asia and Pacific, find their due place in this "long overdue" expansion.
Read Also: India's potential to be UNSC member has stronger resonance: President Pranab Mukherjee
In his statement at the Informal Plenary Meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiations on the expansion of the 15-member Council, he said the argument that is heard is that the low 20's is compact and efficient while the mid 20's or 27 seats results in undermining the efficiency and effectiveness of the Council.
He asked the meeting that, "Is there a causal link between effectiveness and numbers?".
"If that is so, can someone demonstrate it to us? Also, if that is so are we to accept that in 1945 we agreed to an inefficient size to represent 2.35 billion 'peoples' and the 51 countries that were UN members then? On the other hand one can well make the case that a Council of 11 members in the phase of the Cold War was infinitely less effective than the larger Council in the immediate aftermath of the Cold War," he said.
"Efficiency is not merely an issue of numbers but stems from a broader set of factors such as credibility, equitability, legitimacy and representativeness," Akbaruddin asserted.
He said he agreed with the statement of St Lucia's Ambassador Menissa Rambally, who is also the Spokesperson of L.69 Group, that 'efficiency' is not an arithmetical or managerial concept, it is a function of optimal and just decisions perceived to be fair and just.
Akabruddin called for consolidating the text on the basis of convergence reached on various issues so that the member states could all have a better appreciation of where they stand.
"By our account, there is more that unites us than what divides us; there is greater convergence than divergence," he said.


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Advice for Android Image Processing, Page 3
Some Advice for Android Image Processing
Before you jump into image Android image processing, here are some pointers to keep in mind:
- If it takes too long to process all the image pixels (approximately five seconds), you could get a popup dialog called Application Not Responding or ANR. You should create a child thread and do the complicated calculation there. That should keep the main thread running without interruption.
- If the child thread needs to change the main view (called UI thread), you should use a message handler in the main thread to listen for the notification from the child thread and then update the view accordingly. A child thread cannot modify the view in the main UI thread directly.
- Some enhancements can be made. For example, it can be modified to read the image file from browsing the folders or from a URL. Image animation can be done carefully through multi-threading and message handling along with rectangle clipping to produce smooth transition effects.
Hopefully, the information provided here has given you a rough idea of how Android image processing works. I hope you develop a neat image application for the Android platform with your own unique style. From Eclipse, you can create a new Android project by selecting "Creating project from existing source" and browse to the folder where the sample project is decompressed to.
- Download and save the entire software project
- Android Developers at: http://developer.android.com/
- Rafael C. Gonzalez and Richard E. Woods, Digital Image Processing, Addison-Wesley Publishing, 1994
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Meet our Lake Mills Community School administrative team!
Chad Kohagen | Superintendent
Educational Background:
- B.A. in physical education/health minor in coaching from Upper Iowa University
- Master of Science in physical education/health and leisure activities from Emporia State University
- Master of Science in PK-12 administration from Emporia State University
- Superintendent Endorsement from University of Northern Iowa
Experience in Education:
- 2 years in Titonka/Woden/Crystal Lake as K-8 PE,Quest, and Coach
- 7 years in Oelwein as K-8 PE and coach
- 1 year in Oelwein as High School Associate Principal/Activities Director
- 8 years in Oelwein as High School Principal
- Superintendent at Lake Mills Community School from 2015 to present
James Scholbrock | MS & HS Principal
Educational Background:
- Certificate of Advance Studies from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, July 2010
- Master of Arts in Educational Administration from University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, August 1999
- B.S. – Psychology/Teaching Certification Program from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, May 1989
Experience in Education:
- Secondary Principal – Grades 6 to 12, August 1999 to Present
- Middle School Social Studies – Grades 7 and 8, 1990-1999
Kari Wagner | Elementary Principal, K-12 Curriculum & Equity Coordinator
Educational Background:
- B.A. in English Education from South Dakota State University in Brookings, SD
- M.A. in Educational Administration from Iowa State University in Ames, IA
Experience in Education:
- High School English Teacher, 13 years
- Elementary Principal, 2011-present
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Solomon Maimon, Essay on Transcendental Philosophy: trans, Nick Midgley,Henry Somers Hall,Alistair Welchman,and Merten Riglitz, London ,Continuum Publishing Co.,2010,pp.282
After more than a century and a half in the Hades of forgotten authors, Salomon Maimon has come to be recognized as one of the founders of post-Kantian German Idealism and, in recent years, as one of the thinkers who influenced contemporary French theory. The Essay on Transcendental Philosophy is the first English translation of Maimon's most highly regarded work in philosophy. The only other volume of Maimon available to English speaking readers is his Autobiography, an account of his journey from the depths of the Lithuanian shtetl to Berlin and the Hochkultur of the German Jewish Enlightenment. Readers of the autobiography–which could easily pass as one of Isaac Bashevis Singer's or even Sholom Aleichem's zaniest fabrications–will scarcely believe that the same Maimon is the the author of a work as abstract as The Essay.
Maimon's autobiography has been compared to Rousseau's Confessions. Among other similarities, Maimon's life–like the famous French philosophe–has recurrent patterns of broken friendships created by the glitter of his intellectual brilliance then lost because of his hectoring style of verbal argument. Maimon, however, is a far more quirky figure than even the romantic Rousseau. For example while immersing himself in the study of the Kabbala, Maimon convinced himself that he could become invisible. Thus, after reciting the appropriate incantations, he went to the House of Study and began striking his companions at random, only to be baffled when they were able to strike back. On another occasion, convinced by Descartes' argument that mind and matter occupy separate universes, he savagely beat a goat, explaining to his horrified friends that, as the goat's mind was a reality distinct from his body, he could not feel the pain. My favorite episode is the story of his abortive attempt to convert to Christianity. He wrote the local pastor that since his Judaism was a barrier to any gainful employment in Gemany, he was ready to embrace Christianity, adding,"even though Judaism is closer to reason" than Christianity. To the best of my knowledge, Maimon has the distinction of being the only Jew to be rejected as a convert to the German church.
There is no such drollery in the Essay on Transcedental Philosophy. It belongs to a different literary universe. First published in 1790, a few years after the publication of Immanuel Kant's revolutionary Critique of Pure Reason, Maimon's Essay was recognized immediately by a small circle of Enlightenment intellectuals in Germany as an important interrogation of Kant's new Critical Philosophy. Kant himself praised the manuscript, which had been sent to him by his friend, the influential Jewish businessman Markus Herz, but decided it would be inappropriate to sponsor the publication of an essay that was so persuasive in questioning his philosophy. Later Fichte, though a raving anti-Semite, showered Maimon with praise, and Hegel, it is claimed, impressed by Maimon's scholarly credentials, accepted his bold account of the philosophy of Spinoza .
Contemporary histories of post-Kantian idealism have come tor recognize Maimon as an important transitional figure whose work guided the Kantian revolution towards a fully matured German idealism. In his own day, his work faded from memory, partly because many of his ideas were absorbed by the masters of this school: Fichte, Schelling and especially Hegel, whose work set off a philosophical tsunami. Maimon's Essay was fully submerged, awaiting discovery by scholars looking to exhume forgotten manuscripts. Luckily, late in the twentieth century, Maimon's essay was discovered by French philosophers who recognized it as an important work of philosophy in its own right. Today Maimon has been reinstated, first for his contribution to German philosophy of the nineteenth century as well as for his contribution to post-Nietzschean French and continental philosophy of the late twentieth century. His seminal contribution was his recognition of the importance of "difference" and the role of "the particular."
In his helpful introduction to this translation, Nick Midgley manages to guide us through the post Kantian as well as the post Nietzshean Maimon He discusses the role of the "transcendental a priori" in Kant and emphasizes the role of the "difference" so crucial to the French. He warns the reader that Maimon's treatise is dense with arguments that are often difficult to follow–not surprising since since Maimon endeavors to weaves together the systems of Leibniz and Wolf, the critical philosophy of Kant and the skepticism of Hume, into one seamless web. Thus in addition to his own commentary, Midgley includes the addenda of Maimon who, aware of the challenges of the work, wrote supplementary explanations including "A short overview of the whole work "as well as letters and appendices that are explanations of the explanations.
While Maimon is now recognized for his contribution to continental philosophy and is now mentioned in histories of Jewish philosophy, the Essay is still not thought of as a contribution to the latter–his text gives little evidence of his prodigious Jewish learning or his involvement in the Jewish Haskala (Enlightenment) This work belongs instead to the Republic of Reason and is addressed to fellow citizens of that same republic whether they be Jews, Christians, Frenchmen or Germans. But while his contribution to Continental philosophy should be judged in the appropriate journals, there are grounds to speculate on its Jewish dimension.
I am not committed to the enterprise of uncovering the hidden Jew within works, especially when the author who produced them is not rooted in his or her Jewishness. Still it is hard to avoid asking what relevance a work in universal philosophy has to Maimon the Jew. Maimon, after all, regarded himself as a Jewish philosopher–his name was derived from that of Maimonides, and in spite of his constant ridicule of the superstitions and narrowness of the Jewish ghettos he was one of the few Enlightened Jews who continued to respect the Talmud, sometimes criticizing those Jews who failed to recognize its philosophical depth.
There are signs of Jewish influence on Maimon's work. First, it is written as a commentary and is supplemented by commentaries on commentaries. Midgley notes that the commentary is a medieval literary form, but commentary also is the prime Jewish prose literay genre. Secondly, there are the clear fingerprints of a Lithuanian Yeshiva bochur on his work. Maimon's style resonates with the Lithuanian Talmudical academy's love affair with "pilpul," the Jewish version of that scholasticism which specializes in dilemmas such as how many angels dance on the head of a pin, and with the habit of Lithuanian yeshivot of exploring the limits of ideas rather than on adapting them to real world interests. Critics complained that they took ideas and, as was once said about the philosopher Peter Singer, drove them off cliffs.
These Jewish lineages, however, refer to Maimon's approach and style, not to the substance of his argument. Maimon's familiarity with the Kantian vocabulary notwithstanding, Maimon's central concern is with an engagement familiar to Jewish philosophers: how can we connect the universal to the particular?
As a secular philosopher, Maimon, like Kant, was concerned with finding a way to maneuver through the contending schools of rationalism and empiricism that dominated eighteenth century.thought. Both schools–the rationalist, dominated by Descartes, and the empiricists, dominated by Bacon and Locke–offered an account of knowledge that would provide the spectacularly successful scientific method with a foundation in philosophy and would in turn give philosophy the legitimacy achieved by science. Both schools, it could be said, claimed to be the Swiss guards of the methods of Newton and Kepler, whose achievements would reflect well on their philosophies.
Kant's philosophy begins from his perception that both schools were wanting. Weaving together insights from both schools, Kant came to the radical conclusion that the foundations of knowledge were not to be sought in the world of things or in an abstract realm of ideas, but in us . He argued that the universe is open to systematic scientific investigation because we as human beings possess an internal clearing house that can organize chaotic data into coherent entities and necessary connections. Kant's discovery was revolutionary. By maintaining that scientific knowledge, the best we have, is the product of a marriage between an a priori transcendental self and an opaque world of givens, Kant undermined claims such as Kepler's famous declaration that in discovering the laws of planetary motion he had discovered the mind of God. Kant also undermined the assumption of empiricists that by remaining fixed to what is "given," we are engaged with the reality out there.
Kant's fundamental proposal can be compared to Noam Chomsky's proposals that we have language because we as human beings possess the intellectual apparatus that allows us to form the chaotic sounds we hear into a structure that is intelligible –the sentence. Kant's solution has left generations of philosophers, psychologists, and students of culture the task of trying to discover where our ideas and the world out there meet or, according to some, whether they meet at all.
Many philosophers during Kant's time and since, including Maimon, have been willing to join the Kantian revolution but are appalled at the price. Like Maimon, a substantial number of thinkers have been unwilling to accept that we remain always within our world and can never arrive at the "thing in itself."
Midgley and his colleagues guide us skillfully through Maimon's negotiations of this terrain, laying bare the mixture of rationalism, skepticism, empiricism and bold speculation that may seem unduly complex, but is, to my mind, strikingly modern. Initially Maimon seems to side with the rationalists. Like them, he maintains that speculative ideas, those that we generate from pure reason (for example, the ideas of mathematics) can give us true ideas of things in themselves. He champions the discredited Leibniz and Wolff and even Maimonides. Like the empiricists ,however, Maimon remains conscious of the mystery of the "given" and whether it can be fully comprehended through these same abstractions. In brief (the reader must turn to Maimon's and Midgley's text for more detailed accounts of the argument) renames the empiricist method "finite reason," and argues that the "givens objects of "finite Reason" will ultimately be known in their fullness when such "finite Reason" joins with what he calls "infinite Reason." In this formula it seems that "givens " have some kind of rational structure, that they are not completely cut off from things in themselves. In short, Maimon suggests that things in themselves exist, but that for now we can only know them through a glass darkly. This, of course, leaves plenty of room for skepticism about the status of the"givens" These remain in limbo until we discover their unity with "infinite reason," in which their truth will be finally established
Herein lies the magnetic field in which Maimon's speculations on epistemology turn on an issue that haunts Jewish intellectual life: the relation of the particular to the universal. In the Jewish context, the Jews are not particulars who can be thought of as windowless monads, or separatists, wholike the existentialists are abandoned by the universe and the universal. Neither can they be crammed into universal categories. They belong neither to the ghetto or the cosmopolis . The linking of the two will occur in messianic time. In the meantime, we neither merge nor declare our complete independence.
In their article on Maimon in the Stanford Encyclopedia, Peter Thielke and Yisrael Melamed cite the Messianic nature of Maimon's account, the dogged pursuit of knowledge by finite reason which "in its (current)application is capable of no legitimacy but assures us that the particular and the universal will meet. His language is Biblical. You should see the promised land from afar, but you may not enter it!" [Deut 34:4] Still, fortunately, the seeing and the entering are the same: for those who boast of being able to enter can, for their legitimation, do no more than show the distant view."(GW VII, 554)
In reframing the battle of the empiricists and the rationalists, Maimon does not, in my view, provide a corrective to Kant. Yet, his effort to provide an alternative reading offers us insight into Jewish philosophy as well as a historical building block towards the post-Kantian twentieth-century French philosophers that have so influenced contemporary philosophical discussion.
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Up tonight, I try to get my branch of node-spdy up and running on my http://eeecomputes.com Linode. I need to get it running so that the spdy-dev mailing list (specifically Mike Belshe) can help troubleshoot my server push woes.
SPDY requires the relatively new NPN (Next Protocol Negotiation) extension to SSL. So, first up, I install the latest openssl:
cd ~/src/Note: I install tarballs in
wget ftp://ftp.openssl.org/snapshot/openssl-SNAP-20110603.tar.gz
tar zxf openssl-SNAP-20110603.tar.gz
cd openssl-SNAP-20110603
$HOME/src as opposed to
$HOME/repos. I reserve the latter for code under source code management.
Note #2: The openssl snapshots are only available for a rolling window of 4 days. In the future, I will check out ftp://ftp.openssl.org/snapshot/ for the most recent snapshot. This is a slight inconvenience, but beats installing CVS.
Next, I configure openssl using the Ubuntu configuration settings that I found worked for 32 and 64 bit:
./Configure shared --prefix=$HOME/local no-idea no-mdc2 no-rc5 zlib enable-tlsext linux-elfI install locally, not wanting to mess up the other stuff I have going on that server. To access, I add the following to my
make depend
make install
# For locally installed binariesNext up, I install node.js. NPN is not in the most recent version of node.js (0.4.8), so I have to install the pre-release from github:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/local/lib
export MANPATH=$HOME/local/share/man:/usr/share/man
# For node.js work. For more info, see:
# http://blog.nodejs.org/2011/04/04/development-environment/
for i in $HOME/local/*; do
[ -d $i/bin ] && PATH="${i}/bin:${PATH}"
[ -d $i/sbin ] && PATH="${i}/sbin:${PATH}"
[ -d $i/include ] && CPATH="${i}/include:${CPATH}"
[ -d $i/lib ] && LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${i}/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
[ -d $i/lib/pkgconfig ] && PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${i}/lib/pkgconfig:${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}"
[ -d $i/share/man ] && MANPATH="${i}/share/man:${MANPATH}"
cd ~/repos/Then I configure and install node:
git clone https://github.com/joyent/node.git
cd node
./configure --openssl-includes=$HOME/local/include --openssl-libpath=$HOME/local/lib --prefix=$HOME/local/node-v0.5.0-preIt needs to be configured so that it uses the NPN-enabled openssl that I just installed in my
make install
~/local directory. It also needs to be configured to install into a
~/local sub-directory (which will be picked up by my new
.bashrc paths).
I then install npm and the required
connect and
zlibcontext packages:
curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | shLastly, I clone my node-spdy repository (and checkout the
npm install zlibcontext
npm install connect
push-stream branch where I have been experimenting with SPDY push streams):
git clone git://github.com/eee-c/node-spdy.gitWith that, I can change directory into
git checkout -b push-stream -t origin/push-stream
node-spdy and fire up the test server:
cd node-spdyAnd that is all there is to it.
node ./test/spdy-server.js
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Poll: Two-Thirds Of Californians Support Legalizing Retail Sales Of Marijuana To Adults
Approximately two in three California voters support the establishment of a state-regulated retail market for the sale of marijuana to adults, according to polling data compiled by the Institute of Government Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.
Sixty-four percent of respondents agree, "Marijuana should be legal for adults to purchase and use recreationally, with government regulations similar to the regulation of alcohol."
Support is strongest among those between the ages 18 to 24 (75 percent), Democrats (74 percent), African Americans (72 percent), those between the ages of 25 to 34 (71 percent), and Latino voters (69 percent). Among voters over 65 years of age, 58 percent back legalization.
The polling data bodes well for the passage of California's Proposition 64 this November. The statewide initiative permit adults to legally grow (up to six plants) and possess personal use quantities of cannabis (up to one ounce of flower and/or up to eight grams of concentrate) while also licensing commercial cannabis production and retail sales. The measure prohibits localities from taking actions to infringe upon adults' ability to possess and cultivate cannabis for non-commercial purposes. The initiative language specifies that it is not intended to "repeal, affect, restrict, or preempt … laws pertaining to the Compassionate Use Act of 1996." Proposition 64 is endorsed by the ACLU of California, the California Democratic Party, the California Medical Association, California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, the California NAACP, the Drug Policy Alliance, Students for Sensible Drug Policy, and NORML.
Voters in Arizona, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada will similarly decide on adult use measures in November. Voters in Arkansas, Florida, Missouri, Montana, and North Dakota are expected to also decide on medical use measures this fall.
A summary of 2016 statewide ballot measures and their status is online here.
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August 18, 2016
Do pre and exit polls and take regular screen shots of the count as results are posted and be prepared to challenge when the result looks suspicious.
Hopefully we will secure the entire West Coast and more this November! We badly need California….
California will be a HUGE gain.
I totally agree. I'm not prepared yet to say that it will be a game-changer, but I do believe it will be a huge boost to our cause. I mean the whole west coast!!!
truly hoping CAL is the tipping point for other states that are gutless………like Iowa for example
2/3 = 66%…. lol
The article stated approximately two thirds. 64% is a close approximation.
Ok, so it appears as though AUMA is going to pass in California; (applause) …even the population over 65 is like "screw the meds, and the feds; I'm retiring high."
The growing double standard between state and federal governments on marijuana law is stretched out to thin threads with bad makeup, and no, I'm not just talking about whatever that girl was wearing that was posing for selfies that caught Malaya Obama smoking a joint at Lalapalooza;
I'ts not surprising the President gave his daughter "the talk" during the same week the DEA refused to reschedule, or that people still don't get that Congress, not the President or the courts will reform marijuana law through the pressure we are building from state legislatures… What amazes me is the reaction from the general public and social media to Malaya getting busted was either "everybody does that at 18," or "throw her in jail." (Or both).
So a young affluent black woman gets the white treatment after getting busted smoking weed, and suddenly everyone is out of the weed closet and admits they smoked weed when they were 18, with calls for an "American right of passage." Is this what it took for the truth to come out? Not an anonymous poll, nor Colorado's legalization, not even 45 years of an unjustified drug war, just the President's black daughter all on YouTube smokin a joint?
We have crossed a new threshold of perception about ourselves as a pot-smoking nation; Apparently we are not a nation compromised of mostly non-consumers of cannabis that look down on smoking weed but are just tired of the drug war. In fact we are made up mostly of people who smoked weed at a concert when they were 18, lie about it at the polls, live a double standard on what we tell our kids and parents and its the minority of us who go on to pursue Congress to do something about it. Thank you Malaya, I didn't see that till now.
Hey, look at it this way; if sending his daughters the message that smoking weed is ok was all the was holding President Obama back from shutting down the DEA aint nothin holdin you back now Barry! Cut their operations and turn the DEA into a registration office! Call'm the Drug Education Agency! Use the money for public education! Were not telling you to make an executive action that will end up in court, just, y'know, send a few more o those memos down to the DOJ and let us all get a puff o that Lalapalooza with no jail time for once… All those f'd up treaties will still be there for you to circumvent international law, just stop feeding the mass-murdering druglords greens from here to the Philippines and get on with it; you only got a few months left! Malaia's already learned how to roll a spliff in one hand by now! $#!+!
Another positive development for the passage of AUMA in California is the bipartisan shift to reduce prison populations;
…is having an effect on the traditional Prison Guard Lobby that threw money into stopping California's last attempt at legalization.
Now if only the federal government would do something about the deplorable state of overcrowded federal immigration facilities;
Then the money will really start to dry up. California started the reform of overcrowding in state incarceration, but it's not clear how much that effected the reduction of campaigns against marijuana legalization by the Prison Guard Lobby.
As of now, the greater prohibitionist and casino-money-laundering tycoon Sheldon Adelson has been financing efforts to stop prop 64, but he is spread thin by efforts to legalize in his home state of Nevada and a stronger campaign to legalize medically in Florida, where he was previously successful in stopping full legalization by projecting commercial fear propaganda to the older voting population. (Not gonna work in California, though, is it ol Addle-bated Sheldon?)
This article from MerryJane counts 5.5 million from Adelson dumped into Mel Sembler from DrugFree Florida;
The reporting by Ben Adams appears mystified at why Adelson is backing prohibition in Florida but not Project SAM's efforts in California; One answer is already highlighted in the polls of this blog; A majority of older more reliable voters +65 are already for legalization, while in Florida those numbers are lower, though not as much for medicinal marijuana.
Also, who do you think goes to those Vegas casinos to smoke weed? Florida is a large consumer base for Adelson's casinos.
One irony that should be pointed out from this article is regardless of whether Adelson forks over the $100million he pledged to Donald Trump, his mere endorsement should affect voting in Florida where many Republicans support the legalization of medical marijuana.
For convenience, I have summarized the NORML Congressional Scorecard for California; check it out:
California Scorecard:
Dianne Feinstein (D): "D"
Barbara Boxer (D): "C"
Doug LaMalfa (R): "F"
Jared Huffman (D): "A"
John Garamendi (D): "B"
Tom McClintock (R): "B"
Mike Thompson (D): "B"
Doris Matsui (D): "B"
Ami Bera (D): "B"
Paul Cook (R): "D"
Jerry McNerney (D): "B"
Jeff Denham (R): "F"
Mark DeSaulnier (D): "B"
Nancy Pelosi (D): "B"
Barbara Lee (D): "A"
Jackie Speier (D): "B"
Eric Swalwell (D): "A"
Jim Costa (D): "B"
Mike Honda (D): "A"
Anna Eshoo (D): "B"
Zoe Lofgren (D): "B"
Sam Farr (D): "B"
David Valadao (R): "D"
Devin Nunes (R): "D"
Kevin McCarthy (R): "D"
Lois Capps (D): "B"
Steve Knight (R): "D"
Julia Brownley (D): "B"
Judy Chu (D): "B"
Adam Schiff (D): "B"
Tony Cardenas (D): "B"
Brad Sherman (D): "B"
Pete Aguilar (D): "B"
Grace Napolitano (D): "B"
Ted Lieu (D): "A"
Xavier Becerra (D): "B"
Norma Torres (D): "B"
Raul Ruiz (D): "B"
Karen Bass (D): ? no grade?
Linda Sanchez (D): "B"
Ed Royce (R): "D"
Lucille Roybal-Allard (D): "C"
Mark Takano (D): "B"
Ken Calvert (R): "C"
Maxine Waters (D): "B"
Janice Hahn (D): "B"
Mimi Walters (R): "D"
Loretta Sanchez (D): "B"
Alan Lowenthal (D): "A"
Dana Rohrabacher (R): "A"
Darrell Issa (R): "D"
Duncan D. Hunter (R): "B"
Juan Vargas (D): "B"
Scott Peters (D): "B"
Susan Davis (D): "B"
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Good work Mark. Lets do this for every blog on state developments.
Dana Rohrabacher (R): "A" – Unicorns are real!


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PORTSMOUTH — In the midst of calls for more taxis on early weekend mornings, when tipsy patrons spill out of downtown bars, two local cab companies are accused of keeping medallions to operate cabs, while the taxis assigned to the medallions are not in operation.
PORTSMOUTH — In the midst of calls for more taxis on early weekend mornings, when tipsy patrons spill out of downtown bars, two local cab companies are accused of keeping medallions to operate cabs, while the taxis assigned to the medallions are not in operation.
The cab companies deny the accusations, which are brought by the newest member of the Taxi Commission, John Palreiro, owner of Great Bay Taxi. Palreiro doesn't have a medallion to operate in Portsmouth, but applied to the Taxi Commission for one on Monday, but was told no medallions were available. The commission said, however, it would have granted him a medallion if one was in stock. Palreiro filed a written complaint with the city dated Aug. 13, which claims two local cab companies are violating city ordinance that requires medallions to be returned to the city within 30 days of the corresponding cabs coming off the road.
"The city of Portsmouth should not be exposed to underhanded tactics to hold/hide any medallion," Palreiro wrote.
His complaint comes while the Taxi Commission is recommending that the City Council rewrite an ordinance to allow three new medallions to be issued for three new cabs to operate in the city. If approved, the new medallions would increase the number of cabs from 25 to 28.
A former employee of Rockingham Livery, Palreiro claims that Rockingham decommissioned a 2000 Dodge Caravan cab in May, stripped it of its meter and top light, then gave it away as a "personal vehicle." The van was assigned city medallion No. 13, which was not transferred to a new replacement van put on the road as a taxi, Palreiro alleges in his written complaint to the city.
Instead, he alleges, Rockingham Livery obtained new medallion No. 20 for its replacement taxi van. Meanwhile, medallion No. 13 "is still issued to the retired van," Palreiro alleges, while calling for the company to be penalized.
Rockingham Livery owner Scott Gerrato called the allegations "malicious" and said he has six medallions on six operating taxis.
He said medallion No. 13 was turned back to the city when one van was taken off the road and was later issued No. 20 for the replacement van.
"The city has No. 13 floating around somewhere," he said.
Palreiro also claims that Portsmouth Taxi is holding onto medallion No. 21, which remains assigned to a 2006 Mercury Montego.
He alleges in his written complaint to the city that the Montego was taken off the road for repairs in June and hasn't been in operation as a taxi since.
"I have knowledge that it has been more than 60 days out of service," Palreiro wrote, while calling for city officials to investigate and prosecute.
Portsmouth Taxi owner Brian Schneider did not return a message seeking his comment, but one of his drivers, retired Portsmouth police officer Dan Bigda, said he believes the taxi in question has not been out of service for more than 30 days, so the medallion would not have to be surrendered.
Bigda also disputed the assertion that there's a need for more cabs in Portsmouth. He said the "mad rush" when bars and restaurants close only occurs during the summer months and that business during the week "has dropped off."
"Everyone is grabbing for scraps on the table," he said.
During Monday's meeting of the Taxi Commission, Commissioner Mike Barker described Palreiro's complaint as containing "serious allegations."
City Attorney Robert Sullivan said he and police Lt. Mark Newport will investigate the complaints and report their findings to the commission during its September meeting.


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Dan Swanö Guitar Rig Scheme: 1 - BC Rich ST-3 guitar with Roland GK3 pickup connected to Roland VG-99 guitar-system - 2. Roland VG-99 is connected straight line out (with all treble intact) right into the power amp of any good valve amp - 3. Tech21 MIDI Moose - 5 is connected thru MIDI to change patch in the VG99. Boss FS-6 - 6 switch is connected to the VG99 thru a stereo cable and controls parameters in the patch. Sometimes it's switching between rhythm and solo, sometimes to activate tuning function. 4 - Roland EV-7 for seamless cross-fade between the 2 GT-10 engines within the VG99. Backing tracks come into from the Apple iBook - 7. Output from the Apple iBook goes one channel (L) to the headphone amp Rolls HA43 - 8 and into Dan's in-ear (and to the drummer's in-ear) - 9. The other channel (R) goes to the passive DI box Behringer DI-600P – 10 and then direct line into the mix - 11.more
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I'm Debra Dè Louse and in honor of summer, today I'm interviewing children ranging in age from 7-13 at the Carefree Children's Camp Conundrum. The conundrum of course being how to send your kids to camp and not have them come home with lice??
Miraculously the director here (Penelope Parasitelope) claims to have a Lice-Free Zone. Let's find out how that's working out for them, shall we? (By the way, I'm standing 10 feet away not necessarily because I suspect lice — It's because none of these kids shower.)
Debra Dè Louse: Hi Kids! How's your camping experience? Who's itchy?
Richie (age 8) I am! I am! But my mommy claims it's not lice but instead that I'm just a highly allergic child. That's why my nickname is "Itchy Richie."
London (age 5) My mum's a bit cheeky and says to always tell people this is just dandruff.
Debra Dè Louse: Wow. You've got quite a mum. But aren't you a bit young to be at this camp?
London (age 5) Crikey, yes! Mum talks rubbish about my age too. So the truth is I'm really four years old and I bloody well do have lice. Simply brilliant!
Brooklyn (age 10) Ohh! So YOU'RE the little British Boy my dad says is spreading it around!
Debra Dé Louse: Now, now, let's not point fingers. How do you kids get rid of your lice?
Madison (age 12) Ugh. I get sent to grandma's to deal with it. Her house already smells funny. So all the bad stink from the lice treatments just sorta blends right in over there.
Savannah & Sydney (Twins age 9) Our mom pays us five bucks to comb each other's nits out for three hours.
Debra Dè Louse: Aww, just like two little chimps at the zoo.
Dakota (age 10) My dad shaves my head.
Debra Dè Louse: That's a real shame. Talk about your bad hair day. By the way, what's up with all you kids having names that are actual locations?
London: Get with it lady, that's a thing now. Maybe it's also symbolic to illustrate that lice can infect people anywhere in the world?
Debra Dè Louse: I think you're a bit too smart for your age.
London: Too big for my britches, Mum says.
Debra Dè Louse: Well what if I told you there's a surefire way to get rid of lice (and the nits!) without bad chemicals, shaving, or getting sent away to grandma's?
Kids: We'd all Instagram and Snapchat it!
Debra Dè Louse: Great idea! Let me bring out the new cool patented device Lice Clinics of America uses and we'll take a group photo for the Internet? Get close together, everyone. Lean in!
London: 9, 18, 27, 36, 45, 54 . . .
Debra Dè Louse: What the heck are you doing, kid?
London: Counting by 9's the lice that are transferring back and forth from all our heads while you take the pic! Don't you know that's one of biggest ways people get lice?
Debra Dè Louse: (whispering) Can you take it easy on the lice shaming, kid. This is live coverage. You can't be only four years old? Are you even British?
London: Whatever! C'mon ya little buggers — Let's go share sleeping bags and tell ghost stories inside that dark tunnel. Last one there is a rotten lice egg!
Debra Dè Louse: Well folks, you heard about Lice Clinics of America's amazing solution right here first from Camp Conundrum. I'm Debra Dè Louse reporting live (and reporting lice!) reminding you to always look for the
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Monday, March 19, 2012
The Heart of Religion - Father Alberto Luna of Eduador
4 comments:
- sm said...
nice pic
- March 19, 2012 at 10:15 PM
I received this from a friend in Sweden and my initial reaction was to delete it but out of honour to my friend I decided to honour that, knowing he wouldn't waste my time. I am glad I did for this remarkable priest has had the courage to speak out. It is a true reminder of that other Catholic Priest who spoke out some years ago - Teilhard de Jardin - who also challenged his 'Superiors'.
The message here is that we are indeed all one and should not allow our differences to divide us. God bless this beautiful being - Indeed. A message so desperatly needed in our world today by ALL faiths. Thank you Michael Hopkins for sharing this.
- March 20, 2012 at 8:55 AM
- Stranger in a Strange Land said...
You are very welcome, Michael. I knew that you would be glad to see and listen to this man. A lesson in not to judge a book by it's cover.
Kindest & warmest regards,
- March 20, 2012 at 8:56 AM
- Billy Joe said...
Yes, thanks Michael for sharing, this is the spirit of the age. Bahá'u'lláh, the Unifier of humankind, proclaimed this truth in the 1800's and gave us a divine plan for building this world civilization.
- March 20, 2012 at 7:11 PM


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Giants special teams coordinator Tom Quinn said he "can't'' worry about whether he will lose his job after the season, but the Giants' special teams have underperformed.
(William Perlman/The Star-Ledger)
As Giants special teams coordinator Tom Quinn left the team's locker room on Thursday, he was asked a question that is growing familiar around the facility in East Rutherford.
The Giants are 5-9 and will miss the playoffs for the fourth time in five years. Units under the watch of all three coordinators have underperformed, thanks, in part, to a slew of injuries. Talent levels across the board have also been questioned. But how much coaching factors in remains to be seen.
Quinn's unit surrendered three punt return touchdowns of 80 yards or more; the first time that has happened in more than four decades. The Giants are 26th in net punting average and 26th in punts inside the 20. Only one other team — Washington — has given up more than two punt returns for a score.
So, does he wonder whether the blame will fall on him? Quinn's answer was brief, and simple.
"You can't," he said.
The NFL calendar for teams eliminated with more than three games to play is vastly different, and a bit of a culture shock for the Giants, a team that has won two Super Bowls since 2007. On one hand, their coaches have survived long enough to see the team be crowned the best in all of football. On the other, the inconsistency during the years in between have raised questions about new blood and whether changes may be necessary to move the franchise forward.
According to a person with knowledge of the situation, no determinations have been made for the coaching staff yet. Those will come after a formal evaluation at season's end.
As the Giants head into Detroit this afternoon to play out the string against the Lions, Quinn, like Kevin Gilbride and Perry Fewell, will insist the question is far out of his mind.
In a way, the game will serve as a welcome distraction. Quinn said he couldn't think any other way.
"No, not at all," Quinn said. "You do what you can control. You can control how you coach special teams, how you meet with special teams and how you prepare special teams. That's it."
Quinn's tenure with the Giants has been marked with some memorable highs. In 2012, they were ranked one of the 10 best units in football. They led the league in special teams takeaways and starting field position.
Twice since 2009, Quinn's handpicked kickoff returners (David Wilson and Domenik Hixon) have set the franchise record for return yards in a season.
The Matt Dodge game, in which the punter beelined a kick to the dangerous DeSean Jackson and cost the Giants a shot at the playoffs, served as the low up until this season.
Three games were turned upside down by punt returns in which the coverage team appeared to fall down in front of the returner. This season, the Giants are 29th in average yards per kick return (20.3) almost 10 yards behind the first-place Chiefs.
"Obviously, it's been a long year for the special teams," said captain and long snapper Zak DeOssie. "But coach Quinn is one of the best special teams minds in the game and the combination of him and Larry Izzo, it doesn't get any better than that. Coach Quinn's message has stayed the same and he does a great job motivating us and I'll take him over any coach out there."
Through the down year, Quinn has been exceptionally blunt when confronting his team's performances week to week. Those who know him around the facility appreciate that about him. He doesn't dig out obscure statistics to cloud the obvious.
But whether that will keep him here another season remains unclear.
"I don't know anything about playing for his job and stuff like that," DeOssie said. "But I'll play for him as hard as I can no matter what the circumstances because that's the kind of guy he is. You deal with so many coaches on every level, but he's one of the guys you want to show up for and you want to play for."


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Blood Orange Tres Leches Cupcakes
- Total Time: 45 mins
- Hands-on Time: 20 mins
- Makes: 12 servings
A citrusy take on traditional tres leches cupcakes with fresh blood orange juice and organic ground cardamom.
featured ingredient:
- 1 teaspoon Frontier Vanilla Extract 2 fl. oz.
- 1/2 teaspoon Frontier Co-op Baking Soda 1 lb
- 1/2 teaspoon Frontier Co-op Baking Powder (no added aluminum) 5 lbs
- 1/4 teaspoon Frontier Fine Sea Salt 7 oz.
- 1/2 teaspoon Frontier Organic Decorticated Cardamom Seed Powder 2.08 oz.
- 1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 cups unbleached all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup evaporated milk
- 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
- 1/4 cup coconut milk
- 1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon blood orange juice
- 2 teaspoons blood orange zest, plus more for garnish
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
1. In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine butter and sugar. Beat on medium until well combined.
2. Turn mixer speed to low and add eggs and vanilla. Beat, scraping down the sides. Add in baking soda, baking powder, salt and cardamom. Add flour and buttermilk, continuing to mix on low until batter is just combined.
3. Heat oven to 375 degrees and line a cupcake tin with 12 liners. 4. Divide batter into papers and bake for 22 to 25 minutes. Cupcakes should be golden and spring back when lightly pressed.
4. While the cupcakes bake, whisk together evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, 1/4 cup blood orange juice, and blood orange zest.
5. When cupcakes are removed from the oven, poke a few holes in the top of each. Carefully pour a small amount of the milk mixture into each cupcake. Transfer cupcakes to refrigerator and let cool for 1 hour.
5. When cupcakes are cool and set, whip heavy cream until peaks start to form. Whip in powdered sugar and remaining tablespoon blood orange juice. Spread a spoonful of whipped cream on top of each cupcake and serve with a garnish of blood orange zest and sprinkle of cardamom.
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"A Cocktail of "Friends", "Ally McBeal", and "Sex and the City."- Vanity Fair
What is it that you really want out of life? Life has no master plan. Six twentysomething friends who went to college together are now living in New York trying to find themselves, through out the good and bad times.
From Kevin Williamson, the creator of Scream and "Dawson's Creek" comes a new drama that defines the new age of your coming of age.
One would say it is better than Dawson's Creek, because they are the right age to know what they are talking about. Just add a little dash of technology age around 1999, and "Wasteland" gives you one of the enjoyable/ 'guilty pleasure' shows of the 1999-2000 season.
The series was also know as "wasteLAnd", which was suppose to feature them in L.A. (hence the title), but they ditched the idea of them in L.A., and made it New York City. READ THE GUIDE WITH CAUTION!
Just to let you know that I think some of the notes might be offensive to people, so read with caution! I added notes from what I heard and what I read everywhere around 1999-2001 about the show.
Wasteland went on hiatus, where it was suppose to return on December 1999, but was pulled off the schedule and cancelled.
Come 2001, It was picked up by ShowNext, a subdivision of Showtime Networks. It ran COMMERCIAL FREE, regularly on Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. For a year durning it's run, ShowNext aired ALL episodes 5 times straight (see broadcast history below), before Shownext put it off their schedule.
Opening Theme Song:
"In Walks You" By Tim James
ABC Broadcast History
13 episodes, 10 episodes unaired
(October 1999)
Thursdays, 9:00 PM
ShowNext Broadcast History:
13 episodes
(First Run: June 2001 - August 2001)
(Second Run: September 2001 - November 2001)
(Third Run: December 2001 - February 2002)
(Fourth Run: March 2002 - May 2002)
(Fifth Run: June 2002 - August 2002)
(Sixth/Final Run: September 2002 - November 2002)
Tuesdays 10 PM;
Encore (of the following week) on Friday 12:00 AM and Saturday 9:00 PM OTHER SERIES INFORMATION:
Also Known As:"wasteLAnd" (1999) (working title)
Editor's Note: I do not take money of any kind for any copies for any episodes or other forums such as "I'm paying you for tapes, packaging, and shipping." IT IS A BIG N-O. Any emails asking me this, will not get replied, but deleted instead. I also don't do S.A.S.E or tape trading. Some interesting of Trivia about Wasteland (and "Mulholland Dr." the TV Pilot rejected by ABC and now a feature movie):
"Wasteland" took on the 9 PM time slot of Thursday Nights on ABC. ABC Execs. choose "Wasteland" over David Lynch's "Mulholland Dr.", which was suppose to be his big return to TV, which he vows never to do again. Justin Theroux one of the stars of "Mulholland Dr." was originally suppose to be in "Wasteland" decided to go with "Mulholland Dr.". "Mulholland Dr." was supposed to go up against NBC's "Friends" (8 PM Time Slot), but ABC wanted a stupid twentysomething "Friends" clone show that America would "like." Other twentylike shows durning the 1999-2000 season was WB'S "D.C.", "Jack and Jill", NBC's "Cold Feet", and FOX's "Time of Your Life". "The motto of ABC that year was that they were going to go 'young.' They gave us these wonderful shows like Wasteland with Rebecca Gayheart and things like that. That was what they wanted – they had a whole spate of shows that were "dramedies," as they were calling them, about kids with their heads up their asses." - Justin Theroux, one of the stars of "Mulholland Dr.". (Quote from Justin Theroux's Wild Side Down, Mulholland Dr.)
Life has no master plan
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|Wasteland 08
|Aired 12/2/17
|S 1 : Ep 20
|Wasteland 07
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|Wasteland 04
|Aired 12/2/17
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Spark EV gets price cut, now as low as $14,995 after tax credits in certain states
Electric cars keep getting more affordable over time. The Chevrolet Spark EV just went from a MSRP of $26,820 to $25,995. In practice, you can get a federal incentive of $7,500 and in some states, such as California and Maryland, you can get an additional state rebate ($2,500 in California, $2,300 in Maryland). On top of that, Chevrolet is offering further cash incentives: $1,000 in California, $1,200 in Maryland, and $3,500 in Oregon. This means that if you live in one of those states, you could drive away on electrons for as low as $14,995. And you also get other perks, such as access to HOV lanes in California and Maryland.
And if leasing is your thing, there's also a $139 per month "sign-and-drive" lease for a term of 39 months, with $0 due at lease signing, including security deposit but excluding tax, title, license and dealer fees. Pretty cheap, especially if you add the fuel savings, since charging up is so much cheaper than buying gasoline (GM estimates the fuel savings to be about $83 per month compared to a gas vehicle doing 24 MPG highway, and with electricity at 12 cents per kWh). For some people that's too much, for others too little, but let's just take it at face value; A $139 lease minus $83 in fuel savings. That's not a very expensive set of wheels!
The Spark EV is very energy-efficient:
119 MPG-equivalent combined, 128 MPG-equivalent city, and 109 MPGe highway. Those are impressive number, even for an electric car. For comparison, the original Nissan LEAF is only rated at 99 MPGe combined.
Driving range is estimated to be 82 miles with the EPA's methodology. For comparison, the 2013 Nissan LEAF gets 75 miles on the EPA test. The 21 kWh lithium-ion battery pack, made by A123 Systems, has a 8 years or 100,000 miles warranty.
Unfortunately, the Spark EV isn't available everywhere yet. You can find it at select Chevrolet dealers throughout California and Oregon, and select Chevrolet dealers in Maryland will have it pretty soon, beginning in mid-2015.
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Here's what's happening.
Tonkon Torp Hosts OSPF Reception
Tonkon Torp hosted the Oregon State Parks Foundation (OSPF) for their October 22 reception with new State Parks director Lisa Van Laanen. OSPF board members Jon Stride and Ryan Bledsoe attended the event.
Tonkon Torp Sponsors Equal Justice Works Dinner
On October 22, Tonkon Torp was a benefactor sponsor at the annual Equal Justice Works Dinner in Washington, DC. Summer associates Darian Hands and Stefanie Wilson attended the event.
Tonkon Torp Sponsors OBA Statesman Dinner
Tonkon Torp was a table sponsor at the annual Statesman Dinner on October 21, held by the Oregon Business Association (OBA). The sponsorship was organized by the Government Relations practice group. Drew Hagedorn attended the event and worked to fill…
Tonkon Torp's Steven Wilker Joins Classroom Law Project Board
Tonkon Torp litigator Steven Wilker has been elected to the board of directors of Oregon's Classroom Law Project, a nonprofit organization that brings civics and law-related education programs into Oregon schools.
Oregon Humanities Taps Jeff Cronn for Board of Directors
Jeffrey Cronn has been elected to the board of directors of Oregon Humanities. Cronn is a partner at Tonkon Torp LLP, where he has chaired the firm's Business Department since 2008. His legal practice emphasizes merger and acquisition (M&A…
Tonkon Torp Sponsors SCRAP Rumble
Tonkon Torp's Sustainability Committee sponsored SCRAP's Rebel Craft Rumble event on October 15. Elizabeth Goodman, a SCRAP board member, managed Tonkon's involvement with the event. SCRAP is a donation-based creative reuse store and donation center…
Tonkon Torp Sponsors OEN Dinner
On October 15, Tonkon Torp sponsored a table at the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network's (OEN) annual Tom Holce Entrepreneurship Awards Dinner. Jeff Woodcox was in charge of filling the table, and attended the event along with several Tonkon attorneys and…
Brian Booth Writers' Fund Officially Launched
Portland's Literary Arts organization has publicly announced establishment of the Brian Booth Writers' Fund, created in honor of the Tonkon Torp founding partner who was instrumental in creating the Oregon Book Awards and Fellowships.
Tonkon Torp Fundraises for Oregon Lawyers Against Hunger
On October 10, Tonkon Torp concluded its annual participation in the Oregon Lawyers Against Hunger (OLAH) fundraising campaign. Jessica Morgan, Caroline Harris Crowne, and Laura Petch organized the firm's fundraising efforts. Tonkon Torp's staff and…
Tonkon Torp Sponsors Think Out Loud/City Club Event
Tonkon Torp sponsored two tables at the debate between incumbent Governor John Kitzhaber & Republican challenger Dennis Richardson, sponsored by Think Out Loud and the Portland City Club on October 10.
Tonkon Torp Sponsors Basic Rights Oregon Gala
Tonkon Torp and the Diversity Task Force sponsored the October 10 IGNITE Gala, held by Basic Rights Oregon. Kimberlee Stafford was the lead attorney on this event and worked to fill the Tonkon Torp table.
Tonkon Torp Hosts Portland Parks Lunch
On October 7, Jeff Woodcox and Tonkon Torp hosted the Portland Parks Foundation (PPF) for a brown-bag lunch briefing to discuss the parks bond measure and PPF's activities in general.
Tonkon Torp Sponsors Portland YouthBuilders Fundraiser
Tonkon Torp was a sponsor at the October 2 Home Brew Fundraiser put on by Portland YouthBuilders (PYB). Ned Perry, a PYB board member, took a lead role in producing the event and attended along with Eric Beach, David Petersen, and Tatiana Perry.
Chris Pallanch Models for OWLS Event
Chris Pallanch was a model at the Dress for Success fashion show event held by Oregon Women Lawyers (OWLS) on October 2. Ava Schoen, Loree Devery, Robyn Aoyagi and Caroline Harris Crowne attended the event.
Albina Head Start Renames Building to Honor Owen Blank
When Owen Blank recently helped Albina Head Start (AHS) to secure a stronger financial position through a series of complex debt retirement and real estate transactions, he did it on a pro bono basis, as he has for nearly two decades. This week, AHS…
Tonkon Torp Entrepreneurial Group Hosts Panel Seminar
Tonkon Torp's Entrepreneurial Services group held a panel seminar, "I Have an Idea? Now What?", on September 30. Leon Simson brought together a panel of experienced entrepreneurs for the event and moderated the discussion on how to get from concept…
Tonkon Torp Sponsors CCA Hero Gala
Tonkon Torp was a sponsor at the Children's Cancer Association's (CCA) annual Hero Gala on September 27. Kurt Ruttum organized Tonkon's involvement with the event and attended along with his wife Joanne and several Tonkon Torp attorneys.
Tonkon Torp Sponsors Marriage Equality CLE
Tonkon Torp was a sponsor at the OSB Diversity Section CLE "Marriage Equality: Looking Back, Looking Forward" CLE on September 25. The sponsorship was organized by Tonkon's Diversity Task Force.
Tonkon Torp Sponsors "A Gathering of Good"
On September 25, Tonkon Torp sponsored Metropolitan Family Service's (MFS) annual "A Gathering of Good" dinner and fundraiser. Tonkon's participation with the event was led by Steven Wilker, Vice Chair of the MFS board of directors.
Tonkon Torp Donates to Oregon State Parks Foundation
Tonkon Torp made a donation to the Oregon State Parks Foundation (OSPF) in September. Jon Stride, an OSPF board member, organized the donation; Ryan Bledsoe is also an OSPF board member.


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It feels like I'm on an unstoppable accelerating train. I used to be able to look out the window and watch the landscape slowly pass by. Now I see only a blur.
And the only thing I know for sure is that this unstoppable accelerating train is going to run headlong into an immovable wall somewhere down the track, though I have no idea when.
If I believed this was my train's final destination, this accelerating ride would be unnerving, to say the least. But that belief strikes me as utterly absurd. It reduces our life, and existence itself, to the most absurd and painful story ever told.
We randomly pop into existence as beings who assume that reality should make sense, but in the end, it does not? We long for good to overcome evil, but in the end, there is nothing truly good or evil? We long for our lives to have significance and purpose, but in the end, they do not, for in the end, nothing does?
According to this belief, the entire cosmos is an inexplicable, pointless, momentary hiccup sandwiched between two eternities of virtual nothingness. And the sickest part of this absurd and painful story is that this hiccup somehow produced beings like us who are, at the core of our being, completely incompatible with it!
The reason we embrace various beliefs is to explain things. But this belief explains absolutely nothing. In fact, it transforms our longing for an explanation into yet another absurdity!
No, the unstoppable, wall-bound, accelerating train that each of us are on cannot be the whole story. Our longings must be pointing us beyond the wall to an ultimate destination where things finally make sense, where good has vanquished evil, and where we discover the ultimate significance and purpose of our life, and of everything.
This is why the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the Gospel story that surrounds it rings true to me. Even apart from the compelling historical reasons we have for accepting the New Testament's resurrection accounts, this story "fits" the innermost longings of our heart and mind. It makes sense our life, and of existence. It declares that good will overcome all evil. It proclaims that our lives have eternal significance and purpose.
If we truly internalize this belief, it transforms how we experience this accelerating wall-bound train ride. We are not part of the most absurd and painful story ever told. We are part of the most beautiful love story ever told! And the unstoppable acceleration of this train is not bad news; it is good news!
So as we say "goodbye" to the blur that was this last year and "hello" to the even blurrier year that is to come, I encourage us to remember, and to deeply internalize, the proclamation that Jesus Christ has risen.
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Level Help, Tips, Strategies and Video for Farm Heroes Saga Level 380 by Farm Heroes Saga Help Members and Admins.
In 13 moves are required being picked 2 spiders, 2 flowers, 6 water and 50 suns.
This is a sneaky little level. The two spiders we need to collect are hiding in the basement surrounded by their webbed crops. So you need to make a match with the webbed crops and start freeing them. Or if you find it easier, you could use shovels to break the web and free the crops, it depends on what the level layout is like. The best way to start the game is by freeing the spiders and in as least moves as possible. Then work on the flowers, making sure that you gather any higher value suns or match them up in between. Some of these moves will be next to your water to make the water jump out, but if not, you can always pat the water with a shovel when the water is near the top. You only need 6, so if you can build up the value, you only really need to remove.
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