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Houston Chapter of the Science & Culture Network Launches BIG with a Screening of Living Waters
This Friday night the Houston Chapter of the Science & Culture Network celebrated its public launch with a kickoff featuring a premiere screening of Living Waters: Intelligent Design in the Oceans of the Earth. Over 700 people showed up, quite an impressive turnout when you think about all the other activities that compete for our Friday nights. The premiere took place in the newly built sanctuary of Faith Bible Church in The Woodlands, TX. With a fresh design and theater-style seating, it was the perfect venue for a film screening.
Houston Chapter officer Jarrett McCleskey served as emcee, opening the evening by handing out door prizes — recently released boxed sets of Illustra Media's Design of Life series — to audience members who had driven the furthest to attend. A surprising number had traveled three to five hours, with the grand prizewinner having come from ten hours away! Clearly, Texas is hungry for intelligent design.
Lee Strobel, who has worked on previous Illustra projects, gave a warm welcome and introduction to the film, commending the tireless work of both Illustra Media and Discovery Institute (thank you!) in demonstrating the design of life, and showing how nature refutes the claims of scientific materialism.
Of course the film itself is beautiful and illuminating, as readers of Evolution News will already know. Afterward, the audience was fully engaged in the Q&A session. Philosopher of biology Dr. Paul Nelson, a Discovery Institute Fellow and featured scholar in the film, joined producer Lad Allen in offering details about the navigational skills of Pacific salmon, advice for young filmmakers, and insights on why scientists are so committed to materialist explanations for phenomena that seem so clearly to be the product of a mind.
Many in the audience hung around for close to an hour after the event to continue the conversation with Strobel, Nelson, Allen, and the Houston Chapter representatives. The lobby was abuzz as attendees discussed their favorite parts of the film. One high school student burst from the sanctuary after the event and exclaimed, "That was so cool! This is my passion!"
The book table, meanwhile, was busy as customers snatched up the new Design of Life sets. At just $22 for three films, it's a steal, and a great way to start a conversation about ID with your friends.
Bob Jefferis, Chapter president, said the group's next project will be a meeting at the end of February. If you live in the Houston area, be sure to follow this pioneer chapter of the Science & Culture Network here and subscribe to their e-newsletter for updates on upcoming meetings and more!
We wish to congratulate the Houston Chapter for putting on such an expertly organized and well-attended inaugural event. The energy that our friends in Texas bring to their efforts is truly exciting. And judging from this event, that energy is contagious.
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A man I know stopped by my cabin the other day, and I asked how he was doing. His wife had died suddenly, a few weeks earlier, and I had reason for concern. He reassured me he was doing well enough he has several close and generous, caring friends that he talks with frequently, while he reorganizes his life. I only break down every day or so, he added, this morning for instance, as I brought our grandson to school something she always loved to do. And then, after a moment, he added, Im so grateful for the 47 good years we had together; I think of those who die young, without getting those good years, and its for them that I feel sad.
This gratitude for what we have been given speaks of being deeply nourished by the events of our lives. Im concerned for those who wax nostalgic about the good old days, measuring the passing years with regret reducing what had happened to a sentimental caricature of what once was, in a well-meaning attempt to honor and idealize it. This is not what is meant by honoring our ancestors to truly honor them we invoke and appreciate their presence today, with gratitude.
There was a fable written back in the 80s by Spencer Johnson, called The Precious Present in which a young boy gradually learns from an old man, over many years, about the most special gift he can ever receive. He asks questions throughout his youth as he struggles to understand what that gift could be, guessing at one tangible treat after another. When he has grown enough to gradually begin to understand, his friend the old man dies and he finally realizes for himself the enormous gift of the present moment.
When I feel guilty over my imperfect past, he tells himself, or I am anxious over my unknown future, I do not live in the present. I experience pain. I make myself ill. And I am unhappy. My past was the present. And my future will be the present. The present moment is the only reality I ever experience. As long as I continue to stay in the present, I am happy forever, because forever is always the present.
I remember my own youth in the streets of Berkeley, and my political skepticism as I questioned the all-too-easy talk of cosmic abundance in the face of world poverty and hunger. I only gradually learned the wisdom of seeking sufficiency for myself having enough, and sharing the rest. This act of generosity and inclusion, rather than privilege and exclusion, turned my attention from that distant, shining city on the hill toward my own familiar community, close by. The pleasure of this generosity, even among the impoverished, is what heals the anguish.
In the Shurangama Sutra the Buddha likened our self-defeating dependency upon tangible evidence to comprehend the intangible meaning of life to confusing the finger that points to the moon with the moon itself. Today we might say we tend to confuse the menu, which indicates the idea of the meal by describing it in glowing terms, with the personal experience of the meal itself.
A fellow I see, who works as a sous-chef in a restaurant, tells me of the great difference between the dining room and the kitchen. Guests are often unaware of the efforts that go into preparing the meal they have ordered. It would be good, he tells me, to appreciate the gardens and the pastures that produce the ingredients of the meal eventually placed before them, and how they are brought together by many culinary skills before it is delivered to their table. Its all right there, arranged just so on their plate, ready for their nourishment.
I sometimes think this moment this now is like a meal placed before me for my nourishment. What brought this to me from many sources and by many people is right here, to nourish me. Our history all history is like what happens in the kitchen, and in the gardens and pastures of the world before that, providing the banquet that life brings to us. Its not located in the past, it is present in every meal. Our history as well is not located in the past; it is present in every moment that we live.
There is a mountain village in Mexico, where the butterflies go to winter, and where the only social structures are the Church, the community, and the family. There, death is not thought of as a severe calamity that finishes life but as a woman who holds your hand and walks beside you, from the very moment you are born until the very end. And she does not pull you forward, nor to her, and you are not to pull back, or away. It would be best to recognize the fidelity of our dark companion as wise counsel, rather than as a predatory foe.
The fires have come to our valley, as have devastations before them, and what they have brought remains here with us today. We are reminded once again that, as sure as were born, someday something difficult will happen within us, and within our life. Perhaps next time there will be a tumor, a bankruptcy, a broken heart, something and our friends will say how horrible, how unfair. But, no. All this, too, is part of who we are, and who we are is good not horrible but instead honorable. We may think sometimes we are dying, but instead we are living a depth that we thoughtlessly call death.
For, even in our dying, we are living life well.
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Why is it a cup of tea always makes you feel better?
Despite replicating the recipe, how come I can never replicate my mother's food?
Why must AutoGlass adverts use Birmingham accents? Literally the most irritating region dialect ever?
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Kettle Chips? Or Tyrrells? Or Burts?
Why do buses not offer returns that last longer than a DAY? Just like trains? Hm? Useless.
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All 'Come Dine With Me's are the same. It's true. And yet I still watch them. And they're all so entertaining!
Will 'The Simpsons' ever be better than 'Family Guy'? (No it won't).
Who the hell invented the hideousness that is Valentine's Day?! I mean come on!
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What's the deal with ageing, suit-wearing, middle class, white, male television presenters on day-time quiz shows?! Surely no one wants to see that? Or is it just me?
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tiny lambs with their mothers
a horse munching stubble
grey hair and a backpack
a telephone that croaks like a frog
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Thank you Hobbes for the poetic walk through Spring!
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Thanks, Charles.
This poem means quite a lot to me, despite its quality. It is the journey from my family home, in Cambridge, to my home with Lei, in Oxford. I have been travelling between the two a great deal over the past fortnight due to the poor health of my dear grandmother, who passed away just recently. This fragment, in Basho's "karumi" style, is very much my grandmother's "cup of tea".
Both rhetoric and photography.
My sympathy for the loss of your Grandmother. I keep reading "The Journey Home". I love it. However, I'm not familiar with Basho's "karumi" style??
Thank you, Sir W.
Charles, thanks for the words concerning my grandmother.
During his long life, Basho considered the "karumi" style to be his intended lasting legacy. It means "lightness". At best, poems in the karumi style are "like water passing over the stones on a riverbed". At worst, karumi becomes "a shopping list". I believe that my verse lies between the two, but I appreciate it for its sentimental appeal.
Perhaps those readers who have done the journey from Cambridge to Oxford will recognise some of the landmarks, too.
Enchanting: certainly leaning to the waterstream!
Thanks for sharing & more sympathy.


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The enlightened section of Sikh community were perturbed on the growing laxity of character and irreligiousness among them. A number of saintly Sikh thinkers began to assert themselves in order to restore the faith to its original purity, to revive and revitalise the Sikh way of worship, life and conduct. This reformist zeal gave birth to two reform movements known as Nirankari and Namdhari movements.
Nirankari Movement
This movement was started by Baba Dayal Das who was born in 1783 in Peshawar. He revived the purity in the Sikh form of marriage and funeral ceremonies, and discountenanced all Brahmanical superstitions associated with birth and death. He preached avoidance of intoxicants, abstinence from meat and bowing only before Guru Granth Sahib and worshipping only Nirankar the Formless Lord.
The Nirankari Sikh movement did creditable work in fighting Brahmanical autocracy which had invaded the Sikhs and pervaded their faith. But as Baba Dayal Das did not keep unshorn hair and beard, he, inspite of his excellent noble qualities, failed to observe the Khalsa Rehat and therefore could not be accepted as a leader by the Sikh community as a whole. His followers brought further deviations in the norms of Sikhism: they greeted each other with the words 'Dhann Nirankar' and they have a different flag of their own. They also have made some changes in Ardas (Sikh prayer). After the partition of India, Baba Hara Singh established a centre at Chandigarh and organised the scattered Nirankaris throughout the country. presently Baba Gurbax Singh is the leader of Nirankari sect. Because of certain deviations from the code of conduct of Khalsa, the Nirankari sect is not considered to be the main stream of the Knalsa.
To avoid any confusion it is necessary to mention that Sant Nirankari Mission or Mandal was started by seccessionist Nirankari and is not the same as Nirankari sect. The Nirankar Mandal was registered in Delhi in 1947. Its votaries do not believe in ethics of any religion and are free to eat, drink and indulge in such idulgences which are strictly prohibited by Sikhism. It is the Nirankari Mandal with which Sikhism came in an open confrontation on April l3,l978 in which thirteen devout Sikhs were killIed, giving rise to the present political religious upheavals and awakening among the sikh masses.
Namdhari Movement
The founder of the Namdhari movement was Baba Balak Singh, born in 1799 in the north-west province of Pakistan. The main aim of this movement was to revive and maintain the purity and glory of Sikhism. He took to preaching and popularising teaching of the Sikh Gurus. He used to exhort people to lead simple and pure lives and recite the Nam, earn with honost labour and give one-tenth of earnings to charity, give or take no dowry, abstain from meat, wine, and tobacco, not to seek alms and do good to all. Namdharis were out to eradicate a number of Social evils like child marriage, infanticide, sale and barter of girls and discrimination between the sexes.
Thus Namdharis or Kukas started well and did a lot of good work towards reforming the Sikh society. But with the passage of time they have drifted back into some of the Hindu practices and rituals like untouchability and havans. They also consider their leader as their Guru and do not administer Khande-ki- Pahul as ordered by the tenth Guru. They have also made some changes in Ardas. Thus they have formed themselves into a separate sect, differing in some important aspects from the mainstream of Khalsa. Therefore their leaders are not accepted as the leaders of the Khalsa Panth.
Singh Sabha Movement
As the above discussed Nirankari and Namdhari movements made only a limited impact on the Sikh people as a whole, there was need of a popular campaign to save and re-establish Sikhism thereby saving the Sikh community from being hopelessly eroded. This need was met by the Singh Sabha movement which was a mass upsurge and not just a creation of a few leaders. A society under the name of Singh Sabha was formed and its inaugural meeting was held at Manji Sahib in Amritsar on October 1, 1873. Sardar Thakar Singh Sandhawalia was its president and Giani Gian Singh its secretary. The main objectives of the Singh Sabha were to inculcate love for Sikhism among those who called themselves as Sikhs or Khalsa. It aimed at preaching the principles of the Sikh religion and to restore it to its pristine purity and glory by propagation of knowledge through religious books magazines and papers
The Singh Sabha aroused much interets among the Sikhs and a vigorous campaign was set on foot to achieve its objectives Thus even though Sri Guru Singh Sabha at Amritsar came into being in 1873 and started reformative work but due to acute differences between three of its prominer founders they could not pull on together. While Kanwar Bikram Singh was a committee reformer, Baba Khem Singh Bedi besided being wedded to reform, was keen to getting himself recognised and worshipped a Guru. Thakar Singh Sandhawalia had the Sikh spirit and zeal which sometimes colored his discretions and made him take extreme decisions which were not pragmatic in that situation. Due to the differences the activities of Singh Sabha came to almost a standstill.
About three years later Bhai Gurmukh Singh, a dynamic and energetic missionary entered the field of Panthic service and gave birth to Singh Sabha Movement. He was the greatest figure in the said movement. Sri Guru Singh Sabhas began to be founded in various places. The present name of S: Guru Singh Sabha given to various Gurdwaras all over India is the result this movement. Bhai Gurmukh Singh succeeded in 1877 in getting Punjabi recognised as a subject of study Oriental College Lahore. He was appointed as an assistant professor in the college
He brought reconciliation between the prominent leaders of Sri Guru Singh Sabha Amritsar and also founded Singh Sabha Lahore on November 12, 1879 and affliated it to Singh Sabha, Amritsar. Its preside was Diwan Buta Singh and he was its secretary.
While Amritsar Singh Sabha was dominated by Sikh chiefs and Sardars, the Lahore Singh Sabha was more democratic in character as its members were drawn from the Sikhs of all classes, including the so-called low ones. However great caution was exercised in keeping away apostates and opponents of Sikhism. In November, 1880 he started a Punjabi weekly called 'The Gurmukhi Akhbar' for propagation of Singh Sabha ideals. He himself was its proprietor and editor. Professor Gurmukh Singh, besides having a strong and dynamic personality, had a clear vision of Sikhism as conceived by the Gurus. He worked untiringly to restore Sikhism to its original state without compromising its tenets. He toured Punjab and carried the message of Singh Sabha movement to all nooks and corners of the province. As a result various Singh Sabhas were established and affiliated to Singh Sabha Lahore. In the beginning Singh Sabhas held their meeting in Gurdwaras but later Mahants and Pujaris, due to their own self-interest, did not allow Singh Sabhas to use the Gurdwaras. Therefore Singh Sabhas constructed their own Gurdwaras and had their own Granthis, Ragis and preachers to spread the message of the Khalsa with a view to restore it to its original shape
On April 11, 1880 a General Sabha was set up at Amritsar to supervise the activities of Amritsar and Lahore Singh Sabha. But later it was replaced by a new organization called Khalsa Diwan on April 11, 1883. Its office bearers were Raja Bikram Singh of Faridkot, Patron; Baba Khem Singh Bedi, President; and Professor Gurmukh Singh, Chief Secretary. With differences, Lahore Khalsa Diwan was founded as unanimously decided in the meetings of Singh Sabha. In the constitution of Lahore Khalsa Diwan due provisions were made to avoid centralization of power in the hands of president, secretary or other office bearers and a democratic set up supporting the making of decisions by majority votes was insured.
One of the major achievements of Lahore Khalsa Diwan was to take the Sikhs out of Arya-Samajist grip. Swami Daya Nand founder of the Arya Samaj came to Punjab in 1887. In the earlier days, Singh Sabha and Arya Samaj used to preach together in the presence of Guru Granth Sahib. Bhai Dit Singh was one of the great speakers and writer who worked shoulder to shoulder with Arya Samaj. But shortly afterwards Swami Daya Nand started denouncing Guru Granth Sahib, Guru Nanak Dev and attacked Sikh Gurus and Sikh religion. Such attacks by Arya Samajists greatly annoyed Bhai Jawahar Singh and Bhai Dit Singh and they broke off with the Arya Samaj. They had great dynamic personalities and had intense desire to serve the cause of Sikhism. They came under the fold of Professor Gurmukh Singh and started a newspaper in Punjabi called Khalsa Akhbar. Bhai Dit Singh wrote scores of articles, pamphlets and books and created a strong opinion in favour of Singh Sabha movement. Bhai Dit Singh worked untiringly to restore Sikhism to its pristine purity and glory.
Another person who came under influence of Professor Gurmukh Singh was Bhai Kahn Singh of Nabha who produced such great works for Sikhism as Hum Hindu Nahi, Gurmat Prabhakar, Gurmat Sudhakar and Mahan Kosh. These books articulai Sikh doctrines most clearly and helped to de-Hinduize the Sikhs. As a result the efforts of Khalsa Diwan, the Khalsa College at Amritsar was founded in 1892.
Lahore Khalsa Diwan suffered grievous losses; in 1896 occurred the death of president Sardar Atar Singh; two years later in 1898 it lost its main guide secretary Professor Gurmukh Singh; and September 1901 passed away the great scholar and writer Bhai Dit Singh.
After the death of the above dynamic leaders, only Amritsar Khalsa Diwan was left in the field to serve the cause of Sikhism. Sardar Sundar Singh Majithia took the pain to organize a new Panthic organisation under the name of Chief Khalsa Diwan which was founded on October 30, 1902. Sundar Singh Majithia was secretary and Bhai Sahib Bhai Arjan Singh was its president. The active and tirelles secretary of Chief Khalsa Diwan pursuaded a number of Singh Sabhas to join the Diwan. The main objectives of the Diwan were religious and secular education reformation and improvement of the Sikh community and representation of its needs to the Government. Sardar Sunder Singh Majithia worked hard and enthusiasticaly for the Diwan and good of the Khalsa College, whose secretary he became 1902.
Chief Khalsa Diwan also did great work in getting Sehajdharis baptised as Singhs. Sardar Sunder Singh Majithia and Harbans Singh Atari went to Sind with Parcharak Jathas. The Sindhis were won over to the Great Gurus. Many high noble families of Sindhis came into fold of Sikhism and thus Sindhis' love for Gurbani became proverbial.
The Diwan also spread the message of Sikhism in various other places like Shikarpur, Karachi, Poona, Sasaram in Bengal, Calcutta and Rangoon. Chief Khalsa Diwan thus served the Sikh Panth to a great extent through spread of secular and religious education and by bringing a socio-political awakening among the Sikhs.
Akali Movement.
The Akali Movement was another name for Gurdwara Reform Movement. It came into full swing from 1920 to 1925. Its aim was to bring reform in the working and management of Sikh Gurdwaras. Thus Akali Movement was a struggle for freedom and purification of the Sikh historical places of worship. It produced tremendous and far reaching effects on the social and religious life of the Sikhs and brought them into the political movement for freedom of the motherland. The Sikhs became the frontline fighters for India's freedom from the British Raj
The Sikh temples, its property and wealth were being misused by the Mahants and Priests of the temple. With the establishment of British rule in Punjab, the lands and property attached to the Gurdwaras were entered against the names of the Priests or Mahants. Thus Mahants considered the Gurdwara as their personal property and misused the income of Gurdwara on drinking and loose living. Bad characters flocked around them as Chelas to lead easy and immoral lives. In this way the Mahants converted these sacred places of virtue and religion to centres for immoral life.
Gurdwara Reform Movement or Akal Movement was created to free the Sikhs historic Gurdwaras from these Mahants who were supported by the British rule. The Sikhs had to give supreme sacrifices and endure untold brutalities to free to historic Gurdwaras like Tarn Taran, Nanakana Sahib and Guru-ka-Baug. In addition Sikhs had to fight for tb freedom of faith and management of the Gurdwaras against the Government in respect of Gurdwara Rakab Ganj, Darbar Sahib, Amritsar, and Gurdwara Jeto. In this movement the Sikhs faced with great calm and courage the cruelties and death inflicted on them by the British Government and the Mahants, supported by the Britishers.
Eventually the Gurdwara Reform Act was passed in July 1925 which placed all Gurdwaras in Punjab under Panthic control This control was to be exercised through elected Panthic bodies viz., Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandak Committee and local Gurdwara Committees. Thus holy places were rid of the corrupt elements and practices and their income could be used for propagation of the Sikh faith and good of the community
Leadership Evaluation
During the period from 1850 to 1925 covered in the foregoing discussion, we find that the leaders who started Nirankari and Namdhari Movements did not practice in pure form the Khalsa Rehat Maryada. Even though they brought reform in Sikhism by fighting and checking the ingress of influence and practices of Hinduism and Brahminism into Sikhism. Gurmukh Singh, who was a spiritualy oriented intellectual imbued with the spirit, dynamism and zeal of pure Khalsa is an example of an ideal Sikh leader at Panthic level in the modern times.
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A group of Afghan pilots and door gunners this month completed their training for UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters in southern Kandahar province.
They received their graduation certificates during a ceremony which was attended by Air Force Commander Gen. Abdul Fahim Ramin, Kandahar Air Brigade Commander Gen. Abdul Raziq Shirzai as well as foreign partners, trainers and officers.
The majority of the 11 pilots had successfully completed a UH-60 Aircraft Qualification Training in a two-month course and then transited to a Mission Qualification Course at Kandahar, according to a report on Resolute Support website.
Many of them already had previous experience with Mi-17 helicopters. Trainings were provided by American contract instructors and overseen and managed by advisors from various Resolute Support member states.
They comprise currently of a mix of US Army, US Air Force, Australian Army and Swedish Air Force. Those same coalition advisors fly with and instruct the Afghan Air Force crews on mission tactics after they graduate from training.
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The evening of 19 May 2016 saw RSC Belgium's last lecture before our normal break for the summer months with a good audience of RSC members and friends enjoying a talk on the 'Conservation of Historical Artefacts' from Dr. Rob Janaway of Bradford University. The venue for the talk was Rubens Hall at the British School of Brussels (BSB) and Dr Janaway explored the various scientific methods available to preserve and restore ancient artefacts retrieved from archaeological excavations around the world.
Rob Janaway explained the various processes that result in the differential decay and preservation of artefacts buried in the soil and also underwater. He then described how, once these materials have been excavated, the various scientific methods that are available to preserve and restore ancient artefacts retrieved from archaeological excavations around the world are used. His talk included case studies of both ancient artefacts and more recent material associated with World War 1 battlefields in Belgium.
Rob (pictured above) is Lecturer in Archaeological Sciences and has more than 35 years' experience of Archaeology in both the field and the laboratory. He originally qualified in Archaeological Conservation and specialised in the relationship between materials degradation and their depositional environments.
He has worked on a range archaeological sites including, peat bogs, desert sites, and deep stratified urban deposits. He is a specialist on the taphonomy (the study of decaying organisms over time and how they may become fossilised) and has worked on material from cemeteries, crypts and mausoleums.
He has been involved in taphonomy and conservation of material studies for items from WWI sites in Flanders and he is deeply involved in research on the relationship between soil chemistry, land use and the survival of vulnerable metal artefacts from the medieval battlefield of Bosworth Field in Leicestershire. He has also worked on the analysis of textiles and clothing from the wreck of the Mary Rose - Henry the Eighth's flagship.
In addition to a traditional archaeological role he acts as a Forensic Archaeologist. He has worked on more than 25 criminal cases for a variety of British police forces in a variety of roles including excavator and taphonomy consultant and he has acted as an expert witness in court.
Jobs entertaining and interesting presentation led to some extended discussions after the talk.
Friday, 8 July 2016
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Did you know? The first fireworks were actually green bamboo, used by the Chinese to ward away evil spirits, explains a video by The Middletown Press. And while we like our light and color shows, the Chinese preferred loud noises (source, About.com). Most recently, these brilliant displays are lighting up the sky in celebration of America's independence. Yea America!
Fourth of July hasn't even actually rolled around yet, and already I'm having an awesome weekend. Last night, my hometown put on a great display of fireworks. A group of friends and I met up early, found a spot to put our blankets, and enjoyed some pizza while we waited for it to grow dark. Finally– at about 9:30, my town and the neighboring town began their shows. To the right was my town, Shelton, and to the left was the neighboring town, Derby. For those that aren't familiar with the area, the two places have a longstanding "competition" where they try to out-do one another. I was growing nervous because Derby was off to a beautiful start, but Shelton really kicked into gear halfway through. And beating Derby wasn't enough…we just HAD to shoot off a second finale and late fireworks for the final say ;)
But fun competitions aside, it was an enjoyable evening. The weekend is just beginning…for there will be more family and friend time, grilling, parties, and more fireworks to come!
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One of the things we think is easy to do in life is not taking responsibility for things we
do and things we fail to do. It feels quite easy to blame people and the things around us
for our unhappiness and pain in our daily lives. We sit around and wait for something to
go wrong so we can look for someone or something to push and put the blame on.
When a student scores A in a test he or she will say: "I got an A" on the other hand, if the
same student scores a D in a test he or she will say: "the teacher gave me a D". Or we say
the teacher did this or that and we had this issue or that issue; that is why we didn't
perform well.
This also happens in various work places and places of worship as well.
People are not happy about their jobs because of their co-workers and people do not
visit various places of worship because of other members. They easily point out that
other people are the cause. Taking responsibility for every aspect of your life is your
duty no one will or can do for you. That is why there are people who are lonely all the
time no matter where they find themselves because they think their happiness is
determined by people or circumstances. To be a happy or unhappy individual is your
To be happy human beings, we have to take responsibility socially; by
doing what is right and acceptable, financially; by being in control of our expenditure,
health wise; by taking care of our physical bodies and mental health as well and most
importantly, spiritually by taking into consideration our souls and minds which are the
most essential aspects of our being.
People fail to take responsibility when they know that something has gone wrong or is
going wrong or will go wrong. It is very important to be responsible because, it an
essential part of maturity and a very good sign of self-confidence. Taking responsibility
for our actions first starts in our minds, the fact that; we know we are responsible for
our lives and all the things surrounding us make us gain control over our lives, other
than thinking people or circumstances control us. Also, we will have positive attitudes
towards situations or challenges and issues as I call them rather than "problems"
because; calling problems issues, situations or challenges take away all the negative
charges surrounding issues and make you know that, you can do something about them.
When we take responsibility, we know that issues or challenges are there to teach us
something and make us stronger other than destroy or ruin us.
On the other hand, if we push blame and avoid taking responsibility deep down, we feel
and know we are not in control of our lives therefore people and circumstances
determine the success and failure of our lives and our happiness as well. Responsibility
is one essential aspect of success and if I say success am not only talking about financial
stability but peace of mind that is; freedom from fear, anger and guilt. High levels of
health and energy, loving relationships, worthy goals and ideals, feeling of selffulfilment
and financial freedom as Brian Tracy puts success under these six(6)
categories in his audio program The Psychology of Achievement. Life will become less
stressful if we take responsibility for our actions.
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I'm not sure if this is a bug or a system limitation, but it looks like only 1 geofence area will trigger an email alert for a particular user, even though I have had users clearly enter areas marked only 1 area per user will generate emails.
Also is there a way to clear last message the same way you can clear tracking info?
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Zoom leverages SAML 2.0 for single sign-on with company's user directory such as the Microsoft Active Directory.
There are 2 options to use SSO with AD:
- Option 1: Enable SAML on AD using AD FS 2.0. Please see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd727958(WS.10).aspx
- Option 2: Use cloud based SSO providers such as PingOne, Centrify, Okta, etc. Zoom is certified to work with these SSO platforms.
To configure SAML with ADFS, see configurations and sample configs:
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- https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/madrid-platform-administration/page/integrate/saml/concept/c_ADFSIntegrationWithSAML2.0.html
- https://support.ideascale.com/setup/saml-sso-with-active-directory-and-adfs-20-30


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Small Kitchen, Big Tastes / Chef-owner Dennis Leary's creative cooking thrives at tiny Canteen
Someday I want to write a book titled "The Mind of a Chef." As Michael Ruhlman did in "Soul of a Chef," I'd do case studies, and my main subject would be Dennis Leary.
The question I'd like answered is, "What makes a chef, a former Chronicle Rising Star, leave the comfortable kitchen of the high-profile Rubicon restaurant and slave seven days a week in his own 20-seat diner that's open for breakfast, lunch and dinner?"
Just about any time you walk in the door of Canteen, you'll see the slim, strawberry blond chef behind the lime-green Formica counter, moving like a whirling dervish as he whips up a sauce, sends his assistant to the cooler next door for green tomatoes for the crab salad, meticulously applies the final drizzle of caraway vinaigrette to the salmon, and artfully chops the steak tartare.
His tiny kitchen is like an artist's studio. He transforms ingredients into creations that satisfy his professional sensibilities. His only help comes from one assistant, one dishwasher and one waiter, who handle the entire dining room, including the seven-seat counter that fronts the diamond-embossed stainless steel wall and galley. Pine bookshelves top the row of wood booths opposite the counter, and Leary has created an informal lending library (the chef was an English literature major at Wheaton College). His favorite author is James Joyce, which may explain his egalitarian leanings.
Leary controls the entire dining experience, choosing what people read and what they listen to, which is why you might find heavy metal playing over the sound system in the morning, reggae at lunch and classic Beatles at night.
Although the muted gray walls, cork floors and bare filament bulbs hanging over the counter lend a modern aura, the space, in the Commodore Hotel, retains the bones of a coffee shop. At breakfast the compact menu includes an exceptional corned beef hash ($8.75) featuring generous dices of meat, potatoes and stewy onions flecked with fresh parsley, all of which serve as a nest for quivering poached eggs. A smoked salmon omelet ($7.75) has a runny center filled with cream cheese, lemon, chives and fennel; oatmeal with stewed apricots and bananas ($5) is so steamy and creamy that no additional milk or sugar is required.
Leary does all the shopping, cooking and baking; on one morning the waitress warned us, "We had a problem with the oven, so the coffee cake won't be out for another 40 minutes; you'll probably be through by the time it's done." I had wanted to try it, but it gives me something to look forward to on another morning.
The lunch menu is limited to a handful of dishes, including a soup such as artichoke ($5); asparagus topped with bacon and a poached egg ($7); chicken salad filled with juicy pieces of shredded meat and pine nuts, golden raisins and capers ($8.95); and several sandwiches, including barbecued beef on a soft roll slathered with mayonnaise ($12.95), a combination that starts out mild but packs a wallop of spice as the sweetness of the sauce dissipates.
Leary pulls out the stops for dinner, even sending out complimentary appetizers, such as a small glass of mussel broth piled with ribbons of shaved cucumber, or halibut ceviche wrapped around leaves of basil in a puddle of red pepper sauce. One time Leary made beautiful bowls from ice, so perfectly frozen that at first I thought they were art glass. In the middle he placed an oyster floating in its own juices and a mignonette. It's the type of presentation you'd expect at a place that charges three times as much.
Leary has succeeded in crafting a space where he can nourish his creative urges, often taking familiar ingredients and giving them a unique twist. Deviled crab ($9) is reminiscent of his cooking at Rubicon, where he rose through the ranks to become head chef for four years after Traci Des Jardins left. He binds the generous flakes of seafood with lemon, mustard and a touch of mayonnaise, molding it into a cylinder with chunks of avocado and the fizzy essence of chopped green tomatoes, and topping the tower with hot, crispy onion rings.
Equally refreshing is Leary's vegetable vinaigrette ($7.75) with paper- thin shavings of cucumber, asparagus, purple artichokes and other vegetables set on a pool of green pea puree and topped with a verjus sorbet; his technique transforms the ingredients.
Another night he pulled off a similarly challenging combination in a cold cucumber soup ($7). At first the coolness masked any spiciness and the blend seemed a little thin and bland, but with each bite, the heat built, stopping just short of a full-out burn.
On dish after dish, Leary teases the taste buds to the verge of overload -- in the calamari salad ($8), he tosses perfect white rings of seafood with earthy black garbanzo beans, mint, celery leaves, piquillo peppers and pungent African chiles. The combination performs a stiletto tango across the tongue.
The four main courses continue to follow the season, with such items as a fricassee of wild mushrooms spooned over a custard-like corn-goat cheese clafouti ($16.50) perked up with sweet, earthy beets. I hadn't seen blanquette de veau ($21) on a menu for many years, but Leary gives it an extra modicum of hominess by tenting the stew -- a creamy blend of veal, whole almonds, pearl onions and purple artichokes -- with a dome of puff pastry.
On other visits the menu highlighted salmon ($18.50) topped with artichoke hearts and a mince of ham, onions and carrots so precisely cubed as to elevate the dish to haute status. The chef places the fillet on a thin veneer of onion puree that adds yet another element of interest. Another night he tops the salmon with a stew of leeks accented with caraway vinaigrette.
At other times I've also enjoyed crusty lamb spare ribs with quenelles of pureed carrots and black chickpeas ($19.50), and slow-roasted chicken slathered with a date marmalade that gives it a haunting sweetness and is accompanied by greens and meticulously cut potatoes ($16.50). You'll never know exactly what the menu will include, because Leary changes it every night, depending on what he finds at the market.
Most restaurant kitchens find it difficult to produce souffles, but a vanilla version ($7) is a staple at Canteen. Some might complain because it's served without sauce, but in many cases the sauce merely hides the flaws; when it's done right, as it is here, it's glorious in its bronzed, unadorned state.
Other desserts include homey warm stewed apricots ($6.50) surrounded by a pistachio cake with lemon cream, and two slivers of a truffle-like chocolate tart topped with chicory ice cream ($6.50).
How Leary finds the time to bake souffles, churn ice cream and pickle beets for a garnish is hard to fathom. Simply assembling the plates is labor intensive. When you observe Leary's frantic pace it's hard to criticize the sometimes too-long wait between courses.
The waiter, at least the one who was on the floor on all my visits, seems as passionate and committed as Leary. He knows every detail of the menu and has perfected many of the finer points of service without a hint of hash-house harshness.
Still, Canteen might not be for everyone. It will wow those who love the idea of "discovering" stellar food in an unusual environment, but it may put off those who think that Leary's creations are too ambitious for such a cramped, bare-bones space.
I fall into the loving-it camp, although I wonder how long he can keep up the pace and why he has such an obsession with doing it all himself.
Fortunately, as diners we don't have to understand his mind; we can simply experience the pleasure of his food.
Simple wine list gets the job done
Diners don't have to expend a lot of effort to get through the wine list at Canteen. While the food is complex and exciting, the wine selections are minimal -- one sparkling, six whites and five reds.
In a 20-seat restaurant, there's just no space to store more selections. However, chef-owner Dennis Leary, with the help of consultant Robert Renteria, has made every selection count, crafting a somewhat esoteric list of wines that you'd be hard pressed to find anywhere else.
Markups are high; bottle prices range from $25 to $37, but all the selections are available by the glass, served in the new stemless Riedel crystal. Glass prices range from $6 for the 2003 Vina Ijalba Genoli Viura, a white Rioja, to $8 for such selections as 2002 Joseph Drouhin Nero Bourgogne or 2003 Cloudline Pinot Noir from Oregon.
In addition, there's a changing selection of beers (all $6) and three dessert wines. If you bring your own wine, corkage is $10.
Canteen 817 Sutter St. (near Jones), San Francisco; (415) 928-8870. Breakfast 7-11 a.m. Monday-Friday; brunch 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday; lunch 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday-Friday; dinner 6-10 p.m. Wednesday-Friday. Beer and wine. Reservations accepted for dinner. Credit cards accepted. Difficult street parking. Overall: TWO AND A HALF STARS Food: THREE STARS Service: TWO STARS Atmosphere: TWO STARS Prices: $$ Noise Rating: THREE BELLS. Pluses: Dennis Leary has developed a very personal cuisine that belies the restaurant's moderate prices. Minuses: The surroundings are modest considering the pedigree of the food. The restaurant has only 20 seats, with seven stools at the counter.
RATINGS KEY FOUR STARS: Extraordinary THREE STARS: Excellent TWO STARS: Good ONE STAR: Fair (box): Poor. $ Inexpensive: entrees $10 and under $$ Moderate: $11-$17 $$$ Expensive: $18-$24 $$$$ Very Expensive: more than $25 Prices based on main courses. When entrees fall between these categories, the prices of appetizers help determine the dollar ratings.. ONE BELL: Pleasantly quiet (under 65 decibels) TWO BELLS: Can talk easily (65-70) THREE BELLS: Talking normally gets difficult (70-75) FOUR BELLS: Can only talk in raised voices (75-80) BOMB: Too noisy for normal conversation (80+). Chronicle critics make every attempt to remain anonymous. All meals are paid for by the Chronicle. Star ratings are based on a minimum of three visits. Ratings are updated continually based on a least one revisit.


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A "Blues Brother" I'm not....but it's fun to look like one!
( A "Sister" would be more like it!)
What was I thinking?
My boy...just trying to have fun. The surf was rough and I told him not go out past his knees!
My kids are great. They really are :)
He was playing in the sand and trying to make the best out of a "NO BODY SURFING" situation! :)
My "girl" JLB...
who wouldn't look at me for anything!
She took a nap...and she was like that even as a baby- loved to sleep on the beach :)


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Special guests from Dance Theatre Harlem and The Joffrey Ballet School teach workshops and discuss the challenges, changes and influence of African American dancers since the 1950s.
In 2015, Misty Copeland made history when she became the first African American female principle dancer with the prestigious, and historically white, American Ballet Theatre. Like with all barrier-breaking "firsts," there is a long and illustrious line of people who paved the way for this historic moment.
"Misty Copeland is amazing and has become a household name. But she is not the first black professional ballerina. Many African American women had trailblazing careers despite the racism they faced. Their accomplishments helped open the door for future dancers like Misty," said Oglebay Institute director of dance Cheryl Pompeo.
One of those women is Lorraine Graves. Graves is a former principle ballerina and current master teacher with the legendary Dance Theatre of Harlem. She has performed around the world and for American presidents Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton as well as Nelson Mandela and Mikhail Gorbachev.
OI Welcomes Special Guest Artists
Graves is a special guest at Oglebay Institute's School of Dance in Wheeling on Sunday, February 5. She will teach a ballet workshop and discuss the challenges, changes and influence of African American dancers since the 1950s.
Internationally traveled master instructor Nijawwon Matthews will join Graves in the discussion and will also teach a hip-hop workshop. Matthews is a resident teacher and choreographer for The Joffrey Ballet School in New York City. He also serves as a teacher and dancer for TOKYOtheCOMPANY.
The program takes place from 5 -8 p.m. Sunday, February 5. It is open to dance students ages 6 and up and includes both workshops and the lecture/discussion.
Community Outreach
As part of OI's community outreach program and through funding from the Hearst Foundation, groups from Laughlin Chapel, Bethlehem Apostolic Temple, Florence Crittenton and Generations of Steppaz will participate in the programs.
Pompeo organized the events to honor and reflect on African Americans dancers who have significantly impacted the American dance scene.
"Many groundbreaking artists and companies pioneered a new era of dance where black dancers could be seen as equal artists," she said.
For example, Dance Theatre of Harlem, where Graves began her career, is the oldest black classical company in continuous existence. DTH was instrumental in lowering the color bar in ballet and continues to carry the torch for racial inclusion.
"It is vital that we continue to cultivate diversity in dance, both on the stage and in the audience," Pompeo said.
For more information or to register for OI's Black History Month program, visit www.oionline.com or call 304-242-7700.


text: Thanksgiving Hostess Gift 14 November 2017 Thanksgiving, Kitchen Towels comments (0) Hey there! I have a friend who graciously serves Thanksgiving dinner each and every year. I'm thankful she likes to entertain---because it's not my forte! What I AM good at though, is making a quick and cute hostess gift to take to her! I get a kick out of funny sayings, so I had to do something with this fun "Pour Some Gravy On Me" design. I found both SVG designs (for cutting on my Silhouette Cameo) online at an Etsy shopped called BeeDoodleDigital. The designs were reasonably priced at just $3.00 each. To get a good result, I used basic black Siser Easyweed HTV (heat transfer vinyl) and I SWEAR by this teflon pressing pillow. Using the teflon pillow under the kitchen towels gives a really good seal between the towel and the heat press. A good way to describe it is that it allows the vinyl to "sink into" the towel while it's being heat pressed. I kept the temp low and pressed it at 300 for about 23 seconds. Turned out great! So I've told you where to get all the designs and supplies---I almost forgot to tell you where to get the towels! Here they are on our website: Dobby Border Kitchen Towels. I'm on the lookout for some machine embroidery designs that have the same look/flavor to them. If you know of any, let us know in the comments section! I'd like to help the machine embroiderers out there make the same project! Happy Thanksgiving everyone! ----Susan & Crew Note: This post may contain affiliate links. By clicking on them and purchasing products through my links, we receive a small commission, which goes into our company holiday party fund! :)


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Permanent Collections
Fruitlands Farmhouse
The Fruitlands Farmhouse is a National Historic Landmark built in 1826. It takes its name from the transcendentalist experiment that took place here in 1843. Led by Bronson Alcott and Charles Lane, they called this place Fruitlands because they intended to live off the "fruits of the land." Alcott brought his wife and four young daughters, including a 10 year old Louisa May Alcott. Other participants included Charles Lane and his son William, H.C Wright, Samuel Bower, Isaac Hecker, Christopher Green, Samuel Larned, Abraham Everett, Anne Page, Abraham Wood and Joseph Palmer.
At Fruitlands, the idealistic group wanted to withdraw from society, commerce, and social conventions to explore the relationship between the individual and the world. "Neither coffee, tea, molasses, nor rice tempts us beyond the bounds of indigenous production ... No animal substances neither flesh, butter, cheese, eggs, nor milk pollute our tables, nor corrupt our bodies". To sustain the fledgling community, the group planned to grow fruits, vegetables, some grains, and gather wild nuts. Over the course of the summer, they had made a good start, planting about 11 acres: 4 acres of maize, 1.5 acres of rye, 1.5 acres in oats, 1 acre in barley, 2 acres in potatoes and another 1 acre in beans, peas, melons, squashes, buckwheat and turnips (an additional area was prepared for carrots). However, by the fall the group began to shrink as their excitement waned and the realities of farming without animal labor or products became apparent. The conditions took their toll and the group officially disbanded in January 1844.
While the experiment was short-lived, its role in the transcendentalist movement and influence on a young Louisa May Alcott are undeniable. Several years later, Alcott's close friend Henry Thoreau would live out his own experiment living closer to nature at Walden. Many visitors may also recognize the Farmhouse attic as the inspiration of those now iconic scenes from Louisa May's famous book Little Women.
On Exhibit Now
The Fruitlands Farmhouse is set up like a period house with interpretive panels that describe the experiment and the transcendentalist movement. There are family friendly activities relating to journaling, art and 19th century games.
Shaker Museum
The Shaker Museum at Fruitlands was originally constructed in the Harvard Shaker Village in 1794 as an office for the Church Family. It was the point of contact for the village with, what Shakers termed, "The World."
Shakers devoted their lives to God and lived in cloistered religious farming communities. The Harvard and Shirley Shaker experience began in June of 1781 when founder, Ann Lee and a group of early Shaker leaders were invited by those communities to visit on a proselytizing journey from the first community in Watervliet, New York. They lived communally, practiced equality between the sexes, developed distinctive agricultural and manufacturing practices, and forms of worship.
At their height in about 1850, the Harvard Shakers had 150 members, and was considered the spiritual center of the Shaker world. Other Shaker communities existed in New York, elsewhere in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky. Fruitlands founder, Clara Endicott Sears was friendly with the Shakers and they came to visit Fruitlands on at least one occasion in 1914. The Harvard Shaker village closed in 1918, and the office was purchased by Miss Sears. It was moved it to its current location in 1920 and opened to the public in 1922.
On Exhibit Now
The Shaker Museum contains exhibits relating to the Harvard and Shirley Shakers, along with Shaker furnishings and materials from other communities. The interpretive focus in the building is on the 1850s and 60s, as the Harvard & Shirley Shakers struggled to remain viable communities as America society developed.
Native American Museum
The Native American Museum opened in 1928 to celebrate the history of America's indigenous people. For thousands of years, Native Americans inhabited this region and after arrowheads were found in the iris patch, Clara Endicott Sears was inspired to preserve the Native American past at Fruitlands.
The Native American collection includes over 1000 objects from New England, the Plains, Southwest, and Northwest Coast. The Museum continues to collaborate with Native American groups from all across the country to interpret this important part of America's history.
On Exhibit Now
One Thousand Generations
This exhibit tells the history of Native Americans in southern New England, developed with generous support of the Wampanoag and Nipmuck communities of Massachusetts. The display of the ancient past tries to blend the view an archaeologist has of the past 10,000 years with the way some Native people think about the past. Other exhibit sections describe the effects of colonization on Natives in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries: epidemics killed thousands, broken treaties led them to distrust the settlers, and forced enculturation like John Eliot's 'praying towns' tore them away from their traditional beliefs and homelands.
Objects and Meaning: Multiple Perspectives on Native American Art and Culture
Do objects hold meaning, or does the meaning only lie in the interpretation of the observer? This exhibit was designed as a collaborative interpretive effort to present Native American culture for several points of view: the Native perspective, the art dealer and the anthropologist. Filled with ethnographic materials from all across North America, the exhibit is organized into three regional cultural areas: Plains, Southwest, and Northwest Coast.
Art Museum
The Art Museum was created in 1939 and expanded in 1947 to highlight two distinctive artistic styles that developed in 19th century America, primitive portraits and Hudson River School landscape paintings.
With roots in European Romanticism, the Hudson River painters set about to define a distinct vision for American art. These serene and awe-inspiring vistas were intended to evoke elevated thoughts and feelings. Through their art these distinctive group of artists they celebrated the awe inspiring natural resources and a feeling of optimism present in nineteenth century America.
Fruitlands holds one of the largest collections of vernacular portraits in the country. During the nineteenth century, New Englanders became increasingly interested in the concept of self-representation through art. New England saw a rise in itinerant painters with no formal artistic training who traveled from town to town painting affordable likenesses of rural New Englanders. These primitive, or vernacular, portraits often contain symbolic clues and insights into the daily lives, values, and customs of rural New Englanders of the nineteenth century.
On Exhibit Now
Exhibits in the Art Gallery include materials from the museum's permanent collection as well as rotating shows of interest to our community, including photography and contemporary art.
The Land
The story of Fruitlands is the history of an evolving landscape. Located in rural Harvard, Massachusetts, Fruitlands has an unparalleled view across the Nashua River valley. Our 210 acre grounds are composed of varying cultural traditions and ecological habitats which tell stories about the New England past. Native Americans, Shakers,Transcendentalists, and nineteenth century artists each represent an important moment in the history of our New England landscape.
Of Fruitlands' 210 acres of land, about 150 acres are forested, while 60 are open fields. Our land management philosophy balances the needs of educational and interpretive programs, with wildlife habitats and the needs of a healthy forest. We also make land management decisions based on the historic resources located on the property. Passive recreation, people who just want to take a relaxing walk in the woods, is the last major concern we try to balance into our land management program.
When visitors explore the landscape at Fruitlands, they can find examples of the tremendous changes wrought by nature and human culture on the landscape over time. Sometimes these changes are dramatic, other times they are subtle because they happen more slowly.
On Exhibit Now
The Living Collection - Self-guided tour
Visitors to the museum can pick up a copy of the trail guide which highlights about 20 locations on the trails and provides interpretive information on the history and ecology. From glacial geology to reading the forested landscape to understand land-use history, this self-guided tour of our living collection explores the land as an evolving historical object.
Willard Farm Site
The Willard Farm is a self-guided archaeological site. Originally built in 1756, it was the homestead for Phinehas and Rebecca Willard and their descendants until the house burned down in August of 1852. A series of interpretive signs guide visitors around the site and describe the archaeological and historical evidence that has enabled us to retell some of the story of this quintessential New England family.


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Why You Should Introduce Popular Music and Songs Into the ESL Classroom
What the Research Says
A great deal of research has shown that musical and language processing occur in the same area of the brain, and there appear to be
parallels in how musical and linguistic syntax is processed. Some of this research is detailed in a report written by Lisa Trei for the Stanford News Service.
Another study, showing how music improves language-processing skills by altering the brain stem is discussed in Did Sesame Street Have It Right?, a Scientific American article written by Nikhil Swaminathan.
The Benefits of Introducing Music and Songs
Most ESL classroom music activities focus on pop song lyrics because they contain short words, a conversational tone and are often sung at a slower rate than words are spoken. Repetition of vocabulary and recurrent grammatical patterns often present in pop songs also helps the English language learner to understand and relate to popular song meanings and themes.
A further benefit of pop song lyrics is that like poetry, their meanings are fluid, and allow for individual interpretations. For the more proficient ESL learners, the introduction of more difficult songs containing advanced vocabulary and idioms can be utilized in more in-depth ESL learning activities.
Listening, Writing, and Oral Music Activities
Singing and or listening to popular songs introduces the musical elements of rhythm, stress, and intonation and how they affect the pronunciation of English in a natural and entertaining context. Moreover, students from any language background can benefit from a choral or individual reading of the lyrics of songs.
Listening and oral activities can also include having the students summarize in writing the action or theme of a song or give oral presentations about a song or musician. Having students who play a musical instrument perform musical selections for the class is also an option. Additionally, a whole class activity can have students fill out response sheets about each song presentation, answering questions about the featured themes, conveying something new they learned, and or relating their feelings about the songs they enjoyed.
There may also be a message or theme embedded in particular pop songs that the students can discuss, explain, debate, and or write about. For the adult ESL learner, possible responses may include topics comparing music in their homeland with music in the United States, thereby drawing upon the knowledge and experiences each English language learner brings to an ESL classroom.
Another popular ESL music activity is to have students cut pop song lyrics into lines and then put them in the correct order as they listen to the song. This can be done individually or in small groups.
Music can also be used in the adult English as a second language (ESL) classroom to create a learning environment; to build listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing skills; to increase vocabulary; and to expand cultural knowledge. For instance, recordings of freedom songs from the civil rights movement can be a powerful accompaniment to watching Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech on video.
Selection Criteria
- Song lyrics should be clear and loud.
- Vocabulary should be appropriate to the student's proficiency level.
- Songs should be pre-screened for potentially problematic content, such as explicit language, references to violent acts or sex, or inappropriate religious allusions.
- Student song choices should also be considered, because they may be especially motivated to learn the lyrics of one of their favorite new pop songs or an old favorite they have heard and never understood.
Finding copies of song lyrics is not difficult. Many are available on the Internet, and many recordings contain lyric sheets.
The introduction of song-based activities into an ESL classroom can provide teachers with a rich mine of information about human relations, ethics, customs, history, humor, and regional and cultural differences. And, whether the use of songs is being introduced as a means to expand word study or reinforce words already learned, the use of song- and music-related activities can provide English language learners with material that is easily understood and enjoyed.


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OTTAWA – Canada is in talks with the United Nations about donating money to a special trust fund set up for victims of sexual abuse by peacekeepers, a senior UN official revealed on Wednesday.
Atul Khare, the under-secretary-general for peacekeeping field support, wouldn't say how much Canada is looking to provide for the Trust Fund in Support of Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse.
He described it as a "very major contribution" that would be spread out over two years and help provide support and services to those who have been abused.
Khare revealed the talks during a news conference at UN headquarters in New York with Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan and Jean-Pierre Lacroix, under-secretary-general for peacekeeping operations,.
The three were commemorating the International Day of the UN Peacekeeper, which is held every year in honour of the more than 3,500 blue helmets who have been killed since 1948.
The news that Canada could contribute to the trust fund comes as the UN struggles with revelations that peacekeepers either abused or exploited the very people they were to protect in a number of countries.
Even some Canadians have been implicated; UN figures show that three Canadian police officers deployed to Haiti have been accused of sexual abuse or exploitation since 2015.
The most recent was this last March, which the UN is currently investigating, while one of the others from 2015 was sent home for what the UN termed "administrative action."
The third incident is also from 2015 and still under investigation.
The UN does not publicly identify alleged perpetrators.
Sajjan emphasized the need to reform and modernize peacekeeping during his news conference with Khare and Lacroix, as well as during an earlier speech to the International Peacekeeping Institute (IPI).
That includes increasing the role of women when it comes to planning and implementing peacekeeping operations, a message that Liberal ministers have also made at NATO.
"We in Canada feel strongly about the integration of women at all levels and in all roles in the promotion of peace and security," Sajjan said in prepared remarks to the IPI.
"We know that local conflicts and crises often affect women and girls differently and more severely than they affect other demographic groups."
But Sajjan did not specifically address the issue of sexual abuse or exploitation by peacekeepers, or whether Canada would become the sixth country to contribute to the special trust fund.
The fund currently has only about $436,000, according to the UN, with contributions from Bhutan, Cyprus, India, Japan and Norway.
The money is not given directly to the victims, a UN spokesman said, but goes to pay for services and support such as community outreach and education.
Sajjan's visit to the UN on Wednesday was largely intended to set the stage for Canada hosting a major peacekeeping summit in Vancouver in November.
It was also expected to produce some awkward questions over the Liberal government's failure, at least to this point, to make good on its promise to provide up to 600 Canadian troops for peacekeeping.
But both Khare and Lacroix kept any misgivings well hidden, as both thanked Canada for its commitment to peacekeeping, while Sajjan showed no sign the government was rethinking its earlier promise of troops.
Canadians "recognize the role peace operations play in protecting our collective security. They want Canada to engage in missions that have a meaningful impact in the lives of people most in need," he said.
"For this reason, we pledged to increase our engagement in peacekeeping and are finalizing how we can best do that."
For his part, Lacroix said Canada has "a lot to bring" to peacekeeping, "and we look forward to that."


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Angel Archers Inc
Application for beginners Course 2019
Beginners courses are held at the Angel Archers Club grounds over three (3) consecutive mornings if available (refer to course dates), each session being of 2 hours duration commencing . Classes are conducted by Aus sporting commission certified qualified Coaches / Regional Coaches (all hold valid WWCC) & equipment is supplied by the Club.
Courses are held usually on Saturdays or Sundays. But if time and availablity permits we may hold some in school holidays.
Course dates are available at the club web site (www.angelarchers.org), just click on "Club Calendar" menu. If you wish to be included in this course, please fill in this Application Form.
NOTE: Courses are limited to 20 places normally and are quickly filled, once a class is full no further entries can be done online in that class. You can contact the Beginners Co-ordinator to ask other questions about the course.
As soon as you have entered you will see your name added to the "confirmed entrants" listing for this class.
To check how many places are already taken click on the "Confirmend Entrants" listing. Once a class is full you will not be able to enter in that class and will need to book in for a later class.
Phone contact can be made on 0417 115160 ( Dawn Nelson-Furnell Coaching Co-ordinator) or email email@example.com to discuss the course, or click on contact us at the top of this form.
Once you have filled in and submitted an application, you will be contacted and you will be given the relevant course information.
On successful completion of the course you will be presented with a certificate & become eligible to apply for Club membership.
Beginners Course Vouchers: If you have a beginners course voucher from 2018 - Please click on the appropiate section to register for this course using your voucher.
Current Course Fees:
$120.00 per person : This includes equipment hire, tuition, insurance & registration fee.
NOTE: 8 years old is the minimum age for this course. (unless prior agreement made with the Head Coach)
Dates for this Beginners Course:
Saturday 1st June 9:15 - 11.30am (Please arrive at 9.15 to complete paperwork)
Sunday 2nd June 9.30am - 11.30am
Saturday 8th June 9:30 - 11:45am (11.30-11.45am - Discussion and presentation of Certificates)
We will be conducting this Course under our new shooting shelter should the weather be unkind.
Event Date:
|Saturday 1 June 2019
to Saturday 8 June 2019
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DIY fillable ornaments! SO much easier than trying to pour stuff into an empty glass ornament!
I thought up this project while brainstorming for the last craft fair! Love these little tins!
- Awl
- Hammer
- Wedding favor tins - I got these at Michael's, a pack of 30. They have round ones, too!
- Ribbon
- Candy, Handwritten Note, Confetti, Money, etc.
- Dremel (optional)
This is super simple. Follow the pictures!
Optional: Before adding your ribbon, use a dremel to smooth down the tin on the under-side of the hole. Wipe thoroughly and use compressed air to get rid of all the metal filings.
Tip: Make the hole just big enough for your ribbon. If the hole gets too big, the tin side will start to collapse.
I like these tins because the lids fit tightly. I filled some with candy and some with Pride & Prejudice book page hearts. How will you fill your ornaments?


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Rebel Wilson Jokes She Was Holding Justin Bieber's Balls During Selfie — Watch
Rebel Wilson recounted the amazing tale of her encounter with Justin Bieber at Jennifer Lopez's Vegas concert, and it's even better with some background! Let's say Rebel did something very…inappropriate! Click through to watch her explain!
Justin Bieber, 21, got quite a surprise when Rebel Wilson, 35, and Kelly Osbourne, 31, asked him out at the Jennifer Lopez premiere show in Las Vegas! Rebel confessed on The Graham Norton Show on February 12 that she was groping Justin the whole time! Click through to watch her interview!
"You got your picture taken with [Justin]," Graham Norton says to Rebel. "Yeah, we hung out all night," Rebel tells him. "Because I think most girls get their picture taken with him and are like 'aaaahhh' and be a bit pathetic. But I met him and was like 'hey, what's up?'"
"He still looks quite nervous," Graham responds. "No, he's not, that's because I was holding his balls," Rebel says." Oh my god. We are laughing so hard at this. Clearly, Rebel is joking. She can't keep a straight face while she's telling Graham her story. Fellow guest Julianne Moore is almost doubled over with laughter at this absurd statement!
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Rebel goes into a little bit of background information about her fateful meeting with Justin. Graham starts out with this question: "You and Kelly were kind of looking for love?"
"Yeah, and then we noticed that Justin Bieber was sitting two rows behind us [at the JLo concert]," Rebel says. "And we thought, you know Valentine's Day is coming up, we're both single — let's just make a play for him. Like at first we thought it'd be funny, and then it actually worked. And we sent Justin a note through our bodyguard."
Graham displays that infamous note, in which Kelly and Rebel tell Justin that he should take their hot asses out after the concert, with old school "check yes or no" boxes. "As you can see from Exhibit A, it is checked seven times, so that means seven dates," Rebel tells Graham. "And I'm thinking horse riding, or a pool party. He hasn't gotten back in touch with me. He hasn't actually gotten in touch with me about the actual date, and I should probably stop talking about it because he'll think I'm weird."
HollywoodLifers, did you crack up during Rebel's interview? Tell us in the comments!


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The Ultimate Sucker
With spring finally making a strong appearance, and the smell of summer barbecues on the horizon, this is a perfect time to think about vampires. Face it, come October we're going to be up to our jugulars in monster talk, therefore a little pontificating about the undead now is a nice change of pace. It's like that "Christmas in July" thing, but with less tinsel and more blood…
|One of my earliest memories. Thanx, Mom.
I used to nap in my carriage as a baby in our
|Good Evening
|I'm on my second copy of this printing. Wore out the first.
|Maybe it's the 'stache.
|Yes, I have this shirt. Thanx Kim!
|Various Vampiric Versions
|A fitting expression for different occasions.
|Mardulak's story is...complicated.
|Maybe it's the hair.
|Veeeery interesting, Master.
|The power of the dark side.
|Creepy Assistants: Local 101.


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Organization is always key when it comes to going through a sea of emails. You quickly read through them, respond and move on. There is just so much there. Some you don't even read and they get sent straight to your trash.
When it comes to getting emails though, you might find that a lot of them actually want a response. When you go through the emails to see who said what and what deserves a reply, do you actually reply to all of them?
Probably not.
Sign Offs for Professional Emails
When it comes to saying goodbye in a professional email, which do you think is the best way to go? Did you know that some closing statement actually get more replies than some of the others?
Yes, it does all depend on the way that you close an email on the way that the parties receiving it are going to respond to it.
Some of the more common closing statements within emails include:
- Warmly
- Best
- Take Care
- Talk Soon
- Sincerely
- Cheers
- Your initials
- No closing
There are actually good ways to close your emails out when sending them to someone. No matter the person or the matter for emailing them, when you express your gratitude to them, they're more apt to responding in a positive way back.
When closing out those emails, no matter who they are too or the content of them, make sure to close out with a thank you. Thank them for whatever it is that you send them. Even if you think it does not fit with what you're sending, when you thank them, they have a higher chance and rate of sending an email back to you.
It shows that you care about their reply. It shows that you want them to respond and that you value their time in doing so. When it comes to closing an email, it is actually quite important. So many emails go unseen and so many go ignored. Make sure yours is not one of those.
Is There a Bad Way to Close Out Your Email?
Believe it or not, there are actually bad ways that you can close out that email. When it comes to professionals and even just sending them for various other reasons, there are bad ways to close out the emails and not get a response… ever.
Make sure you're aware of these bad ways that they can be closed out, so you can make sure that you don't do it when the time comes. You're not going to want to use this if you're looking for a response.
When you end your email with best or regards, then this could mean devastating effects for your email. Not only do they rank worst, but those that end their emails in this find that they do not actually get replies back. This is something to really consider the next time you're composing your email and go to type out these two things. You probably are not going to want to put them.
Let's Talk About Managing Your Inbox
When it comes to being more organized, your inbox needs to have all the bells and whistles to keep you on top of your game. This can be done through the use of many productivity extras out there.
Mindtools is great for giving tips, tricks and even a bit of extras for you to effectively manage the inbox full of emails. They also have great productivity tools that you can use to your advantage for not only the email inbox, but for all of the work that you have to do.
Another great resource for your inbox is FollowUpThen. This is a great little tool that actually reminds you to reply back to emails that are important. No more assistant, now you have this little baby helping.
When it comes to management of your inbox, there are many tools you can use. If you use a Google related inbox, then you can definitely use all of their tools. They have ways to send emails to specific folders so that you can keep everything nice, neat and organized. Who wouldn't want that for their inbox?
Being productive, keeping the area clean and making the most of the emails you send are top ranking needs of the busy professional. Make sure you receive a reply almost every time you send something out. You want to interact, but you also want to make sure that they see that you're sincere and caring about the way that you contact them.
Thanks for your time everyone!


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From a customer . . .
My brother and I have been working with your brushes since 1988. . . We've always ordered from you the old fashioned way (checking out the catalog, making the call, and sending a check) but now the new website provides the detail we've been looking for all these years. I've always enjoyed telling folks around here that our brushes are hand made in South Dakota. Keep up the good work. Your brushes are second to none!
Steve Marchand, Marchand Company
What brush is this?
We received a photo (box on left) from a customer asking us to identify one of our paint brushes. It was a Nyangle brush. Here is what she said:
|"Attached picture of the brush, best I have ever used. I hope you can identify it, it was only used with latex paints. Thank you." Maryan.
P.S. She bought two more Nyangle brushes
Discounts for Contractors
A long-time customer recently contacted us through our website. We responded with information about our Contractor Discount program which he did not know about. He sent us this response:
Michael Kramer, The Gilders' Studio, Inc.
One of our long-time painting contractor customers recently made his first website purchase before he realized that he needed a discount code to get the contractor price. He contacted us and asked if we would reprice his order. We repriced the order, sent him a check for the difference and issued him a discount code. He sent us the following note:
"Hey Doug, thanks for doing that. I've owned several of your brushes over the years. They are the best by far. Thanks, Jorn."
Jorn Bliemann, Innovation Rennovations
If you are a painting contractor, send us an email and we will issue you your own discount code.