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MyBit is developing wealth focused, ethereum-based, decentralised applications. This one, alongside a few ones, showcases some of the functionality that MyBit is targeting with its SDK. Currently, its code has been done by community members and not official team members. Thus, we want to clarify this by adding a quick banner at the bottom of this app to showcase this.
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- See the [sample design](https://www.figma.com/proto/XllTctl2NnVIEAx20M4Jn0kg/Micro-dApp-DropZone?node-id=0%3A1&viewport=1399%2C974%2C0.590898&scaling=min-zoom) for seeing the message we want to showcase at the bottom of our applications.
- Implement it as a simple React component and add it to our app.
- Showcase a preview of the site through a live URL that we can use to review it on different browsers. Surge.sh, Netlify and Now.sh have great free options.
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- Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 33, Issue 5, 1 Sep 1984, p. 911 - 917
Development and Behavior of Cultured Schistosoma mansoni Fed on Human Erythrocyte Ghosts
Schistosomula and adults of Schistosoma mansoni were grown from cercariae in cultures differing only in the treatment of the red blood cells fed to the organisms. "Pink ghosts," containing about 5% of the original hemoglobin, were produced by hemolysis in water; "white ghosts" with no detectable hemoglobin were made in 5 mM phosphate buffer, pH 8. Early growth and development were more rapid and vigorous, and pairs formed more readily when pink ghosts, rather than intact erythrocytes were fed. Schistosomula remained stunted and undeveloped when fed with white ghosts. Attempts at reconstitution of the latter by addition of hemoglobin, concentrated erythrocyte lysate, or pressure-liquefied pink ghosts did not restore growth-promoting activity. Pink ghost-fed worms, particularly paired males, attached to the dish bottom by their acetabulum and oral sucker and travelled by an active looping motion. Substrates of collagen or fibrin or a mammalian cell monolayer did not affect this behavior. Such attachment and locomotion are interpreted as instinctive migratory behavior of schistosomes.

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Parents who use their smart phones to keep tabs on their children may get some help from the Ames Community School District, which is looking to create apps for iPhone and Android devices.
Parents who use their smart phones to keep tabs on their children may get some help from the Ames Community School District, which is looking to create apps for iPhone and Android devices.
The school board is scheduled to vote Monday on the whether to enter into an agreement with Crescerance Inc., a company that creates customized mobile apps and websites for schools, according to an agenda posted online.
Ames school district technology director Karl Hehr estimates the cost of the agreement with Crescerance, which he points out was founded by educators, to be around $7,000.
The Atlanta-based company �has a track-record of being very supportive of the K-12 environment,� Hehr said in documents prepared for Monday�s school board meeting.
The board is also expected to review final revisions to a handbook of district policies for the hundreds of computer devices that will be going into the hands of students this fall, for use at school and at home.
The school board approved the $1.4 million purchase of MacBook Airs for every student at Ames High School in May, with future plans to eventually arm all students in Ames public schools with a laptop or similar device.
The handbook for the one-to-one computer initiative includes rules on everything from how often students should charge the computers, to the fines they�ll pay should the devices get damaged in their possession.
Students will also be charged a $25 deposit before receiving the computer, with a maximum deposit of $100 per family, and the money will be returned if the device is returned in satisfactory condition.
Board members are scheduled Monday to review revisions made to the handbook made by the district�s attorney.
Also on the agenda is the selection of an architect for the district�s plans to develop vacant land on 24th Street. The district wants to build a new administration building, a facilities maintenance building; high school softball and baseball fields; public restrooms; concessions and parking at the 26-acre site.
The project garnered several questions from city officials last week during a joint meeting with the Ames school board. Several city council members, and the mayor, noted the property represented precious real estate given the city�s need for more single family housing.
The district defended the project, stressing the age of the building administrators are currently housed in and the benefits the development would bring to the community, including use of a new cross country track.
The school district interviewed four design firms for the 24th Street project last week, with Haila Architecture in Ames emerging as the front-runner. The board will vote Monday on whether to award Haila the contract.
Superintendent Tim Taylor has assured city officials the district�s not rushing into anything.
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NEW YORK, Aug 20 (Reuters) - New York's journalist shield law cannot stop a Fox News reporter from being forced to testify about her anonymous sources for a story on last summer's deadly mass shooting in Colorado, a divided state appeals court ruled on Tuesday.
Reporter Jana Winter cited two unnamed law enforcement sources when she said the accused gunman, James Holmes, sent a notebook with details about his plan to a psychiatrist before the attack that killed 12 and injured dozens more at a Denver-area movie theater.
Tuesday's 3-2 decision by a New York state appeals court means Winter can be compelled to testify in the Holmes case, but not necessarily forced to divulge the sources for her story. Under Colorado's weaker shield law, however, Winter could find it difficult to assert her legal privileges as a reporter.
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of Winter that was signed by more than 40 news organizations, including Reuters.
"It's hard to say New York is such a good law when it leaves a reporter no remedy when another state wants his materials," said Gregg Leslie, the committee's legal defense director.
Winter's story appeared five days after the July 2012 shooting, for which Holmes is on trial for murder. Defense lawyers for Holmes believe authorities leaked the information to Winter in violation of a gag order and want to force her to reveal her sources so they can be sanctioned.
Winter, who is based in New York, is fighting a subpoena in both Colorado and New York compelling her to testify, saying that shield laws in those states protect her from having to name her sources.
On Monday, she made a brief court appearance in Colorado, where Arapahoe County District Court Judge William Sylvester extended the subpoena until a hearing next month on her motion to quash it.
Tuesday's ruling from the Appellate Division of the state Supreme Court in New York said that whether Winter can assert privilege to protect her sources was not relevant. It focused instead on whether she can be compelled to testify in general.
"Respondent is entitled to assert whatever privileges she deems appropriate before the Colorado District Court," Justice Darcel Clark wrote for the majority. "Compelling respondent to testify is distinguishable from compelling her to divulge the identity of her sources."
The dissenting judges, however, said that was a distinction without a difference.
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New York's shield law recognizes an "absolute" privilege for reporters' sources, Saxe said. In Colorado, a journalist can be required to reveal sources if a judge finds the interest of the party seeking the information outweighs First Amendment concerns, among other conditions.
Saxe said New York's stronger protections should be extended to Winter's case because it seems clear Judge Sylvester in Colorado will reject her privilege claim under that state's law.
Dori Ann Hanswirth, a lawyer for Winter, said she was "thrilled" that the court split 3-2, even though her side did not prevail. Under New York law, parties may appeal any 3-2 decision to the state Court of Appeals.
She reiterated that Winter will not reveal her sources under any circumstances, regardless of the outcome.
Daniel Arshack, who argued the case on behalf of Holmes, said the New York court had correctly decided the narrow issue of whether Winter can be required to appear as a witness in another state.
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When I say "keepitplayful" it is often misunderstood. Here is some insight into the movement…
When it comes time to spar, I believe that we naturally fight for the dominate position and the submission. And at all costs avoiding inferior positions where we are on the defensive and more uncomfortable.
If you watch me roll I do what I call "keepitplayful." I might work for the dominant position but as soon or before it is established I allow myself to get into an inferior position. I also allow my training partner to go for a submission and depending on how I feel I either attempt to defend the submission early, at the half way point or late. I risk being stuck in an inferior position or getting tapped out. I'm okay with this because the information that I collect from experiencing jiu-jitsu this way is different. Due to the KeepItPlayful approach I am less concerned with "winning" and instead looking to create / allow movement while observing my partners jiu-jitsu and therefore creating a greater understanding. If you allow yourself to spend time in all positions you build comfort in all positions, and if you do this, you win.
So, I guess I am very concerned with "winning" it's just that my definition of winning is being comfortable in every position.
I #KeepItPlayful 80% of my sparring #KeepItReal 20%


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About a month ago, I was given the wonderful opportunity to become the culinary coordinator for a chef internship for teens at a private school in the city. They are all levels of high school, and are all voluntarily a part of the internship based on their desire to learn to cook, and dedication to living a healthy lifestyle.
This is a phenomenal school they attend; the school specializes in accommodating the learning styles of students who are brilliant, but who also face challenges in the classroom due to learning disabilities. An internship makes these teens more skilled and more well-rounded as they get ready to enter the work force and pursue higher education.
If you follow my Facebook fan page, you may have seen pictures of food taken in a big, stainless steel, industrial style kitchen from time to time. That's when I'm working.
Now, to accommodate what I do with TDH, my full time engineering job and this– I have to be up between 4:45am and 5:15am most days. And I'll tell you– it's all SO worth it! It makes me appreciate my time even more and also forces me to be more organized about meal prepping, personal time, sleep, etc.
For the most part, I create recipes for them or pull recipes from this blog or my book, The Divine Hostess: A Guide to Cooking, Hosting, and Healthy Living. My students who claimed to be picky eaters now can boast of trying a myriad of colorful fruits and veggies, green smoothies, vegan and gluten-free baked goods, and fusion dishes.
We've made raw tacos using large collard leaves and ground walnuts as meat.
The students also enjoyed a lesson on how to supreme citrus fruit and then used those to make a delicious arugula salad with lemony vinaigrette, citrus, and fresh herbs.
Most recently, the students used my chana masala tacos recipe and then had fun arranging these tacos with cilantro, colorful cabbage, and spices.
I cannot express enough how fortunate I am to have this opportunity to share my passion with young people! I think I am learning as much as they are. Stay tuned for more updates!


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the words of Jesus from the cross still speak today
Easter 2018
finding a 'with Jesus' life • April 1, 2018 • Pastor Jack Schull
Happy Easter friends. We see examples of people in the gospel stories reaching out in faith, clinging to hope in Jesus like a lifeline…but maybe none more clearly than what we see as Jesus was finishing his mission on the cross and the 2 criminals next to him. One mocked 'til the end. One reached out at the end. Jesus' heart is always turning toward those who are turning in his direction – those looking to find HOPE in Him! His response in that moment offers us the chance to have a 'with Jesus' life. And having a 'with Jesus' life means I'll never have a "without Jesus" moment again.
It Is Finished
another statement made by Jesus on the cross...the most significant! • March 25, 2018 • Pastor Jack Schull
As we continue to look at Jesus - we realize that He accomplished WAY more than you and I can every imagine on the cross! He expressed one final phrase: "It is finished." That friends, was a declaration of victory. The Gospel of John makes explicit what all the gospels declare—the cross, the ultimate symbol of defeat got flipped that day and is now the ultimate symbol of God's victory! "Tetelestai" is the greek term that means 'it is finished' and was used in the 1st century as a term to finalize sales = 'paid in full'. That's the gospel = Jesus paid a debt we couldn't pay and he made a way, when we had no chance to find our way back to God.
we're examining another saying of Jesus from the cross • March 18, 2018 • Pastor Jack Schull
Tonight we examine this question, this cry, that Jesus utters from the cross and we see it as the deepest revelation of the "passion of the Christ." Up to this moment, Jesus has been unbelievably calm. So when he starts to shout here - this is something way beyond physical or emotional suffering. It's infinite spiritual suffering he's enduring. His cry in Matthew 27:46 is quoted from Psalm 22:1. As Jesus hangs on the cross, he's hanging on to Scripture. He's persisting through with God's plan. Psalm 22 starts in darkness, foretelling of this day (thousands of years before), but it ends with the hope that is still unfolding today! Jesus shows us we can take life's inevitable "why's" to God as our ultimate WHO. He can handle them and help us work through them.
Forgive Them
...the flow of forgiveness matters • March 11, 2018 • Pastor Bryan Lee
As we begin this series looking at the words of Jesus from the cross, we examine his first phrase: "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do." Is there a greater struggle at times, then forgiveness? Most of us are reluctant to forgive even the smallest of offense. But early on Jesus taught his followers that forgiveness matters. Here again, he models it's strength. Forgiveness is what Jesus extends. Forgiveness is what followers of Jesus do.


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In a stop-start journey on the Canadian, Lance Richardson watches a nation and nearly 4500 kilometres roll by.
After a while, the cabin window begins to resemble a cinema screen, with the wilderness outside a film projected for an audience of one. Lying in bed and rocking gently with the motion of the train, a nudge of the toe is all it takes to roll back the shutters and begin a picture show of cottonwoods and misty mountains. It is a grey day, full of mystery. There are power lines tangled in the trees, an abandoned blue boat glimpsed fleetingly on the Thompson River. "Two coyotes!" a young voice yells in the corridor, running down the length of the carriage and slamming a door.
The Canadian is a strong contender for the most famous train journey in North America. It is certainly one of the most ambitious, yet leisurely, taking four nights to cross from Vancouver to Toronto (or vice versa), a distance of 4466 kilometres. This means it does not quite bisect Canada, relaying from the Pacific coast to Lake Ontario, but meanders over five provinces and through a list of important regional centres: Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg. It even takes in a famous national park, Jasper, slinking through the Yellowhead Pass.
I have heard rumours about the Canadian for years - that the Rocky Mountains are breathtaking and vast; that the Saskatchewan prairies are flat and stultifying - but I have never spoken to anybody who has gone the whole way.
So here I am, in a small but comfortable sleeper that is vibrating like a soothing om. After engaging the carriage shower - something that should only be done with humour and a firm grasp on the soap - it is time to greet the day in the dining car.
Indeed, all days are greeted and farewelled in the dining car. We are less than 14 hours from Vancouver and it is already clear that this is the heart of the train: its gathering place and pacemaker, regulating time for everything aboard.
The loudspeaker directs passengers to the second seating of the morning, four carriages down. When I arrive, still unsteady from the constant motion, the car is abuzz with talk of an early bear sighting. The sighting, however, was by the driver and nobody else can corroborate it.
The art deco dining car features large windows that grant patrons an unimpeded view beyond the crisp white linen and sunflowers in small vases on the tables. After taking my place, I notice a farmer slide momentarily into view, nudging his cattle through an open gate. Then he's gone, replaced by fir trees with hoary limbs and peaks with snow on their shoulders like dandruff. A thin rain shatters the surface of a pond; fog lingers in dark hollows.
Sometimes the train will brush against features in the landscape, like Pyramid Falls, where water falling around a pointed piece of rock seems to drop only metres from the carriage. Other times we draw back, the world opening out on a sublime tableau of pristine nature.
"These are the Rocky Mountains," the waitress tells me, nodding at the window. "Would you like some coffee, honey?"
As a mode of travel, trains are a foil to hyperactivity. We see the land in macro, dwelling on its details. It is travel for the sake and pleasure of it. As Paul Theroux notes, "Anything is possible on a train: a great meal, a binge, a visit from card players, an intrigue, a good night's sleep, and strangers' monologues framed like Russian short stories."
Over the course of my journey I will brush up against enough short stories for a long book, including an elderly lady who abandoned retirement in Halifax to drift around the continent; and a teenage boy whose mother has recently died - "I needed some space," he says in grand understatement. But the most striking story is reserved for the railroad.
Without trains, the Canada we know today would not exist. Like its effect on the US to the south, the railway helped pull the provinces into a single country. First there was Quebec and Ontario, linked by rail to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick shortly after confederation, in 1867. Then Manitoba fell into line. British Columbia, on the west coast, was the last to come to the party, mostly because it was so far away. It took the promise of a transcontinental railway to persuade it to join - a pledge the Canadian government would probably have reconsidered had it known the problems that were coming.
To begin with, nobody could decide on an appropriate route, so difficult was the terrain; then there was a bribery scandal that triggered the sacking of the the prime minister. Funding threatened to run dry; floods caused interminable delays. Chinese workers toiled in appalling conditions, sometimes dying in explosions. And the native people were less than thrilled by this new intrusion into their domains. By the time the last stake was driven into the ground at Craigellachie, British Columbia, on November 7, 1885, the Canadian Pacific Railway was the longest in the world and a debacle that even managed to incite an armed rebellion.
For many years, the Canadian followed this original route, passing through Calgary and Regina. In 1990 it switched to the more northerly line it follows today, only rumbling over Canadian Pacific tracks near Vancouver and Toronto. Nevertheless, the rich history of the railroad is a constant presence.
After breakfast we pull into Jasper, the national park's eponymous town, an important rail stop a century ago. Once there were dozens of railroaders and their families living here, with more people making a living from steam locomotives than from tourism. This legacy remains plainly visible: filled with ski-hire stores and seasonal workers, the town huddles around its station, memorably marked by a Haida totem pole named Two Brothers.
One of the wonderful things about this journey is the ability to disembark along the way, picking up the trail when the next Canadian rolls through. Passengers can, on request, stop anywhere they want between Capreol and Winnipeg for a back-country adventure.
It is worth a delay in Jasper to see the crystal vista of stars in the world's largest dark-sky preserve; a festival celebrates it each October. And while skiing dominates the region in winter, warmer months are ripe for hikes around the strange reservoir of Medicine Lake, which spontaneously drains, or climb to the top of Old Fort Point, an exposed knob of rock sticking up from the valley floor. There is nothing but the Rockies, white spruce trees and a palpable sense of what it must have felt like to be a fur trapper here in the 19th century, making a deep, westward plunge into true wilderness, before the railroad corralled Canada into being.
Even now, the wild remains stubbornly resilient, adapting to the artefacts of modern life. Take Paula Beauchamp, a charismatic Jasper guide who shows me around Maligne Canyon. "When I was younger my father used to drive us kids out to the dump, where he'd let us out to look for grizzly bears that had learned to graze there," she tells me. "He'd stay in the car. Sometimes I think my father didn't want six kids. We all survived though."
After two nights in Jasper I return to the train, and just in time for dinner. None of the faces in the dining car are familiar, but this is part of the charm: an endless parade of new encounters. From a menu that changes daily, I order a chilli-enhanced fillet of salmon, with fresh coriander and a creamy lime dressing. "Pretend there's no price tag," says the waitress, winking. There is no price tag.
If the journey from Vancouver to Jasper is one played out on a grandiose backdrop of mountains, then what comes after is humbler, though no less impressive. The passengers shift, with fewer international tourists numbered among their ranks; the further east we go, the more French mixes in with English. And the train contracts to reflect this new composition, losing a panorama car with its glass roof.
Overnight we drift past Edmonton onto prairies. I wake to a sepia world of wide grasslands broken only by the occasional red barn. It is beautiful and stark.
Given its emptiness, however, the focus turns inwards to the train's inhabitants. A musician becomes an event, trailed through the carriages by an impromptu fan club. Wandering into the recreation car, I encounter a group of people playing bingo; a woman begs me to take a card. "Prizes," she says, pointing at a pile of postcards. "Such wonderful prizes!"
"You missed the wine tasting," the attendant whispers to me.
Indeed, with two days of almost uninterrupted transit, everybody becomes a character. There is the woman who harangues other passengers with the unsinkable good cheer of Molly Brown. There are the two Americans, like the critics from The Muppets, who make pronouncements on everything, from breakfast ("I don't know if I dislike the toast or the jam more") to Canada in general ("Trees and rocks: my kind of place").
Then the prairies give way to the Canadian Shield, characterised by pine forest, bogs and lonely lakes.
It's easy to think that the world is at capacity, but Canada, like Australia, has more empty spaces than filled ones. Skipping across the country like a stone is an intoxicating experience - the closer we come to the end of the line, the less willing I am to return to the world of people.
On my last evening on the train, I dine opposite an Australian woman who once went to work on the winter slopes of Whistler and never made it back to Melbourne. She is eating a piece of chocolate cake, framed by a halo of sunset. I ask her why she's here.
"I'm travelling," she replies, shrugging her shoulders. "I just had to go somewhere, you know? I came to Canada a few years ago ... and now I'm here. I guess I don't really know where I should go when we get to Toronto in the morning."
After four nights on the Canadian I feel exactly the same way.
Lance Richardson travelled courtesy of Tourism Alberta, VIA Rail and the Canadian Tourism Commission.
Getting there
Air Canada has a fare to Vancouver from Sydney (14hr 10min, non-stop) for about $1790 low-season return, including tax. Melbourne passengers pay about the same and fly Qantas to Sydney to connect; see aircanada.com.
By train
The Canadian operates between Vancouver and Toronto, though it can be joined at any point along the way. Straight through, the full journey takes three days and 11 hours (four nights), and leaves three times a week in both directions; multicity tickets allow passengers to plan stops. Sleeper Plus class has berths, cabins and suites, with access to showers, turn-down service and the dining car. Meals are included. Prices vary according to season, accommodation and time of booking. A one-way off-peak ticket for the entire distance costs from $C940 ($920) a person. See viarail.com.ca/canadian.
In Jasper
The only year-round resort accommodation in Jasper National Park is the historic Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge, in 240 hectares of pristine forest with cabins on the edge of a turquoise lake. Rooms from $C229 a night; see fairmont.com/jasper.
Paula Beauchamp was a park interpreter who now runs a company offering walks, bird-watching and cross-country skiing. See walksntalks.com.
Fascinating Jasper and railroad history can be found at the Jasper Yellowhead Museum and Archive, walking distance from the station. See jaspermuseum.org.
This year's Jasper Dark Sky Festival is held on October 12-14, including film screenings and astronomy presentations. See jasperdarkskyfest.com.
More information
See travelalberta.com; canada.travel.


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Objection 2: Further, Christ was no man's subject, indeed He was |King of kings and Lord of lords| (Apoc.19:16). Yet He submitted to the judgment of a man. Therefore it seems that a man may lawfully judge one that is not subject to his jurisdiction.
Objection 3: Further, according to the law [*Cap. Licet ratione, de Foro Comp.] a man is tried in this or that court according to his kind of offense. Now sometimes the defendant is not the subject of the man whose business it is to judge in that particular place, for instance when the defendant belongs to another diocese or is exempt. Therefore it seems that a man may judge one that is not his subject.
On the contrary, Gregory [*Regist. xi, epist.64] in commenting on Dt.23:25, |If thou go into thy friend's corn,| etc. says: |Thou mayest not put the sickle of judgment to the corn that is entrusted to another.|
I answer that, A judge's sentence is like a particular law regarding some particular fact. Wherefore just as a general law should have coercive power, as the Philosopher states (Ethic. x, 9), so too the sentence of a judge should have coercive power, whereby either party is compelled to comply with the judge's sentence; else the judgment would be of no effect. Now coercive power is not exercised in human affairs, save by those who hold public authority: and those who have this authority are accounted the superiors of those over whom they preside whether by ordinary or by delegated authority. Hence it is evident that no man can judge others than his subjects and this in virtue either of delegated or of ordinary authority.
Reply to Objection 1: In judging those ancients Daniel exercised an authority delegated to him by Divine instinct. This is indicated where it is said (Dan.13:45) that |the Lord raised up the . . . spirit of a young boy.|
Reply to Objection 2: In human affairs a man may submit of his own accord to the judgment of others although these be not his superiors, an example of which is when parties agree to a settlement by arbitrators. Wherefore it is necessary that the arbitrator should be upheld by a penalty, since the arbitrators through not exercising authority in the case, have not of themselves full power of coercion. Accordingly in this way did Christ of his own accord submit to human judgment: and thus too did Pope Leo [*Leo IV] submit to the judgment of the emperor [*Can. Nos si incompetenter, caus. ii, qu.7].
Reply to Objection 3: The bishop of the defendant's diocese becomes the latter's superior as regards the fault committed, even though he be exempt: unless perchance the defendant offend in a matter exempt from the bishop's authority, for instance in administering the property of an exempt monastery. But if an exempt person commits a theft, or a murder or the like, he may be justly condemned by the ordinary.


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Wednesday, May 03, 2006
Mom put her new camera to good use. Check out the pictures she took.
Jack helped out with the XMKiDs broadcast from the new roller coaster. He supplied facts about Disney World on the air and helped produce the programming. I was very proud of him.
Being in Disney World was great, and being there with my friends from work, Mindy, Kenny and Jim made it even more special.
This is Mindy, Jack and me on the new roller coaster. It is called Expedition Everest.
Jack got to meet some of the stars from the shows on the Disney channel on TV. He was very psyched and I was excited for him.
Joe LOVED the characters. He wasn't scared of them. He was very into Chip and Dale. I didn't know which was Chip and which was Dale. Joe got their autographs about 20 times. We went to the same character meals that you liked so much. Remember how frightened Jack was of the characters. Remember when Tigger chased him down.
Mom may have had the most fun of all. I think she felt good watching Jack and Joe enjoy themselves so much.
As for me, I thought it might be hard to go back to Disney World for the first time without you. It wasn't. We had a lot of fun.
I thought about you at different spots in the park where we were together on previous trips. You were very sick when we were there last, and I remembered a lot of that. I think our best trip must have been the one when we went there with Make-A-Wish. Mom met a girl today at Johns Hopkins Hospital who is going with her family to Italy through Make-A-Wish. That'll be something.
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Why not the Shelter Island Olympic Games?
Every four years the Summer Olympics gives me license to dream.
As I watch swimmer Michael Phelps, shaped like a garden trowel with flippers for feet, win another gold medal in the 200-meter butterfly, I imagine myself slicing through the water like an eel. And when the bouncy, sparkly nymph Simone Biles flies through her floor exercise like Tinkerbell, I think back to my high school gymnastics class, in which I once executed a forward roll on the balance beam flanked by my classmates who pushed me back onto the beam as I rolled heavily off.
Later I made a misstep while attempting a vault, and broke my little toe, effectively ending my gymnastics career but never my daydreams of Olympic glory.
Not even a cloud of Zika-carrying mosquitoes, polluted water and a disgraced Russian track team could stop Rio de Janeiro from throwing a great 2016 Olympics.
On Sunday the party ends and the torch is passed to Tokyo for 2020. Meanwhile, the process of choosing the host city for the 2024 Olympics will be decided next year by a vote of the 100 International Olympic Committee members from among the five cities still left in the running; Los Angeles, Rome, Paris, Budapest and Hamburg. Here's Life on the Half Shell's official bid for Shelter Island to host summer games of 2024.
Until July of 2015, Boston was on the shortlist of five cities vying for 2024 summer games. But when Bostonians failed to summon enthusiasm for the expense of hosting the Olympics, they were dropped from consideration, replaced by Los Angeles.
Los Angeles' bid for the Olympics immediately found favor with the I.O.C. since their pitch emphasizes the sustainability of their plan, which would require the construction of only one new building since they already have a "pre-enjoyed" Olympic stadium; the one they built when they hosted in 1984.
If hosting the Olympics without constructing new buildings is the measure of sustainability, what place could out-sustain Shelter Island? We manage to host 10,000 visitors every summer and we don't even have public bathrooms.
We could recruit a star-studded Olympic Organizing Committee, with two-time Olympic sailor and hometown-girl Amanda Clark, and Shelter Island 10K regulars and Olympians Joan Benoit Samuelson, Frank Shorter and Meb Keflezighi to represent us.
Cities that bid for the Olympics submit a transportation plan, and Shelter Island's would establish East and West ferries to complement the current North and South, along with an "All Hands on Deck" system; a fleet of private boats from paddleboards, to kayaks, to yachts prowling local waters and dispatched with an Uber-like app.
The Shelter Island bid would include a generous supply of athlete housing, due in large part to the complete absence of local regulations controlling short-term rentals. An Airbnb/VRBO/Town of Shelter Island marketplace would procure agreements from an estimated 95 percent of local homeowners to vacate their homes for the duration of the games, allowing the athletes to stay unsupervised and unimpeded.
Since this is pretty much what happens during a normal summer, there would be plenty of housing.
Olympic hosts are expected to outline a security plan to keep the athletes and spectators safe during the Games. Our defensive fauna would be a key part of our security plan. Operation Deerhawk would employ osprey on patrol in the skies, communicating with teams of browsing deer, to identify and repel intruders.
Any evildoer who has seen what an osprey can do to a bunker fish will know they are no match for a raptor with a six-foot wingspan and talons, especially when they have a bulls-eye rash on their back from an encounter with deer ticks.
Construction of stadiums and venues are usually part of a host-city's Olympic bid, but would we really need them? Shelter Island events are traditionally pop-up affairs: Shakespeare performed on the lawn at Sylvester Manor without the cost and fuss of building a theater; Sunset Beach volleyball played in front of an admiring crowd seated at the café across the street.
Every Bucks fan knows when you attend a sporting event on the Island, you bring your own chair.
Like all Olympic hosts, Shelter Island would face challenges. 2016 Olympic rower Megan Kalmoe claimed that she wasn't worried about polluted water in Rio, writing in her blog that she'd row through anything to represent America.
Her resolve to soldier on in spite of disgusting water could be the sort of support needed for a Shelter Island Olympic bid to prosper, since after last Wednesday's heavy rain, the waters around Shelter Island were closed for shell fishing, the summer algae blooms resulting from nitrate runoff were turning local bays the color of beet juice, and Fresh Pond was taking on the same shade of green seen in Rio's Olympic diving pool.
Organizers of the summer games are said to be considering eight new Olympic sports, including bowling. Of course the 2024 games in Shelter Island would be the ideal place to introduce the world to Olympic bowling. Kevin Lechmanski who bowled a perfect 300 game during the Shelter Island Men's Championship Tournament on April 1 could be Shelter Island's next Olympian.
Let's roll!


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19ers use of 10/20 and 25/5-6
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We had more of 19er postings on Quranology, unfortunately. This time, about the so-called '7 pairs' which they allude to being the muqataat (the mystical letters). Why on earth would God call them 7 pairs is of course, never explained. Why noy 14 sets? Anyhow….
An interesting new development (at least to me) is the use of 10/20 and 25/5-6. Here's what they say about it:
The Quran states in 10:20 and 25:4-6 that its miracle, i.e., proof of divine authorship, was destined to remain secret for a specific predetermined interim.
This is of course, patent nonsense. The Quran says nothing of the sort. My answer is as follows:
Your interpretation of 10/20 and 25/5-6 is highly suspect.
10/20: And they say, "Why is a sign not sent down to him from his Lord?" So say, "The unseen is only for Allah [to administer], so wait; indeed, I am with you among those who wait."
This aya is for the Prophet and the Prophet was told to say 'wait, i am waiting with you'. It has nothing to do with some secret miracle.
25/6: Say, , "It has been revealed by He who knows secrets within the heavens and the earth. Indeed, He is ever Forgiving and Merciful."
It says ALLAH knows the secrets. It doesnt say Quran contains secrets.
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We're delighted to announce that we have two new Makerhood directors, so here's a quick introduction.
Gabriela Szulman
Gabriela is a mixed-media artist, maker and teacher. She is an enthusiastic twitterer who also uses Facebook and Instagram regularly for her business. She has recently discovered Steller , which may well become her favourite social media platform soon.
Other things she's done along the way include working in mental health rehabilitation, setting up an import business, managing two shops and a gallery, running a ceramics studio and organising art and design fairs in semi-derelict London buildings. Gabriela attended Camberwell School of Arts in the 1990s and has lived in the local area since 2001.
Jonny Dredge
Jonny is a photographer and artist with a professional background in broadcasting and visual effects. He is part of Modern Eccentrics, a crafting and artistic collaboration created with his partner.
Jonny is an expert blogger and his preferred social media platforms include Pinterest, Flickr and Tumblr. Having originally studied car design and subsequently television systems, he has, amongst other things, taught for Apple, edited commercials and promos, worked as a freelance photographer and run bookshops.
Welcome to both Gabriela and Jonny!
If you'd like to say hello in person, come along to our November Makers' Club meeting, where they will be talking about how to succeed at social media.
What sort of person are you? Do you tweet or tumble, do you flickr or pin? There are now so many social media channels that sometimes it's difficult to know where to start… and attempting to keep a presence across them all can feel overwhelming!
This session will explore different options to help you to decide which ones are best suited to your personality, strengths and interests. We will also look at how you can use these platforms to promote your pre-Christmas sales and events, and discuss how to get the most out of your online presence.
All creatives, makers and designers are welcome.
When: Monday 7 November, 7-9pm
Where: Brixton £ Cafe, 77 Atlantic Road, London SW9 8PU
Cost: Free for members, £5 plus fee for non-members via Eventbrite


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Father's Day is a pretty big deal for our customers and families everywhere. My own father died in winter of 2015 of prostate cancer and there isn't a day when I don't think about him. A few days before he died, we had a pep talk. He told me I really had to focus on smart homes because he was starting to read about it a lot in the news and 'my little houses'. I wasn't able to give him a Good Night Lamp at the time (Canada's mobile networks are ridiculous) but as we start testing in the US for our summer delivery of lamps I'm reminded of his strength through illness and adversity. It gives me strength working through the coming months of challenges.
I'm in the US this week, speaking about my upcoming book on smart homes at a Carnegie Mellon University event in Pittsburgh. I'm also carrying a little box of electronics including the platform we're hoping to use, the brand new Arduino MKR NB 1500. We're hoping we can use it on the brand spanking new mobile networks that have been rolled out in the past months (it's called LTE CAT-M1).
I'll be testing in Pittsburgh and then sending this on to Daniel Soltis who used to work with me when I ran Tinker London, the first distributor of the Arduino (and is my technical editor on the book!). Adrien McEwen, himself the co-author of Designing the Internet of Things is acting as our CTO again and Lawrence Archard is helping build a whole new LED panel so we can get a better colour matching and we're even building in a little status light to help our customers understand when there's a network issue.
We're delivering to a handful of customers in the US in the next couple of months and I'm extremely excited to see how they get on with them. It's all so new, new mobile networks, new hardware, there's a lot to risk here, but we learnt a lot from our previous iteration so I'm really confident it'll go well. And I get that strength and determination from my dad naturally.
I wish our customers who are fathers and their fathers a great day making memories for years to come.


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The Village of Brockport, where I live, is just an hour away from the site of Father Baker's Home for Unwed Mothers in Lackawanna, NY. For as close as I live to this building, I knew little about it when I began.
This became a topic of ongoing research for my newest story, a novella, which describes a 15-year-old's experience in a home for unwed mothers during the late 1960s.
To say I'm not superstitious would be a lie, but I'm not superstitious when it comes to talking about a story while I'm writing it. In fact, I think it's a necessity. It's an important part of research–it's part of the writer's responsibility to gauge the many facets of the topic they write on. At AWP, Bret Anthony Johnston said something about it being "irresponsible" to require a student to write a story and not also require that student to conduct research while writing that story.
For research, I read The Girls Who Went Away, by Ann Fessler, conducted interviews of my own, and dug up some news articles to get public perception on this phenomenon. Young girls whisked away from their families during perhaps the most vulnerable time in their lives, only to have their own babies whisked away from them.
Part of this was the culture of the time. Parents sent their pregnant daughters away to protect them. Or to protect their families, which proved backwards and harrowing for the mothers. As treacherous as society can be for marginalized groups today, the same went for unwed mothers in the 50s-60s. I didn't quite understand this on an emotional level, this sending away of daughters, but as a mother of two boys in 2013, I can only grasp it in a far-off, detached manner. But that type of grasp is not the type of grasp a writer has to have, and it only worked until I actually started writing the scenes.
The problem was, these girls only knew part of their stories. They knew what happened to them, but what happened that made this phenomenon possible? Questions like, What did these babies cost? Where did the money go? And what they have all been asking since it happened, Why? Why? Why?
There are many shadows surrounding these homes, and I crept around in them–well, in the texts of them–while I researched. There were articles by sources that felt not quite reputable, claiming the nuns "stole" the children. And while this language is inflammatory and inciting, could it be true? The level-headed part of me wants to know why this has not become a more investigated, legitimate issue, why I can't find some source to give me information I can put stock in?
Anne Fessler's oral history of this issue brought up many emotional questions on the part of the unwed mothers. That helped quite a bit, but still, what happened as I was reading was exactly what happened as the birth mothers told their stories–the gaps frustrated the information. Sure, what the mothers endured–the shame, the guilt, the work in the nurseries, the drugging so that they would sign their just-born for release–all presented fine, but both the mothers and the readers, on different levels, have gaps to fill. This is, perhaps, the most gut-wrenching part of the story. The unknowable.
Who were these nuns? Have any stepped forward to tell their stories? How were they instructed to coerce these women into adoption? I've read few comments from nuns themselves, in old newspapers, and the potential for that has dwindled with time. I've read vague articles commending the many existing institutions for their charity, but no oral history of the nuns who counseled these young women. Maybe few of them felt they were in the business of "stealing" babies? Or was it the culture that masked this?
That's where writing comes in, in part. I imagine who my character, Sister Josephine, was. What if she wasn't completely bound to the Catholic Charity's mission? What if Sister Josephine had a secret of her own? Were there renegade sisters or nuns? Likely. Would they ever tell their stories? Not likely.
So, for me, in this story, there is the writing–there is the voice to give. What makes writing so hard–that these are potholes, the fallen bridges, the trap doors we fall into.


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I believe the unbelievable, not because it's wishful, but because it's spiritual truth. If we depend upon our own minds too much then there is no room for God to come in and adjust our limited perspectives. We do not know everything. We cannot see everything and must acknowledge our limits and depend on the All-Knowing to alter us, surprise and and leave us in awe. I repeat to myself, "I believe the unbelievable" because it is my invitation to God to show me His presence and power in days when I trust too much on the things I see around me. I believe the unbelievable because I believe in God and I believe in Life and its endless and boundless abilities and Forms. I believe the unbelievable because I am honest and believe in the Truth.


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Ryan's Butchery
Come visit the team at Ryan's Butchery to view the largest meat display in the South Burnett. Ryan's Butchery are stockists of Tasmanian grass fed lamb as well as supplying fresh reef fish from Wednesday afternoons. They are also ham and bacon specialists. With discount bulk meats, it is worth read more
Kingaroy Butchery
Kingaroy Butchery offers local beef and pork. They have a range of traditional smoked products; and you have to experience their tender stretched beef.
Busy Bee Café
Proudly serving Kingaroy and surrounds since 1920. So many memories and changes in this landmark café. Come in for a slushie this summer or try their amazing wraps for lunch. Open Hours: Mon – Wed 6.00am to 7.00pm Thur – Fri 6.00am to 7.30pm Sat – Sun 7.00am to 7.00pm
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occasions of finding oneself in the texts of others
"The writer demonstrates an inability to express ideas, feelings, thoughts and words in a coherent shape. It is impossible to gauge what this story is about, as the author fails to give his story any sense of characterization, linear progression or logical shape. There is a tendency for the writer to go off on tangents without any thought to where they might lead. ... Ultimately, there is no sense in the story as it has a complete disregard for structure." (source)


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Increasing employee productivity has long been a holy grail of business. How can executives squeeze even more out of their employees to drive profit? The answer must be employee productivity, right? That's all good and well— but how?
How about building a comprehensive social technology infrastructure? Doubtful? So are many executives. There's a wide belief that Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other platforms are all about sharing what you had for lunch and the latest "cute kitten" video. But what if it really could increase productivity? A study recently published in Harvard Business Review suggests that this is not only a real possibility, but that it can deliver significant value to an organization.
According to the McKinsey Global Institute, internal social technologies can create between $900 billion and $1.3 trillion in value annually. These numbers are based on numerous case studies and in-depth research across four industries: consumer packaged goods, consumer finance, professional services and manufacturing.
One-third of this value comes from applying social technologies to function-specific areas like product development, marketing and sales, but the real surprise is that McKinsey found that two-thirds of that value would come from using social technologies to improve collaboration and communications. Technologies such as Yammer and other tools allow for a far more efficient way of employees being able to connect to one another—even better than email. In fact, the study estimates that an organization's most important—and expensive—employees spend 28 percent of their workday answering, writing or responding to email. Of those same employees, 19 percent of their time is spent trying to track down information and only 14 percent is spent on collaborating with co-workers. If you could shift some of that "email time" to "collaboration" time, think of the benefits. Social technology can do that.
Social technologies enable companies to take conversations and data that once lived in perpetuity in individual email boxes and make them archivable and searchable in a more public realm. These once-private messages also can become enriched by comments and additions by other employees as well. Your employee in Seattle can raise a question that is ultimately answered by someone in Shanghai.
Implementation of these technologies—as with any change—starts at the top, though. A company that is willing to take a leap and take a chance needs to develop guidelines and expectations and encourage usage. If not, employees might find it more interesting to watch videos of cute babies and college football.
Has your company implemented any technologies that are driving productivity up? If so, share below!


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I used the Clean & Simple Stamping Blog FTL #144 to help with the design of my card. It has been awhile since using one of their sketches, and I remembered how much I love them! Here is my card!
"Thank You, Teacher" supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill Basics (green) & Papertrey Ink (vintage cream)
Paper/Die: October Afternoon (Cherry Hill: New Apron, Cookie Jar, Diecut Shapes)
Stamps: Lawn Fawn (Schoolhouse Backdrops, Smitty's ABCs, & Sophie's Sentiments sets)
Stamps: Lawn Fawn (Schoolhouse Backdrops, Smitty's ABCs, & Sophie's Sentiments sets)
Ink: Clearsnap (Pigment: robin's egg, cranberry, moss green) & Tsukineko (Versafine: onyx black)
Felt: Sassafras
Jewel: Doodlebug Designs
Diecut Machine: Cuttlebug by Provo Craft
Steel Die: Papertrey Ink (Spiral Notebook Page)
Instructions: Create card from green cardstock. Add a strip of block dotted paper to the top. Cut an apple paper block slightly smaller, and adhere to the front, leaving the upper right corner adhesive free. Adhere a scalloped border diecut to a striped paper block, and adhere to the front. Curl the upper right corner of the apple paper block, and adhere with a black jewel. Diecut the spiral notebook page from vintage cream cardstock, and then stamp with paper lines. Cut a banner strip from vintage cream cardstock, and stamp the paper lines to it. Stamp the sentiment to it, and then layer both items together to the card front. Add the felt apple accent to the left side of the sentiment banner to finish.
This stamp set has so many different possibilities!! I just love it!! Be sure to check out what the rest of the Lawn Fawn gals have come up with using "Schoolhouse Backdrops"!
Chan Vuong
Julie Campbell
Latisha Yoast
Lea Lawson {You are here!!}
Lynnette Kauffman
Teri Anderson
Tiffany Johnson
Julie Campbell
Latisha Yoast
Lea Lawson {You are here!!}
Lynnette Kauffman
Teri Anderson
Tiffany Johnson
And as always, there will be lots of giveaways on the Lawn Fawn blog this week!! Click on these links and follow the comment instructions for your chance!!
Until later,
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If you are a fan of gay pageantry, then you know there are many different facets of pageantry that exist in the gay and lesbian community. And with the exceptions of balls, we have filmed just about every form of pageantry. This Easter Sunday, we head to the Quality Inn Sawgrass Conference Center in Ft. Lauderdale for the 1st annual Miss International Closet Ball (a prelim of the Mr. and Miss International Inc Pageantry System). What makes Closet Balls so unique and different? In one word – transformations. If you have never seen a closet ball pageant, you are in for a treat. The presentation category is the first judged category and the contestants come out as guys – giving us masculinity in all its form. After an hour recess where we get to watch some great entertainment, the guys come back to the stage "transformed" as beautiful ladies competing in the talent category and sportswear or evening gown competition. It is amazing to watch the transformations and the OMG looks from new people in the crowd as the masculine boy who came out on stage has now transformed to a gorgeous lady.
This is the first year that the International Pageantry, Inc system will host a Closet Ball pageant in Florida and it is being brought to you by Auntea BB (better known as Alexus DMarco Braxton). Hailing from the Bahamas, Alexus knew at the age of 15 that she was born for the world of pageantry – watching every beauty pageant that would come on TV as a child. When faith and opportunity presented itself, she moved to the United States to create her drag persona and dive feet first into the world of pageantry. In 1999, Alexus created here first pageant "Florida Gold International."
After five years and armed with a wealth of knowledge on how to run a pageant, she headed back to Nassau to share her knowledge of pageantry in a city and country that frowns on female impersonation and male lead. Alexus would not be deterred as she sought out to change the mindset of Bahamian entertainers to how the USA girls compete. From how to pad your clothes to simple stuff like using stones on your outfit, the re-molding of the Bahamian mindset paid off giving the Bahama girls a fair chance of competing against USA girls.
CLOSET BALLS ARE BIG IN FLORIDA – a chance for would be stars and newcomers to test their ability to compete – so here is your chance to get involved with a preliminary pageant to a national system looking to make a major mark in the world of gay pageantry.
The pageant is scheduled for Easter Sunday April 4, 2010 at the Quality Inn Sawgrass Conference Center (1711 N. University Drive, Plantation [Ft. Lauderdale], FL 33301). Showtime is at 9:00pm. Registration is at 1:00pm at the Quality Inn hotel. Entry Fee is only $100. The prize package includes – $500 for the winner, $200 for the first runner-up, and $100 for the 2nd runner-up. This year's theme is "Men In Black…with a feminine Touch!"
Special guest include Miss International Inc, Newcomer Cha Chi Divine, Miss International 2007 and COO Vicki Valentino and Mr. International 2007 and CEO Marlowe Rainbow. For more information on the pageant, email Alexus at: email@example.com. The winner of the Miss International Closet ball pageant will also be double crowned as Miss Black International.
Click Click Expose is proud to be actively involved in the Mr. and Miss International Inc pageantry system and its prelims. We will once again be providing the DJ services and video filming for another prelim. Look for DVD information on our website in the days to come. It should be a fun and exciting pageant. Make sure you come by and say hi to me and Adrian. Enjoy!!
The Pageantry Systems International Organization, producers of the MISS INTERNATIONAL INC CLOSET BALL ®, MR AND MISS MBI INTERNATIONAL ® MISS CARIBBEAN INTERNATIONAL® MR& MISS NEWFACE® MR & MISS FLORIDA GOLD ® ALL NATIONAL SYSTEMS competitions, is an international company that advances and supports today's alterative lifestyle women and men . These women and men are savvy, goal-oriented and aware of the art of entertainment. The contestants who become part of the PAGEANTRY SYSTEM INTERNATIONAL Organization display those characteristics in their everyday lives, both as individuals who participate in the competitions to advance their careers, personal and humanitarian goals, and as women and men who seek to improve the art of entertainment through pageantry. The Pageantry Systems International Organization will be long a national and international tradition, we are redefined with new ownership, leadership and vision for the world of the 21st century.


text: Hello everyone! I hope you're all having a wonderful day! Since I'm going on holiday on Saturday I thought I'd do a little post on the things that I do to beat my nervous thoughts and feelings towards flying! I used to absolutely LOVE flying but as soon as I hit 16 it just made … Continue reading Flying with Anxiety


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Finally we hit Nami Island aka Republic of Naminara. Looked forward to eat at the Drama Cafe on the island. We had trouble reaching there a few days ago, due to the shutdown of the old train services. A new line had in fact just opened on that day, and we did not understand the whole situation till we went to the tourist information counter. Even then, the counter was not able to print out a map of the new rail. We got a hand drawn one. We were hoping to go Nami in the old train. Can you imagine, we missed it by just a single day?? Such luck!!
Anyway, day 8, we took the new train system to Gapyeong Station. It was like only the 2nd or 3rd day in operation. Everything fresh and sterile.
Walk out of Gapyeong station, there will be a line of waiting cab and just say,"Nami Island Ferry Terminal".
Bought "a VISA" to enter Nami Island. It was basically a ferry ticket, but as Nami Island prides itself as a Republic, they have their own passport and you will need "a VISA" to enter. I was wondering if the current UN president had a role in this, but this island was around even before his appointment.
Marketing itself as a UN ambassador or UNICEF of some sort, the global UN spirit is all around, the ferry that took us there was also full with an array of international flags.
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The Kimchi pancake. Egg, onion, cabbage, vege and kimchi.
Animals seem to roam freely here. Absolutely lovely. Pretty chicken.


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MadiDrop Ceramic Water Purification Disks
Filters are a convenient, inexpensive way to purify water in developing countries. But a University of Virginia-based nonprofit humanitarian organization called PureMadi -- "Madi" is the Tshivenda South African word for "water" -- has come up with an additional easy-to-use technology that can purify a container of water simply by being immersed in it [source: Samarrai]. The MadiDrop is a small ceramic disk, about the size of a hamburger patty, which contains microbe-killing silver or copper nanoparticles. Nanoparticles are basically really, really tiny objects specially designed by scientists to behave as a single unit [sources: Samarrai, Mandal].
The MadiDrop is cheaper, easier to use, and easier to transport than the larger ceramic flowerpot filters (pictured on the first page) that PureMadi already is making in an African factory, according to James Smith, a civil and environmental engineer who is one of the project's leaders. The one downside, again, is that the MadiDrop doesn't remove suspended particles that make water cloudy. So ideally, users will put water through a two-step purification process, by first using the flowerpot filter to get rid of sediment and then eradicating the microbes with MediDrop [source: Samarrai].


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On Tuesday, school officials at Benson High School in Portland, Oregon removed 11-year veteran teacher Bill Diss from the classroom on and placed him on paid leave, reports The Oregonian.
The reason that Diss is getting dissed? To hear the math teacher tell it, school officials have singled him out because he is a devout Roman Catholic with a reputation for declaring his staunchly pro-life views.
Diss recently attempted to prevent two Planned Parenthood representatives from making a presentation to his class because, he said, they didn't have suitable identification. They were at the school to play a role in a voluntary sex education course, according to local NBC affiliate KGW.
Apparently, the agents from Planned Parenthood were at Benson High because Planned Parenthood is one of the partners of the district's Teen Outreach Program, which aims to prevent teen pregnancy as well as illegal drug use and dropping out.
Planned Parenthood's participation is funded by a federal Department of Health and Human Services grant, notes The Oregonian.
Diss, who told KGW that he is "very much against contraceptive acts," believes that incident was the final straw in a series of incidents.
"I certainly fight Planned Parenthood, which I certainly have a right to do," Diss told the station. "And that was all on the outside, until this year when they brought Planned Parenthood in there."
"It is much more important for the school to have Planned Parenthood at Benson than it is to have a teacher teach computer science and math," he added.
This incident isn't Diss's first suspension-related rodeo, though. He told The Oregonian he has endured two suspensions just this year. The exact causes of those suspensions are not entirely clear, though they seem to be related to Diss's outspokenness.
One letter Diss received from the Portland Public Schools cites "unprofessional, intimidating and/or harassing behavior."
In December, Diss was one of the organizers of a large group protesting Planned Parenthood involvement in the Teen Outreach Program at a school board meeting.
"This is a chance to get healed so that filth doesn't have to be handed to other people," Diss explained at that time, according to The Oregonian.
District officials have also accused Diss of inappropriately talking about premarital sex, sexual purity, abortion and religion in his math and computer science classes — and in study halls.
"(Students) also quoted you as saying, 'they would end up on 82nd (Avenue) and that they kill over a million babies every three years,'" read a letter the district (and Benson High's principal) sent to Diss.
In the Portland area, 82nd Avenue is a hub for prostitution.
Diss told The Oregonian he has talked about Planned Parenthood and his religious beliefs in class. He said he was misquoted concerning 82nd Avenue.
School district officials have advised Diss, he says, that his contract will not be renewed for the school year beginning in 2014.
Students who have previously had Diss as a teacher told KGW that he has spoken about his anti-abortion views at school.
"He doesn't do it a lot, but students do make fun of him for … being against it and everything," said junior Ty'sha Harrell.
Harrell and a friend, Pharoah Dawan'fluker, suggested that part of the problem is that students enjoy provoking Diss into digressions about his views.
The Portland Public School District issued a short, boilerplate statement touching on privacy, freedom of speech and professionalism.
Diss says he expects Superintendent Carole Smith to issue a recommendation for his firing soon. In the mean time, he has lawyered up and says he will fight any attempt to fire him. He also says he will file a union grievance.


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2014 Kurt Schork Awards: Final Call for Entries
The deadline for submissions for this year's Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism is just one month away.
Established in 2002, the awards honour American freelance journalist Kurt Schork, who was killed in 2000 while on assignment for Reuters in Sierra Leone. The awards recognise the work of reporters who seek to illuminate the human condition through courageous reporting of conflict, corruption, human rights transgressions and other key issues.
The annual awards are in two categories. The first recognises the often unacknowledged work of local reporters in developing nations or countries in transition who write about events in their homeland. The second is for freelance journalists who travel to the world's news hotspots, often at great personal risk and little protection, to witness and report the impact and consequences of major events.
The award in each category is $5000, which this year will be presented in London on Thursday, October 30.
Entrants must submit three articles each – published between June 1, 2013 and May 31, this year in print or online.
Judges expect high-calibre writing and evidence of special determination and courage in obtaining the story. Since 2009, the awards ceremony has been hosted by the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
The deadline for entries is midnight (GMT) on Saturday, May 31. Further details about eligibility, entry criteria, and the online entry form are on the KSMF website at: www.ksmfund.org.
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Creamy cucumber salad is the side dish you should be making and bring to your next potluck. This dish is a lighter, lower carb alternative to potato salad that will compliment any barbecue. Cucumbers are definitely in season, so this is a great use for those. This salad is creamy, cool and comforting. And not only that, this salad only has a few ingredients and it's super easy to prepare. I'm going to show you just how quick it is.
This is a great time to use that mandolin that you have that you might not use very often. This way you can get nice, thin, even slices of cucumber. Today, I'm just gonna use an English cucumber, but this will work with any cucumber. But if you don't have a mandolin, don't worry, you can just thinly slice it with your knife. You still get that comforting, creamy flavor from potato salad, but without all those carbs and everybody's into that.
Next, you're going to use a thinly sliced sweet onion, which are also in season during the summer. This will add great flavor to the salad. You can slice this on your mandolin or use a knife. This salad is easy, but it does take a minute because this next step is pretty crucial. Next, we just add our cucumber and sweet onion to a colander and add a little bit of salt. The salt is going to help draw out all the water. Then we're going to pat it dry later. Getting all the water out beforehand is going to keep your dressing from getting watery later.
We're going to let this sit for about an hour and you can toss it in between to be sure all that water draws out. Well, lucky for you, I've already done one. So, they've been soaking for about an hour just with a little bit of salt and you can see in here all the water that has just dripped out. Nobody wants watery salad. So, I'm also going to pat these dry on some paper towel. While those dry up a little bit, let me show you how easy this dressing is to make.
It's just a little bit of sour cream. You can also use Greek yogurt, if you want more of that tzatziki flair. A little bit of rice vinegar, fresh dill, of course, and chives, and a little more salt. That's it. Then we're gonna add our cucumbers and toss.
I feel like I'm always looking for something different that's not the typical potato salad or cole slaw to bring to a barbecue or a friend's house or whatever, and this is the perfect dish. It's just that easy. Now we're going to serve it up, just pour it into a serving bowl. Not only is this a great side dish, but it's perfect to just keep it in your fridge for snacking. We'll garnish with a little more fresh dill, and of course some black pepper. That's it. This is the dish you need to make for your next party. Not only is it delicious, but it's super easy and cool as a cucumber.