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FAITHFUL STEWARD – Friday February 10th 2017
Memorise: Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. 1st Corinthians 4:2
Read: Luke 12:42-48 (King James Version)
42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?
43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.
45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
47 And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
Bible in one year: John 6, Isaiah 34:15-36:3, Hymn: Sing hymn 9
Faithfulness is a basic requirement for those who want to succeed in their dealings with God. For those who desire to be great, relevant and effective in life and ministry, there is no other way around it. Today, the Church in my opinion is not in short supply of Christian workers; rather, faithful workers are scarce. God blesses beyond measure, all those who exhibit faithfulness in His service. I have always told my children in ministry that when a man of God does the work of God the way it should be done, what he or she will eat would not be a prayer point. This is because God is committed to those who are faithful in His business. He gave us this guarantee in Hebrew 6:10
"For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister."
"I will work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work."
All the gifts, talents and potential that you have been given by God are expected to be deployed for His glory. It is my prayer that as you discern, develop and deploy all that He has committed into your hands, you will not be found wanting in Jesus' Name.
Prayer Point
Father, by Your mercy, let me not receive condemnation on the day of reward.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional, written by Pastor E.A Adeboye,
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical church in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer's Ministries.
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2018 UBC Biennial Graduate Student Research Conference on Children's Literature – In the Shadows: Illuminating Monstrosity in Children's and Young Adult Literature and Culture
This year's conference will be held from Friday, May 11th to Saturday, May 12th in Buchanan A and B at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. In addition to our fourteen panels featuring over forty graduate students from around the world, we will have keynote presentations from Dr. Elaine Ostry of SUNY Plattsburgh and best-selling young adult author Rachel Hartman. Further information about the panels and schedule are attached.
To register, please visit our website. Registration for Friday includes the opportunity to attend our evening mixer event, the Monster Mash. Saturday's registration includes lunch. Student-friendly pricing is available.
For more information, please join our mailing list or follow us on Facebook and Twitter. You can also contact us at email@example.com.
History of the Graduate Student Conference
The MACL students, working with graduates students in other departments at the University of British Columbia, have planned, organized, and presented at four peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary, Graduate Student Research Conferences on Children's Literature. Presenters include graduate students across academic disciplines and creative writing from other institutions across Canada and the United States. Plenary speakers have included internationally recognized academics in the field of children's literature and authors such as Aidan Chambers, Eliza Dresang, Philip Nel, and Maria Tatar. The conference has been held every two years since 2006.
The students have created an online journal, The Journal of Graduate Research in Young People's Materials and Culture, to publish a selection of presentation papers and creative writing pieces after each conference.
Past Conferences:
Many Worlds to Walk In: Exploring Diversity in Children's Literature, Librarianship, and Education
This one-day conference was held on 30th April, 2016. The conference showcased graduate student research and creative writing that explores, questions and analyses issues surrounding the topic of diversity in children's literature. This included research on narratives that depict diversity as well as the diverse formats we use to create and share narratives. The conference welcomed Dr Naomi Hamer (University of Winnipeg) and Dr Renee Hill (Syracuse University) to UBC as keynote speakers.
Please visit the conference website for more information, including the conference program.
"I Will Be Myself": Identity in Children's and Young Adult Literature, Media and Culture was held on May 3, 2014, featuring graduate student research on issues relating to the theme of identity in various elements of children's and young adult literature. Research and creative pieces drew upon broadly interpreted themes of identity, including liminality, hybridity, Otherness or Othering, gender, and transformation. The conference keynote speaker was Dr Phillip Serrato, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at San Diego State University.
Please see the conference website for more information, including the conference program.


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The Pine Island Course at Pine View Golf Club is a 9-hole par 3 golf course in Monticello, Indiana. This 3 par layout has adequate length for a regulation course. Some holes are quite challenging and interesting, but overall it can be somewhat forgiving. There is another course at this same golf club, the Pine View Course. Online tee times may be available at Pine View Golf Club or at nearby golf courses, often at a substantial discount from the going green fees rate.
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Chroots? Jails!
Russel Coker blogs about securing a daemon using a chroot, and offsets it against SE Linux. He argues that SE Linux provides better security; no doubt.
One downside about SE Linux, however, is that it's far more difficult to configure correctly than a chroot. Setting up a chroot involves creating a directory, copying or bind mounting stuff in there, and then just using the chroot system call (either from a shell script or from a daemon). Setting up a non-standard daemon using SE Linux involves a very fine-grained process of allowing access to files and system calls that many people inexperienced with SE Linux will find too hard to do.
OTOH, he's right that it's possible to break out of a chroot, and thus a chroot system isn't totally safe.
This is why the FreeBSD developers implemented the jail system call since FreeBSD 4: basically a chroot on steroids, it implements a basic form of virtualization -- your "chroot" gets an IP address assigned, and jailed processes cannot communicate with processes outside the jail other than through TCP/IP or some other form of networking. Processes outside the jail can modify stuff inside it, of course (it remains a simple directory).
Of course, Linux doesn't have anything like the jail system call, but it's easy to set up a similar level of security using virtualization, in a way that is far easier for the uninitiated than when using SE Linux. That's not to say that jails or virtualization will give you the same level of security that SE Linux can offer (e.g., with jails or virtualization a user can still exploit a bug in a network-facing daemon to turn your machine into a zombie; SE Linux can make this impossible), but it's a different option.
Linux has Vservers which is a close replacement for FreeBSD's Jails. At the core of vserver is a super-chroot.
The vserver tools for Debian/Etch are great (once you read the docs :-).


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The first thing we do when we first tried Blood Bowl was to build a Blood Bowl Board the easier way we could think of. Thus, we searched the Internet for some printable Blood Bowl field designs, we modified the one that we like the most in order to add the scatter template, the template to know what kind of pass is being attempt and some squares to keep up the score.
The field was printed in 4 Din A3 papers and glued to a cardboard that later on we covered with Ironfix (a transparent adhesive cover that can we used for a lot of things like covering books).
To made the Blood Bowl board a folding one we made a cut with a modelling knife at the middle of the cardboard form the back leaving uncut only the cover. After we made another cut, dividing one half of the cardboard in two separate halves.
It seems that it wasn't the best of ideas to make the board a folded one because after almost two years folded without any use it doesn't open up completely so we have to put some weights around two of the borders of the field.
This was our first folded field after this one I've made two more the last one a few days ago and I think I manage two solve a lot of problems.
In the next pics you could see the unfolding of the field.


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The Amplified Serenity Prayer
God [Almighty, all loving, all knowing Redeemer]
grant [give, provide, impart to] me the serenity [peace of mind, tranquility]
to accept [willingly receive] the things I cannot [am unable to] change [alter, modify],
Behind the Kaleidoscope
Beyond the sugarcoated nuserynameled rhymes,
Wands no longer waving, castles in decline,
Past the golden carrots lemmings love to follow 'round,
Dreams of ease and riches now in pieces on the ground,
When Lucy and her diamonds are seen nowhere in the sky,
Puff the magic dragon's taking Chantix on the sly,
When Mister Rogers sends regrets he cannot be your friend
And Captain Kangaroo elopes with Mr. Moose's twin,
You may awake to find you're not in Kansas anymore,
Surrounded by the jungle's heat you hear the Lion's roar,
All these things, though good intended, serve as launching zones,
Take the leap of faith and find the Life behind the koans.
Unraveling Webs
Lurking in shadows a sadness has been,
A moody reminder, paradise lost,
A spoiler that spins thick webs of chagrin,
Bleak sepulchers stinking, "GUILTY" embossed.
And lying therein, with days passing by,
Fading remembrance of transparent skies.
While life continues, bleak baggage and all,
Around sunken anchors water still flows,
Bringing a current of hope, a call
To waken a will ensconced within woes.
Can strength be mustered, chains be breached,
Web be unraveled, surface reached?
In anticipation of life unchained
A door may appear, Heaven disguised?
Hope lives that it leads to a life unstained,
Fear grows that it harbors more joy denied.
Will freedom reward all those who explore,
Or deeper despair, deeply deplored?
To think there's a chance that Heaven will ope
Creative decay happens...
Creative decay happens...
A mammoth of the forest falls
A path for sizzling sunlight appears
Tender shoots respond, grow,
Feed on the fallen, recycling the years.
Creative grief looms...
A mountainous emotion zooms
Arresting the will
But, in the end, stilled
Perseverance crests the hill.
Creative worry calls...
Bottomless stress
Wall of despair, ball of dismay
A puzzle with pieces missing, mislaid
Much can be gained from the angst, the rune
Humbled, refocused, head bowed, heart tuned.
When You are in a Dark Place
One evening recently a dear friend and I sat talking about the fact that though she was praying and seeking God for clear direction, she seemed to receive no answer and couldn't "see" the way she was supposed to go. As I listened to her, it became clear to me (isn't it always easier to see/hear God's direction for someone else than for ourselves?) that God had her exactly where she was for a specific purpose. She was unable to see where God wanted her to go next because He had called her to hide (and rejoice!) for a season under the shadow of His wings.
Can It Be?
And can it be
The canopy of God's blessings
Extends out to me,
Even me.
And What is Man?
And what is man
That you are mindful of him?
A fleeting breath
A whispered prayer
There...and then gone.
His days are numbered,
Joys can be few,
Perhaps you are mindful of him
So that, in kind,
His mind can be full of You.
What Would Happen, God?
Just what would happen, God,
If nations turned to you,
Loved like brothers, sisters,
Did as they'd have each do?
What if greed and gain
Resigned as highest quest,
What if each bare soul
Were seen as honored guest?
The courtrooms, echoed halls,
Would close for lack of use,
The homeless, hungry, heckled,
Would slip the stalking noose.
Veritas and valor
Could once more live in schools,
Replacing pulseless pallor,
Devitalizing rules.
Kids could fall asleep at night
Knowing in the morn
Their parents, married, kept the light
Of love safe through the storm.
It's just a dream, of course, I know,
And futile as the Wind
That blows throughout the world in hope
The madness would suspend.
Wilderness Living
On God's Green Earth I must confess
I much prefer the wilderness.
Cities, structured, hustling-bustling,
Dampen deep devotional rustlings.
Resound of pebble striking stream
Would disappear in cities' screams,
Subtly shifting shadows cast
Escape the urban blare and blast.
Then there are those, though corporate bound,
Crammed and jammed in crowded aisles,
Who yet are tuned to sweeter sound
That sifts through stunted, stifling styles.
Attention theirs is caught and held,
Tendered to a higher power,
Municipalities do their best
But fail all folk in final hour.
So whether jet or Walden Pond,
When you're immersed in worried ways,
Poseidon call bids you respond,
Kneeling, join the tide that prays.
Waters soon will lap your feet


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'Hoping it will be all rain:' Highway crews on standby in Beaver Dam amid icing worries
Beaver Dam
BEAVER DAM -- The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory for Dodge, Fond du Lac and Sheboygan counties set to continue until 3 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20. The NWS said freezing rain is expected, and ice could make for slick roads.
Highway crews would get started at midnight if needed in Beaver Dam/Dodge County. On Monday night, everyone in Beaver Dam was keeping an eye on temperatures as rain fell.
"Right now, we're hoping for the weather to stay warm enough were it will all be rain," Pete Thompson with the Dodge County Highway Safety Commission said.
Peter Thompson
The FOX6 Weather Experts said temperatures could dip during the overnight hours, causing freezing rain and lots of slick spots.
"We've noted that the ice warning for Dodge County has been canceled, but we are still under an advisory for freezing rain," said Thompson.
In the event of freezing conditions, Thompson said crews would be called in after midnight.
"If you don't have to travel when it's icy, don't travel at all," Thompson said.
At Beaver Dam's City Hall Monday night, a previously-announced administrative committee meeting was canceled due to weather. A post on the city's website explained officials also pulled the plug on the meeting due to a broken elevator.
Thirsty Beaver
At the Thirsty Beaver, many were keeping a close eye on the weather.
"'I ask what is going on outside and I look at my weather app and see where it's going to hit," Mary Meyer, bartender said.
As reports of freezing rain in nearby Green Lake County started rolling in, some said they were planning on calling it an early night.
"Driving in the ice is always a concern," Mike Kane said.


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1. How to increase performance of ExtendedDataTable rendering in Richfaces 3.3boy18nj Mar 16, 2011 10:08 PM (in response to bungrudi)
Following are my tips:
1) try to use small names for id, don't let jsf generates id for,wherever possible define the id's
2) prependid should be false
3) use seam component as a factory component so that on every rerender database request is not made, only one time records are fetched.
4) use pagination to display 10 records per page
read part 1 and part 2.
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2. How to increase performance of ExtendedDataTable rendering in Richfaces 3.3ilya_shaikovsky Mar 17, 2011 4:08 AM (in response to bungrudi)
most slowdowns caused by the header menus. if it's valid option for you could try to turn off and will see performance improved.


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2019 Webinar Series – Session 4: How to Talk About MoneyApril 10, 2019 11:00 am (PST) - April 10, 2019 11:00 am (PST)
The Presbyterian Foundation is offering a series of five webinars in 2019 on engaging church givers in stewardship and money-related conversations. Pastors, business administrators, stewardship chairs, treasurers, session clerks, and others involved in the financial life of the church are invited to register. The workshops are free. You can sign up for the whole series, or just topics that interest you the most.
Rob Hagan and Karl Mattison will present the webinars. Rob is a Ministry Relations Officer for the Presbyterian Foundation. Karl serves the Foundation as Vice President of Planned Giving. Rob and Karl have teamed up many times to educate church leaders on financial topics. They are excited to offer webinar participants tools for building generous, vital communities of faithful givers who want their resources to change people's lives for Jesus Christ.
Sessions 4 and 5 will challenge you to tell about the impact of your ministry through methods that can increase year-end giving. They will also address how the church can compete with all of the end of the year asks by other worthwhile charities, and will reflect changes in the tax code that impact all types of giving.


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In this post we'll review the rules for punctuating dates—specifically, the use of commas with dates. (The Canadian history lesson is bonus.)
1. To express a specific date, use a cardinal number (1, 2, 3, etc.), even if the number is pronounced as an ordinal number (first, second, third, etc.)*
Canada Day is observed on July 1 unless that date falls on a Sunday, in which case July 2 is the statutory holiday.
2. An exception to this rule is when a day is mentioned by itself, without the month or year; in that case, use an ordinal number and spell it out.
The Charlottetown Conference began on September 1, 1864. It adjourned on the ninth.
3. In the month-day-year system (American), use a comma before the year; in the day-month-year system (British), do not use a comma.
The federal Dominion of Canada was formed on July 1, 1867.
The federal Dominion of Canada was formed on 1 July 1867.
4. In the month-day-year system, use a comma both before and after the year if it occurs in the middle of a clause; in the day-month-year system, do not use any commas.†
The Dominion of Canada came into being on July 1, 1867, upon royal proclamation by Queen Victoria.
The Dominion of Canada came into being on 1 July 1867 upon royal proclamation by Queen Victoria.
5. If only the month and year are given (without a day), do not use a comma (this applies to either system).
British Columbia joined Confederation in July 1871.
6. When the day of the week is added and the date is essential, don't add a comma after the day of the week. If the date is non-essential, add a comma after the day of the week.‡
By Wednesday September 7, 1864, the delegates from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island gave a positive answer to the Canadian delegation to join them.
Since July 1 fell on a Sunday this year, the statutory holiday was Monday, July 2.
7. If a specific day (such as a holiday) is given with a year, do not use a comma (in either system).
Canada Day 1980 marked a special occasion because this is when "O Canada" was established as Canada's national anthem.
8. To avoid ambiguity, do not use all numerals for dates in text (such as 7/1/1967—which in the US means July 1, 1967, but elsewhere January 7, 1967); instead, spell out the month.
not: The British North America Act was presented to Queen Victoria on 2/11/1867.
not: The British North America Act was presented to Queen Victoria on 11/2/1867.
but: The British North America Act was presented to Queen Victoria on February 11, 1867.
9. If a date comes at the beginning of a sentence, use a comma after the date.
On March 29, 1867, Queen Victoria gave her royal assent to Confederation.
On 29 March 1867, Queen Victoria gave her royal assent to Confederation.
On March 29, Queen Victoria gave her royal assent to Confederation.
10. Finally, always use numerals for a year unless the year begins a sentence, in which case spell it out (because you never start a sentence with a numeral, as we saw earlier).
Canadian Confederation refers to the formation of the Dominion of Canada in 1867.
Eighteen sixty-seven can be considered the year Canada was born.
These ten rules were compiled from various paragraphs in the Chicago Manual of Style. The example sentences were either taken or adapted from the following online sources:
*Unfortunately, Queen Victoria did not heed this rule when she proclaimed on March 29, 1867:
"We do ordain, declare, and command that on and after the First day of July, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-seven, the Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, shall form and be One Dominion, under the name of Canada."
Of course, she's excused since I hadn't posted this blog yet.
(She also spelled out the name of the year in the middle of the sentence, which breaks rule #10—not to mention her excessive use of capitalization.)
†Note that I said in the middle of a clause, not the middle of a sentence, for even in the day-month-year system, the year may be followed by a comma if the date occurs at the end of a main clause:
The Dominion of Canada came into being on 1 July 1867, when three British colonies united and became Canada's first four provinces.
(see also the example with rule 9)
‡Admittedly, this distinction between essential and non-essential is somewhat fuzzy. I haven't been able to find a better explanation, however. Any advice, anyone?
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Duck and Cover (Wings, and With Honey Glaze)
Not that there's anything wrong with chicken wings, but let's face it: you get so much more flavor and tender texture from duck wings. That's why we're so hooked on this unfussy recipe by 0815BBQ, which relies on simple ingredients to let the natural flavor of the duck do the work -- all you need is salt, pepper, orange juice, honey, and soy sauce. Heat up the grill and ready the wood pellets: your next great meal awaits you.
Honey Glazed Duck Wings
- 12-16 duck wings or legs
- 2 cups orange juice
- ¼ cup soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 2 teaspoons pepper
- 2 teaspoons honey
- Wood pellets, for smoking
- Heat the grill to 325°F.
- Make The Marinade: In a medium-sized bowl, combine the orange juice and soy sauce. Stir well.
- Set the duck wings in a bowl and cover them with the marinade, then set them in the fridge to marinate for 2 hours.
- Dry the duck wings. Sprinkle them with salt and pepper and toss them thoroughly. Set them on the grill to smoke for approximately 45 minutes.
- In a small bowl, add a splash of orange juice to the honey. Whisk thoroughly, and then use a spoon to pour it over the duck wings to evenly glaze each one.
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Spalding Quibble ruled the roost. He shared it with no other. But then his parents introduced a brand new baby brother.
Aaron Blabey combines beautifully rendered illustrations with brilliantly chosen text to bring a huge amount of heart to this special story as well as finding the laugh-out-loud humour in everyday situations.
Serenity Strainer was perfect. But then she discovered something perfectly awful . . . The Dreadful Fluff!
Life is cursed for the townsfolk of Twee. The ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon haunts their every waking hour and they've had enough! But then one day, the brave and practical young Herbert Kettle has the most extraordinary idea . . .
Award-winning children's book author, Aaron Blabey, spins another hilarious tale about the curve balls that life can throw at us. Perfect for readers 6+ years and to be enjoyed by all.
Stanley Paste is small. Really small. And he hates it. But when a new girl arrives at school, Stanley learns that perhaps being small is not so bad after all.
Sunday Chutney has the most extraordinary life – she has lived all over the world!


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BCHMCPS Calendar March 8: Marks close March 12: Body Walk, Grade 3 March 12: Spaghetti Dinner, 5:30-7:30 p.m. March 14: Professional day, half day for students March 15: Report cards sent home March 15: Cluster Celebration, 9:15 a.m. Mangia!
The Third Grade Spaghetti Dinner will be held March 12 with two seatings, the first at 5:30 and the next at 6:30 p.m. Prices are $5 per adult and $3 per child, with funds benefiting the Third Grade Celebration at year's end. Takeout is available.Pennies for People
Grade 1 students at BCHMCPS have completed "Pennies for People," a community service project in which the entire school was invited to participate. Funds were collected during the first two weeks in February, with a goal of providing sneakers for students to wear on gym days when they forget theirs.
Overall the students collected $250. Footwear will be purchased at Sears, which offered a substantial discount.
Barnstable Community Horace Mann Charter Public School
165 Bearse's Way, Hyannis, MA 02601
Phone: 508-790-6485 | Fax: 508-790-6432
Celebration 2013 presents "Connecting Two Worlds: an Afternoon of Spirit Communication" featuring Rachel Perry, psychic medium. Join Rachel as she conveys heartfelt messages and proves life's continuity during this special fundraising event, slated for March 10 in the Knight Auditorium beginning at 2 p.m. Tickets are $25 and may be purchased in advance by mailing a check to BHS Celebration, c/o Barnstable High School, 744 West Main Street, Hyannis, MA, 02601. This event is for adults 18 and older.March Madness Week is here
BHS students are celebrating March Madness from March 11-15 with creative outfit days and after-school activities including ping-pong. Dress-up days include Thrift Store Day March 11, Western Day March 12, 80s Day March 13, 'ER' Day (dress as anything ending in 'ER' such as skater, writer, etc.) March 14, Raider Pride Day March 15.
Barnstable High School
744 West Main Street, Hyannis, MA 02601
Phone: 508-790-6445 | Fax: 508-790-6430
March 21: School council meeting, 3:15 p.m. in the Main OfficeMarch 21: PTA meeting, 6 p.m. in the Library
Barnstable Intermediate School
895 Falmouth Road, Hyannis, MA 02601
Phone: 508-790-6460 | Fax: 508-790-6435
Barnstable United Elementary School
730 Osterville-W. Barn Rd., M. Mills, MA 02648
Phone: 508-420-2272 | Main Fax: 508-420-0185
Guidance Office Fax: 508-420-0229
2463 Main Street, W. Barnstable, MA 02668
Phone: 508-362-4949 | Fax: 508-362-1740
March 13: Preschool peer screening, 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.March 13: School council meeting, 3:45 p.m. March 13: PTA meeting, 6:30-8 p.m. March 14: Professional day, half day for students March 22: Craft Night, 6-8 p.m. March 25: MCAS, Grade 3
Centerville Elementary School
658 Bay Lane, Centerville, MA 02632
Phone: 508-790-9890 | Fax: 508-790-9895
March 13: Kindergarten registration, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
March 13: School Council meeting, 5 p.m. in the cafeteriaMarch 13: PTO meeting, 6:30 p.m. in the cafeteria March 14: Professional day, half day for students March 15: Report cards go home March 25-27: MCAS ELA testing, Grade 3
Hyannis West Elementary School
549 West Main Street, Hyannis MA 02601
Phone: 508-790-6480 | Fax: 508-790-6433
West Villages Elementary School
760 Osterville-W. Barn Rd., M. Mills, MA 02648
Telephone: 508-420-1100 | Fax: 508-420-1486
The Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC) will hold a meeting from 6:30-8 p.m. March 11 in the library of Barnstable Intermediate School. SEPAC is actively seeking new members. For more information email firstname.lastname@example.com. BIS is located at 895 Falmouth Road (Route 28) in Hyannis.Kindergarten registration
Do you have a child entering kindergarten for the 2013-2014 school year? Visit the Barnstable Public Schools website at www.barnstable.k12.ma.us for all information regarding registration. Information is available in several languages. Kindergarten registration dates are as follows: Centerville, March 4, 658 Bay Lane, Centerville; Hyannis West, March 6, 549 West Main Street, Hyannis; Barnstable-West Barnstable, March 7, 2463 Main Street, West Barnstable; West Villages, March 8, 760 Osterville-West Barnstable Road, Marstons Mills.


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UBC Killam Professor - Lecture Series
A new lecture series debuts at UBC this year. The newly appointed UBC Killam Professors will each give a lecture highlighting their innovative research work.
From how babies learn language before birth to how to save the world's oceans - each of these (free) lectures are sure to captivate and interest you.
For more information and to get your (free) tickets, please follow this link.


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For a limited time, we are offering Wax Trax! items from the personal Nash Family collection and archives.
This promotional poster for the 1989 Mussolini Headkick release was never sold in stores and is extremely rare. No holes or rips, this poster measures about 11" x 17" and has it's original fold in the center for easier mailing.


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Asset Definition
From The Secure Arc Wiki
Everything ties back to Asset management and classification. If you don't know what it is that you're protecting and how valuable it is, you can't know or justify how much you should spend on Security Controls.
Determining the value of an Information Asset is not a trivial task. Our approach attempts to address this by making the process as quantitative as possible.
Asset Types
Infrastructure Assets
Put simply, Infrastructure Assets refer to the individual nodes displaying, transferring, processing and storing the Information Assets in a system. When drawing up the Security Architecture for a solution, each logical representation of a server that is placed on the architectural diagram has a one-to-one relationship with an Infrastructure Asset.
Information Assets
Information Assets are less tangible. They refer to the categories of data that pass through and are stored in the system. These should be considered in relation to Value at Risk, Regulatory, Reputation and Mission classifications (largely sourced from NIST 800-30).
If you need to protect a type of data for any of the above reasons, then it should be defined as an Information Asset. A good approach is to focus on the regulatory compliance needs and the ability to identify the types of assets that have regulatory constraints on them.
The definition of the assets themselves do not include the classification and valuation of them. That comes in the next step.
Asset Definition
When defining an individual asset, you need to identify the following:
- Who owns it, both from a management and implied business unit perspective
- What other assets of the same type it is dependent on
- What information assets are stored on it (or what it's stored on if it's an Information Asset) and how many
- What information assets pass through it (or what it passes through if it's an Information Asset) and how many
The quantity parts of where information assets are persistently and transiently stored is very important later on. These are obviously very quantitative values and easy to come by. Each organization should know just how many Credit Card Numbers they store and how many Customers they have.


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Watch The Shannara Chronicles Season 2 Episode 1 Online. Best and Free Online streaming for The Shannara Chronicles TV Show. We picked the best sites to stream s02e01. Simply pick a site below and click "Watch Now!" button next to it. Some of the links may be broken, please upvote the working and good links so other users see those links for The Shannara Chronicles Season 2 Episode 1 s02e01 at the top of the list.
littttt I wasn't expecting a season 2 but I saw this episode and I watched it so yey.


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A family friend has an amazing ability to casually identify most, if not all, of the flora we encounter when we're walking in the countryside. Her skill is based on experience and knowledge gained from a lot of reading. But now, thanks to my smartphone's high-tech trickery, I can almost begin to rival her powers. As you take long autumn strolls in the wild, apps can be excellent nature guides.
Leafsnap, free on iOS, is an impressive nature-guide app employing an extensive directory of North American plants. You can flip through the directory manually, filtering the species by leaf shapes, flowers, fruit and so on. Tapping an entry takes you to a photo-rich data page on the plant with examples of its bark and seeds. There is also a text description of its habitats and bloom times as well other interesting information. It is fun to scan through this directory slowly, but this part really works best if you already know a plant's common or scientific name.
For those of us without deep knowledge of plants, however, Leafsnap offers a magical bit of help. Take a leaf and snap a clear photo of it against a white background. The image is then uploaded to a server, and after a short delay the app gives you the trees that seem to best match the shape of the leaf. It's fun, fascinating and definitely educational. Sadly, the app hasn't been updated in a couple of years, so its design looks a little dated, but it still works well as long as you have Wi-Fi or a good cell connection.
A great alternative to Leafsnap is Audubon Trees, $5 on iOS and $4 on Android. The app is a more traditional field guide, and it includes detailed info on more than 700 trees common in North America. Though it lacks Leafsnap's auto-ID magic, it does have a comprehensive database that helps you identify trees by describing their overall shape and the family they belong to, like citrus or cypress. Each tree in the database has great photos of leaves, bark and more, as well as comprehensive written information. Each entry also has maps of where the tree is usually found.
There is also a social sharing option within the app, Nature Share, where you can upload sightings of trees or other flora and fauna, or browse to see what other people have spotted. The app's one flaw may be that it doesn't have the most easy-to-use design.
The company behind Audubon Trees, Green Mountain Digital, has plenty of other nature apps for spotting everything from birds to reptiles, which are worth checking out.
IBird Plus, by the Mitch Waite Group, is a great bird-spotting app, on iOS. The app has detailed information on nearly 1,000 species of birds found in North America, which you can simply browse through to improve your knowledge at leisure.
But the best bit is the search function, which is far smarter than merely entering search text. It returns a list of birds that roughly match the details you select out of a long list of parameters, including location, size, colors and wing shape. If you're out and about and you spot a bird you don't know, it won't take long to dial through the various menus and find out what it is.
Even more clever is the app's audio samples of bird calls, which also may help with identification. You can also upload your own photos of birds to the app and then share them on social networks. The app's chief drawbacks are that its design sometimes feels a little inelegant and that it can be easy to get lost in the menus and submenus. It also costs $15.
For identifying creatures that walk instead of fly, try the iTrack Wildlife app on iOS. It has a comprehensive search function akin to iBird's to help you identify an animal from its footprints, and it comes with detailed data on each species it covers. But it has information on only 66 North American mammals, and it costs $15.
For a similar app on Android, check out the $5 MyNature Animal Tracks. Its interface design is not as sophisticated or elegant as iTrack's, nor does it offer as much data or photos, but it could still help you identify an animal from its footprints.
Last, a great app that may help you identify curious rocks you find on your trails is Rockhound, $2 on iOS. As well as offering data and photos about a long list of rock types from acanthite to zinc, this app has a list of sites across the United States where you can seek out examples. It's not the best designed or prettiest of apps, but it is nonetheless full of intriguing information.
Don't forget that you can also use some of these apps in your local park, or even in your backyard — nature is everywhere, if you look for it.
Quick Call
One Shot was already a pretty good camera and photo-editing app on Windows Phone, but it has just been upgraded and now includes more camera modes and automatic straightening of shots — so expect fewer wonky horizons. It costs $2.


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My blog is now three years old. That is amazing to me anyway. I've been serving up links, ideas, topics and fun for more than 500 posts now. That means I average three posts a week. I know most weeks I don't publish that often. I hope that some of the stuff I put out there has been helpful, interesting or in some way useful. I'm looking forward to many more years of blogging – I hope. I guess my plan is to keep it up for the next 15 or so years until I'm ready to hang up the teaching gig. In other words, I have no real plan, except to keep blogging. Now, on to the links –
1 – Sometimes the simplest things are the hardest to figure out, like how to make a floating footer at the bottom of an HTML document.
2 – Wow, this is the best explanation of how to tell a good visual or written story I've ever heard. "Hey, you, see, so."
3 – We just got Flash CS4 and I've never even used it yet. This summer I hope to put some of Mindy McAdams great flash tutorials to use for visual storytelling.
4 – Every regular reader of this blog knows I'm an unabashed Mac supporter. But even us Mac heads have to use a PC once in a while. Maximum PC has this perfect post with 19 Tips For Using Windows 7. My best takeaway is how to quickly get to the multiple monitor menu when setting up a projector with a PC.
5 – Thank you Seth Godin for saying it. People need to learn how to use email properly, and there are 8 simple things every user can do to get there.
6 – Why can't we make changes in schools? Of course there are many reasons, but resources are at the top of the list and this graphic explains it all – the gap between what "they" think we need and what we really need in resources in order to affect change. Please read the whole post.
7 – I love Hulu.com for allowing me to watch shows when I want to without having to pay for a DVR from my satellite company. But on top of that is the great content from the past that is available, like these segments of Kermit the Frog reporting from various fairy tales. Classic.
8 – I know some of these are kind of silly, but this one is actually both cute and on point. We all need to teach like this pianist and encourage out kids to do their best at what they are excited about.
9 – I love this poster: The bare essentials for a graphic designer.
10 – This may be a little dry for some, but I'm a fan of the great show How It's Made and Petapixel has three videos that show the steps for making a Canon 500mm lens. Interesting.
Have a great week. Here in Texas we start our state assessment cycle (TAKS) this week with four days of testing in our high schools. It looks to be a long week – let's all hope it goes by quickly and uneventfully.


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Nobody Flashes: A Letter to James Comey
Nobody Flashes
Dear Mr. Comey
Excuse this nobody for questions never asked, as I realize that after watching your testimony today, you felt betrayed by a President you obviously don't trust, and seem to be very afraid of…
And we know you are hurt. Being fired is always painful, especially when you yourself feel that your mother raised you right, and you hold yourself to the highest standards.
But, this nobody has a few questions that weren't asked of you today. And since our Congressmen seem to be enjoying this "attack President Trump show so that we don't have to do the people's business" charade, I need to inform you…of what the average nobody is thinking.
I am having a hard time trying to figure out…why an FBI man was scared to death of being alone in a room, with a President, and why a 'conversation' was to you, a high crime.
It leaves this nobody wondering, in your mind, exactly what IS a crime to you?
Eliot Ness, you are not.
So, let's get to it:
- Is the crime of a Presidential candidate using the state Department as a piggy bank to collect millions of dollars from foreign countries, all over the world, where a foreign government would then be able to call in favors from that candidate if elected, not as bad as somebody asking people to leave the room to talk alone with you?
(Answer: of course not.)
When an X-President talks to an Attorney General privately, when his wife is under a criminal investigation, and you say there is nothing to that, when just the visit itself was against the law no matter what was said, you choose to ignore it…is that worse than a President asking you if you would be loyal to him?
(Answer: No, anybody in their right mind would want to know if you were out to get him, after how you protected the Clintons at every turn.)
- Where were you during Fast and Furious?
Where were you when it was found out that Obama was using the IRS to go after conservatives?
Where were you when Hillary damaged evidence?
Where were you when Obama was giving billions to Iran in the middle of the night?
Where were you when Hillary's state department 'lost' 6 billion dollars, and the press helped rig her nomination?
Where were you when Obama and Hillary lied to the America people about Benghazi and HILLARY lied under oath?
Where were you when it was known that Seth Rich was the 'leaker' of the Podesta emails, and was killed violently near his house?
Where were you in ALL of the Clintons' many people who have died after being in their service?
Where were you when China hacked the whole government's data base?
Where were you when leakers were leaking classified material to the world? You certainly were not concerned about it, in fact, you leaked information yourself. And where were you when it was proved that OBAMA was using surveillance on everyone in order to gather information to prosecute his enemies? Isn't that what Richard Nixon did?
These questions and many more will not be asked of you. And so, one can only assume that you work for a 'higher' power…the Bushes, the Globalists, which includes the Clintons, the Obamas, that cartel of deep state who runs the world and is NOW trying to take it back from the people.
And after a year,
You have no proof that President Trump committed any crime.
No sir, your sorrowful testimony might have had some bite, but your sworn 'integrity' to the American people…is…a joke.
If you had integrity, you would have charged Hillary Clinton, and Obama with the REAL crimes that were committed.
Oh…let's not forget Obama arming ISIS.
So, I feel sorry for you. But more importantly, I feel sorry for the good people in the FBI, who had to put up with you for so long.
Oh…and where were you, when Obama went around the world influencing elections?
And that's where you should stay.
This nobody doesn't have to even work in the FBI, to see as clearly as day, that you are just another cog in the silent coup to get rid of the 'People's" President.


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Sunday, December 13, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Powerless Injustice
It's shocking that clearly stating the obvious as the rep from Michigan did on the "floor" is so easily dismissed by other supposed representatives.
I've felt a similar powerless injustice certainly as an irrational kid, as can be expected. But as an adult it's much less tolerated. I was at a car auction in Palm Springs at a vintage car race 20 years ago. I was looking at a funky little Triumph Herald convertible circa 1965 completely restored that was with the various Ferraris, Maseratis and formula cars, when I felt the brush of the back of a Arab Sheik's dismissive hand shooing me away from his space as he had a look. In shock I glared at him, but he never looked my way; just deferred me to his bodyguard who looked prepared to eliminate me if I so much as touched his boss, living within his rules as I'm sure he did. That dismissive wave of the hand spoke volumes.
I have felt that same powerless injustice when I was invited by a renter in my house (past tough times) to visit his extended family for dinner. I caught slight undercurrents of resentment that I had it so easy as an American citizen, while this group of brothers was living outside the tax structure of our country as maids, gardeners, mechanics (from whom I bought a Volvo), car painters and car auction buyers. Our way of life is under attack and there is glee around the world as Obama, their savior, is putting us in our place. It's clear that there is a sense of entitlement at "getting even", that those of us who've worked hard need to step aside now. The White House is no longer insulating us from the laws of the jungle. There has been no other more dangerous time for our country. Mark Levin's book, "Liberty and Tyranny" has helped clarified the core values that are a reference as we feel our lives slowly eroding. I fear critical mass is much closer than we think, though we're lucky to have many well positioned advocates of our free enterprise system acting as weather vanes. Sometime, deplorably, we may not be able to talk among ourselves.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Thomas Sowell Clarifies Interconnectedness
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Katmaikayak Tours
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Taking The Lid Off Of The Economy.
My former entries were bombastic and a little on the wild side as I condemned the new presidency as a truly Statist organization as defined in Mark Levin's "
But it is becoming painfully obvious that our leaders have no desire to help their citizenry in ways that truly matter. The financial world is looking to
In the
In the
Maria Bartiromo asks Donald Tang of CITIC,
Maria Bartiromo asks Donald Tang of CITIC,
Mr. Tang answered with, "Policymakers have really tried to take advantage of the crisis to transform the economy from an export economy led by the coastal region to [one led by] domestic consumption by, for example, giving customers vouchers to buy electronic goods and reducing taxes to put money in their pockets."
Mr. Tang answered with, "Policymakers have really tried to take advantage of the crisis to transform the economy from an export economy led by the coastal region to [one led by] domestic consumption by, for example, giving customers vouchers to buy electronic goods and reducing taxes to put money in their pockets."
Maria Bartiromo, "You were in
Maria Bartiromo, "You were in
Joseph Meuse /
Joseph Meuse /
Maria Bartiromo, "Are the Chinese amazed we're still stuck in the recession?"
"That's right. They're holding all the cards and will continue to do so. There is a feeling here that
"That's right. They're holding all the cards and will continue to do so. There is a feeling here that
As anyone who lived through Reaganomics knows, lowering taxes stimulates growth. When conferring with the economist Arthur Laufer, Ronald Reagan took a chance and the rest is history with the capitalist machine making the
In true statist form the president has taken a crisis and carried the uncertainty forward with his own bombast. He is on a mission of control. Citizens are merely obstacles to be overcome and milked for all they're worth. Our "leadership" is elitist in nature and above we mere subjects, as they prepare our lives of servitude. It is truly unbelievable that the Democrats are going along with this madness! Where are the Liebermans of the party now? I haven't made an entry for awhile because I was hoping the former writing on the wall was misunderstood. It was not and my fears are building about the future of our great nation.
Thankyou, President Obama, for bringing thunderstorms to my future! I have confidence you have no desire to get your head out of the clouds. My next greatest hope is that you're gripped by forces we can't see, possibly the money behind your advantages, that have produced leverage on you to make you act counter to American values and that you will level with us when you can't take the hypocracy anymore.
Wishful thinking.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
My Tongue In Cheek Parody: Robbing Hood
There seems to be an effort to systematically deconstruct our economy, the greatest in history and the kingpin throughout the free world! Hold on to your hats; We're in for a rough ride, but there could be a Robbing Hood (click the hyperlink to see my parody) robbing from the rich and giving (wink, wink, nod, nod) to the poor. Oh, and by the way, I keep flashing back to the various futures presented in "Back To The Future".
Thursday, April 16, 2009
The American Dream in 2009
The unauthorized book, "On a Clear Day You Can See GM", regularly comes to mind with the current GM crisis. The book was initially authorized by DeLorean, but when DeLorean realized the position in which it would put him, speaking as he did about problems within the company, he revoked his support of the project. His collaborator released the book on his own, against the wishes of DeLorean and we readers captured a glimpse into a closely guarded organization.
In a way, I suppose we could look at GM as part of our aging infrastructure, much like the railroads of the late 19th century. GM, Ford and Chrysler survived as they claimed the 20th century, one of the most prosperous in the history of mankind. Several good cars faded away tugging at heartstrings as they went. The British had their powerful Navy in previous centuries. Several American car manufacturers didn't survive because they lacked a combination of elements that defined our identity as a nation and made us swell with pride at our combined American ingenuity as we were the envy of the rest of the world. Even the most suave in exotic lands wanted a piece of that, "Je ne sais quoi? How you say?" Chasing the dream as we all wish for better times.
Perhaps that is what we are lamenting as we have given the main car manufacturers a comfort zone with our loyalties and our love of the creative and often humorous advertising entertainment that would also suffer from such a void.
The USA made people all over the world glad to be alive. Disneyland was so popular it grew roots in France and Japan. The pursuit of happiness became a final destination rather than an end to those with means as the middle class grew and became international in scope. Goodwill and sharing rippled on many shores throughout the world in the form of marketing of ingenious products, from skateboards to jet skis. Certainly Ipods are sexy and have done their share to once again remind us how lucky we are to live in a country where people come to make dreams reality.
But GM has been an economic engine more broad-based and entrenched in our psyches. We've grown up attuned to having a certain car at certain points of our lives. We are living the American dream!
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Some Thoughts On Tea Parties On April 15th
Victor told Rush he was 'spot on' in his understanding and presentation to his listening audience. A most telling element mentioned by Victor on the air and the reason I felt the need to write, was the relaying of a specific memory from his youth in Russia. When atrocities were discovered by Victor's parents, his parents used to say, "Stalin can't know this is happening. We need to make sure Stalin knows what is going on," when now he knows, from history and the advantage of retrospect, that Stalin was the source of the atrocities. Victor is sickened to see the current events unfolding after successfully making a new life for himself in America. Just as his parents did, liberals are in the dark about their boy, Obama; their mesmerizing speaker and hope for humanity that they found so lacking in the former President. I hope I'm off-base with this article.
I always found it mysterious that Bush's Secretary of State, Condaleza Rice, an extremely accomplished woman, was considered by the left as irrelevant because of her party allegiance. The hate of the former Presidency has been replaced with a similar strong emotion of the opposite variety for the current President. Be careful what you wish for.
Retrospect is a handy tool that is unavailable now, because there is no track record for the speed that liberals are trying to catch up with where they could have been had Bush not interfered with the direction of policy implementation Clinton had initiated. There's always a period of inertia that must be overcome as critical mass is reached for change to occur. The economic crisis, according to Rahm Immanuel, a terrible thing to waste, has added a layer of obfuscation** on top of regular platitudes that hide what to some (Constitutionalists) is subterfuge (KFI)*, while to others (Liberals) is progress (KPFK)*. That one little thing that has layers of obfuscation** thrown on it is…. The removal of incentives, barriers to free enterprise and the subsequent destabilization of the dollar are at risk. Our currency is not referenced to a definite amount of gold, thus is by fiat only as is the rest of the world, except, maybe Dubai. Since the government is in control of printing money, because of the massive bailouts, this puts the government in the center of relief from debt for generations to come. The money being spread around is sold as relief when actually it is immeasurable debt leading to subservience to government, by those unwilling or incapable of growth in a free market, a concept too complex for a bumper sticker, thereby sold in obfuscation rather than debated openly with full disclosure. This obfuscation is part of the reason behind the Tea Parties of April 15th. Some things can be affected by the swing of the pendulum from left to right and back every eight years, some things can't. Are we willing to let someone unskilled experiment with our future? I think not.
*Radio stations are L.A. based
** A big word meant to act as a deterrent of further investigation. One look at that word, "obfuscation", and even those who don't see jumping letters from dyslexia will easily ignore or just get fuzzy about the details following. It's intentional to get readers to dig out their dictionary and familiarize themselves with the concept, because it is a common political strategy.
Tea Party Genesis
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Leverage and Traction in Political Leadership
The President may be bursting a balloon that has been kept afloat to obfuscate for class reasons; what's really going on in the big picture, as it were. The Europeans have historically chided Americans who they consider "boorish"* when it comes to finesse. Indeed, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin were tenuously respected because they understood diplomacy in Europe, while John Adams suffered from his directness, dispensing with finesse, driven by haste and impatient with the charade of the French courtesans. Consider that the members of the UN will have a good debate and call it a day, while Americans live in the world of action. But, now, Marie Antoinette's, "Let them eat cake!" has never felt so close to our lives. As events unfold there's a tendency to believe the possibility that freedom to protest is largely for theatre to keep the populace feeling influential while in reality they are focused on an eddy and dispersed from essential matters underway as our leaders pursue the power of an Oligarchy**? Please, history, prove me wrong!
* boorish - ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband"; "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude"
** Oligarchy- A form of government in which the supreme power is placed inthe hands of a few persons; also, those who form the ruling few.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Does The Emperor Have Any Clothes?
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Great Jimi Hendrix Live
My friends and I saw John Mayall, a good sport, playing in a pub in the old part of town as we made our way to the concert hall. The air was electric with the anticipation of what we were to see. We'd taken the train up from Geneva as we were students at Ecolint (International School of Geneva). My own music evolved through the years through the paths of rock, blues, jazz, fusion, flamenco and folk.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Doing Due Diligence.
A couple of days ago, Obama told us not to worry about minor fluctuations in the stock market as it drops like a hydrodynamic rock into a black abyss. He misrepresented the "price/earnings ratio" for the "profit/earnings ratio" showing in one fell swoop that he doesn't know what he's talking about....as the stock market crashes.
The USA will recover, but it will happen in spite of our current leadership.
Dennis Miller and David Dryer are keeping me on life support….thanks, guys!
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Obama May Be Lost In His Own Experiment
Both Obama and Hillary were avid students to the ideas of Saul Alinski; Obama through his mother's boyfriends with romantic formulative links to his roots. I hope I'm just wrong, but Obama may need to follow his idealized feelings of socialism through to conclusion, thereby destroying our lives, in order to prove to himself that he can make it work any better than the failed attempts throughout history. He is protected now from the effects of what may be his experiment because his future is assured, as president. Perhaps we can forgive Saul Alinski his support of socialism as he refers to Dostoevski, who was writing about the Bolshevik Revolution, the people's revolt against monarchy; a period analyzed by pensive writers and history books. Saul Alinski did not have the advantage of having seen USSR fail and the wall between East and West Germany fall as it tore itself apart under it's own weight with the catalyst of Ronald Reagan's leadership. In light of our recent history, Obama's and Hillary's interests in Mr. Alinski send shivers down the spine.
In Rules for Radicals, Alinsky outlines his strategy in organizing, writing in the prologue,
"There's another reason for working inside the system. Dostoevski said that taking a new step is what people fear most. Any revolutionary change must be preceded by a passive, affirmative, non-challenging attitude toward change among the mass of our people. They must feel so frustrated, so defeated, so lost, so futureless in the prevailing system that they are willing to let go of the past and change the future. This acceptance is the reformation essential to any revolution. To bring on this reformation requires that the organizer work inside the system, among not only the middle class but the 40 per cent of American families - more than seventy million people - whose income range from $5,000 to $10,000 a year [in 1971]. They cannot be dismissed by labeling them blue collar or hard hat. They will not continue to be relatively passive and slightly challenging. If we fail to communicate with them, if we don't encourage them to form alliances with us, they will move to the right. Maybe they will anyway, but let's not let it happen by default."[4]
Alinsky codified and wrote a clear set of rules[5] for community organizing. His rules for radicals are now used as key tactics to learn in the training of new community organizers and were the tactics used by then candidate Barack Obama to win the 2008 election. If Obama has given in to following principles set forth by Alinski and is following the path in honor of his mother's boyfriend, has he allowed wiggle room in case things don't work out? I think it's entirely possible he's willing to experiment to the end with our futures. We may find out too late if his legacy and experiment are more important to him than our former way of life, because, after all, he and his pals are imune from our future, since high ranking officials have their own medical and retirements futures and are not limited by the laws they create for the rest of us.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Same message....Two Different Styles
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Kyler England Plays on Musical Cafe for Santa Barbara
She has a real knack for writing about her world in a unique way. With her powerful voice and lilting nuances she reveals her perspective to us. Her new CD has several tunes you'll find yourself humming as I do.
"818" starts off the CD with a romance in the 818 area code, looking for someone in an area, a familiar theme with a unique perspective. Just when you're lamenting the end of a song, you're gripped by the subtle layered intro of "tonight, tonight" and the optimism of an adventure in the city. "You and I" tracks the roots of a relationship to confirm a belief we all can share in one another played in a comfortable groove. "Simple Machine" is a refined love song. "Sweetspot" hit my sweetspot. What a relief after the anxiety of the economy!
Monday, February 16, 2009
Is Deconstruction Really A Possibility?
The experience was a very rapid education on a totalitarian/elitist system. Elitists MUST maintain their superiority and separation in order to maintain their power. Interesting, isn't it that those who spend time at certain positions in Washington DC do not have to share a medical future, nor retirement future with their constituents? Dare I call them elitists? Our new leaders are headed in a new direction; one welcomed by those who were not too fond of the Bush administration. For many years we have heard Gore preach about living within our means from his high perch of leadership where his own excesses have nothing to do with us from his audacious perspective, thinking that anyone who disagrees with his perception of truth is irrelevant. Snap out of it: This is about squaring the deal. The direction initiated has elements of the tenured professors in American Universities, as Saul Alinski, an early interest of both Hillary and Obama, advocates rapid fixes during catastrophes, be they fomented or real.
Is deconstruction really a possibility? Could we be seeing such a system unfolding before our eyes in the USA of all things?
Mayor Bloomberg has reported that 44,000 of the 8 million population of New York City pay 50% of the taxes. Tax them more as the bad guys targeted by the populists, and what if they leave town? Remember, Republicans are expected to pay taxes.
Rick Santelli on the trading floor of Chicago called for a Chicago Tea Party. The earlier the better, before bad policies take hold.
The parsing of words by the recently installed Burris AFTER the "porkulus" vote, to get the necessary 60 votes, is reminiscent of the obfuscation we became so disgusted with during the Clinton period. Obfuscation is the tool of the trade: Be as far from forthright as possible. As apparent anarchy ensues, the power brokers line their pockets while chaos gives them cover, under the cloak of catastrophe. Each party has been accused of such deceit. The Nation has recently been exposed to the murky, convoluted obfiscation that has been refined to a fine art as smooth Chicago politicians inadvertently reveal their modus operandi. But to what end? Sedition? What value is wealth and power with a world at a precipice of decay? The events of late are so unbelievable that the trail will only be apparent in retrospect, time frame unknown.
Anarchy is entertaining for students to experiment with when young, but this is no joke! There was the attempt to take over the census by Rahm Immanuel, just a little number to assure party power forever, seemingly a grab while everyone was looking the other way. Is it ethical for ACORN to be functioning in consort with the Presidency? Catastrophe is so essential to deliverance a la politics. The audacity driving events of late is unbelievable! The greatest country in the world and the fleecers are in the White House.
Welcome to the world of style over substance.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Is There a There There?
With great lament, I peruse my dusty memories of a childhood in Geneva, Switzerland, with all its iconic bureaucracies, promising so much and providing a sense of permanence to my myopic view of the world as a youngster (11-17). The UN, CERN (CERN is impressive) and many other organizations offer a presence that serious work is being done there on serious issues that only those with extensive educations in prestigious institutions have the capability to understand. We see the limos, manuevering flagship cars, some built in the countries represented. We stand on our tip toes or peer through darkened glass to catch a glimpse of magnanimous dignitaries.
I live in the USA now. My illusions have long since dissolved as we see public officials time after time simply ignoring paying their taxes or collecting small percentages of immense sums termed "bonuses" for some nebulous consulting fee; business as usual. There are far too many skeletons in various closets of both parties to be able to be transparent without a very painful adaptation period, one which just will not happen. The first place to have transparency would be Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac balance sheets exposed: Yeah, sure. As we saw with the worldwide meltdown, the house of cards called an economy is a very delicate balancing act. And now we're in the awkward position where the government has distorted relative values, bailing out some and not others. Forget the bill, eliminate taxes for awhile and bring incentives to work back. Step up to the plate, Mr. President.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
College Culture
When President Obama promises that education will be available to everyone, even "undocumented workers", the service of paying for this education becomes distorted, since teachers have invested varying amounts in their educations and compensation is negotiated. Incentives disappear when the government mandates, especially if no one gets a failing grade to protect people from low self esteem. Where's the incentive to excel in this case? In many cases, Government workers don't need to go to what private industry calls "acredited schools", because they adapt to the lowest common denominator and, in effect, dumb down the education to eliminate the threat of failure. The "Bailout" package underway works towards this colorless world. The people who created it have been put in the position of fixing it. They, elitists, think we are incapable and in need of their greater "wisdom". They are pushing the stimulus package because they have no idea that we are still operating on the coat tails of capitalism, and that's why the margin of safety exists that obscures the results of socialist policies which have been underway insidiously since the first welfare check was written. They wish to limit CEOs' incentives, but some don't even pay their taxes or feel they need any limitations put on themselves. There is a varying time lag in effect from policy choices made of months if not years. Similarly, if this path is 100% victorious (a paradox), it would take years to get back to our current position. Hindsight is always 20/20. It will take years before the majority has the luxury to look back in hindsight at the present to see what and when steps were taken that resulted in a critical mass that changed our Country.
Before the "Boston Tea Party", the British wanted the colonists to only accept certain tea sellers i.e. they were distorting the market with mandates. The colonists wouldn't put up with it, and here we are: Land of the free and home of the brave?
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Out of the Clouds of Utopia.
We're not privy to the horrors that President Obama has discovered since he's been exposed to secure information. "Gitmo" is to be closed, but "renditions" (sending prisoners to their country of origin without access to details of their detention) is to remain in effect under the Obama administration; an indication of an understanding that a level of restraint is necessary. The decisiveness to close Guantanimo prison so resolutely appeared reckless since a fully informed decision apparently was of secondary importance to a campaign promise.
The sloppy accounting practices of Geithner and Daschle (60 staffers and $83k per month for consulting) don't sound like a change we can believe in. But Geithner speaks Chinese and he and his father are old friends of Henry Kissinger, so what's a little $45k of back taxes? And now Daschle has withdrawn as "Health and Human Services Director". Pay for play is more subtle in DC than in Illinois. In the words of Mark Stein, "How much in back taxes are you willing to pay to be in the Obama Cabinet?"
The left seem patient about their own cabinet members' moral compasses, because their entrenchment at emotionalism aimed at Bush primarily was for entertainment value. The Right needs its own acerbic cartoonist to ridicule the characters entering Obama's cabinet.
"Revolutionaries" may not consider themselves as such other than that they have established a comfort level whereby they have an arrogant certitude that the former President was a complete buffoon. Any group with common interests tends to lull themselves into a false moral sense. In their mutual support for each other the group-think can be such a narcotic that the possibility that another point of view may actually be correct can easily be ignored without follow up consideration, owing to a group comfort level.
When are the tides going to shift as the reality of the Obama Presidency gets out of the clouds of utopia?
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Distrust Of Power
What is it about liberal (liberated?) writers and their obsession with the downtrodden? How many times have I turned on the radio to NPR and heard about the downtrodden or prisoners' dilemmas?
The key is that they do not trust power. We find it incomprehensible when hearing about a twisted comparison between the downtrodden Palestinians under the thumb of the Israelis. We can understand why Jews don't trust power. The West also, contemporaneously, senses an incongruity to Israel's military response, due to the practically infinite patience we see as Israel appears to put up with so much violence perpetrated against people. From our detached vantage point, we can have a sense of denial that there ever will become a true breaking point for the Israelis.
The Palestinians have been effective in launching rockets into civilian areas for so long that the Western psyche has been deadened to the day to day news in Israel. The West can draw parallels with the ongoing debate in this country as to whether or not "make believe" television violence has an effect on our youth. There is no comparison! The low rumble of consistent violence has lulled those in denial of the reality that the rockets and suicide bombers cause real damage to innocents and their way of life, marred as it is by random acts of terrorism. Subsequently, the very real response of Israel to a "disproportionate" attack on Gaza engenders a reaction on the desensitized Westerner, who, incomprehensively, sympathizes with Palestinians for the apparent imbalance. Yet, evil Palestinians purposefully use their neighbors, Mosques and families as shields that they can use by extension against westerners for sympathy through worldwide press! The blind denial was, as I say, incomprehensible until I realized the distrust of anyone with power, which has morphed into unlimited "sustenance" for the Hollywood film industry.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Musical Cafe rocks!
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Pat Metheny , Joni Mitchell and Jaco Pastorius
Early Musical Influences
This afternoon I was listening to a local blues & jazz radio station. The DJ was playing some choice music from The Paul Butterfield Blues Band from the "East Meets West" album mastered in the late 60s. Around 1970, I spent some time at The Golden Bear in Huntington Beach, Ca. listening to the Paul Butterfield's Band play, since they were there often There were influences of sitar in some of Elvin Bishop's and/or Mike Bloomfield's scales as well as minor and major scale runs. I noticed the counterpoint of major to minor scales for tension and release. Later on I noticed the same technique used by Jerry Garcia in his long jams.
What impressed me after all these years was how accessible the music sounded. It had a raw energy that was always appealing, brought soulful blues to the coast and helped to inspire a generation of musicians. I would keep the style of the music in mind when playing my guitar, jamming with friends often after classes and on weekends while in College.
My style included many influences over the years. I used a few open tunings since I learned Stephen Stills, Joni Mitchell (plus) and blues slide for practice. I was in a fusion band during my college years with a clarinet and piano player, while I also worked on Bach's Brandenberg concerto with flute and piano and thrown in there somewhere was a sitar effect in another genre of guitar using an open "E" tuning a la John Fahey and later Leo Kottke, with the base "E" dropped down an octave to approximate a droning sound. Blues was my mainstay with some Jorma Kaokonen thrown in, from The Jefferson Airplane
It was sad to see many years ago The Golden Bear had been closed.


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Comic review: "Cobra Civil War: Snake Eyes #4"
Cobra Civil War: Snake Eyes #4
IDW Publishing
Street Date: Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011
Cover price: $3.99
Cover A: Robert Atkins, with colors by Simon Gough
Cover B: Agustin Padilla, with colors by Simon Gough
Written by: Chuck Dixon
Pencils: Robert Atkins
Inks: Juan Castro
Colors: Simon Gough
Letters: Shawn Lee
Snake Eyes' incursion into Vikrim Khallikhan's mountain base comes to a bloody conclusion, the Cobra Commander contest loses its first candidate, and the Joes must quickly regroup and change their focus to the mysterious virus that felled Duke in G.I. Joe #4.
This issue dives right in to the battle between Snake Eyes and Khallikhan's agents, Slice and Dice, previewed in the previous issue, and that fight rages on for fully half of the book. It's a quality fight, with Khallikhan watching from afar via his base's security cameras, talking trash over the intercom the entire time. It's a strong conclusion to what has been an outstanding first story arc in Snake Eyes' standalone book; there has been plenty of action, and plenty of opportunity to learn more — and question more — about Snake Eyes' nature and his relationship to his teammates and enemies alike.
Since this is Snake Eyes' book and we know the book continues, the outcome of his battle with Slice and Dice isn't necessarily a surprise. The fact that Vikrim Khallikhan is shot down in the blink of an eye, however, was.
Khallikhan's death is a serious letdown. It goes down like this — Helix basically appears out of nowhere and guns him down; there's no buildup or suspense involved in the killing whatsoever. In one panel, he's talking trash on Snake Eyes as he has been for the bulk of four issues, promising his death and the death of Scarlett, and in the next panel Helix shows up with guns-a-blazin' and apparently shoots him in the back (more on this in a minute…). It was an all-too-abrupt end to a non-toy Commander contestant who had been fabulously developed over the course of this title.
Still, there's plenty to love about what's going on in this issue. Chuck Dixon elevates the relationship between Snake Eyes and Scarlett to a whole new level, and through the comforts of modern technology we're treated to what may well be the first-ever actual conversation we've seen between the two. It's a fantastic scene (which could have been improved only had Atkins drawn Snake Eyes with an iPad instead of some generic tablet :), and does much to solidify the special relationship between the characters. The questions about their relationship from earlier in the series are all answered here; Snake Eyes clearly cares deeply for Scarlett, to the point that knowing he has her support provided him extra motivation to win his battle in Khallikhan's fortress. In fact, the talk between them essentially swings the pendulum back in the polar opposite direction; after reading the exchange between the two, it seems legitimate to wonder why Scarlett had concerns about their relationship. Perhaps Snake Eyes just needs to spend more time on Yahoo Messenger to reassure her.
Iceberg's successful escape with the injured Alpine is almost relegated to sidebar status; it's a solid action scene, but is overshadowed because its bookended by the Snake Eyes fight and the strong relationship-developing scene between he and Scarlett.
The ending of this comic is pure G.I. Joe cartoon throwback craziness. Somebody we thought was dead is actually not dead, finds something completely ridiculous and gives us a hint that we're in for what could be a pretty entertaining revenge tale coming in the future. This ending is the kind of thing that makes G.I. Joe fun, and keeps it from being just a straight military comic.
The creative team for Snake Eyes #4 remains basically the same as it has been for the entire series so far; Robert Atkins provides pencils for the entire issue after Agustin Padilla provided some backup last time out. With this group having been together for awhile, it's becoming apparent that they're hitting their stride with this book. Robert Atkins' work on the fight scene between Snake Eyes and Slice and Dice can only be summed up as "fun" – starting from Slice's improbable airborne attack on the opening splash page and running all the way through a fantastic off-screen kill shot delivered by Snake Eyes to end the battle. Then, Snake Eyes gets a completely over-the-top six-kills-in-a-single-panel shot during his escape from the mountain that's just enjoyable to look at to pick out the different details in each part of the shot.
Khallikhan's corpse shot is odd, though; he's standing when Helix enters the room, hunched over the monitor where he's watching the fight, and turns to look over his right shoulder to see Helix coming before she guns him down. But his body's slumped over the table like he was sitting and shot in the back. It's an exceptionally minor nitpick, but the sequence seems a bit off.
Atkins also provides some nice background details to give us a hint at what may be coming in the future; there seems to be a lot of construction on the G.I. Joe ship Stennis, and a "99" in the background of one panel indicates that it may not be called the Stennis for long.
Simon Gough's colors are great, especially during the ninja battle. He uses a lot of red and orange to highlight weapon strikes, and it helps provide focus to the action. There are a lot of other little details that Gough helps sell; spittle flying from Khallikhan's mouth, flecks of blood around tears in Helix's uniform, etc.
Only two covers this month – Atkins' Cover A and Padilla's Cover B. There is no retailer incentive.
Atkin's Cover A is solid; a spent clip falls away from Snake Eyes' Uzi, still smoking, giving an indication that somebody was just on the wrong end of a firefight.
Padilla's Cover B is awesome; it's a moment-in-time captured from Snake Eyes' fight with Slice and Dice. Lots of nice detail here; ink spatters to provide grit, some tears in Snake Eyes' uniform, the dragon detail on Slice's sword. Padilla has been doing strong cover work on the B covers for this series so far, and this is no exception.
G.I. Joe: 0 (Total: 32)
Cobra: 14 (Slice; 6x Snow Serpent; 6x Viper; Vikrim Khallikhan) (Total: 53)
No Joes were harmed in the making of this issue; Oda Satori presumably retains his lead in the Cobra Commander contest with 11 kills and destruction of The Pit. Vikrim Khallikhan has been whammied and is the first candidate eliminated from the contest.
Newsarama has a lengthy preview of Snake Eyes #4 at http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album.php?aid=44000.


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LAHORE: Rights activists on Sunday staged a rally in front of the Lahore Press Club in protest against the death sentence handed to Aasia Bibi, the Christian woman charged with blasphemy by an additional district judge of Nankana Sahib on November 8.
Meanwhile, members of Tahafuz Namoos-e-Risalat Mahaz (TNRM) in a press conference vowed to resist any step taken by the government to strike down her sentence.
Protestors belonging to the All Pakistan Minorities Alliance (APMA) demanded the government set Aasia Bibi free. The protest was led by MPA Najmi Saleem. They chanted slogans against the blasphemy laws, calling them 'black laws' introduced by a dictator to prolong his rule. They held placards and banners saying, "We want immediate release of Aasia Bibi" and "Abolish blasphemy laws". The protestors appealed to the Chief Justice of Pakistan to take suo motu notice of Aasia Bibi's sentence.
Addressing the protest, MPA Saleem said that Aasia was innocent and was being charged with a crime she did not commit. She said minorities were being victimised under the blasphemy laws, adding that General Ziaul Haq introduced the laws for personal gain. "By promulgating such laws, Zia's regime set the stage for religious extremism in the country," she said.
Saleem said that sections 295-B and C of the Pakistan Penal Code were being used by some sections of society as a weapon against minorities. "Minorities in Pakistan are living under the constant threat of violence," she added.
She said that the government should repeal the law or at least amend it to stop its misuse.
Representatives of Tahafuz Namoos-e-Risalat Mahaz, however, warned the government not to repeal the blasphemy laws. They said that they would resist any step taken by the government for 'illegal' release of Aasia Bibi.
Maulana Muhammad Ali Naqashbandi, the TNRM general secretary, criticised Governor Salmaan Taseer for issuing statements in favour of Aasia Bibi. He announced that the TNRM would organise a protest in front of Governor's House on November 24, adding that calling Aasia innocent was tantamount to contempt of court as she had been given a death sentence by a competent court after following the due process of law.
Naqashbandi said that if the government sided with Aasia Bibi, it would hurt the sentiments of millions of Muslims and "force them to follow the way of Ghazi Ilmuddin Shaheed, who had killed a blasphemer". He said that Aasia Bibi should only be allowed legal remedies for her release and deserved no special treatment. He called upon the parliament to review the law allowing the president to pardon a convict. Talking to The Express Tribune, he admitted that there was room to amend the blasphemy laws in order to stop its misuse. However, he said that the government should only move ahead with the amendments after consulting religious scholars.
Muhammad Ziaul Haq, Mufti Masoodul Rehman, Maulana Farman Ali Naqashbandi, Maulana Shahid Aziz, Muhammad Fiaz Jalali and Maulana Ghulam Abbas Faizi were also present at the TNSM press conference.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 22nd, 2010.


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Are you dating a doctor? More specifically is it your first (or first few) date? Keep these things in mind –
1. Do not forget to do your blood work before meeting your doctor BF. He cannot start a conversation before looking into those beautiful numbers in front of him.
2. Ensure that your stomach is half full and you are well hydrated. If you drink too much of water he will think you are diabetic. If you drink too little he will think that you have kidney problems. If you eat too much he will think that you have thyroid problems. If you eat too little he will think you have some obscure disease.
3. Do not share the medical history of your family, esp of your parents and grand-parents with him. He will look for each of those symptoms in every move of yours and get you tested infinitely for all those diseases.
4. Do not take him to visit a sick relative. He will expect to see all the reports and medicines and hear a description of the symptoms. You will be praying that he doesn't ask for cash at the end of it.
5. Do not expect him to return your calls – he will be always busy. Only when he is with you he will be on call advising one patient or the other.
Do you have any more tips? Do let me know – leave a comment below.


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I experienced the most amazing sensation this week.
After doing lunch with our James Bond at La Tegola, we dropped by Gelatissimo just to see if we can squeeze in more treats into our already-full tummies. (Couldn't get more Italian than this, huh?)
The other Bond girls chose the chocolate flavor, but because I worship the gods of caffeine, I opted for their version of the coffee ice cream.
It. was. deeelish. times infinity.
Their coffee ice cream was sprinkled with coffee beans (and I mean real coffee beans), roasted just right so you can actually taste their acrid bitterness, but when combined with the sweet, cool texture of the ice cream: coffee-gasmic!
And how often can you get to say: I had me some crunchy ice cream?


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Four political forces would enter parliament – poll
More than 27 thousand respondents interviewed in the course of the poll
If the parliamentary election took place this Sunday, four political forces would enter the Verkhovna Rada – the Party of Regions, BYuT, Our Ukraine – People's Self Defense, and the Communist Party of Ukraine.
These are the results of an all-Ukrainian poll, publicized in UNIAN today by Valeria Zhovtianska, chief research officer of the Laboratory for Social and Political Processes Monitoring, chief of the Social-Psychological Technologies Laboratory Pavlo Frolov, and director of the Institute for Social and Political Psychology Mykola Sliusarevskiy.
According to the results of the poll, some 28.5% of those polled are ready to vote for the Party of Regions, some 20.3% - for the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko, Our Ukraine-People's Self Defense would receive some 11.6% of the votes, and the Communist Party of Ukraine – some 5.3%.
Besides, the People's Party of Volodymyr Lytvyn has a chance to overcome the 3% barrier, as it would receive some 2.8% of the votes.
The Socialist Party of Oleksander Moroz would receive some 2% of the votes.
Other parties would receive less than 2% of the votes. Another some 11.8% of those polled have not decided as yet for which party to vote, some 7.3% will not take part in the election, and some 4.5% will vote against all.
The poll was carried out during July 14-25 June, 2007. More than 27 thousand respondents were interviewed in all the regions of Ukraine. The error margin makes 0.6%.