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On Monday, November 8, 2010, the UT Department of Computer Science held the annual Visions of Computing Lecture, a lecture series honoring UTCS faculty accomplishments. Through this lecture series, faculty present insights into computer science research and education to the public and the computing community. This year's lecture took place from 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. in the Avaya Auditorium, ACES 2.302.
Watch the 2010 Visions of Computing Lecture!
Chandrajit Bajaj - "Accelerating Scientific Discovery"
Computational screening is the name given to the computer docking of three-dimensional models of drug-like compounds into models of potential drug targets, usually proteins. Clearly, this computational method is far faster and cheaper than actually testing tens of thousands of potential drugs, which has been a standard in the pharmaceutical industry for generations. The rate limiting computational step however, and in the inner loop of the search, is the accurate computation of molecular configuration dependent relative binding affinities. My research grand challenge of this decade has been to design advanced molecular modeling/recognition techniques, so as to develop the fastest and most accurate modern computational screening engine to look for inhibitors of virulent target proteins. In this talk I shall briefly describe the design of (1+epsilon) approximation algorithms based on the fast multipole and non-uniform fast Fourier transform, coupled to O(1) time spherical neighborhood query data-structures, that achieve linear time solutions for all the compute intensive terms of molecular binding affinities. These algorithms are being encapsulated in a freely available internet search/scoring engine called F2+ Gsol_Dock (Fast Fourier Docking with Solvation Energetics).
About Chandrajit Bajaj
Chandrajit Bajaj is the director of the Center for Computational Visualization, in the Institute for Computational and Engineering Sciences (ICES) and a Professor of Computer Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. Bajaj holds the Computational Applied Mathematics Chair in Visualization. He is also an affiliate faculty member of Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Bio-Medical Engineering, Neurobiology, and the Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology. He additionally participates actively in the activities of the Center for Learning and Memory, and the Center for Perceptual Systems. He graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 1980, with a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, and received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Sciences from Cornell University, in 1983, and 1984 respectively. He is on the editorial boards for the International Journal of Computational Geometry and Applications, the ACM Computing Surveys, the SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences and the Journal of Visualization. He is on numerous national and international conference committees, has served as a scientific consultant to national labs, and national science foundations of Spain, Austria, Korea, and China. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and a fellow of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM).
Nell Dale - "Computer Science Education: 1960 - 2010"
Retired Professor Nell Dale - The University of Texas at Austin Department of Computer ScienceMy undergraduate career in computing began with a senior electrical engineering course in 1960, for which there were no prerequisites. During the next fifty years, computer science education has gone through many transformation and numerous curriculum documents. Are we any closer to a consensus as to what to teach and how to teach it than those pioneers were in 1960? This question will be examined in light of my 50 year involvement in CS education.
About Nell Dale
Dr. Nell B. Dale was one of the first women to get a Ph.D. in Computer Science in the early 1970s. She graduated from the University of Texas Department of Computer Sciences and remained on the faculty until her retirement from full-time teaching in 2000. She was originator and director of the Women in Science Program in the early '80s and has been a mentor to students and colleagues throughout her career. Her research interests have focused on computer science education as an academic discipline, having co-chaired five dissertations in the area. During her career she has authored or co-authored 18 textbooks, many in multiple editions.
Dr. Dale has received the prestigious SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contributions to Computer Science Education and was the first woman to receive the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)'s prestigious Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award. She has won two Hamilton Awards for the best textbook published at UT in a given year. She has received the ABACUS Award from Upsilon Pi Epsilon, Honor Society for the Computing Sciences and was elected a Fellow of the ACM. She received a Doctor of Science, honoris causa, from Sewanee, The University of the South.
Kathryn McKinley - "A Better Space-Time Tradeoff"
Professor Kathryn McKinley - The University of Texas at Austin Department of Computer ScienceMemory and computation define computer performance. Programmers explicitly make many space-time tradeoffs, and automated memory managers (i.e., garbage collectors) make this tradeoff for programmers in the high-level languages that now dominate the application landscape. By 1970 researchers had proposed the three canonical algorithms in use today: semi-space copying, mark-compact, and mark-sweep. Unfortunately, each one sacrifices either: space efficiency, fast reclamation, or mutator performance. We describe mark-region, a new canonical algorithm with configurations that meet all three performance objectives at once. Its memory efficiency and performance properties make it well suited to meet the now urgent demands of and for parallel software. Without many such mechanisms, the performance improvement train is on target to derail, taking with it the computing innovation ecosystem.
About Kathryn McKinley
Professor McKinley holds an Endowed Professorship in the Department of Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin. She received her Ph.D. from Rice University working with Ken Kennedy. Her research interests include compilers, memory management, runtime systems, programming languages, security, reliability, and architecture. She and her collaborators have produced tools based on their research that are in wide research and industrial use: the DaCapo Java Benchmarks, TRIPS Compiler, Hoard memory manager, MMTk garbage collector toolkit, and the Immix mark-region garbage collector. McKinley has graduated fourteen PhD students. Her service includes program chair for ASPLOS '04, PACT '05, and PLDI '07; co-Editor-in-Chief of ACM Transactions on Programming Language Systems (TOPLAS) (2007-2010); and CRA-W board member (2009-present). McKinley has received an NSF CAREER award, IBM Faculty awards, outreach awards, and best paper awards. She is an ACM Fellow.
Keshav Pingali - "Parallel Programming Needs New Foundations"
Professor Keshav Pingali - The University of Texas at Austin Department of Computer ScienceIn spite of more than thirty years of research, parallel programming is extremely complicated and remains a job for expert programmers. Therefore, most software packages are sequential and do not take advantage of the multicore processors that are now ubiquitous. In this talk, I will argue that the solution to the problem of parallel programming lies in fundamentally changing the abstractions that we currently use to think about parallelism. I will also describe a system called Galois for multicore programming that is based on these insights.
About Keshav Pingali
Keshav Pingali is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin, and he holds the W.A. "Tex" Moncrief Chair of Computing in the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences (ICES) at UT Austin. He was on the faculty of the Department of Computer Science at Cornell University from 1986 to 2006, where he held the India Chair of Computer Science.
Pingali's research has focused on programming languages and compiler technology for program understanding, restructuring, and optimization. Pingali is a Fellow of the IEEE and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He serves on the NSF CISE Advisory Committee.


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MO--Learning Standards
CO.A.1: Define angle, circle, perpendicular line, parallel line, line segment and ray based on the undefined notions of point, line, distance along a line and distance around a circular arc.
Inscribed Angles
Parallel, Intersecting, and Skew Lines
CO.A.2: Represent transformations in the plane, and describe them as functions that take points in the plane as inputs and give other points as outputs.
Rotations, Reflections, and Translations
CO.A.3: Describe the rotational symmetry and lines of symmetry of two-dimensional figures.
CO.A.4: Develop definitions of rotations, reflections and translations in terms of angles, circles, perpendicular lines, parallel lines and line segments.
Rotations, Reflections, and Translations
Similar Figures
CO.A.5: Demonstrate the ability to rotate, reflect or translate a figure, and determine a possible sequence of transformations between two congruent figures.
Rotations, Reflections, and Translations
CO.B.1: Develop the definition of congruence in terms of rigid motions.
Rotations, Reflections, and Translations
CO.B.2: Develop the criteria for triangle congruence from the definition of congruence in terms of rigid motions.
Congruence in Right Triangles
Constructing Congruent Segments and Angles
Proving Triangles Congruent
CO.C.1: Prove theorems about lines and angles.
CO.C.2: Prove theorems about triangles.
Pythagorean Theorem
Triangle Angle Sum
Triangle Inequalities
CO.C.3: Prove theorems about polygons.
Parallelogram Conditions
Special Parallelograms
CO.D.1: Construct geometric figures using various tools and methods.
SRT.A.1: Construct and analyze scale changes of geometric figures.
SRT.A.2: Use the definition of similarity to decide if figures are similar and to solve problems involving similar figures.
Perimeters and Areas of Similar Figures
Similar Figures
Similarity in Right Triangles
SRT.B.1: Use congruence and similarity criteria for triangles to solve problems and to prove relationships in geometric figures.
Perimeters and Areas of Similar Figures
Similarity in Right Triangles
SRT.C.1: Understand that side ratios in right triangles define the trigonometric ratios for acute angles.
Cosine Function
Sine Function
Sine, Cosine, and Tangent Ratios
Tangent Function
SRT.C.3: Use trigonometric ratios and the Pythagorean Theorem to solve right triangles.
Cosine Function
Distance Formula
Pythagorean Theorem
Pythagorean Theorem with a Geoboard
Sine Function
Sine, Cosine, and Tangent Ratios
Tangent Function
C.A.2: Identify and describe relationships among inscribed angles, radii and chords of circles.
Chords and Arcs
Circumference and Area of Circles
Inscribed Angles
GPE.A.1: Derive the equation of a circle.
GPE.A.2: Derive the equation of a parabola given a focus and directrix.
GMD.A.1: Give an informal argument for the formulas for the circumference of a circle, area of a circle, volume of a cylinder, pyramid and cone.
Circumference and Area of Circles
Prisms and Cylinders
Pyramids and Cones
GMD.A.2: Use volume formulas for cylinders, pyramids, cones, spheres and composite figures to solve problems.
Prisms and Cylinders
Pyramids and Cones
CP.A.1: Describe events as subsets of a sample space using characteristics of the outcomes, or as unions, intersections or complements of other events.
Independent and Dependent Events
CP.A.2: Understand the definition of independent events and use it to solve problems.
Independent and Dependent Events
Theoretical and Experimental Probability
CP.A.3: Calculate conditional probabilities of events.
Independent and Dependent Events
CP.A.5: Recognize and explain the concepts of conditional probability and independence in a context.
Independent and Dependent Events
CP.A.6: Apply and interpret the Addition Rule for calculating probabilities.
CP.A.7: Apply and interpret the general Multiplication Rule in a uniform probability model.
Independent and Dependent Events
CP.A.8: Use permutations and combinations to solve problems.
Binomial Probabilities
Permutations and Combinations
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (September 17, 2016) – Only smart gamers know that the most addictive of games are those packed full of strategic challenges, mind bending puzzles and artistic fun. Delivering all of these in multiple genres and formats requires a burning passion for gaming, and this is the promise behind the recently launched gaming website, Kens Games.
Kens Games is no ordinary gaming website, as it offers puzzles, action and arcade games that have been built with in-depth understanding of what a hardcore gamer will like to play on any given day. For example, Space Jump Zap requires a great amount of precision and getting into rhythm, whereas Road Fun Games Car turns a typical obstacle avoiding racing game into a retro themed, multi-city game that is currently one of the best and most addictive game of this genre. Among other games are casino slots and the newest craze, Monster Mania Go Puzzle. The pocket monster game has challenging jigsaw puzzles and require a sharp memory and thinking skills.
"Apart from being fun and feel-good, these are also some of the most challenging and difficult games that you will find anywhere. We've also made every effort to make them the most addictive and immersive games in their respective categories," said Ken Black, founder, Kens Games.
All games are currently free and available for Android on Google Playstore, with iOS targeted versions coming soon. Kens Games is a most welcome addition to new Android mobile games with its acute sense of what makes gaming a true pleasure for fans of all ages.
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Create your own Christmas crafts by trying your hand at a few different techniques and making your own beautiful pieces to take home. Have a go at making handmade cards and present tags or hand-stitched gifts for all ages. Workshops run from 10:30 – 11:30 or 12:00 – 1:00 and cost £5 per space.
These workshops are most suitable for children of school age and their grown-ups.
Pre-booking recommended. To book a space, just head to TicketSource by clicking the link above or phone 01934 621028
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Deep: Black Lives Matter Activist Delivers A Powerful Speech At A City Commission Meeting In Kansas "Every Hashtag That I See, Kills Me More!"
Black Lives Matter activist Caleb Stephens spoke his mind at a city commission meeting in Lawrence, Kansas. Stephens words silenced almost everyone in attendance, his speech is being considered one of the most realest and most powerful statements the committee has ever heard at that podium. "Every hashtag that I see, kills me more!" Posted By Persist
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Peter Bagge comic about protesters
"Can't I loathe both sides equally? Where's the 'they can ALL go to hell' booth? I want to volunteer!"
13 Responses:
Like a sulking teenager, you've no capacity for nuanced thought.
Long / short, no matter how rich, a hi-tech wanker is just a hi-tech jerkoff by another name.
I've been meaning to journal a conversation I had with a die-hard peace activist, who claimed to have visited Iraq recently. Long story short, the phrase "useful idiot" leapt to mind.
Where's the booth for "The Bush administration are being such tyrannical fuck-ups that the world almost prefers Saddam"?
Over here in YOU-rope. Well, aside from that pesky bit between me and France.
"Like l m n o p ... what fool would fuck with /this/ diversity?!"
Or we could all celebrate the actuality, that's always an option.
(If I said "People's Park", I wonder who's gag instinct would kick in.)
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text: Language impairment is one of the most common childhood disorders that you've never heard of. It affects seven out of every 100 U.S. children, delaying mastery of language skills in children. In school, children with developmental language disorder are at risk for failure in academically relevant language skills. So, looking at a typical elementary school classroom, two students will have a language impairment. These students go on to have academic problems and are less likely to graduate from high school and college. University of Delaware Communication Sciences & Disorders associate professor Amanda Owen Van Horne said she believes that improved treatments for language impairment can change these children's trajectories. Read the full article on UDaily.


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Format: Originally recorded on 3 memory cards. Reformatted in 2010 as 9 digital wav file. Duration is 3 hr., 1 minutes.
Summary: An interview of Peter Alexander conducted 2009 September 24 and 2010 January 19, by Jason Stieber, for the Archives of American Art, at Alexander's studio, in Santa Monica, California.


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"Craving… is the equivalent on a low level of the spiritual thirst of our being for wholeness…"
—Carl Jung in a letter to Bill Wilson, Co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous
Addictions present many challenges. Our faith provides strength and comfort with which to meet those challenges. The Addictions Ministry offers resources and information to support reflection and transparency, and to help those with addictions, their families, and their communities along the path to recovery. The Addictions Ministry Team:
– holds the vision and maintains the support for Addictions Ministry
– calls on leaders and faith communities to better understand and respond to the toll that addictions take
– acknowledges that the spiritual growth and search for truth outlined in our Unitarian Universalist Sources and Seven Principles can help us meet the challenge of addictions.
Map of Addictions Ministries at UU Congregations
See map of UU congregations that have addictions ministries.
National Recovery Month
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Once a while, are you shock to find out your Nokia Lumia phone screen display is enlarged by 4-500%. Or from the screen lock itself. You may taught Microsoft Windows Phone 8 is hang and need restart. You are right, restart is the immediate solution.
Somehow, this enlarged screen is a screen magnifier feature
1. Try double tapping the screen with two fingers whenever the screen is going to enlarge mode
2. Or the screen magnifier feature can be turned on and off in Settings -> Ease of Access
Official tips from Microsoft
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Wish i can get that but first i had H3DII-39 already, but i want some lenses, and i am always going with New brand and not used.Hope you will sell the kit and get what you want, good luck!
Paul, how many shots have gone through this camera and back?
How many clicks on the 28mm?
Lens prices reduced... a bit. :-)
What is the current asking price of the HC-35 and how many clicks?
How many clicks on the 28?
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When the Tuesday showdown on Capitol Hill was over, Apple CEO Tim Cook and an often critical Senate panel found common ground on the need for, if not the approach to reforming tax law for corporations.
Cook addressed a report by the Senate Subcommitte on Investigations that found Apple paid no U.S. or state taxes, and only minimal foreign taxes, on billions of dollars in profits on revenues collected and held overseas in the past four years.
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) described the findings as "egregious and outrageous." But no one contradicted Cook when he told the panel Apple acted within the law.
"We pay all the taxes we owe--every single dollar," Cook told the subcommitte.
That amounted to $6 billion in 2012, Cook said.
Since 1980, Apple has based its overseas operations in Ireland. Apple has availed itself of "deferral," the principle which allows companies to defer paying domestic taxes on profits from revenues collected overseas so long as those profits continue to by foreign subsidiaries.
"The real question is whether it ought to be legal," said Matthew Gardner, executive director of the nonprofit Institution on Taxation and Economic Fairness in Washington, DC.
"I think it's important for people to understand that the beneficiairies of this tax policy are not small 'mom and pops,' but highly profitable multinational corporations," Gardner said.
If the purpose of the hearing was to pressure Apple to bring home some of the $102 billion it holds overseas so it can be taxed, Cook did not volunteer, and instead told the subcommittee that the 35 percent coporate tax rate needs to be reduced.
Others saw a different purpose behind the hearings.
"This was not Apple on trial so much as a case study in what's wrong with the current system," said Edward Kleinbard, professor at the USC Gould School of Law, and former chief of staff on the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation.
Kleinbard coined the term "stateless income" to describe corporate profits that fall through cracks in the tax code and are not subject to taxation anywhere.
Such a situation creates artificial influences on business decisions, and disproportionately increases the tax burden for companies that do business only domestically, Kleinbard said.
Cook pointed out that in many cases, the current tax code discourages corporations from bringing home overseas profits, known as "repatriation." Apple holds 70 percent of its cash overseas, according to Cook. The total is put at more than $100 billion. If it were to be repatriated, Apple would owe approximately $35 billion in tax..
"Under the current corporate tax system, it would be very expensive to bring that cash back to the United States," Cook said, calling for a "reasonable tax on foreign earnings that facilitates the free flow of capital back to the United States."
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have called for reducing the tax rate on foreign earnings.
It's expected that at some point the Senate Finance Committee will tackle the issues raised during the Investigations Subcommittee hearing.
Kleinbard, for one, is hoping reform will mean the end of "stateless income."
"This is really ultimately about what is the shape of future legislation," Kleinbard said.


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Professor Emeritus
Dr. Smith received the Portland District Corps of Engineers Design Award 1998 Engineering Excellence 2000 Award from the Consulting Engineering Council of Oregon and was the 2000 Oregon Section ASCE Civil Engineer of the Year. Over the past 24 years Dr. Smith's research has focused on providing Geotechnical Engineers improved input for computer modeling of design problems. Of particular note is the research conducted on understanding arid collapsible soils, pile behavior under horizontal load, conversion of ODOT's RCAD guide, and reliability based design (RBD) probabilistic slope stability. The collapsible soil studies have defined soil behavior under wetting conditions, methods to test with insitu tools and design methods for the calculation of foundation settlements on these soils. All of these foundation engineering research studies have included insitu testing based design and analyses, with special emphasis on the role played by the prebored Pressuremeter (PMT). Portland State's geotechnical program has a national reputation for PMT work and application of its variety of probes and 3 control units feature in the curriculum, as well as research endeavors. Dr. Smith developed the graduate program in geotechnical Engineering and has advised over 50 MS students. Over the past 6 years, Dr. Smith's research interests have turned to 'geo-pedagogy' for application of 100% digital, CD and DVD, multi-media professional geotechnical education with partnership with the university's large multi-media group. The five modules completed to date include Soil Nails, Ground Anchors, Rock Slope Catchment Design and the ESA in construction. Dr. Smith is also active in professional activities, including development of digital media continuing education, and seeking ways to fully engage the private and public sectors into the academic enterprise. As well as the two required undergraduate classes Dr. Smith has taught Advanced Shallow Foundation Design, Advanced Soil Mechanics, Geo-Environmental Engineering w/Geo Synthetics, Geosynthetics in Infrastructure Engineering, In Situ Testing and Behavior of Soils, Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, and Deep Foundation Design & Analysis.
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|By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)
Former Director General of Information Systems, Indian Army
India has been fighting cross-border proxy wars, terrorism and insurgencies past three decades plus. The requirement of bullet proof jackets (BPJs) for every security forces fighter operating in counter insurgency and counter terrorist environment is the basic necessity. The fact that requisite BPJs in terms of numbers and quality have not been provided to our security forces is ironic, reflecting the callous and nonchalant attitude of the powers that be. It is not that the Maharashtra police was found sans BPJs during the 26/11 terrorist attacks. The Indian Army continues to remain deficient of modular BPJs almost a decade back, with the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) having cleared the acquisition of 1,86,138 such BPJs in October 2009, despite private Indian companies exporting BPJs to over 100 countries including British, German, Spanish and French armies, plus police forces stretching from Japan in the East to the US in the West.
In 2014, former Defence Minister announced "emergent" procurement of quantity 50,000 modular BPJs for the Army, but these started trickling in last year in 2016 from Tata Advanced Materials Limited (TAML) and the last lot are to e delivered by March 30, 2017 - so much for promise of "emergent procurement" by the defence minister himself. The bigger case for acquisition of1.86 lakh jackets that were to be procured by year 2012, is still lingering but meanwhile the BPJs deficiency of the Army has gone beyond 3,50,000. A British company is presently marketing the PPSS Bullet Resistant Vest - CV2 with NIJ Level IIIA+ protection level that has following characteristics: highly advanced ultra-resilient European ballistic material Waterproof and breathable Cordura® 180 ground-breaking temperature controlling Outlast® space technology; protection against full contact shots Protection from Tokarev Ball 7.62 x 25mm and Makarov 9 x 18mm Protection against more aggressive handgun ammunition Protection against TASER®, and; weighing 1.66 kg. But what is more relevant here is that Amrita University, Coimbatore is offering equally and more advanced technology and the proposal titled "Development of Hyper Velocity Impact Resistant Ultra Light Weight High Temperature Resistant Thermoplastic Polymer-Carbon Fiber Composite" is lying with MoD. The firm claims that this bullet resistant vest has passed the most up to date National Institute of Justice Standard 0101.06, and offers protection from full contact shots, since many times professionals accidentally get shot by their own firearm from extremely close range.
Schematic representation of PEK/PEI-Carbon sandwich composit with silicone foam for bullet proof vest
Amrita University sent the proposal to DRDO and the joint propel TDF-DRDO was then sent to MoD. Dr Shantanu Bhowmik, Head Research & Projects, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Amrita university, Coimbatore also wrote to then Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar that the proposal needs to be progressed expeditiously since similar research is ongoing by foreign companies like Boeing, EADS, Airbus, Lockheed Martin, Bombardier etc for developing high performance thermoplastic-carbon fibre composite for various applications in aviation and defence, and that Amrita University is in the forefront of this technology globally. He, however, pointed out that delay in implementing ths technology in India, would result in these foreign companies exploiting the Indian market.
What is the fate of the proposal sent to the MoD is unknown and whether it has died with the moving out of Manohar Parrikar is not known either, but this is a case that needs to be given due weightage by the PMO. If the claims of Amrita University are correct, which they should be since the joint proposal was sent through the DRDO, it must be examined on priority. These state-of-the-art bullet resistant vests are not required by the Army alone. We should not have only the Army pursuing these and the CAPF going in for imports when better material has been developed indigenously. Of course force individual force requirement would need to be met, like covering the neck, shoulder, grin etc, which should not be a problem. Dr Shantanu Bhowmik had assured then Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar that Amrita University is fully geared and prepared to work 24 x 7 on the project once approved. This is a case that needs to be examined with speed and executed under the 'Make in India' project forthwith since no foreign collaboration and transfer of technology (ToT) is involved. In fact, the venture without doubt has tremendous potential for exports, provided we can productionize these bullet resistant vests before the foreign firms catch up. The million dollar question is can the government act with speed and cut the red tape?


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Eric Dane and wife Rebecca Gayheart are new parents to a baby girl.
The couple's daughter arrived on Wednesday in Los Angeles, rep Nanci Ryder told The Associated Press.
"Mother, father and daughter are doing great," said Ryder.
A name has not yet been released, but the "Grey's Anatomy" star, 37, had previously said Gayheart, 38, wanted to meet the baby before making a final decision.
"I'm really excited," Dane told Ellen DeGeneres last month. "I'm going to stay close to my wife and make sure that she is all right."
Rebecca Gayheart was born on August 12th, 1971 according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Gayheart
August 12th, 1971
8 + 12 +1+9+7+1 = 38 = her life lesson = what she is here to learn = Caring. Nurturing. Support. Feelings. Emotions. Mom. Mothering. Grandmother. Grandma. Maternal. Mother's intution. Baby.


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Educator Effectiveness
Educator Effectiveness
Welcome to the Educator Effectiveness Page where you will find resources to support your professional practice needs.
The Teachscape Workflow is not available yet. Please use Google Docs to complete this process. The Google Docs forms can be found on the "Links" tab. Make a copy of each form and rename with your name. When the Workflow is available, you can copy and paste your items directly into the Workflow.


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Why are we here?
Formed by 2 EMIS web enthusiasts, we wanted to share many of the tools we had developed for use within our own practice. We could see that every practice was trying to reinvent the wheel, but that in the current environment most practices didn't have the time or resources to spend optimising EMIS to be most efficient. As we began to share our tools, we realised that to do it properly we would need registration with appropriate regulatory authorities as well as developing a team who could continue to evolve and grow the tools, embedding new guidelines and best practice. Hence Primary Care Pathways was born.
What is Primary Care Pathways?
A comprehensive toolset which has taken thousands of hours to develop by GPs and their teams in real life practice. It is ever evolving and with every update many new tools are added to our subscribers systems. It encompasses searches, templates, protocols and documents all optimised for your EMIS web system.
We offer different levels of support, depending on your requirements.
- Core package - Best suited to practices who want the majority of our tools, but don't require localisation or support with implementation.
- Enhanced package – Includes support with implementation and tools are localised to your area.
- Professional package - For CCGs/federations who want their referral forms optimised, bespoke local pathways built to embed priorities and meet targets, aid achievement of medicines management teams and full localisation of all tools.


text: Let's change the world, one ego at a time (starting with mine)By Lara Nuer 15 years ago this day, Claire Nuer (pictured at left) who co-founded the LaL methodology 30 years ago, passed away. She was my mother, my mentor and my best friend. She inspired these thoughts in me, as a wish for 2014 and beyond. I believe we are born with a need to ... Read More


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Business in Bulgaria
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Life and Business in Bulgaria? The reasons to move to this beautiful country are many. The marketing and advertisement of the country itself are so poor that many western people do not have relevant information about life and business in Bulgaria. The incompetent statements from various politicians who have never been there make it even a scarier place. To find out the truth about this country just ask a foreigner who has spent a couple of months there.
Here are some facts about life and business in Bulgaria that will make you think:
- Stable economy and the lowest taxation rates within the European Union —> Corporate income tax is 10%; Personal income tax is a 10% flat rate; Dividend tax for individuals is 5%; Dividend tax for companies is 0%. Therefore doing business in Bulgaria is like doing business in the "tax haven" of Europe.
- In 2015, Bulgaria was named the best outsourcing destination by the UK's National Outsourcing Association (NOA), and the BPO sector's contribution to the country's economy amounts to 3%. Follow the link and read more about Why Bulgaria Is A Top Outsourcing Destination.
- According to the latest research of the NSI (National Statistical Institute) regarding EXPENDITURE AND CONSUMPTION DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2015 a person who lives in Bulgaria spends on a monthly basis:
– food and non-alcoholic beverages —>192.2€
– housing (water, electricity, heating, furnishing and maintenance of the house) —> 100€;
– health —> 30€;
– alcoholic beverages and tobacco —> 27€;
– clothing and footwear —> 27€;
Therefore life and business in Bulgaria are very much cost effective.
- Computer specialists and programmers in Bulgaria can afford much better life that their colleagues in Germany for example. The salaries in Bulgaria have 2 times higher buying power.
Yes… no matter how many times you rub your eyes, the numbers are correct.
- Another interesting fact is that according to EUROSTAT Bulgarians are №1 in the EU for owning their household without any mortgages. At the moment Real Estate in Bulgaria is still accessible for normal people, but It will not be always like this.
In the Capital Sofia, the prices for a normal apartment in a decent neighborhood vary from 800€ to 1000€ per sq. m. So you can buy a one bedroom apartment for 55 000€ to 75 000€. You can buy a two bedroom apartment for about 80 000€ to 120 000€.
Bulgarians are tolerant people and they are always ready to show you the best from the Bulgarian culture & tradition. Along the good ones are also wolves who look at you as a walking wallet and you should also be careful and not too naive.
One of my businesses is real estate and now I am going to share some valuable information which will protect you from loosing money when you want to buy a real estate in Bulgaria. Follow the link to read the 6 Vital Rules For Buying A Real Estate In Bulgaria.


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To celebrate the premier of her film In the Land of Blood and Honey, on February 14, director Angelina Jolie and her husband Brad Pitt entertained around 30 guests to dinner at the Hotel Bristol in Sarajevo where they were staying. The meal included traditional Bosnian dishes and was organised by the hotel's manager, Nermin Hodzic and chef Debartolijem Moreno. The 4-star Hotel Bristol reopened in June 2011, and was reported in Hotel Bristol News.
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The Bristol Hotel on Rab Island
Guests at the sumptuous waterside four-star Hotel Arbiana on the Croatian island of Rab may wonder how the Cocktail Bar Bristol got its name. The fact is that when the hotel was built in 1932, it was called the Bristol. Four years later, Wallis Simpson and the Prince of Wales arrived on the island and bathed naked on a discreet beach, establishing the island's reputation for naturism. Their voyage is told in "High Noon for the King's Moll", a chapter in High Times at the Hotel Bristol. The chapter can be read online. The hotel's name changed during the Communist years, though not all Bristols were erradicated in Yugoslavia. In Skopje, Macedonia, the Bristol, built in the 1924, is still in business. The only hotel in the street to survive the 1963 earthquake, it features in the "A Motoring Lesson from Macedonia". The story can be heard on YouTube.
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I'm so done with winter. This California girl has never acclimated to the Midwest.
Take, for example, the snow. When I grew up we had to drive to the snow if we wanted to play in it. Swear it. Now I could trip off of my front steps and land in a big pile of it. It was frigid, as far as we were concerned, if the temperature dipped below 70 degrees. I've got windchills in the negative.
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I had to bundle up–hoodie, coat, scarf, hat and gloves–before stepping outside to try to get a night time shot. I popped over to the Elijah P. Lovejoy Monument hoping to get a nice lighted shot but was dashed by the grey & gloomy skies. I could tell by the tracks in the snow that someone braved the cold for a trip up to the monument but I wasn't so brave. I took my shots and then headed back to the refuge of my warm car. I'd like to visit it again when the weather is decent. I've been here almost 16 years and I've never come up here. (Insert guilt < here > )
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4th Source: Guy with beer doesn't give a shit about anything but that beer.
5th Source: Assistant coach on far left discovered in Phil's stool
6th Source: Tex Winter looking for a good bath house, preferably near team hotel.
phil looks like he's ready to eat that guy on the left right next to him
that looks funny.he is very huge man.
i want to know what he eats.
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Albums is not something you should expect from us i some time, but new music is emerging... But we have a LOT of work in front of us getting the summer tour rolling, before releasing new stuff. said the team on their FB account
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Filed under: drugs | Tags: critic, weak effort
it's been so quiet here. man I just can't be fucked doing this when there are so many other things.
yeah that cock dangercore has been rodding it up but lets be honest, it's a bit filler isn't it?
anyway, in last weeks critic they had an article about nanny states
and again there is mention this week
see this is a bit of a weak dual critic cavern
alcohol is all it's about these days.
we have an article about it. harms, pros, cons, everything
then we have a story celebrating the phenomenomly obscence drinking habits of that dude who was dared or something. he finished it early and so he got back on it the next day. is this getting drunk even after drinking a whole keg nothing but a sign of alcohol tolerance and probably dependence? given just how addictive alcohol actually is, this is not really surprising except to the most naive
and it's not like critic is necessarily saying it's ok, but simply by making a note of it sort of condones the activity, in a sense. I mean, since when is binging on drugs something news worthy? people do that shit on meth and opiates every week! maybe we should talk about harry the first year who fell into the wrong crowd, spent his course costs on 10 or so grams of methampetamine and is keeping himself up and fucking active for an entire week! and afterwards, instead of resting, he just wanted more meth! it's a time for celebration certainly
I guess at least if he was on meth he was probably productive. I wonder if that guy that drank that keg got much done that week?
so alcohol huh. nanny states right.. mobius strip is either getting better or it's just inconsistent.. and yeah.. womans month. I found the article in the middle a bit stereotype enforcing or maybe I just don't get witty satire :~
Filed under: politics, student life, uni | Tags: critic, drm, faeces, ousa election, weak effort
let's be honest, last week of the term, who could be arsed doing a real cavern? no one that's who. no one else lines up to do this shit. but it's got to be done, like changing the toilet roll after it's empty, avoiding the issue just leads to a faecal mess that you're going to spend a long time convincing someone else to tidy up.
the OUSA elections are going this week. are you going to vote? I will and that's all I know. the voter turn out shows us that the majority of the university are simply here to get a degree and not give a fuck. I guess that's one way to be a successful human being. like strangelyanonymous pointed out in his hard hitting article though, the results of the voting don't matter. maybe I don't understand democracy, I just know I've been brainwashed into a voting automaton
ben from critic asked me to write a pundit like article for their magazine.. I did it purely for the free otago massacre advertising, and as an opportunity to get "ass wasting" in print, but they changed my spelling to the more correct english way and now I feel a little ripped off if not shafted..
and what else is there? an article about the digitalisation of music. I feel deeply saddened by the writers lack of commitment to the issues that really matter. there's no discussion of DRM really, or what better solutions could be. doesn't seem like the writer acknowledges that the music labels want desperately to hold onto their old business models, but need to get with the times..
theres also like 50 other pages in the magazine. most contain stuff not worth reading, and that fits nicely with my apathy..
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sometimes critic is so bad that ripping the shit out of it is like shooting fish in a barrel. other times it's so uninspiringly devoid of any thing of any interest – even bad – that ripping the shit out of it is like trying to catch water out of a barrel.. yep
this analogy is beautiful because you'll see that catching water out of a barrel, while easy, also takes a long time; and is terribly boring as hell to watch
guess which one this weeks was
that is why there is no cavern. but exciting times may come in the future. stand strong


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My favorite job during my college years at the University of Arkansas was selling women's shoes for Dillards Department Store. I'd love to say it was because I craved high style and design in my life, but honestly, it was about the money. It sounds mercenary, but if you bring out enough boxes of the right stuff, lots of women will walk away with two shopping bags full of heels.
Anita Bryant was a notable exception. The sum of my celebrity sightings is hardly impressive. They include Wynona at a mall in Nashville while working my way through grad school and Bozo the Clown at the Batesville airport when I was seven. One could argue that compared to these two Anita hardly registers. I say that because I'm about to have to explain who she is to the majority of my readers.
Anita Bryant was a runner up to Miss America in the late 50s who went on to record a few minor hits in the 60s, and then screwed up thousands of people's lives in the 70s. Tall, dark, and wholesome, her big break came when she was tapped to be the national spokesperson for the Florida Citrus Growers. As you gasp in amazement at that plum gig, I'll also throw in that she gained most of her notoriety as founder and spokesperson for the "Save Our Children" campaign of 1977, in which as America's self-appointed mom she mobilized the religious right with sound bites like this all too familiar canard: "As a mother, I know that homosexuals cannot biologically reproduce children; therefore, they must recruit our children…" All of this was done in the name of Christianity, of course.
Long story short, she succeeded in removing a Dade County ordinance that prohibited people from being fired from jobs based on their sexual identity. Her work aided a ban on gay people adopting in the state of Florida, a ban that stands to this day. Then she went on to try rewriting discrimination into the legislation of California communities and other American towns, giving rise to the now common phrase, "The city council meeting isn't over until the second-rate hack sings."
Actually I just made that last bit up. It's kind of mean. But maybe not quite as mean as helping to make it so that foster children who have been with a family from birth until they are 14 can never be adopted by the only parents they have ever known.
Of course, none of this registered with the extremely closeted and uninformed 22 year-old hillbilly boy fitting Anita for shoes that day back in 1991. I was just thrilled to have a semi-bona fide and attractive, in her own way, mostly retired gospel singer sitting there waiting for me to assist her.
I kept expecting her to smile or say something pleasant, or anything for that matter, as I tried to make a little small talk. She was a former Miss America pre-lim pageant queen after all, and therefore American royalty by default. One might expect at least a half-smile to come pretty easy. But she just sat there and said no to everything from Cole Haan to Amalfi without even making eye contact. She was perfectly in her right as a customer to say no with a frown, but it's kind of unusual behavior for people in that part of the country. Maybe she could smell the gay on me. Or maybe her chickens had come home to roost. I don't know. I suppose it doesn't matter much now. What I do know is that dress Anita's wearing in that photo above is completely awesome!Explore posts in the same categories: "Anita Bryant", Bozo, Celebrity, Miss America
39 Comments on "The Day I Met Anita Bryant"
August 24, 2007 at 2:19 pm
I can't believe I remember this, but she had a singing show years ago at Eureka Springs. I figured it was country bumpkin type stuff, but it was fairly decent. I do remember thinking how much I wanted to look like Miss America with her big hair and sparkly dress. And I am far from being a Miss America anything..haha!
August 24, 2007 at 2:20 pm
She makes me want to spew.
Pucci dress or not.
Harsh, but true.
August 28, 2007 at 3:13 pm
or maybe her panties were wadded up.
August 20, 2008 at 7:49 am
Anita Bryant is not only AWESOME but she was right!
August 20, 2008 at 12:41 pm
So awesome, Kimmo, that she's a permanent resident in the 'where are they now' files. If she's so right, why don't the religious right nutjobs drag her out of hiding and let her be their new spokesperson down in Florida? After all, that mess down there is her legacy.
August 20, 2008 at 8:51 pm
[…] for shoes at Dillard's Department Store in Fayetteville, AR. I posted about the day here, and to date it is the highest viewed post from any of my […]
September 11, 2008 at 2:31 am
I was in Anita's fan club as a kid and was just 4 or 5 years from coming out when she hit the news with her anti-gay platform. I even chose her concert over an Elvis concert because I figured he'd be performing forever and it looked like the end of her career. I'll always regret missing out on Elvis, though she was an able performer. She probably confused a lot of gay teens because she combined such a glamorous and dynamic personality with a very cruel and debilitating message. Of course, most of the other teens would have been smart enough to choose "The King."
Anita has written several books, and in one of them she mentions that, as a child, she yearned for the day when she could afford as many shoes as she wanted. At the time of the book she said she had hundreds of pairs. Someone mentioned she's tall, but I think she's only 5'4″. I seem to remember she said she wore a size 9 shoe and was embarrassed about her "boats."
p.s. Do the shoes in Arkansas really have "T.G.I.F" printed on them?
October 23, 2008 at 10:08 am
I cannot believe that so many people care about this obviously demented woman. I remember Anita well from my childhood. We all knew that she was nuts even in the 1970s. Outsdide of middle America she was the MOST HATED PERSON. Anita Bryant gave Christianoty a bad name, and turned off millions of people with her negativity. The Christian God that she purports to speak for is acepting and loving, and will have no time for her.
Best of luck, Anita ! Reap what you have sown , you B@#$H!
March 2, 2018 at 12:32 pm
You are so right! She puts a horrible blemish on our country and now would easily be the spokesperson for bullying! She had talent and looks… So it's sad she'll be remembered as an evil and despised person
October 23, 2008 at 10:16 am
Nornally a person that protests so vehemently has a skeleton in their closet. I have read that Anita, our dear friend, may have a gay son. If that is true, perhaps there is a sense of inadequecy as a mother, or maybe Anita really is a narrow minded, dried up, b@#$h!
October 23, 2008 at 10:49 am
I am going to sue you if I do not see my name and email off of this page, PRONTO !!
YOUR WEBSITE IS SCREWED UP. I will get a lawyer and hunt you down. You have no right to post my email and name.
October 23, 2008 at 11:05 am
You people are so wrong. Anita Bryant is an Icon, She took a stand for wholesomeness in a very confused time. Why is everybody so negative?
What happened to family values?
October 23, 2008 at 11:16 am
cool website!
October 23, 2008 at 11:18 am
Whatever, you guys need a hoby.
October 23, 2008 at 11:38 am
Why does anybody care about thie washed uprerligious siner
December 19, 2008 at 9:33 am
I really don't know if the rumor about her having a gay son is true. I've never heard it confirmed. I do remember that back in the 70's a lot of people said it would serve her right if one of her sons grew up to be gay. In fact a lot of people actually hoped it would happen. So maybe it's more of an urban legend kind of thing than fact. But it would be nice to have it either confirmed or disproved.
January 8, 2009 at 6:24 am
Anita's son is not gay. In fact he has children of his own. Why on earth the gays like to wish that her son is gay is beyond me. Being gay is a curse and wishing that upon anyone is just pure evil.
Anita is an American icon!
January 12, 2009 at 6:45 am
She is an evil, hat filled woman who used the gay issue to elevate her career. In the end she reaped what she sowed. She went from being a well liked, well respected person to a pathetic loser
that nobody could stand to look at. You cannot build a life around hate and trying to destroy the lives of others and expect to have a successful one yourself. Just like Hitler, George Wallace, the southeastern United states it will eventually destroy you. We were not meant to spend our lives trying to control & persecute others because who we truly are persecuting is ourselves. That is the lesson and legacy of Anita Bryant's life.
January 15, 2009 at 2:29 am
I Love Anita. She sang to me at the Bob Hope Christman show at Yongsan, Seoul, Korea in 1964. I have an 8×10 Army photo B/W to proove it. Saw her in Branson and spoke with her after the show – she was awesome and cordial and wanted a copy of the
photo. God bless her and her family, is my prayer. Thanks Anita for standing up against the militant homosexuals, the gay agenda that is so destructive to the youth of this great land and protecting the children with your untiring efforts. I would be proud to stand with her anywhere, anytime. I feel bad for her financial problems but we all go through periods of strife and uncertainty and for a reason; possibly to humble us,
so God can use us more effectively by depending on Him and not on ourselves. America bless God! God help us.
January 15, 2009 at 2:36 am
The guy Michael Smith most likely doesn't know what he is talking about and never met the lady. Prayer for homosexuals is so greatly needed and they can have liberation from their addiction through the right counseling same as those addicted to pornography and gambling. Through Christ there is hope for us all.
January 15, 2009 at 2:19 pm
I'll take prayer any day and agree that through Christ there is hope for us all, but me being committed to a healthy, monogamous marriage to my partner and a committed father to our son should hardly be compared to a porn or gambling addiction. Sorry, Gerry. We'll have to agree to disagree on that one.
January 18, 2009 at 7:11 am
God our Father instituted marriage (see Genesis) between a man and a woman.
January 18, 2009 at 2:08 pm
The Bible sanctions polygamy, slavery, prohibition of eating shrimp and banning women having their period to living outside of the family quarters. These were cultural norms we've learned to think better of. There are no Biblical Literalists, only SELECTIVE Biblical Literalists.
January 26, 2009 at 4:57 pm
Troy, Apparently you haven't read the whole Bible. You are referring to the old Levitical laws that were done away with at the Cross. I urge you to read what Jessus said in Matthew Chapter 15 vs 15-20. I believe fornication included homosexuality,adultry, and any other sexual sin outside of marriage of one man and one woman. God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis Ch 18 & 19) for good reason. But He sent His own Son to planet Earth to show us that we can be free from sin; to be our example that we don't have to deliberately sin evey day in thought, word, and deed. That we can have eternal life through His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord if we confess our sins for He (Christ) is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Read 1 Corinthians Chapter 6, written by the Apostle Paul for some enlightenment. My preference is the KJV since the modern translations leave out Christ's diety and His eternal existence with the Father. I am not a preacher but a lover of God's Word and hate to see it miss-
used, miss-quoted and abaused by modern anti-Christ. May God help us to understand His eternal Word and use it to our own soul's salvation. Gerry
February 9, 2009 at 5:07 am
I know for sure, God never changes and His Word will endure forever. The Bible interprets its self, and when study, as it instructs us to do, we will stand convicted of our sins. Then it's up to us to take the next step of confessing our sins and God does the
forgiving. Justification by faith. When we try to interpret scripture on our own, we can fail miserably,
therefore we need the Holy Spirit's guidance and enlightenment. Pray before we opening up God's Word.
By the way, I am a Seventh Day Adventist Christian. May God help us is my prayer.
February 9, 2009 at 5:10 am
Please forgive the errors in the message above. It's late and I am almost through packing for my trip to the Dominican Republic, where I live. G.
March 16, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Well, I think this lady was screwed up, but I think 30+ years have past, so give her a break! She says she has adopted a more "live and let live" attitude. In the 70's being gay did seem like a sickness or something and now it is not viewed that way! I was a very young girl when this crap happened, but I remember thinking gays were abnormal and now I don't think that at all. I think it was just so new to people that they were scared or something! Gays don't need you to pray for them people….God is not cruel and he wouldn't have created them just to punish them! I think those who preach the word of god should preach that our god is a loving god and if he is truly that, then it shouldn't matter who you have sex with! I think more people would go to church if those who were preaching would preach a little tolerance! We are only here on earth for a short time, so why the hell do so many spend their time hating?
May 11, 2011 at 3:07 pm
My whole life I knew I was related to Anita. My grandfather was her brother. He always told us that she was his sister, but he kept his distance for a reason. I don't approve of her antics of the 70's. She showed a lot of racial discrimination then. She may be my great aunt, but knowing her views on homosexuality is important. I accepted my son for who he is and I will not allow him to be attacked by family. Hate is a strong emotion in the world and I will not condone it.
June 7, 2011 at 6:05 pm
For many years, Anita had a musical director from Dallas. I met him a couple of times but he was long-time friends with several of my friends, mostly entertainers. He was one of the gayest gay people I have ever known in the past 30 years. He was also extremely gifted and worthy of his position as musical director and arranger. So here was Anita singing on stage with a flaming queen playing piano and conducting her orchestra. Christian hypocrisy at its best.
June 28, 2011 at 2:49 pm
Hi everyone — I am writing a book about Anita Bryant, and am really interested in the comments and the memories posted here, especially by family and friends of Anita and people who have met her and seen her shows. Patricia and Gerry and anyone else with such memories, I am interested in hearing more from you. Please contact me at:
October 14, 2011 at 6:56 pm
As the mother of a gay son, I KNOW he wasn't "recruited" into anything. From the time he was born, his father & I knew there was something "different" about him. Frankly, we knew before HE did that he was gay. HE WAS BORN THAT WAY!
Although my husband of 45 ys. & I were raised as Methodists & very much believe in a Supreme Being, we have not had intimate contact with any church in many yrs. God knows we tried, but somehow, it never worked & I was raised in the most loving church I've ever known. It's disturbing to my husband & I that so much has come to light concerning ancient Biblical times & the people. Why were some books left out of the Bible? How much has been lost in "translation?" (Remember the game "gossip" we played as children?) How much politics played in defining early Christianity?
My son has a wonderful partner of 10 yrs. They are well-liked in their neighborhood, by their co-workers at work ( one IT & the other accounting ), they are kind, giving, wonderful neighbors, a good mentor for women who have children w/o any male influence in their lives, (he has more patience than I do), 1st. to offer help in any situation, & frankly, is FAR more "Christian" than any "straight" person I can think of at the moment. In fact, he's the son who believes in a Supreme Being, not his straight, atheist brother.
This country was founded upon the principles of tolerance, NOT the Christian Religion, even though many founders WERE Christian. Much of the strife today is directly devolved from intolerance into bigotry. To focus on a tiny part of the totality of the American Way to the exculsion of all the other serious problems facing us, defieds common intellect.
December 1, 2012 at 6:38 pm
May 26, 2014 at 5:01 am
I applaud and pray for Anita Bryant! She was thrown to the lions by the Christians and the homosexuals. .No one stood with her in her corner, but Jesus in her hour of need. Jesus is about to return to this world and will be bringing CROWNS with Him to give to the saints who have suffered obeying Him. The rest of the world should shudder at that thought, for He will bring them judgment for their wrongful actions of ALL KINDS OF SINS, No exceptions.Be Ready!


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Types of Wedding Ceremonies
Choosing The Wedding Ceremony That is Right For You
When it comes to creating your own, unique, wedding ceremony there are many decisions to be made: where to hold your ceremony, the size of the bridal party, how many guests to invite, the rituals and traditions to include, the words you will say to each other, people to include in the ceremony, the level of formality… the list can seem endless!
What follows will give you a small taste of the many different types of wedding ceremonies you can choose from. Be assured that with my comprehensive knowledge and experience of wedding ceremonies, whatever the wedding package you choose, whatever the rituals, traditions or customs you wish to incorporate, and whatever the location you prefer to hold your ceremony, I can guarantee you a unique ceremony designed to respect your beliefs, reflect your values and touch the hearts and minds of everyone present.
Backyard Weddings
A backyard wedding can be the ideal setting for a casual wedding. It can also be the perfect place for an elegant and sophisticated affair. It all comes down to whether the backyard in question is a match for the vision you have for your ceremony. For the couple planning a simple no-fuss wedding the backyard or deck can offer the ideal solution.
Beach Weddings
Beach weddings are growing in popularity and it is no surprise why. Beach wedding ceremonies are romantic, fun and exciting and they have the ability to cater for everything from the very casual to the extremely elegant affair.
There are many reasons for having a beach wedding, the best of which is, perhaps, the atmosphere that the sound of the waves and the soft natural light that a late morning or early evening sun can create. It is an atmosphere that says, 'At this moment in time there is nothing more important in the whole world than the commitment this couple is making to each other'.
If you are considering one of Perth's many beautiful public beaches for your wedding ceremony, be mindful that you will need to obtain a permit from the relevant Council and that the best Wedding Locations in Perth can be booked out up to 12 months in advance!
Chapel Weddings
If your vision for your wedding is a traditional ceremony but have no desire to be married in a church, you might consider holding your wedding ceremony in a secular chapel. Chapels can either be purpose-built or small deconsecrated churches with traditional architecture, wooden pews, a central aisle and an altar.
A chapel wedding will normally include a formal processional and recessional and, being an indoor venue, a chapel wedding affords opportunities to include elements such as the Unity Candle ritual. A wedding chapel is also highly appropriate for a military wedding or if it is you wish to include any religious content within your ceremony.
Park or Garden Weddings
If you are looking for a wedding venue that offers greater flexibility in size of the guest list or bridal party that most other venues, then you might consider holding your ceremony in a park or garden.
Perth is blessed with a multitude of beautiful of parks and gardens, both municipal and private; wonderful views, heritage pavilions, rotundas or shaded grassy areas making them particularly suitable for wedding ceremonies.
It is advisable to visit any potential venue personally before booking to gauge its suitability and understand any restrictions that may apply with regard to the use of items such as furniture, decorations and confetti.
Surprise Weddings
Surprise weddings are popular for many reasons; for some couples it is a way to minimise the stress that comes with organising a wedding, for others it may be a way to keep the costs down, while some people just like to stage a big surprise.
Generally a surprise wedding is held in conjunction with another celebration or family gathering. While it is fine to surprise your guests, it is not legally possible to surprise either the bride or the groom. The Australian Marriage Act requires the bride and groom to lodge a Notice of Intended Marriage with a celebrant at least a month and a day before the date of the wedding.
Themed Weddings
A themed wedding is a wonderful way to add a real touch of flair, fun, originality and excitement to your special day. It is also a great way to get your guests actively involved in your ceremony as well.
You can draw on any number of influences for your wedding theme. You might, for instance, draw inspiration from a particular period in history; for a 1950s theme a bride might arrive in a pink Cadillac dressed for the occasion in a period gown, set off beautifully by a birdcage veil. Your cultural heritage might suggest your theme; a Scottish theme, for instance, might involve Scottish poetry, blessings, and other readings, men dressed in kilts and of course a piper.
Your choices are endless; personal interests, favourite movies, a storybook fantasy, anything you feel will make your day special and unique to you as a new couple.
Urgent Weddings
Where circumstances dictate and you have a genuine need to marry very quickly, perhaps through ill-health or military deployment for example, it is possible to obtain special permission to get married with less than the mandatory legal notice. In these circumstances I am happy to help you obtain the necessary permission and create a simple but sensitive ceremony that can can be conducted in a hospital, at home, or any other venue of your choice.
Vineyard Weddings
Located just 15 minutes from Perth, the Swan Valley offers stunning scenery, quaint romantic chapels and rustic charm making it a picture perfect location to create beautiful memories on your special day.
With many award winning wineries and world-class restaurants to chose from, there is plenty of opportunity to find your dream venue whether you are planning a large wedding ceremony or a more intimate affair.
What My Clients Have To Say
My promise to you is a magical, meaningful and memorable experience for both you and your guests, whatever the occasion. But don't just take my word for it; please read what my past clients have to say about me and how I live up to my promise.
Joyce Was Amazing To Work With!
Joyce was so amazing to work with! From the initial consultation to the day of the wedding it was executed with such professionalism making the occasion both personal and stress free.
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Thank you Joyce for making our day extra special.
Your ceremony on the day was outstanding and everyone commented afterwards and said how good it was!
Thanks for all the ideas and steering Paula and myself in the right direction. You provided us with 6-star service!
Would I recommend Joyce as a marriage celebrant? Most definitely!
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She helped us make our day truly memorable. It was a beautiful and intimate service made all the more special through Joyce's attention to detail.
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It was a pleasure meeting you Joyce. Thank you for everything, we wouldn't hesitate to recommend you.
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What we specifically liked most was your personal and friendly nature, and your ongoing support throughout the process. We really appreciated the ease of the paperwork, and that you went over and above in sending in the name change forms etc for us.
We also liked how personalised your service was - you even allowed us into your home to meet your husband!
We think you are a beautiful lady and would feel honoured recommending your service to any of our friends and family in Perth in need of a civil celebrant.
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From first meeting with Joyce everything has been through smoothly. Actually we had a "budget and small wedding", but it was not problem at all. We married in Joyce's house in Perth with beautiful river view. It was much better than any other venue seriously!
From first meeting, she gave us many tips for making perfect wedding with a budget like as violinist, music, cake and decorating. Nothing was problem. Joyce was just magician, she convert our small wedding to most romantic wedding. Such a beautiful wedding memory I will put in my heart forever
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We booked Joyce as our marriage celebrant for our recent wedding ceremony in Perth. She was an absolute pleasure to deal with every step of the way.
She was a wealth of knowledge, helped us find a ceremony ritual that we loved, and helped tailor a ceremony that was short and sweet - exactly what we were hoping for. We had many of our wedding guests approach us on the day and comment on what a wonderful job Joyce did.
We would unreservedly recommend Joyce to anyone in Perth seeking a wedding celebrant who is warm, friendly and professional. Thank you Joyce!
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