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The War Lovers: Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst, and the Rush to Empire, 1898
The War Lovers: Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst, and the Rush to Empire, 1898
The War Lovers, by award-winning journalist Evan Thomas, serves as a reminder that everything old is new again.
While economic issues are eternal, the America of the late 19th century was faced with a different set of problems, including a perceived "need" by high-ranking officials to expand the American "brand." While Spain was pressing an iron boot on the neck of a Cuban nation yearning to be free, many of this country's leaders --- for the purposes of this book, Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge, and William Randolph Hearst --- sought to garner public and political support to lead the charge --- literally --- to aid another nation struggling for independence. Thomas highlights the ambitions of these three men, as well as a selection of those opposed to involvement, for any number of reasons, such as President William McKinley and psychologist/philosopher William James (whose inclusion strikes me as misplaced).
Roosevelt and Hearst receive most of the attention in this volume. Thomas runs through a detailed account of each of the principals' backgrounds as a way of explaining how they arrived at their respective points of view. He does not necessarily paint them in the most glowing light. Roosevelt, who was serving as Secretary of the Navy immediately prior to the Spanish American War, was torn between the (dull) duties of family life and the desire to prove his manhood. Likewise, Hearst --- publisher of the New York Journal and the Rupert Murdoch of his day --- desperately wanted to prove his importance not just as a news conduit, but as a news maker by creating a public opinion situation that fairly demanded U.S. military action. In fact, as Evans reports, several instances of atrocities perpetrated by the Spanish were, if not made up out of whole cloth, grossly exaggerated in order to fan the flames of patriotism and extend paternalism to a less fortunate nation.
(The War Lovers refers not only to the main subjects, but in a broader sense to those either too young to have fought in the War Between the States or too old to serve in the current situation, as if they missed something endemic to proving their masculinity.)
The first half of the book deals with Roosevelt, Lodge, and their contemporaries looking for almost any excuse or provocation to expand the American way of life, while the second --- and better --- half reports on how the U.S. entered into and won the War.
Thomas is at his best --- if a bit too graphic at times --- when describing the preparation for and engagement in battle: how the men fought not only the Spanish, but the elements of heart, hunger, and disease. More men died of Yellow Fever than wounds sustained at the hands of the enemy. Roosevelt --- who resigned his position in the administration to lead the famous Rough Riders --- is shown as a man hungry for action, yet unsure of how he would hold up in the face of combat. He is presented in multiple lights: impetuous, proud, vain, beloved by his underlings, mistrusted by his equals, a cipher to his family. That he politicked for a Medal of Honor for his admittedly brave deeds is a sad discovery, a disappointment for those readers more comfortable with a modest hero.
Thomas has been making the talk show rounds, discussing his book and comparing that conflict with the war against Iraq, even to go as far as describing a waterboarding-like torture employed against the enemy. It is slightly disingenuous, a forced way to connect an event from so long ago to make it appear contemporary. Armed conflicts will always have similar characteristics if examined closely enough. It seems unnecessary to force the pieces to fit.
Reviewed by Ron Kaplan on January 24, 2011
The War Lovers: Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst, and the Rush to Empire, 1898
- Publication Date: April 27, 2010
- Genres: History, Nonfiction
- Hardcover: 480 pages
- Publisher: Little, Brown and Company


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International Culture Arts Network (ICAN) has announced a new project celebrating the lives of Women for International Women's Day.
This year's celebration of International Woman's Day on March 8th marks the centenary of this Global event. ICAN is proposing together with women and girls across the City to host an exhibition in The Playhouse Plaza Gallery on the 12th of March. What is in this exhibition is down to you!
Project Summary
Theatre facilitator Nicky Harley will take women through a process of telling and sharing stories which are significant to that person. The females will work with Nicky to re-tell their story to the public by using a range of personal (or bought) objects, photos and text. We want to gather stories, objects, photographs, doodles, yarns, sketches, dedications, tributes, anecdotes and memories of women young and old. Collectively we will become the curators, we take over the space and we create our collective collage.
Aims & Objectives
This project will bring women together to share and tell their own individual story. The participants will;
· Develop techniques in listening
· Develop interviewing techniques
· Confidence to tell their story
· Providing a platform for women to share stories collectively
· Sharing space
· Confidence building
· Trust
· Reconnecting to their own emotional response
· Respond to one another's story
Final Outcome
To celebrate International Women's Day we will host a final one day exhibition in the Playhouse Plaza gallery on 12th March 2011, all groups and participants will be invited for a buffet and celebration at 2pm.
It's very simple to get involved. If you or your group are interested or wish to find out more please contact Nicky Harley: email@example.com or Elaine Forde: email@example.com Tel: 02871268027.
ICAN is a three-year project which has been part-financed by the European Union's Regional Development fund through EU Programme for Peace and Reconciliation (PEACE III) managed through Special EU Programmes Body.
ICAN is a new vibrant project designed by the Playhouse, which builds on the successes of previous Playhouse projects. ICAN will be delivered by the Playhouse in partnership with North 55, Co. Donegal. This project is part-financed by the European Regional Development Fund through the Peace and Reconciliation (PEACE III) Programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body.
Since its inception the Playhouse has, and continues to nurture local, national and International collaborations and partnerships which have thus far provided a range of inspiring outcomes.

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201812600 Nicollet Avenue | Burnsville, MN 55337Ames Center, Black Box Theatre8pm
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Recording/performing artists come together to perform the iconic music of Peter, Paul and Mary. They'll be singin' "Blowin In The Wind," "Follow Me," "The Wedding Song," "Where Have All The Flowers Gone," "If I Had a Hammer," "Day Is Done," "I Dig Rock and Roll Music" as well as their Top Ten Hits such as "Puff The Magic Dragon," "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" and "Leaving on a Jet Plane." Michael recorded his first demo in the '70s at Paul Stookey's S. Blue Hill, Maine 'chicken coop' studio and he'll share a few hidden gems! There just may be some singin along! Debuted as a Chanhassen DT Fireside Theatre SELL OUT Standing O show!
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text: Mario Bueno serves as executive director and adult education director of Progreso Latino, a multi-service community-based organization located in Central Falls, RI. Progreso Latino strives to empower Rhode Island's Latino and immigrant communities to achieve greater self-sufficiency and socio-economic progress by providing transformational programs that support personal growth and social change. Mr. Bueno is also the founder and past director of the United Workers Committee (now called Fuerza Laboral), the only immigrant workers' rights center in the state. Mr. Bueno received a BA in economics and political science from the University of Rhode Island and an M.ED in educational leadership from Rhode Island College.


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Established in 1967, WIPO is dedicated to promote innovation and creativity for the economic, social and cultural development of all countries, through a balanced and effective international intellectual property syst.
With 185 member states, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is the United Nations agency dedicated to the use of intellectual property (patents, copyright,trademarks,designs, etc.) as a means of stimulating innovation and creativity.
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India is the External Auditor of World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva till June 2018.
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One of the things that I've quickly found out when doing usability testing and field studies is that it's hard to keep up with the pace of what's going on and take sufficient notes.
How do you cope with this? Do you write in shorthand or use some other system that makes note-taking quicker? Do you just record everything and go through it later?


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Lync & Co, the new automaker with Chinese money and manufacturing and Volvo's engineering resources, has just previewed its 03 Concept, a design prototype that is the second vehicle the startup has shown in just five months.
Leaning heavily on the same styling language first established with the 01 Concept , the car is set to roll under the klieg lights at the Shanghai Motor Show this week, but for now, we've got these first images of the sedan. The car is expected to ride atop a similar chassis as the 01 crossover SUV, which means it likely employs a version of the Compact Modular Architecture shared with sister brand Volvo.
The 03 Concept four-door looks similar in size to the 01 crossover, so it's reasonable to expect that it, too will be powered by a 1.5-liter turbocharged three-cylinder gas engine backed by an electric motor. The 01 crossover is also expected to be made available with a 2.0-liter four-cylinder, and there's talk of both pure electric and plug-in hybrid models in its future, all of which would likely extend to a production 01 sedan.
The 03 Concept is considered a design prototype, but it looks awfully production ready.
Lynk & Co
Penned under the watchful eyes of superstar designer Peter Horbury, Executive Vice President Design at Geely Auto Group (who is best known for transforming Volvo's lineup), the 03 carries a similar nose graphic as the 01, including its unique fender-top headlamps and broad, narrow slit grille. Its overall proportions are quite traditional, yet rather sporty, particularly thanks to details like its blacked-out roof and complex five-spoke wheels.
Lynk & Co has already announced that it plans to have cars on the market later this year in China, with aggressive plans to enter the US and Europe a year or so later.
17Lynk & Co 03 Concept sedan peeks out ahead of Shanghai Motor Show (Lynk & Co)
In fact, Lynk & Co's most unique selling points aren't likely to be its vehicles themselves, but rather the way consumers can purchase and/or use them. Unlike today's legacy carmakers, this Chinese company is looking to establish itself in markets without traditional franchised dealers, an innovative distribution model that Tesla Motors has been rolling out to significant institutionalized resistance.
Lynk & Co is calling for small, company-owned showrooms and pop-ups in urban areas, with vehicles picked up and delivered to consumers for service. That's not entirely dissimilar to the sales model put forth by Elon Musk's outfit. Tesla has found battling US state franchise laws and powerful local dealer groups with a similar plan to be tough, time-intensive sledding, though they have made progress.
The automaker envisions fully loaded, mono-spec cars that can be purchased online at a fixed price, with buyers worrying about little more than color choice. While traditional leasing and purchase options will be available, the company is also readying a pay-as-you-go subscription model, where motorists pay for vehicle usage on an on-demand basis instead of making payments toward actual ownership.
A touchscreen system co-developed with Microsoft and Alibaba will be the heart of Lynk & Co cars.
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Lynk & Co also intends to go after the car-sharing market right out of the gate, with what it is calling "the world's first in-car digital share function." It has developed an app with Ericsson that uses digital keys, and personalized settings including seating positions and stereo memory presets are expected to be part of a user's profile so that they can be transferred seamlessly from vehicle to vehicle. The company announced plans to have a public demonstration of this new app-based tech at a Shanghai event today, and also announced a lifetime warranty on every car, as well as free data usage for connectivity purposes.
All of this is nothing if not ambitious. But with the financial backing and manufacturing expertise of one of China's biggest car companies, Geely, combined with the advanced safety and design expertise of Volvo, it would appear that Lynk & Co may actually have a better chance at long-term success than legions of other startup automakers.


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An art collector seeking ways to purchase new pieces or browsing the art market for novel ways of discovery is constantly in need of information and, therefore, advice. Coming across any of the collectors' tips, one seems to be getting an advice to find a dealer continuously. But what do art dealers do, that can be of such tremendous use to a collector? Don's they just sell art? Well, the truth is more complex than that, as we've tried to answer in this article.
An art dealer is not always a gallerist. He/she might become a gallery owner later in their career, but this is not where they start. An art dealer is usually an educated professional, a specialist in the field of art business. Renowned dealer representatives possess significant experience in the art market and also a rich background in the industry. They can come from the world of business or art, and it is not uncommon that they were artists or curators themselves, and maybe still are. Most of the dealers specialize in one particular style or period of art.
As professionals with the precious know-how of the artistic topics, dealers are happy to share what they know with their clients, both prospective and established, providing them with advice and opinions. They serve as consultants during exhibition, auction or studio visits and their judgement is taken very seriously with every new purchase, especially if a collector is interested in an emerging name. A dealer can also give legal advice in all matters art, and advice on framing, storage, conservation, cataloguing or display. Other than being closely involved in building a collection for a client, dealer can have a number of independent activities, which provide a firm foundation for the ever-important reputation of his business.
Art dealers have a strong feeling of responsibility towards building the current art scene and, consequently, art market trends. Exhibitions are one of the most important traits of art dealers' educational activities. Through them, dealers try to promote and support emerging artists, and to establish relationships between creatives in terms of style and cultural background. Placing art they promote in an art historical context is crucial for a serious dealer, in order to establish a long-term influence and relevance. When a well-known gallery has an exhibition, especially of an emerging artist, but of others as well, a collector should always attend. While the vernissage might be a good place to network, another visit to the exhibition space with an art dealer - consultant is important for the art lover to gain a deeper insight in what is up and coming in the art world, and act accordingly. The trick is that most of the well publicized exhibitions sell at the opening, or even before. Having a dealer at your side is, therefore, often crucial.
Feature image: David Hockney and entering, William Acquavella
Maintaining a professional character in the art critical waters is also significant for an art dealer. Many of them are involved in writing and publishing of exhibition catalogues, monographs and comprehensive catalogues raisonnés of their represented artists. By getting into academic studies and research, dealers get recognized from scholars as well, but more importantly, gain insight and understanding of the art world from every aspect.
Advice from art dealers is not always sought by individual collectors. It's a common practice that museums, art institutions and nonprofits also seek opinions from reputable dealers, asking their help in locating certain art pieces they wish to borrow and include in their exhibitions. Occasionally, if an art dealer is well-experienced, he or she might even be appointed the show curator. For collectors, this aspect of art dealers' activities is interesting, as they themselves may be asked to lend an artwork for a show. Trusting a dealer in these instances is crucial, but it's good to know that collectors who welcome museums and institutions and happily lend their pieces are always more favored in the art circles, in general.
The multi-purposefulness of art dealers doesn't end there. One of their most important answers to the what do art dealers do question is - appraising and selling, as well as reselling.
Appraisal is something every collector needs for many purposes including insurance and all kinds of legal issues. An art dealer with an experience and reputation is sure to provide an appraisal worthy of a larger institution and as some collectors feel more comfortable working with an individual rather than with a group, this may be a great solution.
Sales is the beginning and the end of an art dealer's job. With the first successful trade, a relationship with a collector is started, hopefully a long-term one. These art world intermediaries aid in buying, thus minimizing the risks of studio purchase, selling and reselling of client's artworks, managing all the undergoing consultations and papers regarding the art investment. Collectors who come to art dealer wanting to resell a piece are very much appreciated and are more likely to be offered the best artworks in the future.
We hope to have clarified the work of dealers now, especially to all the young collectors who are still seeking the definition of their collections. To paint the picture of just how important art dealers are, let's remind ourselves of the most influential people of the trade who subsequently turned into world's most influential gallerists such as Larry Gagosian, David Zwirner, Arne Glimcher of the Pace Gallery, Iwan Wirth, Marian Goodman, William Acquavella, Barbara Gladstone, Paula Cooper, Dominique Levy and Robert Mnuchin, or Matthew Marks.
Feature image: Larry Gagosian and Jared Leto
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — Family and friends of Mercedes Morris are asking for answers.
Fluttering caution tape is all that's left of the shooting that took Mercedes Morris' life on New Year's Day. The 21-year old was shot in a parking lot of a Shell gas station while sitting in the passenger seat of a car. She later died at the hospital.
As the sun set on yet another day of unanswered questions, Morris' family and friends gathered at that same gas station to comfort each other, and pray that answers as to who could have shot Morris will come soon.
Xzavia Ackins is Morris' cousin, but was so close, she calls her a sister. "She was loved. If you know anything, anybody. If it was your son love your son well enough to turn him in because he needs help," Ackins says.
Hands clench candles, wipe away tears, hold each other close."All her family and friends make me see she didn't die in vain," Ackins says.
It's memories, a picture, and prayers that keeps their sister, cousin, and friend close.
Those close to Morris say they can't begin to heal until they get answers.
Ackins clutches a picture of the young lady she won't see again. "She's gone. My sister's gone," Ackins says.


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Lakatos, the Jack Kerouac of math
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"WHEN will I need any of this in real life?" is such a common question in a math classroom that it is a cliché.
At one level it is a tried and tested way to stop a lesson. At another it is a genuine question. After all, if a student isn't going to use the likes of the Quadratic Formula, why learn it? And spend so much time, over so many years, learning it all? And suffer so much stress1? Why, indeed, does an average student need much more than the numeracy required to navigate life?
The question does not come so often from the student who enjoys math, which also usually means the student who is more than competent at it.
The answer used by myself, and some other teachers I know, is that math is about creative thinking skills, and, going further, the ability to think in abstract terms, to examine problems from different perspectives, the bending of minds. The other oft-used term is problem solving. Problem solving, creative and logical thinking skills are essential life skills.
Some look convinced.
Those who don't need to ask the question (but may out of genuine, disinterested curiosity) carry on, almost entirely driven by their own motivation.
The question facing math educators is how to make math relevant — and fearless — for the rest?
Students may not need, or ever use, the Quadratic Formula, but finding the Quadratic Formula with the aid of algebra tiles, completing the square and computer manipulatives as well as some help from other students does need skills that are useful for life… the sort of math thinking skills needed in an increasingly complex technological world… an increasingly complex political, economic and social world.
Proofs and Refutations, The Logic of Mathematical Discovery by Imre Lakatos raises not just a question of how math is taught. It is also raises questions that go to the core of what education is about. Like the world, it is complex, technological, social and political in nature. There are many stakeholders, besides the students.
The pressures on teachers (and students) are contradictory.
The modern math teacher is meant to create rigorous, interesting, relevant, fun, diverse, engaging, multi-cultural, technology-based, investigative lessons that allow each student to search out their own path of discovery, at their own pace, based on their independent learning plan in co-operative group situations tailored to each student's own learning style.
At least three times a day.
Plus relevant daily assignments with meaningful and timely, individualised feedback. Fully covering the curriculum. And preparing the student for repeated, on-the-record, high-stakes, multiple-choice computer testing… the results of which are the meat for the political-funding grinder.
So. No pressure then.
Teachers and students find themselves caught between the traditional deductivist approach and the vision of an heuristic future.
The demands of the curriculum, rigorous testing regimes, daily assignments, textbook styles and time all push the teacher back in the direction of deductivism. And as most parents are the product of deductivism, they too are fans— even while assuring the teacher they themselves hated math at school.
Competition from new interactive media, educational research and sheer desperation and frustration push the teacher to at least dream of an heuristic world where students are engaged and thinking for themselves.
Lakatos could easily have chosen a different title for this delightful read: Proofs and Refutations, the Heuristic of Mathematical Discovery.
Here Epsilon, Pi, Omega battle it out with Alpha and Beta: Adventure and the search for knowledge versus battalions of formalists, logical positivists, conceited infallibilists, dogmatists, Euclidean rigourists, monster barrers.
In the final few pages2 Lakatos abandons his pseudonymous allies and speaks directly with Shakespearean passion, anger and open contempt for the deductivist approach.
Lakatos summarises this "Euclidean ritual" as painstaking lists of axioms, lemmas, unseemly definitions followed by carefully worded theorems, often loaded with heavy-going conditions. The theorem is followed by the proof.
"The axioms and definitions frequently look artificial and mystifyingly complicated."
The student of mathematics is obliged "to attend this conjuring act without asking questions either about the background or about how this sleight-of-hand is performed." Should a student wonder or discover by chance that mathematics could not have developed in such a fashion, "the conjuror will ostracize him (sic) for this display of mathematical immaturity."
Lakatos complains, "mathematics is presented as an ever-increasing set of eternal, immutable truths.
"Counterexamples, refutations, criticism cannot possibly enter." Conjectures are suppressed.
This "authoritarian" deductivist style "hides the struggle, hides the adventure.
"The whole story vanishes, the successive tentative formulations… are doomed to oblivion while the end result is exalted into sacred infallibility".
And then the coup de grace buried in the footnote (p142, n2): "It has not yet been sufficiently realised that present mathematical and scientific education is a hotbed of authoritarianism and is the worst enemy of independent and critical thought."
In contrast Lakatos models a more open and optimistic approach, a world where imperfection is a virtue. For Lakatos it's not the answer that counts: it's how you get an answer, which only leads to the next question, that matters. Learning as a journey. And it's the road that's interesting, not so much the destination… which is only a starting point of another road.
Lakatos is the Jack Kerouac of mathematics.
"Literary criticism can exist because we can appreciate a poem without considering it to be perfect; a mathematical or scientific criticism cannot exist while we only appreciate a mathematical or scientific result if it yields perfect truth."
Lakatos has not yielded perfect truth. But this work helps put us on a road of discovery in the classroom. For Lakatos education was about fostering independent and critical thought, and for him that would mean adopting the road of discovery and not the Euclidean ritual – "this good and evil spirit of nineteenth century mathematics".
But Lakatos was a political man3. And much of Proofs and Refutations has the passion of a revolutionary political manifesto.
Lakatos would have recognized the tensions and politics that mire modern-day teaching.
On the one hand: open-ended investigations, discovery, problem solving and self-learning, assessment for learning. The heuristic method.
On the other: the insistent political pressure of test scores, pushing teach-to-the-test strategies. The rigidity of the curriculum map. Students trained to view education as a production line for collecting points. Assessment of learning. (Assignments means points. Tests means points. And as the most amusing, satirical show on BBC radio4 for many years always said, "points means prizes…" Grades, GPAs, scholarships, college, career.)
But there is a synthesis out of this Euclidean thesis and heuristic anti-thesis. Behind the closed doors of classrooms teachers are experimenting with counterexamples and stretching concepts to open up new conjectures5 which may yet give greater depth and breadth to real learning.
1 I did a Google search some time ago for "math phobia". It returned 527,000 links. I put the same words into amazon.com and a list of 234 self-help guides was returned with names such as Overcoming Math Anxiety, Conquering Math Phobia: A Painless Primer, Danger Long Division, Overcome Your Math Phobia and Make Better Financial Decisions. And many, many more.
2 Lakatos puts clues in his opening pages. Heuristics is mentioned in both the Acknowledgements and the Author's Introduction. And in the opening pages Lakatos teasingly makes clear, in a lengthy footnote (p9), that for pre-Euclidean Greek mathematicians porisms, results that appeared by chance, springing from the proof of a theorem, were considered a windfall, or bonus. "The heuristic precedence of the result over the argument, of the theorem over the proof, has deep roots in mathematics," says Lakatos. As the mathematicians in Lakatos' sites often pointed back to some notion of a golden age of Greek mathematics and rigid method, this Lakatos footnote is an opening salvo.
3 Lakatos was a member of the Hungarian Communist Party and an active member of the anti-fascist armed resistance during the Second World War. After the war he was a part of the Communist administration and was involved in the reform of Hungarian higher education. He spent six weeks in solitary confinement and three years in prison. The reasons why are unclear— He was rehabilitated in 1953. After Lakatos fled Hungary and the Soviet invasion of 1956 he was supported by the Rockefeller Foundation and the London School of Economics. At LSE he remained a close friend and colleague of Georgy Lukacs, widely accredited as the father of western Marrxism. He also befriended Paul Feyerabend who formulated an anarchic theory of knowledge.
4 I'm sorry I haven't a clue, BBC Radio-4, presented by legendary jazz trumpeter Humphrey Littleton. Littleton arbitrarily awarded points based on no stated criteria for games that appeared to have neither logical conclusions nor rules. No one knew what the prizes were or why points were awarded— the only real prize for all concerned being an addictive dose of hilarity that somehow commented on much of the nonsense of current events.
5 In my own still-mostly-deductivist classroom we have dumped the textbook as unintelligible, barred points as monsters, and have incorporated self-assessment and words such as "On your way", "Getting it", "Almost there", and "Got it" instead of meaningless points, percentages and letter grades. Verbal in-class contributions count on a par with written assignments. Lower-end students say they get hope. Higher-end students are challenged to demonstrate thinking with their explanations. All students are challenged to demonstrate some learning, that they have improved their understanding. That, at least, is the aim. Some days it works. Some days not.
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Hello fasting-people, today is the 2nd day of fasting, I just wanted to take this time to greet Salam Ramadhan to all beautiful muslims in the world. Wish you a very happy holy month and remember, always put God first in your heart. Well, for myself; i hope that I could control all my lagha activities like watching cartoons, movies, listening to musics or so on.. This is the only month anggap macam last ramadhan for us to fix our tar black soul to the purest one. Try purify it slowly in shaa Allah.. Nawaitu because of Allah and believe that He will help us. I also want to seek forgiveness to all my family and friends, Im sorry that I cant send text or call each one of you, so whoever read this, yup its for you all - Muslims. Dont forget to perform tahajud, tarawih, and of course fardhu five times each day and night. Replace our speech by zikr, Replace our sleep by tahajud, and replace our meal by quran, geddit? In shaa Allah.. Furthermore, its time for us to pray harder than we ever could nope not because to gain pahala only but to please Allah. Pray for our safety dunya akhirah, pray for our better future, our soleh/solehah jodoh, pray for our study and more. I really hope to get lailatul qadr. I want it.. I need it.. Nak tukar ganti hati yang telah hancur.
May This Ramadan be as bright as ever.
May this Ramadan bring joy, health and wealth to you.
May the festival of lights brighten you up
and your near and dear ones lives.
May this Ramadan bring in you the most
brightest and choicest happiness and
love you have ever Wished for.
May this Ramadan bring you the
utmost in peace and prosperity.
May lights triumph over darkness.
May peace transcend the earth.
May the spirit of light illuminate the world.
May the light that we celebrate at Ramadhan
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Introducing...Make it-Take it Tuesday! Each week, we will feature projects in various mediums. Adults and children are all welcome from 10am-12pm in our outdoor picnic pavilion, to learn a new skill, create a treasure, and make summer memories! Prices range from $8-$20 per project.


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Friday, June 11, 2010
A Happy Sketch
Good morning! Hope you're day is off to a great start. Today is Friday and that means new challenges at Just Magnolia and Stamp Something!
At SS our challenge is a very simple one, we want to see you create a Happy Something! Easy right? No excuse not to play along this week! Our sponsor this week is Karen's Doodles, but we also have some unclaimed prizes so we have some mystery candy too! There will be 3 chances to win this week! Get out those stamps and show us some HAPPY!
Delightful Challenges. My papers being spots and stripes also fit the challenge at Charisma Cardz this week. The image was colored with Copics and I used the dotty background technique to add some other accents. I've embellished with buttons, hemp twine, ribbon, eyelets (fits at Practical Scrappers), brads, and a sentiment from Whimsy Stamps.
This week our JM challenge is a sketch challenge created by our talented Mina. The sketch was a lot of fun to work with so we hope you will give it a try. Please remember you must use a Magnolia image on your project to qualify for the prize. Also, our Mina has a fabulous blog candy chance on her blog right now, hop on over and check that out too!
Whimsy Stamps.
This card also fits the challenges at:
Paper Sundaes: Summer
Sentimental Sundays: Neglected Stash (this stamp and ribbon)
All Sorts: Strawberries and Cream
Magnolia Down Under: Polka Dots (embossed layer)
Our Creative Corner: Summer
Hope you have a great day and a fabulous weekend! Thanks for stopping by, be sure to check out the DT samples from my fellow teamies at JM and SS!
Happy Stamping,
23 comments:
- Rach said...
two totally delish card honey.. wonderful colouring and detail on them both.. xxx
- June 11, 2010 at 7:33 AM
- Random Acts of Krafting said...
Lovely cards! The top one is perfect for Practical Scrappers Eyelet challenge. Hope to see you enter it.
- June 11, 2010 at 8:41 AM
- Cheryl said...
Adorable card! I love the strawberry charm you used on the Magnolia card. Thank you for joining us for the Sentimental Sundays challenge. Good luck!
- June 11, 2010 at 10:19 AM
- Bonita Rose said...
love them both.. I'll definitely be playing along in your happy challenge this week!
- June 11, 2010 at 10:43 AM
- Janiel/ janny said...
Love the cards. The maggie card is WONDERFUL!!! LOVE IT!!
hugs, Janiel (MDUC)
- June 11, 2010 at 11:18 AM
- Rhonda Miller said...
Oh my goodness, these are great. I love that little tiger.
- June 11, 2010 at 12:06 PM
Gorgeous--I love the bright red and strawberry theme! Thank you for joining us at Magnolia Down Under!
- June 11, 2010 at 1:09 PM
- Riet said...
What a gorgeous cards Denise-Lynn,i love your images and your papers.
Hugs Rietxx
- June 11, 2010 at 1:41 PM
- Sandie said...
Both cards are just gorgeous. Love the first one for it's bright colours and super cute image!!
Your magnolia card is so pretty. The strawberry charm really adds a lovely finishing touch.
- June 11, 2010 at 5:07 PM
- Crystal said...
These are both fabulous Denise......LOVE both of them girl, great colors and adorable images!
- June 11, 2010 at 6:35 PM
- Alica said...
so pretty! love your coloring and the strawberry charm looks yummy! ;)
Thanks for joining us at Paper Sundaes!
- June 11, 2010 at 8:06 PM
- CRAZYCRAFTSHED said...
Hi Denise
Both cards are gorgeous,thankyou for joining us at Delightful Sketches,
Hugs Dianne xx
- June 12, 2010 at 1:19 AM
- Random Acts of Krafting said...
Thanks for entering this into Practical Scrappers eyelet challenge Denise!
Good Luck,
- June 12, 2010 at 10:25 AM
- Lisa said...
Hey Girlie...love your cards! So nice to see a friendly face on a challenge! Glad you played along at Delightful Sketches!
- June 12, 2010 at 9:49 PM
- Vee said...
Fabulous card, love the nice bright colours. Thanks for playing with Charisma this week.
xx Vee
- June 13, 2010 at 6:14 AM
- Sue Frazier said...
cute card! thanks for joining us at practical scrappers this week!
- June 13, 2010 at 7:36 AM
- Hannah Eastman said...
Gorgeous cards Denise. i love the bright colours and the images. you have picked lovely colours and papers to go with all of it. Please come visit my NEW blog at ... http://cra-zycreationsbyhannah.blogspot.com
bighugs hannahx
- June 13, 2010 at 12:15 PM
- stempelfreaks said...
Both cards are so beautiful! We love the stamps and the paper.
Greetings Astrid & Larissa
- June 13, 2010 at 3:29 PM
- Carol said...
Awww WOW! What stunning cards Denise. Thanks for joining us at Charisma and good luck! Lotsa luv xxxx
- June 13, 2010 at 4:07 PM
- Lisa said...
amazing job!!! thanks for joining us at DS
- June 14, 2010 at 10:15 AM
- savvy teaching tips said...
Great work with the eyelets. I love what you have done. Thanks for playing with us at Practical Scrappers.
- June 14, 2010 at 5:37 PM
- savvy teaching tips said...
Great work with the eyelets. I love what you have done. Thanks for playing with us at Practical Scrappers.
- June 14, 2010 at 5:39 PM
- Katie said...
Great take on our sketch! Love the embossed back panel and the sweet image.
Thanks for playing at Delightful Sketches and Challenges :)
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Realms are different planes of existence in all of creation. Most of the realms are were created by God. The realm primarily seen is the The Universe. The other realms created by him consist of Heaven, Purgatory, and Hell in that order which were created by God. However, Avalon and the Empty's creator is unknown.
The realm of the angels and souls of humans deemed worthy to enter into its gates. Guarded by the angels of God and led by the archangels.
The realm of the monsters and Leviathans, a place filled with war, death, and chaos.
The domain of demons and souls sent there through the power of the deals. Houses hordes of dark souls and entities. It is also the location to Lucifer's Cage where it holds Michael and Adam.
Universes are realms of the humans, animals, monsters, creatures and Pagan Deities. It is the main realm.
Known Universes:
The realm of the fairies. House all fairies inside its own pocket dimension. Oz is also a branch of the fairy world.
The Empty
A realm where Reapers can send souls, rather than Hell or Heaven. According to the Reaper Billie, once a soul is send to The Empty, it can't be resurrected.
- Of the realms seen Hell is the only one seen in a dark demeanor reflecting its purpose as a place of torture.
- Earth and Purgatory are the only known realms where everything is tangible and existent. Avalon is unseen and Heaven and Hell are mostly memory reflections or illusions of torture and pain.
- Dean Winchester is the only known being to have been to all five realms of existence, while Sam, Castiel and Bobby have been to all but Avalon.
- Heaven and Purgatory are the oldest of the realms, followed by either or Earth and then Hell. Paradise existed, soon chaos rolled in, and then when evil came Damnation was created.
- The Earth realm has the most beings walk though its paths, Purgatory and Hell being second angels, monsters, demons, humans, and reapers/Horsemen. Heaven with the least angels, humans, and Horsemen.


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Everyone keeps saying, look at the region where you want to practice and find out what law schools people are from.
But what if I want to practice in a certain sector and I don't care about physical location?
Also, the organizations that I'd like to work for don't really provide information on what law school their employees graduated from...
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I know what you are thinking – why in the world would you make brownies in the crockpot when you can make them in the oven much quicker? Well, I'm not entirely sure I have a good answer other than these are an option if you are somewhere that doesn't have an oven and you really need to make brownies.
I'm not exactly sure why I had to try this recipe, since my oven was in fine working order, but I was really intrigued at how it would turn out.
Actually, they were quite delicious – crunchy around the outside and gooey in the center. They tasted best the next day with a nice 15 second warm up in the microwave.
- nonstick cooking spray
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3/4 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. coarse salt
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into pieces
- 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped or chips
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 cup walnuts, chopped
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1. Lightly coat a 5 quart slow cooker with cooking spray. Line bottom with parchment paper and lightly coat with spray.
2. In a small bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt.
3. Place butter and bittersweet chocolate in a medium sized microwave safe bowl. Microwave on high in 30 second increments, stirring between each, until chocolate is melted.
4. Add sugar to the chocolate mixture and stir to combine. Stir in eggs. Add flour mixture, walnuts and semisweet chips, stir until just moistened.
5. Transfer to slow cooker and cook on low for 3 1/2 hours. Uncover and cook for 30 minutes. Remove slow cooker insert when done cooking and allow to cool in slow cooker for about 2 hours. Turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
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Feb 19, 2016
Artists Scott Hove and Baker's Son join host Noah Nelson, along with Think Tank gallery Creative Director Jacob Patterson and Arya Davachi--director of Rough Sleeper--which will be using the gallery's Break Bread installation as the backdrop for his show.
The conversation waxes philosophical about the nature of collaboration and the intersection between art installations and immersive theatre.
Rough Sleeper will play out on just two dates--March 3rd and 4th--at the gallery. The Break Bread installation will be open through March 13th.


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- Obtain win 7 installation files.
This site is a mirror for all the win 7 ISOs (in several languages), includes links to MSDN file hashes (after downloading, I used HashTools to compare hashes).
Also there is a tricky possible solution here.
- Format a USB as a installation disk using Rufus.
- Install OS as Admin user, install critical drivers from hardware vendor website, use these instructions to bring computer up to date.
- Install Chrome, firefox, VLC, Microsoft Security Essentials, f.lux, adobe reader, skype, libre office.
- My keyboard has a rotary volume encoder so I installed 3RVX from softpedia for onscreen volume display, and I installed MemInfo to show RAM usage in the taskbar
- Create default non-admin user for logging in. Add autologin.
running scripts on Ubuntu 101
These instructions show a simple script that returns "Hello world".
I moved my script to /usr/local/bin/ (as recommended here) so it can run without the full path.. pretty cool.
I can create aliases:
alias l='ls -l'
as well as functions:
today() { echo -n "Today's date is: " date +"%A, %B %-d, %Y" }
I added a bin directory to my home directory, and added it to .bashrc to allow execution from there:
export PATH=$PATH:directory
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Creating Custom Error Pages on Apache Servers…
Just to make things a bit nicer. I edited the template they gave with some CSS, just to make it look a bit nicer. It's a saved as a .doc for security reasons, but its actually a .php…
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Hits unveils new management team
Seasoned telco executives will be charged with expanding Hits' business in Africa
Hits Africa, a subsidiary of KSA-based telecom operator Hits Telecom, has hired key senior managers ahead of an aggressive expansion of its operations in Africa.
The company, which has investments, operations and licenses in Equatorial Guinea, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania and Liberia, has hired key personnel including Macchindra Deokar, a former senior executive with South Africa's Cell-C, who joined the company as group deputy CEO.
Hits also hired Ross Clewley, a seasoned chief financial officer with Tanzanian telecom operators, as CFO. Fouad Dandan, meanwhile, joined Hits as group chief technical officer, and Amr Jaroudi joined as group chief commercial officer.
Hits Africa, which is active in fixed line, data and mobile network operations, hired the new managers to strengthen its position as it pursues an aggressive rollout and growth strategy in African. The company is currently building new generation communications networks in Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and is looking at numerous other opportunities in the continent.
"We are building new operations in new markets, rolling out new technologies and creating new value for the way in which people communicate across the continent. So now it's time for some new faces, too," said Talaat El Lahham, CEO, Hits Africa.
"I'm delighted that we were able to attract some of the most talented people from our industry to join the management team here at Hits Africa. Their experience and expertise add a crucial element to the Hits Africa team."
Other senior personnel hired by Hits include Georges Victor Ghazi who joined the company as group HR director, and Marwan Hakim, who was hired as group business development director.


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My clients frequently ask me how to change someone else; an employee, a partner or even their boss. Unfortunately, you can't change other people. It simply can't be done. People will only change if they want to change. They have to want it and want to change more than whatever rewards they are currently getting.
We have a hard enough time trying to change ourselves. Only 8% of people are successful in achieving their own New Year's resolution. It takes most people seven or more attempts to change something about themselves like losing weight or stopping smoking. Those activities are pretty easy to see and, therefore, are easier to change. Trying to change something that is more subtle, for example being too negative, is even harder. If we fail so consistently at changing ourselves, imagine how difficult it is to attempt to change other people.
Attempting to change someone is like attempting to train a cat. Cats don't train well. Cats do want they want and why they want it. My kids do watch a show, My Cat From Hell, on the Animal Planet. It stars Jackson Galaxy, a self described cat-behaviorist. Each episode Jackson goes into two households with completely out of control cats and in two or three visits, he completely trains these cats. When you study what Jackson does though, he doesn't train the cat. He modifies the cat's environment to encourage the cat to want to change.
Let's examine what Jackson actually does with the cats. He follows a pretty consistent technique and gets results nearly every time.
1.) De-stress the environment – The first thing Jackson does if find ways to make the cat less stressed. Stress causes poor decision making in both cats and people. Jackson de-stresses the environment by adding kitty little boxes, blocking views of neighborhood cats and adding places where the cat feels protected and safe. Additionally, Jackson will include outlets for the cat.
2.) Improve communication – Then Jackson teaches the owners how to communicate with the cat. With cats, communication is largely about body language.
3.) Create routines – For example, play with the cat and then feed the cat. Routines provide a level of predictability.
4.) Change the payoff – Jackson also provide treats and other rewards for positive behavior. He also removes incentives for negative behaviors. The change in the reward system helps make the cat want to do positive behaviors.
While you can't change your employee or partner, you can use a lot of Jackson's technique to get different outcomes. You can not change someone. You can, however, change the environment and reward system to get different outcomes.


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I met Lars at coffee after a Lifecycle Wombles ride a little while back. I had seen photographs of him and had chatted to him on Facebook, so I recognised his smiley face when I saw him sitting around the table wearing, what I like to refer to as, the 'Smurf Kit' (bright blue and white Lifecycle team kit). The first photograph I had seen of Lars was of him sitting in a big bubbly spa bath with his friend, Andrew, (post O'Reilly's Challenge). It was the funniest image I had ever seen! His hair was spiky and he had the cheesiest grin on his face…like a little boy who just found the chocolate chip biscuits in the pantry. There was something about this young man that I liked. He has such an enthusiasm for life and for cycling. Always with a smile on his face. He is strong, fit and healthy and enjoys cycling with his friends and the Lifecycle Team. It is such a wonderful sight to see a young man embrace a sport and look after his body. It would be so amazing if all young men thought this way. I asked Lars to share a little bit about himself and his joy of riding his bike.
Here is his story…
I started cycling as a result of joining Southbank Triathlon Club in 2010.
I had a friend who I worked with at NAB called Max who was currently a member there and was training to race in Germany and abroad. He was very inspirational. When I purchased my bike (Giant TCR 2 Advanced 2010) I thought this was an insane amount to spend on a bike! Max would take me riding to Mt Nebo before work once a week. A nice hard introduction to road cycling I must say!
Basically, from here I loved the bike. I instantly began commuting and have been ever since. It's faster, free and most importantly fun (the 3 F's). My bike is my transport and I cycle in group rides 5 times a week on average. I have ridden 6,393km since purchasing my bike. My biggest ride was 240km in one day.
Looking for a faster group to ride with, I found Lifecycle, as that was Max's and mine meeting spot. Work prevented me to ride with Lifecycle and it wasn't until May 2012 that I rocked up to a Wednesday morning Coot-tha ride that I met Andrew (which he introduced STRAVA to me that fateful Wednesday morning). Ever since, I've been fortunate enough to meet a lot of lovely people through cycling & Lifecycle, yourself including, Caroline.
Cycling has had the biggest and most positive effect in my life since moving to Brisbane in 2007. I recommend everyone do it. It's free, its fun, it's social, it's healthy and it's as competitive as you want to make it.
My lifelong dream is to have a job that allows me to ride everyday and become very competitive and compete professionally.
My greatest memories on my bike would include finishing the Brisbane – Gold Coast 2012 in the lead group with a time over 1hr quicker then when I had ridden it in 2010. Riding Lifecycle's O'Reilly's Challenge (Lamington National Park Road, Gold Coast Hinterlands Queensland, Australia) in 2012 and…basically…all the Lifecycle Brisbane River Loops and Tour de Redcliffe (TDR's).
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WASHINGTON — The Democratic blogosphere was abuzz Tuesday with the news that one of its heroes, Iraq war veteran Paul Hackett, had dropped out of the Ohio Senate race.
Hackett, a civilian lawyer and a major in the Marine Corps reserves, caused a sensation last year when he nearly defeated Republican Jean Schmidt in a special election in a heavily Republican congressional district in southern Ohio.
At first blush, Hackett's exit seemed good news for the Democrats since it removed the danger of a costly primary and left seven-term Democratic Rep. Sherrod Brown a clear shot at defeating incumbent Republican, Sen. Mike DeWine.
But left-leaning Democratic bloggers helped lift Hackett to his near-victory last year and some are irate that their man appears to have been squeezed out of the race.
Hackett said Monday party leaders pressured him to leave the race and made phone calls to his donors urging them to not contribute to his campaign.
Hackett blames party leaders
"I made this decision reluctantly, only after repeated requests by party leaders, as well as behind the scenes machinations, that were intended to hurt my campaign," Hackett said in a statement issued by his campaign Tuesday.
Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday afternoon that over the past several months he'd had a number of conversations with Hackett.
"But I certainly never said 'you should get out of the race,'" Reid said. "I'm disappointed that he feels I forced him (out of the race). If he thinks that, I'm sorry because that was never my intention."
Asked if he had discouraged donors from contributing to Hackett, Reid said, "absolutely not."
Reid said he was one of the party leader who had originally urged Hackett to run for the Senate.
But the political calculus changed after Brown declared his candidacy.
Other political news of note
Animated Boehner: 'There's nothing complex about the Keystone Pipeline!'
House Speaker John Boehner became animated Tuesday over the proposed Keystone Pipeline, castigating the Obama administration for not having approved the project yet.
- Budget deficits shrinking but set to grow after 2015
- Senate readies another volley on unemployment aid
- Obama faces Syria standstill
- Fluke files to run in California
- Animated Boehner: 'There's nothing complex about the Keystone Pipeline!'
While Hackett raised nearly as much in campaign funds in the fourth quarter of 2005 as did Brown, his campaign lagged far behind Brown's in total cash on hand, due to Brown's assiduous fund raising while a House member.
At the end of 2005, Brown had $2.3 million in cash on hand, ten times as much as Hackett.
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee chair, Sen. Charles Schumer, refused to comment on the Hackett withdrawal, referring all questions to DSCC spokesman Phil Singer, who issued the following statement: "Neither the DSCC nor Sen. Schumer reached out to donors to ask them to take sides in this race. Paul Hackett's statesman-like decision will help us win one of the most important Senate races in the nation."
Democratic blogosphere reaction was mixed with some such as "Kos" (Markos Moulitsas Zuniga) urging party activists to unite behind Brown.
'Brown better win this'
"I just have one thing to say right now: Sherrod Brown better win this," said Democratic blogger "Adam B" on the Daily Kos web site. "I hope that once Hackett's many supporters get over this disappointment, we can all work together this fall to make it happen. At the end of the day, Chuck Schumer's not the enemy -- Mike DeWine is, as is every other Republican who stands between us and control of the Senate."
But blogger Bob Brigham, who played a role in Hackett's House race, had a scathing and obscene reaction. "Schumer has now ***** up beyond all recognition the primaries in both Pennsylvania and Ohio," Brigham said in an e-mail distributed Tuesday morning. He called Schumer "a complete ******* fool."
Brigham is chagrined that Schumer has recruited anti-abortion candidate Bob Casey, Jr., to run in Pennsylvania.
"The shortsighted bossing of primaries both demoralizes Democrats and hurts future candidate recruitment," he told MSNBC.com this afternoon.
"Hackett, the 1st Iraq vet to run as a Democrat, in a time when we AS A POLITICAL PARTY are trying hard to deflect attacks by the GOP right wing machine on our commitment to national security & terrorism. And to do this in such a crucial Red State like Ohio. Unbelievable!" exclaimed a commenter nicknamed "fightingLadyinblue" on the MYDD.com website.
Republicans were quick to try to exploit the opportunity to inflame Democratic divisions. "The Democrat party bosses dumped a candidate with mainstream vote-getting potential for one of their most liberal members," said Dan Ronayne, a spokesman for the Republican Senatorial Committee
Brown does have the advantage of representing a district in the Cleveland media market and has run seven successful House races. His voting record is very pro-labor union and he voted against the 2002 resolution to use military force in Iraq.
Assessing bloggers' importance
The negative reaction to Hackett's exit "will certainly pass, it may even pass before the next news cycle," remarked Jennifer Duffy, an analyst with the non-partisan Cook Political Report.
"Hackett is the kind of candidate who illustrates that the blogs are loud, but not necessarily representative," she added. "In this election cycle in particular, people are watching blogs and assigning them enormous importance that isn't necessarily warranted."
The Hackett episode showed that party leaders had decided it was worth risking the wrath of pro-Hackett bloggers in order to get the candidate they judged to be the stronger one.
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Minutes: September 22, 2011*
Township Council Special Meeting
The Special Meeting of the Township Council of the Township of Vernon was convened at 6:31 p.m. on Thursday, September 22, 2011 in the Vernon Township Municipal Building, 21 Church Street, Vernon, New Jersey, with Council President Brian Lynch presiding.
Statement of Compliance
Adequate notice of this meeting had been provided to the public and the press on September 18, 2011, and was posted on the bulletin board in the Municipal Building in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act, N.J.S.A. 10:4-6.
Roll Call of Members
Present were Council Members Patrick Rizzuto, Dick Wetzel, and Council President Brian Lynch. Also present were Mayor Vic Marotta and Township Attorney Kevin Kelly. Council Member Daniel Kadish arrived at 6:43 p.m., and Council Member Eddie Dunn was absent.
Salute to the Flag
Council President Lynch led the assemblage in the salute to the flag.
Council President Lynch advised that the public comment segment would be moved further down the agenda to right before adjournment.
Motion to approve Resolution #11-176—on Canistear Road:
Moved: Patrick Rizzuto
Second: Dick Wetzel
Mayor Marotta noted that there were no changes in the contract, but that the original resolution had contained two typos (the contract numbers were incorrect), and the DOT required correct information.
A roll call vote was taken:
Ayes: Patrick Rizzuto, Dick Wetzel, Brian Lynch
Nays: None
Resolution #11-176 was adopted.
Resolution: #11-176: Resolution to Amend Resolution #11-164: Authorizing the Use of the Morris County Co-Op for Proposed Improvements to Canistear Road Phase I
WHEREAS, the Township Council approved Resolution #11-164 authorizing the use of the Morris County Co-Op for Proposed Improvements to Canistear Road Phase 1; and
WHEREAS, inadvertently there were a few typographical errors, specifically the contract numbers to be used in the Morris County Co-Op for the vendors Denville Line Painting, Inc. and M.L. Ruberton; and
WHEREAS, a line item for Traffic control to be completed by Tilcon, New York, Inc. is no longer required since these activities will be completed by the Vernon Township Department of Public Works; and
WHEREAS, it was the intent of the Township Council to award the contract to the Morris County Co-Op vendors named in the approved Resolution #11-164.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Township Council of the Township of Vernon, that Resolution #11-164 hereby be amended to correct the contract numbers for the Morris County Co-Op vendors and to delete the line item for Traffic Control as follows:
|Tilcon, New York, Inc. Contract #6 Category A
|Superpave HMA Surface Course
|HMA Milling
|Asphalt Price Adjustment
|estimated $52,000.00
|Denville Line Painting, Inc. Contract #36 Category A Option C
|Traffic Stripes
|M.L. Ruberton Contract #26
|Beam Guide Rail
|Tangent Guide Rail Terminals
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption according to law.
Motion to approve Resolution #11-177—Emergency for Storm Damage:
Moved: Patrick Rizzuto
Second: Dick Wetzel
Mayor Marotta noted this Resolution was for emergency funding to address the severe storm damage. He advised that the State allows these emergencies for safety issues without wasting time with the normal bidding process, allowing municipalities to sign contracts and make repairs as quickly as possible. He added that one item is about $70,000 lower than the engineering estimate (Earthtek), and that it might be possible that one other issue might be lower than estimated. The Mayor advised that most repairs would be addressed by the DPW.
A roll call vote was taken:
Ayes: Patrick Rizzuto, Dick Wetzel, Brian Lynch
Nays: None
Resolution #11-177 was adopted.
Resolution: #11-177: Resolution Re: Emergency Situation Pertaining to Public Health and Safety as a Result of Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee and Authorizing the Award of Contracts for the Required Materials and Services without Public Bidding in Accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:11-6 and N.J.S.A. 40:4-46
WHEREAS, the Township of Vernon has and maintains bridges; roadways and drainage systems throughout the municipality; and its residents are serviced by hundreds of wells and septic systems throughout the Township of Vernon; and
WHEREAS, the rain, flooding and wind that arrived on August 27, 2011 from Hurricane Irene currently affects numerous residents; and public and private infrastructures throughout the Township of Vernon; and
WHEREAS, the additional rain from the remains of Tropical Storm Lee on September 7-8, 2011 has caused additional widespread flooding; road closures and evacuations in areas not previously affected by Hurricane Irene; and
WHEREAS, materials, labor, contractors and specialized services and equipment has and will be needed as the Township continues to respond to the situations as they are located or discovered after the water recedes; and
WHEREAS, currently there are bridges, drainage systems, and neighborhoods destroyed and/or damaged, roads washed out, and wells requiring testing to ensure potable water is being pumped; and
WHEREAS, the Township Mayor, Administrator, Engineer and Road Department have concerns that additional issues will emerge as municipal staff continues to work through the immediate issues and uncover underlying and hidden damages and/or resultant health issues in the weeks ahead; and
WHEREAS, to invocate the bidding process, publication of notice to prospective bidders, receipt of bids, and the awarding of contracts for these situations by itself would cause delay in the needed procurement of a solution, thereby placing in jeopardy the health and welfare of the Township's population, the continued disruption of vehicular traffic and the risk of additional costs as failed infrastructures continue to degrade beyond what is currently observed.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Township Council of the Township of Vernon as follows:
- The determination that the weather conditions as a result of Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee has resulted in many public and private infrastructures being damaged; to delay any of the needed repairs or public health activities at this time to permit normal public procurement activities would allow time for continued damage to occur. This resultant delay in the procurement of the materials and service should the public bidding mechanism be utilized will result in additional time and cost before the repairs can be made and is hereby determined to be an emergency situation within the meaning and intent of the local public contracts law. N.J.S.A. 40A:11-6 and N.J.S.A. 40:4-46, in that it places in jeopardy the general public of the Township.
- The Township Purchasing Agent is hereby authorized and directed to award contracts on an emergent basis to source and procure all necessary materials and services, including but not limited to professional and non-professional, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:11-6 and the Mayor and Township Clerk are authorized to execute any said contracts on behalf of the Township Council of the Township of Vernon.
- The Township CFO is hereby directed to confirm availability of funds with the Township Purchasing Agent prior to any expenditure of funds.
- Any vendor that will exceed the $17,500.00 pay-to-play threshold has or will complete the appropriate pay-to-play forms and is therefore eligible for an award in excess of the pay-to-play threshold.
- The Township Purchasing Agent will receive and submit to the State of New Jersey the required Emergency Procurement Report as well as any additional documents required for these purposes.
- The Township Council hereby authorizes the Mayor, Clerk, and Elected and Appointed Municipal Personnel to proceed with all accounting, paperwork, and execution of documents necessary to apply and/or accept any Federal, State, Local and other assistance offered to offset the costs associated with these emergent repairs and conditions.
- Certified copies of this Resolution shall be forwarded to the Township Purchasing Agent; the Township CFO, the Township Engineer; and the Township Administrator.
Ordinance #11-21: An ordinance of the Township of Vernon, County of Sussex, State of New Jersey, amending the code of the Township of Vernon: supplementing Chapter 1 "General Provisions"; replacing Chapter 5 "Administration of Township Government"; changing the municipal election from May to November each year; supplementing Chapter 500 regarding roads; replacing Chapter 413 regarding parks and recreation; supplementing Chapter 89 regarding retirement benefits; and deleting Chapter 244
Council President Lynch noted that this was the fourth meeting to work on the Administrative Code—he asked Mr. Kelly to begin the review with Council.
Council Member Kadish arrived at this time. 6:43 p.m.
Mr. Kelly began with some potential changes for Council to consider:
5-6, C. (1)—the section on "Meetings of Council"—rescheduling of meetings. It was agreed to leave the first sentence as is (that deals with the organization meeting in January) and delete the rest of the paragraph.
5-6, D. (1)—the section on "Special Meetings"—the last sentence will be deleted entirely. Mr. Kelly noted that the ACLU had an issue with the wording that appeared to be contrary to the Open Public Meetings Act.
5-6, D. (4)—the entire paragraph will be deleted due to similar concerns.
5-6, E.—"Attendance by personnel."—Mayor Marotta questioned his attendance, as he understood that his attendance was not mandatory. The decision was made to delete the word "Mayor" from the listing.
Mayor Marotta noted that an issue had been raised by the Historic Preservation Commission as to who they communicate their information to—the Council, the Land Use Board, etc. He advised that the Chairman, Charles Bates, had raised the question.
5-91—Historic Preservation Commission, "Duties" section was looked at to see what was stated. B & C seemed to address the issue (which had been reviewed at the August 30 work session).
Council Member Kadish asked to look at 5-40, A.—signature of ordinances and resolutions. He felt that the Council President should sign them. After a brief discussion, it was decided to leave as is for now.
5-35 (Tax Assessment), and 5-36 (Tax Collection) were discussed relative to which department they reported to. It was determined that they belonged under the Dept. of Finance (and not under Dept. of Administration). They will be renumbered as 5-50 and 5-49 respectively, making Personnel 5-35 (from 5-37).
Article VIII—Office of the Clerk—Mr. Kelly noted that nowhere in the code did it allow for where the office of the Registrar of Vital Statistics should be. As the Clerk presently serves in this capacity he suggested Registrar be listed as a duty of the Clerk (5-44, G). All agreed.
5-87 Open Space—Mr. Kelly explained how this section was being addressed, and that it is not statutorily required. The way it is currently listed would leave it open for future review.
Article XVI—Historic Preservation Commission—Mayor Marotta suggested that the Chairman, Charles Bates, be allowed to address Council at this time with his concerns about the way this is addressed in the new Code. Mr. Bates advised that he had read through the Code and felt that it was drastically different from the old one for the HPC. He did not see where it explained who the Commission is and what they do, as well as other information. There was a brief discussion on the content of the new vs. the old code. Mr. Kelly advised that he would cross-reference the two codes to be sure nothing was omitted.
Council Member Kadish asked about the Municipal Alliance Committee and/or the Board of Recreation—if they have secretaries and if minutes were required, as well as if they have a budget. Mayor Marotta advised that no secretaries were budgeted for this year for either group.
Robert Oliver advised that the Board of Recreation had a secretary (volunteer) and produced minutes for the last two years.
Council suggested that the Board of Recreation add a clause as 5-96 B to elect a Chairman and select a secretary with no compensation.
Mr. Kadish asked about 89-6 Defined Contribution Retirement Plan—per Mayor Marotta, the only member who qualifies for the Public Employees Retirement System is Mr. Lynch as he was already elected prior to the cutoff date, all others do not qualify and could be in the DCRP.
Mayor Marotta asked Mr. Kelly if all the changes agreed to would interfere with a 2nd reading on September 26. Mr. Kelly advised that there were almost no substantive changes, and therefore they would not interfere with the 2nd reading/public hearing and possible adoption.
Open to Public Comments
Robert Oliver—had questions about the Board of Recreation. He noted that he had spoken to Mr. Marotta earlier in the day, and was concerned with checks and balances being in place. For example, he was concerned with the responsibility for hiring and firing, as well as the wishes of the Board vs. what the Director actually does.
There was a brief discussion on these points.
Charles Bates—Historic Preservation Commission Chairperson—asked that the code affecting them be discussed with them first. Mayor Marotta explained that the time line required a new code to be adopted within 90 days from taking office, and therefore Council had 4 meetings that were open to the public, and no one was excluded from discussions.
Tom McClachrie—had a question on Council voting as noted in the code—5-11 D(2)(c) where it addresses abstentions. He asked if these changes would impact the budget, including the lack of an Open Space Commission.
Gary Martinsen—agreed that each group should have been included on the discussions of the new code. He expressed concern that the Open Space Commission was removed.
Closed to Public Comments
The Council President closed the public comments segment at this time.
Council Member Kadish asked about delineation of repairs, costs, start dates, end dates, final costs, etc. on a chart for the emergency projects.
Mayor Marotta noted that Finance was working on those numbers as required by the State.
The Council President advised that Vernon Crossing Road would be closed at Rt. 94/Vernon Crossing/Church and at Rt. 515/the Cider Mill the next morning.
The Mayor explained the nature of these immediate issues: fears of the roadways being undermined. He noted that it would be about 10 days to complete Breakneck Road; the Maple Grange would be open by Tuesday or Wednesday; that the Butternut repairs would be done mostly by the DPW, including cleaning the creek, but that the State would be doing the paving.
Mayor Marotta reviewed the problems that arose due to DEP regulations, which prevented maintenance of the waterways that could have prevented at least the scale of damage from the Hurricane and subsequent Storm Lee.
Mr. Kadish suggested a Resolution to the State for the September 26 agenda, but agreed to wait for the October 13 meeting.
There being no further items of business to be conducted at the Regular Meeting, a motion for Adjournment was made by Council Member Rizzuto. Motion seconded by Council Member Wetzel, with all members voting in favor.
The Regular Meeting of the Township Council of the Township of Vernon was adjourned at 8:42 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Susan S. Nelson, RMC, CMR
Municipal Clerk
Minutes approved: October 13, 2011


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In less than a week, five major retailers have dropped Ivanka Trump's clothing, shoes and accessories from their inventory.
Retail giants Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus, as well as the online stores Belk, Jet and ShopStyle, have all distanced themselves from her brand. Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus have both issued statements claiming the move was prompted by lagging sales, and not the political climate. Still, earlier this morning, the President shared a tweet defending his daughter while also lamenting Nordstrom's decision.
Shannon Coulter, a digital strategist who led the movement #GrabYourWallet last year, urges consumers to divert dollars from the companies that support the Trump family. While Ivanka has no formal role at the White House, the decision to sell or drop Ivanka's products from retail racks facing companies is growing more urgent.
"On the campaign trail, a lot of women were looking at Ivanka Trump really closely," Coulter says. "They were willing to cut her some slack, because it was her father's campaign."
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Still, dozens of national retailers continue to carry the Ivanka Trump brand. Here's a running list of those companies, courtesy of #GrabYourWallet.
Macy's – clothing and shoes
Bloomingdales – shoes and handbags
Dillard's – clothing, shoes, and handbags
Zappos – clothing, shoes, and handbags
Amazon – clothing, shoes, and handbags
TJ Maxx – brick and mortar only
Lord & Taylor – clothing, jewelry, and handbags
Bed Bath & beyond – diaper bags
6pm.com – clothing, shoes, handbags and accessories
Hudson's bay – clothing, shoes, and accessories
DSW – shoes
Bluefly – shoes
Burlington Coat Factory – brick and mortar only
Marshall's – brick and mortar only
Overstock – shoes
Ross – brick and mortar only
Saks off fifth – clothing
Sears – shoes, clothing, handbags, jewelry
Walmart – clothing, shoes, handbags, accessories
Century 21 – clothing, shoes, accessories
Buy Buy Baby – diaper bag, baby shoes
Bon-Ton Stores (Bon-Ton, Carson's, Bergner's, Boston Store, Elder-Beerman, Herberger's, Younker's) – clothing, shoes, and baby apparel
Filene's Basement – clothing, shoes
Steinmart – accessories
Winners – brick and mortar only
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I'm going to start this week's news on a sort of business-y note as I've been a bit perplexed by a lot of the big money news which seems to have emerged over the past few days, despite the doom and gloom of the financial pages. I'm no economic whizz kid but I do find it baffling that while Europe is apparently in deep crisis, spending at the Frieze art fair was brisk and Marc Quinn's statue of Kate Moss in a rather tangled yoga pose was snapped up for a mere £577,250 at a Sotheby's sale; the lucky owner is apparently a private individual from Europe, lucky them!
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Scientists all over the world struggle with the Three R's: reading, writing and research papers.
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For some unknown reason, Michael Moore created a one-man show on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre in which he yells about President Trump for a long time. Although this is certainly a worthy cause and everyone should be yelling about Trump, the venue seems rather odd, as does the genre, the audience, and the price point. After all, what is "Terms of My Surrender"? A "Broadway show" or a political protest? If it's the later, why do audiences have to pay for it? Protests are supposed to be accessible, free, and public. In no other circumstance would a political protest have assigned seating with price tiers according to proximity to the speaker.
But here, no one seems to mind–which represents part of the problem. The entire audience for Michael Moore's show is older wealthy white people from the city and the surrounding tristate area. This is the case for every show on Broadway, but this isn't another charming musical revival or a hip new play, this is a piece of political activism being performed to an audience than is most likely not politically active. For most of the audience, the last protest they went to was probably about the Vietnam War. Thus, paying for an expensive seat to hear about politics on a Broadway stage seems fine for them. Most in the audience would probably claim it is a more civilized form of protest compared to loud yelling in the streets with signs.
However, "The Terms of My Surrender" is a failure; it is a completely ineffective form of political protest than in its very nature only supports elitism. How can a Broadway theater full of rich old white people who paid money to see one rich old white man speak compare to Trans rallys in Times Square or Anti-Confederate/Anti-Nazi protests in Charlottesville? The answer is easy: it can't. Michael Moore's show is ineffective, inaccessible, and out of touch. It is preaching to its own choir. Yes, the audience probably learns a lot from seeing the show, but at the end of the day it is a crowd of Trump haters who paid a lot of money to hear someone bash Trump for a few hours, so what?
The show is an almost intolerable 2 hours and 45 minutes (or at least it was when I saw it). The show changes sporadically, with Moore discussing whatever irrelevant anecdotes he wants and having random guests come onstage and talk about whatever they want. The unfixed nature of the show is not "exciting" or "experimental" or even "improvisational"–all words I would use to describe theater that changes each night–it is instead unprofessional, unfocused, and ineffective.
At the end of the show, Moore encourages everyone to make calls, to go to protests, to write letters, to fun for the office. Will any of the audience members do so? Probably not. They will go home and feel have their preconceived anti-Trump feelings validated. They will feel righteous for attending such a show. They will feel engaged with politics–which is so far from the truth. Seeing "The Terms of My Surrender" does not count as being politically engaged; it does not count as going to a protest; it does not help to make a difference in the world; it does nothing to stop Trump's reign of terror.


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I have to confess: I've never been to California, but I can't seem to stop my California dreaming these days. So if you're one of the lucky ones getting some sun, or you are just golden all year round, here are three relaxed red lip looks for you and your radiant skin (yes, I'm a bit jealous).
It's nice to get a bit of glamour in when you need it, but I often see girls with medium skin tones wearing red lips that are too blue for their warm and olive skin, and hopefully this post will help to stop the trend!
So if you want to look like a glamorous, sun kissed babe, here are my three picks. I have to also confess that my beautiful model, Ava who is part French and part Romanian, is normally tan during summer, but wasn't! Montreal oblige, I added some warmth to her skin with a self-tanning lotion and some Matte Multiple in Cappadocia, a little coverage with my fave: Radiant Creamy Concealer, both by NARS. Ava's eyebrows are just amazing on their own, so I let them be.
Above: I love gloss for darker skin tones, it softens the colour right away and brings a beautiful transparency. On the lips I put the "Red Apple" (I guess you can call it that) from the Hello Kitty One Apple a Day Lip Balm set from Sephora (which also contains a bright fuchsia and a reddish caramel shade). Unfortunately it's not available online, but it's still available at the stores. It's a no fuss look with no lip liner. On the eyes I just put a brown liner and smudged it, and some gold on the lids. For a perfect red, try to find a shade that is warmer, because cool shades will stand out too much against the skin. What I liked about the Hello Kitty Lip Balm, is that it's much warmer that most reds, but not an orange red.
Above: For the second look, I kept the eye makeup the same and I used Film Noir by M.A.C. It's a scary shade in the tube, but on medium skin it looks like a beautiful oxblood red with a hint of brown. I mixed it with a transparent gloss to make it sheer and less dramatic, and it gave Ava's lips instant sophistication.
My third look I went all out! My inspiration was Sade, and her sunset eyes, but to keep it modern I only used an orange eye shadow over the gold, and I lined the eyes with a dark liner pencil and smudged. I used NARS Larger than life gloss in Wonder or you can get the NARS Satin Lip Pencil in Timanfaya which is a much more intense pigment for a stronger lip. Orange looks amazing on warmer skin tones but it seems no one wants to give it a try. It's so much softer than red and it can make a statement without looking too over the top. I can definitely see these lips at a beach party, with a nice dress.
So, who wants to go to California?
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It's all about love this week and today I'm going to show you my Valentine's Day inspired manicure.
I'm no nail artist, but now days you don't have to be. In fact, with the right tools, you can come up with a cute Valentines nail art design that's all your own!
Nail Art Tool Kit Directions:
*First, apply 2 coats of Revlon Top Speed nail polish. I used Vintage, but any red will do. Wait a few minutes to dry.
*Then gently peel the heart stencil and lightly stick to nail. Paint the design onto your nail. Let it dry a bit. Blow nail to speed it up. Peel off and apply to another nail and repeat the process. I used Revlon Top Speed in Golden.
*Use a dotting tool to add polka dots if so desired.
*Finish with a top coat of your choice.
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