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October 16, 2008
Call to order at 4:30 p.m. by President Fuchs
Present: Derouin, Eisen, Enos, Fuchs, Nebel, Stanke, Werley, Wicihowski
Also present: Director Saecker, K. Seefeldt (Administrative Assistant), Kelly Randerson (Community Foundation Accountant/Donor Relations Officer), Terri Towle (Community Foundation VP Finance & Administration)
Public Comment
Eisen praised Director Saecker for assuming the position of President of the Fox Cities Book Festival. He also shared recent local newspaper articles featuring our library. Fuchs shared a congratulatory letter he received from Elizabeth Burmaster, State Superintendent of Schools, regarding our achievement as Library of the Year.
Authorization of Bills
1. Motion to authorize payment of the October list of bills from the 2008 budget by Enos, seconded by Eisen and carried unanimously.
Eisen requested that a draft list of bills be sent via e-mail to Board members the day prior to the monthly Board meeting. Werley inquired if payments from the City's salaries, wages, and utility accounts could be included in the agenda's Consent Business rather than appearing on the list of bills. Director Saecker stated that we are following the state's recommended procedures for approval of these expenditures.
Consent Business
2. Approve minutes from the Library Board meeting of September 18, 2008.
Motion to approve the minutes from the Library Board meeting of September 18, 2008 by Eisen seconded by Nebel, and carried unanimously.
Director's Report/Information Items
3. Community Foundation. Terri Towle and Kelly Randerson from the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley were introduced. Terri Towle gave a brief history of the Community Foundation and summarized important changes to the Foundation's investment program that are now taking place. Spend-down fund assets, such as our Memorial Fund, will now be pooled in one of three portfolios: short-term, intermediate-term, and long-term. These portfolios will be professionally managed and are designed to meet the expected timeframe for making grants from the spend-down fund. A new investment strategy designed to manage risk while providing stability and growth for the fund assets in their endowment portfolio is being implemented. Colonial Consulting of New York will act as the Foundation's investment advisor. Colonials' Brian Crawford has been invited to speak about this investment strategy on Wednesday, November 12 at 10:30 a.m. at the Foundation's office. Board members were invited to attend. Towle and Randerson addressed their grant application process and answered additional questions from the Board.
Wicihowski left the meeting at 5:18 p.m.
Towle and Randerson left the meeting at 5:21 p.m.
4. Statistics. Monthly statistics continue to be amazing. Lending was up 37.1% overall from last year. We anticipate that the new self-check machines will alleviate this additional workload for staff.
5. HAPLR. Hennen's American Public Library Ratings were released for 2008. This set of ratings is based on federal data from 2005. Menasha rated the highest in the Fox Valley.
6. Children's Services Changes. Marge Loch-Wouters' resignation will be effective in mid-November. Her long-time assistant, Kathy Beson, will be our interim Children's Department Head after Marge leaves. Werley expressed a desire to have the position open to all candidates. Taking into consideration anticipated budget cuts for 2009, Director Saecker stated that she intended to move capable staff into the key positions that would be opening up as a result of Marge's departure. She asked Board members to wait until she had final budget figures for 2009 from the Mayor before a final decision is made on filling the position of Children's Department Head.
7. Marketing the Library. In an effort to help Board members understand our process of public relations, Marge Loch-Wouters prepared a report on how her department promotes library programs and events. Director Saecker noted that everything we do here is promotional in nature: customer service, information we offer, and our collections.
8. Food For Fines. We will once again be joining Neenah Public Library in offering Food for Fines November 1-9. All food items are donated to the Neenah-Menasha Chapter of the American Red Cross.
9. Sculpture Installation. Drew Schmidt, an art student from UW-Green Bay and a native of Menasha, will display his senior sculpting project adjacent to our building on Racine Street for one month.
10. Staff Evaluations. Staff evaluations will be conducted during October and November. The Personnel Committee will be working on the Director's evaluation, which is scheduled to be completed by the Board in December. Director Saecker was asked to briefly review changes that were made in personnel policies and procedures in the past year as a means of updating new board members.
Discussion/Action Items
11. Self-Check Machines. Director Saecker informed the Board that 3M has now offered a lower quote of $29,000 for two self-check machines. While that price is still slightly higher than that offered by LAT, she recommended that the Board selecte 3M's offer due to the fact that all of our equipment is 3M and machine compatibility with our existing system should not be an issue.
Motion to approve the purchase of two self-check machines from 3M for not more than $30,000 by Werley, seconded by Enos and carried unanimously.
12. Investment Committee. Discussion pertaining to our investments ensued. Enos stated that she felt the Community Foundation made a wise choice to initiate changes in its investment program and that it would be reasonable to keep our investments with them for now. Nebel stated that he favored changing our investment strategies. He advocated for working directly with local investors and noted that he explored that possibility with local investment firms who may agree to manage our funds without assessing management fees. Nebel was reminded that our bylaws prohibit individual board members from acting on behalf of the library without the expressed consent of the full board. Eisen stated that it is the responsibility of our Investment Committee to monitor our investment strategies and to make recommendations for changes in our investment plan to the full Board. Fuchs asked if there were any restrictions in our agreement with Community Foundation that would prohibit us from moving our funds to another investment firm. Director Saecker will follow up on this with staff from Community Foundation.
Motion to instruct the Investment Committee to monitor the investment transition at Community Foundation, to keep up-to-date with changes and to provide monthly reports to the Board by Eisen, seconded by Werley and carried unanimously.
13. Library Policy Regarding Aide III Positions Working 20 Hours or More. Director Saecker recommended an addition to existing personnel policies Chapter VII, Section D, Part 2 which would state that part-time regular hourly employees, including temporary employees, aides, custodial and assistants, working a minimum of 1040 hours (or 20 hours per week) would be eligible for leaves and fringe benefits as defined under the appropriate headings. Employees working fewer than 1040 hours would not be eligible for paid leaves or health insurance. She also noted that the term "Clerk" should be updated to "Librarian Assistant" within that section. Werley stated that temporary hourly employees should not be eligible for these benefits.
Motion to approve changes to personnel policies Chapter VII, Section D, Part 2 as presented, striking "temporary employees," by Werley, seconded by Derouin, and carried unanimously.
Stanke left the meeting at 6:05 p.m.
14. Trustee Essentials #3. Werley summarized chapter 3 "Bylaws - Organizing the Board for Effective Action." Enos volunteered to review chapter 4 "Effective Board Meetings and Trustee Participation" at the November meeting.
Motion to adjourn the meeting at 6:12 p.m. by Werley, seconded by Nebel, and carried unanimously.
Future meeting dates
The next regular board meeting will be held in the Gegan Room on Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 4:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Paul Eisen, Secretary
Kris Seefeldt, Recording Secretary


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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has suspended the trading of a Bitcoin-focused company's shares after their costs increased practically 7,000% this year. Following the Commission's suspension, some law office began their own examinations on behalf of investors, consisting of a class action claim.
Bitcoin Capital Corp's mentioned objective "is to obtain Bitcoin start-ups," and to "raise funding and invest in a business that is establishing Bitcoin software application or hardware applications," its website explains. The company prepares to run in a variety of sectors in the cryptocurrency area, consisting of buying Bitcoin mining devices and offering liquidity to Bitcoin exchanges worldwide. It also prepares to establish online shops that just accept Bitcoin.
In addition, the company has a wholly-owned subsidiary called Coinqx.com which is a digital currency exchange that prepares to use a cryptocurrency wallet, its website information.
Cost Jumped ~ 7000% in 2017
The Vancouver-based BITCF is noted over the counter, on OTC Markets under the sign BITCF. The shares were trading at $1.79 at the time of suspension. They were trading at $0.37 on August 1, before increasing to $3.15 on August 14 briefly. A couple of days later, they fell listed below $1. At the start of 2017, they were trading at $0.045, for which the August perpetuity high cost of $3.15 represents nearly a 7,000% boost.
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Class Action Lawsuit Ensues
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Posted: October 27, 2017
If you live in the Chico, area you might have heard of a great community service project called, Azad's Thanksgiving Basket Brigade. This program was created by Grandmaster Farshad Azad, the owner of Azad's Martial Arts Center in Chico, California. This year, Azad's is celebrating the 26th anniversary of this community-wide event in Chico. Each fall, Azad leads his students and the community in providing a complete Thanksgiving dinner basket for over 250 deserving families. This project began with one meal for one family and soon grew to help 200-250 families, annually. The program has reached over 35,000 people over the last quarter of a century!
When he was a student at Chico State, Azad overheard a conversation between a parent and her kids about why they could not have a traditional Thanksgiving meal that year. The children were a little upset and confused why they were not going to have a traditional meal. The mother had lost her job and explained to the kids that they were down to their last pennies. This touched Azad's heart, and that is when he decided to provide a meal for a deserving family the first chance he had. A few years later, when he had opened up his successful martial arts business, he provided a single family with a great Thanksgiving dinner. This further impacted him and reinforced his thoughts to reach out to more families in the coming years.
The mission of the Basket Brigade is to unite the community in helping average families who are experiencing very difficult financial challenges with a gift from the community. Azad and his team of community supporters will provide the families with a complete Thanksgiving dinner on the Tuesday prior to Thanksgiving day. Each meal is designed for a family of up to eight
Many of the recipients have lost their employment, or have been faced with enormous health issues and hospital bills. Each year, hundreds of people in the community gather around Thanksgiving Basket Brigade and extend a helping hand to those in need. Many of those who contribute their time, money, and energy are the previous recipients of the baskets. "We want to send a clear message to our local families in need that this community cares for them, and will not forget them during difficult times. We extend Thanksgiving meals to families as our way of saying we sympathize with their predicament. Our message is, let's be hopeful and take positive action so that next year, not only will you not need this basket, but you may join us in helping others in need!" says Azad.
What qualifies a family for a gift basket from Azad's Thanksgiving Basket Brigade?
- They must live in the Chico area.
- They must be financially deserving.
- They must be a first-time recipient. A family may not receive a basket more than once.
- They must have school age children.
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The Federal Reserve System's insistence upon managing domestic interest rates puts the Fed again on the horns of dilemma: save economic growth and trash the dollar, or save the dollar and trash economic growth? Either alternative is a losing proposition. This is yet another demonstration that Keynesian mercantilism provides no good outcomes, except to its circle of intended beneficiaries.
Abnormal Credit Conditions
Solely due to Fed mismanagement of monetary policy, the yield curve of domestic interest rates inverted 18 months ago. Overnight funds for banking reserves became more expensive than yields on Treasury securities at any maturity date. This inversion is abnormal in any market conditions, and has caused strains and dislocations in credit relations throughout the year-and-a-half of its existence. Anyone borrowing at the short end of the yield curve, such as small businesses and consumer credit card users, has paid double-digit interest rates or been denied credit altogether from the beginning of the inversion.
As 2007 began, the Fed stopped injecting new funds into the economy as had been done throughout the period of consecutive hikes in the funds rate, and actually drained funds on net for the first half of the year. Wall Street must have detected this change in Fed operations, as NYSE member firms sharply increased their exposures to failed delivery of shares (from $82 billion at year-end 2006 to $192 billion at 6/30/07). Difficulties in funding commercial paper rollovers became apparent to the Fed in August, prompting emergency injection of $39 billion in temporary funds. However, despite the Fed's increase in those temporary funds to about $47 billion in November, the relief initially apparent in credit markets reversed and, in the last week of November, commercial paper again dried up as a source of capital for business, even to the point of sucking up and collapsing debt already existing and financed by CP due for rollover.
Former Governor Angell's Proposal
On November 29, these concerns persuaded former Fed governor Wayne Angell to urge on CNBC's Kudlow & Co. that the FOMC should cut the funds rate by a full 1% (100 bps) and should couple that action with a firm public commitment to strengthen and stabilize the dollar. Angell's prognosis was immediately echoed by Arthur B. Laffer and praised by CNBC's Steve Leisman, who effused that he had favored such actions for weeks.
Angell's shift from previous opposition to a further cut in the funds rate at the December FOMC meeting is significant in two primary respects. It tacitly acknowledges that Fed funds rate management is at fault for the credit strains now imperiling economic growth. More importantly, it acknowledges that the Fed is capable of cutting the funds rate sharply while still acting to strengthen and stabilize the dollar. This implies that the funds rate is not the valve that controls liquidity or the strength of the dollar, a conclusion I have expressed previously.
Free the Dollar from the Funds Rate
The important further implication is that the Fed need not manage domestic interest rates to manage the dollar. The fact that the Fed insists upon manipulating the funds rate despite the damage caused indicates other unstated purposes for its conduct.
Even Angell's proposed cut of 100 bps in the funds rate on December 11 is unlikely to relieve credit market strains produced by the inverted yield curve. The yield curve probably would remain partially inverted, as the funds rate would be higher than the market judges overnight funds are worth. The overnight funds rate ought to be allowed to "float" to the level assigned by market judgment so banks and other lenders can begin again to provide the credit demanded by economic growth.
So long as the Fed continues to state an overnight funds rate "target," the Fed will remain behind and out-of-step with the yield curve, producing credit strains that the market cannot always overcome. The Fed ought to free the markets to set the funds rate, then promptly announce, as Wayne Angell proposes, that the Fed will focus on strengthening, then stabilizing, the dollar's value. ~
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Debashis Basu: Data science for Smart Cities
On March 28 this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an interesting speech at the Bloomberg India Economic Forum 2016. It was praised even by his critics for laying out an impressive array of facts and strategies. Since it was a Bloomberg event, the PM made it a point to mention that "I am grateful for the valuable advice that we have received from Mr Michael Bloomberg in the design of our Smart Cities programme. As mayor of one of the world's great cities, Mr Bloomberg has personal insight into what makes a city tick." We don't know what advice Mr Bloomberg gave Mr Modi, but it is worth recalling how he pioneered a statistical approach to governing cities through predictive analytics, as narrated by Gillian Tett in her book…
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Finance & Fundraising
Ealing Council has a Transform Your Space (round 5) fund of £100,000* to support projects located in Acton & Park Royal, Chiswick (Acton Green and Bedford Park), Ealing, Greenford, Hanwell, Northolt, Perivale & Southall that attracts strong support and engagement with the community by building safe, thriving and attractive places. If you have an idea for how to transform an underused space, whether outdoor or indoor, or use a space in a different way, which your local community would benefit from than you could receive up to £10,000 of funding.
Past projects have included interesting artwork on the outside of a building, establishing edible gardens, improvements to allotments, creating an interesting reading space for a library and building a new kitchen for young people to use. As long as your project can benefit the wider community, it could also benefit from funding. This time we are offering two funds, one worth £90,000 for which you must be able to source match funding as the most you can apply for is 50% of the total project costs or a maximum of £10,000.
There is also a smaller fund - the Young People's Fund aimed at engaging young people aged 16-24 years you can apply as a group for up to 80% match funding, or up to £1,000, or as an individual to pay for 80% of your project or up to £500. Examples of what could make a good project are an event in a park or a pop-up street performance, brightening up a disused space with plants or sculptures, upcycling unwanted items or a team designing a digital treasure hunt to explore points of interest about a place
To help you plan for your project and ensure you are able to fulfill the criteria for this fund, a variety of workshops and support will be available.
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Ealing CVS Funders Fair - Tuesday 26 November 2019 10am - 1pm taking place at St Andrew's Church Centre, Mount Park Road, London, W5 2RS sign up here
Attend the Ealing CVS Funder Fair to hear about the various funding streams available for your ideas. An opportunity to look for match funding which could help secure your Transform Your Space bid. Ealing CVS host events throughout the year, you can find their calendar here
Transform Your Space Idea Workshop - new date and venue to be confirmed
If you work with young people or you are a young person between the ages of 16-24 years, the Young Ealing Foundation and Ealing Council's Youth and Connexions team will be co-hosting a workshop to help support your idea for a Transform Your Space project. The workshop will offer you guidance on how your idea can be turned into a feasible project - with tips and advice on how to design, schedule and project manage your idea.
Ealing Connects (Spacehive) Transform Your Space Workshop - Tuesday 10 December 2019 6.30pm-8pm, Summit Studios Ltd, 2 – 4 Spring Bridge Mews, Spring Bridge Road,
Ealing, W5 2AB
The Spacehive team will explain how you can secure funding through Ealing Connect's - the crowdfunding platform used by Ealing Council to help you secure funding for your project. They also talk you through the additional local and national funds available for your project including the Mayor of London's fund. By the end of the night you could start to create your own crowdfunding campaign page and market you project. To sign up for this workshop go here
There is also a toolkit to help you start thinking about your project, and Key Dates.
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Monday 27 January 2020 (extended from 13 January)- Deadline for projects to be uploaded on Ealing Connects (for verification)
Monday 27 January 2020 - Project ideas submitted as a two-minute video to email@example.com
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Indy Motor Speedway To Host Quadruple-Header in 2012
The weekend of next year's Brickyard 400 Sprint Cup race will be held as part of an Indianapolis Motor Speedway quadruple-header.
On the last weekend of July, the NASCAR Nationwide Series and also the Grand-Am Road Racing will join Cup Series for four races.
It will be the first time that races will take place on the 2.5-mile oval and 2.534-mile Grand Prix road course during the same weekend, and the NASCAR Nationwide Series and GRAND-AM Road Racing will make their IMS debuts.
The 19th annual Brickyard 400 for the Sprint Cup Series will race on the oval Sunday, July 29, with the Nationwide Series also racing on the oval Saturday, July 28. GRAND-AM will conduct separate races for its Rolex Sports Car Series and Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge on the 13-turn IMS road course Friday, July 27.
The NNS race has traditionally been held at Lucas Oil Raceway Park on the same weekend as the Brickyard. That short track is located in Clermont, Ind., a western suburb of Indianapolis.
"The Super Weekend at the Brickyard will offer non-stop excitement for every auto racing fan with the addition of the NASCAR Nationwide Series and GRAND-AM Road Racing," said Jeff Belskus, Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corporation president and chief executive officer. "There will be competitive, fender-rubbing action from many different types of machinery for four days, featuring established stars and rising talents, on both the IMS oval and road course.
"This will be an unforgettable event and the start of a great new racing tradition at the Speedway."
The schedule for the weekend will be as follows:
•Thursday, July 26: NASCAR Nationwide Series practice
•Friday, July 27: GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series and Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge practice, qualifying and races
•Saturday, July 28: NASCAR Nationwide Series practice, qualifying and race; NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice and qualifying
•Sunday, July 29: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Brickyard 400 race
Brickfest, a music festival featuring a headlining national act, also will return during the Super Weekend at the Brickyard after its debut during this year's Brickyard 400.
Details on ticket pricing, race distances for the Nationwide Series and two Grand Am events and the complete event schedule will be released at a later date.
"Today's announcement is exciting for NASCAR and its fans," said NASCAR President Mike Helton. "By bringing the NASCAR Nationwide Series and the GRAND-AM Series to the Brickyard as companion events for the Sprint Cup race in 2012, fans will now have the opportunity to see NASCAR's top two series combined with GRAND-AM's outstanding sports car racing compete at one of the world's most iconic racetracks all in one exciting weekend."
"This is a great day for GRAND-AM and for sports car racing in North America," said GRAND-AM President Tom Bledsoe. "GRAND-AM has the finest sports car racing in North America, and we're proud that we'll be able to showcase our racing – with the Rolex Series and the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge – at Indy. GRAND-AM is an organization on the move, and this announcement personifies that fact."No Comment


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Growing up amongst gangs and violence that overtook her communities and threatened her existence, Teresa, an El Salvador native, vividly remembers how it was to live in fear for her life every day – but she also remembers feeling her first glimmer of hope.
"During my youth, I went with my grandparents to a mission that some American missionaries had established."
After her experience with the missionaries visiting her country, the waves of political unrest and violence made life difficult for Teresa and her family. In spite of these circumstances, she learned how to rely on God's promises with the encouragement and discipleship from her missionary friends. Teresa could tell that these people were different than anyone else she had ever met because they were filled with the love of God.
"Even though I was only eight years old, it impacted me to see the love of these people. They left their relatives and came to our county as missionaries to share the gospel of Jesus Christ."
In remote villages across developing countries like El Salvador, biblical resources are rare, and most people have never heard the Gospel. Because of this need, Teresa made a promise to herself to dedicate her life to reaching out to people in these areas. "When I was a kid I used to say,' I will do what they're doing.' I dreamed, and God did not forget what I said as a child. He took my dream, He guarded it, and He fulfilled it." Missionary work has stayed dear to Teresa's heart, even after she moved to the U.S.
Now with a family of her own, Teresa continues to do the Lord's work, but now she reaches into villages all over the world – all through the power of her computer. For the last ten months, she's faithfully served as a Spanish-speaking Online Missionary with Global Media Outreach, discipling more than 60 people into a deeper relationship with Christ.
"Today, I have embraced this missionary work from Global Media Outreach. I know this is another tool that the Lord has put in my hands where I can share the Gospel to the nations. I can share Him and reach out to many souls around the world without physically leaving home."
Teresa never dreamed she'd be able to reach so many people in need of the Gospel so easily, but through the power of technology, she can do just that every day from her desk at home. What began as a dream as a small child has grown into a life-calling and a purpose fulfilled. Hallelujah!
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Captain Earth was a mecha show from 2014 by Studio Bones, hyped due to their past pedigree with other mecha series like Eureka Seven and Star Driver. It was gorgeous, it was a mess, good but not quite great, and I liked it overall. So its biggest contribution to my life was, of course, an episode with crepes.
It was the summer of 2014, while I lived with my mom and family, and I was spending one of those July days getting caught up on the show. The fourth episode involved main dude Daichi and one of his teammates, Akari, going over to the island's secret military/research facility to check on two of their other friends, who were being held there for analysis or interrogation and other various things that military/research establishments do in anime.
On their way, they passed by a food truck serving crepes, who we know (but they don't) is being manned by two of the antagonists for what we assume must be nefarious schemes. Akari is like "I'm hungry, let's eat!" and Daichi responds "But we had watermelon earlier!" to which she retorts "So what??" At this point, the pink-haired chick in the truck goes "How about some crepes, then?"
They got some crepes.
As I'm watching this, the thought of eating some crepes, at this very particular moment, for some reason, was oh so tantalizing. I wanted some! I needed some!
Then it occurred to me: Would it be possible to try...making some myself??? I never thought before about putting in the work on my own—it had this aura of being intimidating or unapproachable to me, for who knows why—but maybe it could in fact be done?
A little search engine spelunking for crepe shell recipes later, and I found this one posted on Allrecipes for purportedly basic crepes. One look at the ingredients and instructions, and it sure did look simple! The list of ingredients was nice and basic—just flower, water, milk, eggs, butter, and a little salt—and the way to make the batter seemed easy as well.
Then, in my mom's kitchen, with her approval, I gave it a shot. It went extremely well.
It's been something that I've done for special occasions ever since, when the desire for them reaches feverish levels.
Which was, in fact, just a couple of days ago. My
girlfriend—nope, now my fiancée as of last week—called me while on her break from work, and she was getting herself some lunch from a paninis 'n crepes spot nearby. As we talked about the crepes part of their whole deal, it dawned upon us: Shit, both of us want crepes now.
After I got out of work, I made a stop to the grocery store, and got a bunch of stuff for both sweet and savory fillings for dinner the day after. I had never done savory fillings before, so I looked up possible options, and came up with something basic that still sounded good. A couple of ham steaks for cubing, some baby spinach for sautéing, a pack of shredded cheeses, and one of those powder sauce packs for quick and easy hollandaise sauce.
As for the sweets? No skimping there whatsoever: A few bananas, a pack of strawberries, a pack of blueberries as they happened to be on sale, a can of peach slices, white chocolate chips for myself, a can of whipped cream, and a bottle of Ghirardelli chocolate sauce.
On Friday, once dinnertime hit, we got to work! I started by making up that Hollandaise sauce real quick according to the packet's instructions, then covered the pot and set it aside. We also sliced up a banana and several strawberries, though those would end up being had later than at the current moment. Then we mixed the crepe batter according to the ever-easy ever-reliable Basic Crepes recipe, sans salt; the Country Crock stuff serving as our butter was salted enough already as is.
Our first order of business was the savory crepes, essentially serving as our main course. To make that filling, we first cubed up half a ham steak and fried it in a pan with a little bit of olive oil. After it started to get sufficiently browned on all sides, we shoved the ham to one half of the pan. On the empty half, we added a little bit of butter, put a couple of handfuls of baby spinach on top to sauté, and then mixed it in with the ham to cook altogether. Things were looking good!
While the ham and spinach filling was cooking, we also prepared the first two crepe shells, one each for our savory entrees.
Take a shell, sprinkle shredded cheese on the bottom, put some ham and spinach over it, then top it all with Hollandaise sauce to taste.
Wrap it all up, and it's good to go!
This was a big hit with us both. Everything involved was salty and buttery in a way that played well with the slight sweetness of the crepe shell, while the earthiness of the spinach additionally helped to break up the decadence onslaught of ham and Hollandaise, and it was just a joy to eat!!
Even Little Miss was feeling her appetite rising.
After that, we refrained from crepes for a couple of hours, giving our stomachs time to get hungry for the dessert phase. In the meantime, motivated to look for some more Noah Baumbach films because we both saw and liked The Meyerowitz Stories, we watched The Squid and the Whale. It was also good.
Eventually, we ventured for them dessert crepes. Fire up the crepe pan once again, start making some shells, and then we went to town on some sweets creations. Sandra was up first, with a strawberry, banana, and white chocolate filling.
After wrapping it up, she then went all-out on the toppings and garnishes. Blueberries and chocolate sauce included. She made another of these bad boys a little later on as well. She was pleased with them both.
I went a slightly different route, as a white chocolate fan. Go a bit heavier on those, plop in some blueberries and strawberries, wrap it up, and then apparently make it look like a V-covered eclair.
As I neglected to take a shot of the filling before wrapping it all up, I figured a cut piece might be the next best thing.
Later on, I did a slight variation of this, with chocolate sauce as part of the filling in place of the white chocolate morsels. It was just as good, in a more chocolate-y vein.
There was one other combination of flavors that I did as well, which was slightly outside of my more conventional wheelbarrow for crepe flavorings. Peaches and white chocolate.
Upon taking the first bite, my tastebuds were left far from disappointed. My instincts were right: White chocolate and peaches go pretty well together, and even better when in the service of crepes!
All in all, it was a great night for the two of us to splurge. And to think how it's something I might have never done—or, at the very least, might have tried learning years later instead of being fairly well-practiced by now—were it not for an anime providing the desire and inspiration. Captain Earth, in its unlikely way, has been enriching. Not necessarily by being amazing or mind-blowing, but by making me hungry.
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52-year-old postal carrier from Milwaukee (not pictured) was arrested for delivering mail in the nude. David Goodman, postman Dave says he was trying to cheer up a "stressed out woman" by delivering the mail in the buff. Dave claims he and the 21-yr-old female customer had previously had a conversation about her gloom and possibly the stunt in question. So in effort of a good laugh for stress relief he decided to surprise the young lady.
Well the surprise seems to have worked, so well in fact that she called the police and postman Dave was arrested and cited for lewd and lascivious behavior. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports that the woman opened the door for postman Dave who entered the office naked, and also notes that the woman "turned away from Goodman, held out her hand and said, 'Give me the mail and get out of here.'" Realizing he had upset her, he began apologizing, and says he immediately felt "bad and stupid".
A few words to Mr. Goodman, so you see in that movie the Postman always *** twice those were actors, not necessarily good ones but actors, porn stars in fact. And those type of behavior isn't accepted in reality (with the exception of foreplay in private). So unless you planned on making that day you last day on the job and wanted to go out with a bang, in lieu of retirement. Smooth move ex-lax. -Vonte


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Crystal meth has long been more of a "niche drug" in nightclubs in New York City, but an undercover investigation in Manhattan's Chinatown reveals evidence of a possible changing market. Four men were arrested in January after an undercover investigator bought almost $200,000 of crystal meth in a Pathmark supermarket parking lot. And authorities say many low-level drug dealers in the predominantly Chinese neighborhood have had access to a large quantity of methamphetamine, most likely manufactured in Mexico—suggesting a possible new pipeline. "This prosecution sheds light for us on the fact that these Chinese men were able to very easily obtain methamphetamine from Mexican suppliers, and this is a lot of meth," says Bridget G. Brennan, the city's special narcotics prosecutor. Still, law enforcement officials are relieved that the market does not seem to be rising drastically. "We see it in Chelsea and in the Asian community," says Brian Crowell, the special agent in charge of the DEA's New York field office. "We've seen it staying level in New York City." Three of the accused men pled not guilty yesterday. But court documents claim that the undercover officer repeatedly purchased drugs from them (including Ecstasy and meth), since April 2012, including the three-quarters of a kilo worth $193,000 that led to their January arrest. Officials say they used extensive wiretaps in their investigation, and suspects were unusually forthcoming while discussing drug deals. "Unlike cocaine or heroin traffickers, who typically use coded language, and are cagey, [the intercepted phone conversations] were much more blatant or upfront than others we listen to," says Brennan, "They didn't believe anybody would be listening in."


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Japanese school takes blame for tsunami deaths of 74 students
REPORTING FROM SEOUL -– The deaths of 74 elementary school students and 10 teachers in a small Japanese coastal town were among the nation's most poignant losses in last year's March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
Since then, parents of the dead children at the Okawa primary school have found little closure; many have demanded to know why school officials did not do more to protect students, especially in a nation where strict school disaster drills are commonplace.
On Sunday, after more than 10 months of silence, board of education officials publicly took responsibility for the deaths, which came after the earthquake struck on that March afternoon, and was followed by a powerful tsunami less than half an hour later.
At a meeting attended by more than 80 parents, the officials acknowledged problems with the school's evacuation measures and apologized over the lack of guidance given to their children during the chaotic moments as the disaster unfolded.
For months, school principal Kashiba Teruyuki has refused to speak publicly about the deaths. But at the meeting, in which board members presented results of a study into actions by teachers and other officials, Teruyuki took the blame for the deaths that had emotionally divided the provincial city, located about 220 miles north of Tokyo.
"I should be blamed because I was inadequate as principal," Teruyuki said at the emotional meeting in the tiny farming and fishing community. "I should have prepared an adequate disaster manual and raised awareness among teachers about the level of danger."
Teruyuki, who was away from the school when the disaster struck, added that "I know I am beyond forgiveness no matter how much I apologize. But I'm determined to continue apologizing."
Thirty-four students who survived the disaster continue to attend classes at another site. The parents of the dead and missing, meanwhile, continue to search for the bodies of their children, gathering each day at the school grounds not far from the sea.
For them, the school's answers were not enough.
"I appreciate that the board admitted responsibility for events on the day, but no one has been held accountable," Yoshiaki Suzuki, a slight, grim-faced building industry worker, said after the meeting.
Suzuki and his wife, Miho, lost two children in the disaster. Their son Kento, a six-grader, drowned in the disaster. The body of his younger sister, Hana, a fourth-grader, was never found.
Board members found that there was no specific evacuation site written in the school's disaster manual, teachers had insufficient awareness of the danger, and staff assumed, based on their past experience, that the tsunami would not reach the school, according to a story in Tokyo's Daily Yomiuri newspaper.
Officials said they would take steps to improve safety measures.
"We received information about the tsunami but we failed to take proper evacuation measures," said Naohiko Sakai, head of the municipal education board. "There were flaws in our guidance and supervision."
Reporters tour stricken Japanese nuclear plant
Japan couple left childless by tsunami find solace
Parents in Japan comb through school that's now a graveyard
-- John M. Glionna
Photo: Weeks after the earthquake and tsunami hit the coastline of Japan, parents continue to search for their missing daughter in the muddy fields that were once the Okawa primary school yard. Credit: Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times


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ALABEL, Sarangani (February 25, 2018) – More than 1,000 kindergarten pupils from different municipalities of Sarangani receive tokens from the provincial government's Sulong Karunungan program. They gathered for the 5th Division Kindergarten Festival at the Capitol Gymnasium on February 8 with the theme "Batang Sarangan: Matinahuron, Maabtikon ug Maalamon." This event intends to boost and enhance the kids' abilities and talents in their young age. (Jimmy Toribio-Donna Mahusay/SARANGANI COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE)
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Winger Malcom's second half strike secured Barcelona a 1-1 draw with Real Madrid to leave the Copa del Rey semi-final evenly poised on Wednesday after the first leg.
Brazilian Malcom, who started in place of Lionel Messi, curled home in the 58th minute to pull Barcelona level after Lucas Vazquez had fired Real Madrid ahead early on.
Vazquez struck after just six minutes to silence the Nou Camp at the end of a slick team move, with Santiago Solari's side impressing in the opening stages.
However, Ivan Rakitic clipped the crossbar with a header as Barcelona fought for an equaliser and Malcom eventually found it when Luis Suarez's shot rebounded to him off the post.
Messi, who suffered a thigh injury at the weekend against Valencia, appeared for the final half hour but could not help champions Barcelona find a late winner.
"Speaking generally, the draw was fair," said Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets.
"It was very even, everything will be decided in the second leg. There were chances for both sides to win the game. It's 50-50, even though they're at home.
"The goal will give (Malcom) a lot in terms of confidence, we hope that everyone in the squad can help us."
Malcom has struggled for game time since joining from Bordeaux last July as he is behind Messi, Suarez, Ousmane Dembele and Philippe Coutinho in the pecking order.
However, Messi's injury gave him the chance to impress and the 21-year-old was Barcelona's liveliest player, always probing at Madrid's defence.
Wednesday's result would also have gone some way towards healing Real's wounded pride as their last visit to the Nou Camp ended in a 5-1 La Liga thrashing last October in what turned out to be Julen Lopetegui's final game in charge.
"Both sides have the chance to go through," said Madrid goalkeeper Keylor Navas, who made good saves from Suarez and Malcom.
"It was a good game. Everyone on the team worked hard when we needed to and we played well too."
The second leg takes place on Feb. 27 at the Santiago Bernabeu.
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Monday, 16 December 2013
Data Densification in Oracle APEX
Data is often stored in sparse form and business often wants to see data in a more organized and explicit fashion. Report developers working across reporting technologies face a requirement to show a record with a '0' in the measures columns if no data exists for a particular combination of dimension values. For such a requirement, we will have to densify the data and this article presents a way to densify and aggregate on the fly.
I wish to state that this article is borrowed from my book on Oracle APEX 4.2 Reporting. You can check the table of contents and a brief description along with screenshots.
Let me explain the use case now
Let us say that we have a report in Oracle APEX where we wish to show the income from 2 different sources ('Direct source' and 'Online source') for every quarter. Lets say Direct source did not produce any income in Q1/2013 quarter. In such a case, we wont have a row for Direct source and Q1/2013 combination. What if, we have a requirement where we have to show a record with '0' for Order Total if we do not have a record for a source-quarter combination and also show the aggregated result for various dimensions?
We will try to solve this problem here.
I have created an example based on the above use case @ https://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=81782:3
The first report is with the data densifiation implementation and the second report is the a report without the implementation. The 3rd and the 4th reports show the underlying data responsible for the first 2 reports.
Let me share a screenshot of the data densified report
and the one without data densification
Both these implementations use a time dimension. Time dimension is one of the most widely used dimensions in BI systems. Time dimension is joined to fact tables to help the user see the trends over a period of time. Time dimension is also useful in comparing business performances of 2 different time periods.
Note that the report with data densification is packed with rows for every quarter-order_mode combination while the one without data densification is not.
Let me now share the query that does the trick.
SELECT decode(GROUPING(t.quarter_year) + GROUPING(o.order_mode),
0, t.quarter_year,
1, decode(GROUPING(t.quarter_year), 0, 'Total for ' || t.quarter_year, 'Total for ' || o.order_mode),
2, 'Grand total') "Quarter",
decode(GROUPING(t.quarter_year) + GROUPING(o.order_mode),0,o.order_mode,NULL) "Order mode",
nvl(SUM(order_total), 0) "Sum of order amount",
to_char(100 *nvl(ratio_to_report(SUM(order_total)) over(PARTITION BY(GROUPING(o.order_mode) || t.quarter_year)), 0), '990D0') "% of contribution in a Quarter"
FROM oehr_time_dim t LEFT
OUTER JOIN oehr_orders o PARTITION BY(o.order_mode) ON(o.time_dim_id = t.time_dim_id)
WHERE t.dat <= to_date('31-Dec-1998', 'dd-Mon-yyyy')
GROUP BY cube(quarter_year, order_mode)
ORDER BY to_number(SUBSTR(t.quarter_year, 4)),
to_number(SUBSTR(t.quarter_year, 2, 1)),
The first column i.e. Quarter displays the Quarter string and also strings such as 'Total for Q1-1998', 'Total for direct' and 'Grand total'. The decode statements in this column helps to display these strings.
The second column i.e. Order mode displays the order mode and has null for rows that display the aggregations.
The third column i.e. Sum of order amount shows the sum of order_total and displays a '0' if it finds a null.
The fourth column i.e. % of contribution in a Quarter shows the percentage of contribution by both the order modes (online and direct) to the sum of order_total for every quarter. We find this percentage using ratio_to_report analytical function.
Now, the data densification is done by the partition by clause along with left outer join. This part of the query is highlighted in blue. This syntax enables us to use the join for every logical partition of order_mode.
We are also using the cube extension of the group by clause in order to get an aggregation for every quarter and every order_mode along with getting a grand total.
This and many more tricks in my book @ http://www.packtpub.com/oracle-apex-4-2-reporting/book
Table of contents: http://obiee-oracledb.blogspot.in/2013/07/my-upcoming-book-oracle-apex-42.html
Description of the book with screenshots: http://obiee-oracledb.blogspot.in/2013/08/description-of-my-book-on-oracle-apex.html
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Jennifer M. Johnson
Senior Lecturer
Fine Hall 606
Although trained as a number theorist, my primary interest since I came to Princeton in 1999 has been undergraduate teaching. Since July 2010 I have been helping to oversee the undergraduate program. My responsibilities include:
- supervising the multi-section mathematics courses for non-majors
- working with junior faculty and graduate students on all issues related to undergraduate teaching
- advising undergraduate students, particularly about issues related to the lower division courses
- (lower division) curriculum review and development
My most recent publication:
"How Small Can a Polynomial Be Near Infinity?" by Jennifer M. Johnson and János Kollár, American Mathematical Monthly, Volume 118, Number 1, January 2011, pp. 22-40.
We give easy-to-state bounds that depend only on degree for real polynomials in two variables near infinity and near a zero and we prove these results using techniques accessible to undergraduates who have had at least one course in both abstract algebra and complex analysis.


text: A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 6714 Title: Connection Establishment for Media Anchoring (CEMA) for the Message Session Relay Protocol (MSRP) Author: C. Holmberg, S. Blau, E. Burger Status: Standards Track Stream: IETF Date: August 2012 Mailbox: christer.holmberg at ericsson.com, staffan.blau at ericsson.com, eburger at standardstrack.com Pages: 22 Characters: 50543 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-ietf-simple-msrp-cema-07.txt URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6714.txt This document defines a Message Session Relay Protocol (MSRP) extension, Connection Establishment for Media Anchoring (CEMA). Support of this extension is OPTIONAL. The extension allows middleboxes to anchor the MSRP connection, without the need for middleboxes to modify the MSRP messages; thus, it also enables secure end-to-end MSRP communication in networks where such middleboxes are deployed. This document also defines a Session Description Protocol (SDP) attribute, 'msrp-cema', that MSRP endpoints use to indicate support of the CEMA extension. [STANDARDS-TRACK] This document is a product of the SIP for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions Working Group of the IETF. This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol. STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community,and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the Internet Official Protocol Standards (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce http://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcsearch.html. For downloading RFCs, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html. Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor at rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC


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This week, we combined art and music to make our own maracas!
We set out plastic bottles and duct tape, along with bowls of beads, rice, lima beans, and seeds to use as filler. The kids picked the materials they wanted to use inside their maracas and put them in their bottles.
After they added all the filler material they wanted, they duct taped the cap to their bottle (with some help from the adults). We had also set out toilet paper tubes cut in half lengthwise, and, if they wanted, they could tape these to the cap, fold the top over, and cover it with duct tape to make a maraca handle. Some of the kids chose to use more duct tape to decorate their maracas.
This was a great sensory activity with lots of different textures to feel and compare. It was also a good opportunity to incorporate hearing and sound in a craft.


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The beaches of Salou: Capellans and Llenguadets
Capellans is a small urban beach located near the centre of Salou. It's 209 metres long and it provides swimmers with an easy and smooth access to the Mediterranean Sea, ideal for both kids and adults.
If you love water sports, such as kayaking, Capellans becomes the perfect place to enjoy them, as it has a dedicated area. In the same way, this beach has a sweet little beach bar where users can also enjoy a refreshing beverage while admiring the incredible views.
Capellans is equipped with two ramps for disabled people, plus other facilities such as showers and toilets.
Llenguadets cove, on the other hand, has a singular beauty. It is surrounded by nature, which makes it one of the most valued beaches in Costa Daurada's capital city.
Llenguadets is peace, quietness, crystal-clear waters, golden sand and the perfect getaway destination. Thus, we do suggest hammock renting in order to enjoy the most confortable experience and, if you've still got time, make the most of the breathtaking sunsets you'll get in Llenguadets cove.
Besides all this, Llenguadets and Capellans beaches are joined by the Coastal Path, thanks to a mind-blowing path that provides visitors with a beautiful natural environment and stunning views on this spot of the Costa Daurada. You're definitely going to love it.


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MEP Luke 'Ming' Flanagan welcomes positive moves on farm payments
MEP Luke Ming Flanagan.
Last week an agreement was reached between the Parliament, Commission and Council during what is known as the "Trilogue's" on the agriculture part of the Omnibus proposal. The Omnibus proposal, which could be regarded as a mini midterm review covered all aspects of EU spending.
As shadow for our group my goals from an agricultural perspective was to try to improve the implementation of the young farmers scheme and to broaden the definition of permanent grassland to address the contested issue of land eligibility.
On the young farmer issue positive results have been achieved, young farmers will now get a five-year payment irrespective of when they apply within the five-year period of first taking over the farm, a positive change, as before if they applied in year 3 they were eligible only for a two-year payment. We had pushed for a further broadening of the definition of the young farmer to encompass the "forgotten farmer", the Commission were not in favour of this fearing budgetary implications.
It is worth noting that the situation of the young farmers is most acute in Ireland given the previous mismanagement of the scheme and the minimal convergence of payments in Ireland which leaves many young farmers trapped with low payments. It is now time for the government to step up to the mark on this, and put in place a package of unused Pillar 11 funds as a special support for these farmers.
On our other goal there are also positive moves, Specifically, article 4 (1) h of the direct payment regulation has been broadened to allow a wider range and variety of vegetation to be classed as permanent grassland. The department must use this flexibility to its max to ensure that all lands remain eligible for payment. It is hoped these new rules will be in place from January 2018.
A more disappointed and instructive aspect was to witness first-hand the cynical manoeuvring of our own government in the trilogue negotiations. In respect of the changes to the "young farmers scheme" both the Commission and the Parliament were fully supportive of the position that, in the interests of fairness, the five-year payment would be retroactive to all farmer who had applied in this programming period. An amendment was proposed from the Council side to change the retroactive elements from "shall" to "may" effectively an opt out for Member States, after some discussion this was adopted. We later established that Ireland alone pushed this amendment via the Council.
Equally disappointed and equally cynical were the attempts made to undermine the effectiveness of the review of the Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC). AMs were introduced by the EPP group (to which Fine Gale belong) to allow Member States to designate additional areas as Areas of Natural Constraint, effectively undermining the new designations based on biophysical criteria.
The Commission were against this from the start arguing that this would undermine the credibility of the review process. During the negotiations the Parliament side offered to withdraw this AM in the context of agreeing an overall package, again up popped the Council insisted this AM be retained, a member State had a particular interest in it, the Commission in this instance refused to budge reiterating the payments on ANC areas must be based on credible criteria and the amendment was withdrawn. Again, we established Ireland was pushing this amendment.
Perhaps the minister could explain why he chose to limit payments to young farmers and why he attempted to undermine the review of the Areas of Natural Constraint. What hidden agenda is he working to?


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Sunday, April 22, 2012
The Catholic Free Press promotes New Age Advocate Joyce Rupp
This New Age relativism is promoted by the Worcester Commission for Women [Diocese of Worcester, Massachusetts]. The Commission for Women has had Sister Joyce Rupp as a guest speaker at its "Gather Us In" Conference and their website links to her website. The Commission for Women also published a prayer by this New Age advocate in which she said, "We will make choices and decisions in 2010 of how we create our reality" while praying that we will all "..let go of aversion and avoidance of the unwanted" so that we will, "welcome people and events disturbing [our] comfort zone."
In a previous post, I noted how Sister Rupp, a self-proclaimed spiritual midwife who feels that she resonates with mystical islamic sufism, has extolled New-Ageism as valuable and claims to have stretched herself "beyond the safe world of heterosexuality" while attending a "gathering of lesbians." And this certainly explains what she means when she prays that we "let go of aversion and avoidance of the unwanted." In an interview with US Catholic (April 2000), Sister Joyce Rupp said that, "In many ways, New Age has become the new enemy. That's unfortunate because some things about New Age are valuable...I think some Church people are envious about New Age, because it does draw people toward spiritual growth."
Johnette Benkovic, at her website Women of Grace, writes:
We have received several questions regarding the orthodoxy of a Servite nun and author named Joyce Rupp who is a popular speaker on the Catholic retreat circuit these days. The following information should prove helpful.
There are some very serious issues with Sr. Rupp.
Let's begin with her authorship of several books about a quasi-divine entity named Sophia, which she describes in her article "Desperately Seeking Sophia" as being "another word for the radiant presence of the Holy One." Sophia is supposedly derived from the Greek translation of the word "wisdom" in Scripture – which is Hagia Sophia.
Rupp treats Sophia as a kind of goddess of inner wisdom in her books, and even admits to struggling with the question of whether or not Sophia is Divine. Apparently, she never really answers that question for herself because although she refers to Sophia as another name for God, she treats this "person" as someone we're supposed to discover, open ourselves to, pray to and turn to for all our needs in life – sort of like what most of us do with God.
"I count on Sophia to influence my attitudes, values, and beliefs, to help me make good choices and decisions," she writes. "I pray to her each day to guide me as I try to reflect her love in all I am and all I do. Whenever I am in doubt as to how to proceed in my work and relationships, I turn to Sophia for wisdom and courage. She has never failed to be there for me."
This very troublesome presentation of God, which could easily lead those of weak faith into idolatry, comes from Rupp's own dislike of Church hierarchy, something she does nothing to hide. For instance, in a Dec. 2008 interview with the National Catholic Reporter, she said that the reason her retreats are attended by mostly women is because "Women haven't trusted their own spiritual experiences because the church for so long told them, and all of us, what to do and how to act."
That she is heavily invested in the New Age is beyond doubt. First, it should be noted that she holds a degree in transpersonal psychology from the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology in Palo Alto, California. The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology describes transpersonal psychology as "the study of humanity's highest potential, and with the recognition, understanding, and realization of unitive, spiritual, and transcendent states of consciousness" (Lajoie and Shapiro, 1992:91).
If this definition sounds a bit "iffy" – it is! Transpersonal psychology, which attempts to bridge the gap between science and spirituality, has received no serious recognition from the scientific community and was described by the authors of the Pontifical document, "Jesus Christ the Bearer of the Water of Life" as "the classic approach to the New Age."
It's interesting to note that the Institute where Sr. Rupp received this "prestigious" degree also offers classes in shamanism, the goddess, ESP and Eastern spirituality.
Evidence of Rupp's involvement in the New Age becomes even more apparent when visiting the website of the retreat center she founded along with Sr. Margaret Stratman, known as the Servite Center of Compassion. Located in Omaha, it offers courses in Tai Chi, the Enneagram, yoga, and dreamwork.
Sr. Rupp is also known to speak at conferences where occult practices are featured, such as the 27th Annual Women and Spirituality Conference that was held in 2008 at the Minnesota State University-Mankato. During this conference, classes were offered in tarot, astrology, communicating with the dead, yoga and psychic powers.
That Rupp will surely introduce retreatants to the syncretism in which she freely indulges is evident in an interview that appears on her website: "I am in tune with a lot from Native American spirituality, partly because of the way it connects with nature. I also like it because it brings the body into prayer, for example, standing and praying toward the four directions [a pagan ritual]. I've also learned a lot from the Buddhist perspective about compassion, and it has greatly enhanced my Christian compassion. And I resonate with the Sufi tradition, the mystical branch of Islam. I find that it connects very much with the Roman Catholic mystical tradition of lover and beloved. The Sufis started the Dances of Universal Peace, which have been very important in my spiritual life. They are simple movements with prayers from different traditions that are chanted and danced in a circle. I find that very compelling and a wonderful way to connect with people. From Buddhism, I value the practice of mindfulness, being aware and present to the moment."
There's a lot more that could be written about Sr. Rupp, but I think this is enough to give you a good enough idea of who she is." (Post may be found here).
It is enough if you are a person of good will who is interested in meeting the demands of truth. It is enough if you are authentically Catholic as opposed to being such in name only. However, the Commission for Women, which seeks to promote confusion and dissent, is still promoting this New Age advocate and angry feminist and The Catholic Free Press, the official newspaper of the Worcester Diocese, continues to assist the Commission for Women in this violent endeavour.
On page 8 of this week's edition of the CFP, in the Diocesan Calendar, we read that: "The diiocesan Commission for Women will present Sister Joyce Rupp in a day-long retreat for women with the theme 'The Gift of Self-Compassion' on September 29 from 9 a.m. -3 p.m. in St. Anne's Parish Hall, 130 Boston Tpke. in Shrewsbury." The listing mentions that Sister Rupp is a member of the Servites but says nothing about her bizarre New Age beliefs or her dislike of the Church's hierarchy.
Several years ago I tried to get The Catholic Free Press to list a Marian Movement of Priests Cenacle in the Diocesan Calendar of Events. I was not successful. Margaret Russell, the paper's editor, denied my request. And yet, Ms. Russell apparently has no problem whatsoever with promoting an event featuring a New Age advocate whose views are hardly consistent with Catholic teaching and spirituality.
How sad.
More on Joyce Rupp here.
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What a nice message Rupp is serving up to Catholic women: embrace Godess Sophia, leave the safe world of heterosexuality and join the dance of lesbianism and pagan spirituality....good stuff!
And how is this Catholic again?
We all need to pray for the Worcester Diocese and especially for the people who produce the CFP. Any publication which purports to be Catholic while promoting this sort of nonsense is not being honest with itself or to its readership.
Margaret Russell has failed to provide us with a sound Catholic newspaper. I think it's time for her to go.
On the front page of the CFP, Sister Mary Ann Bartell is pictured providing Fr. Robert E. Kelley with loving medical care.
Too bad his victims haven't been treated with the same level of care and compassion. Kathleen Shaw, writing for the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, reports that, "The Rev. Robert E. Kelley admitted in a sworn deposition that he sexually molested '50 to 100' young girls while he was an associate pastor to St. Cecilia's parish in Leominster from 1976 to 1983.
Rev. Kelley, who on Monday was charged with rape for the second time, also said under oath that he had molested several other girls during his tenure at parishes in Southbridge, Lunenburg and Gardner.
The lengthy deposition, a copy of which was obtained this week by the Telegram & Gazette, was made in 1996 while Rev. Kelley was still serving a prison sentence for his 1990 conviction for raping a young girl in Gardner. The deposition was for a civil lawsuit filed on behalf of a woman who said the priest had sexually abused her when she was a young girl living in Southbridge.
The lawsuit was settled out of court and Rev. Kelley's deposition had never been made public until this week. The priest has been on leave from the Catholic Diocese of Worcester since 1985, but it is noted in the deposition that the diocese continued to send him monthly checks, generally ranging from $500 to $700 per month, although one month he received $7.
Asked by the lawyer for the plaintiff to estimate how many girls he had molested while serving at St. Cecilia's, he responded: 'All right. So I would say ... 50 to 100 -- 50 to 100 to the best of my recollection as of right now.' He said some of the sexual abuse occurred inside the church, but mostly elsewhere...He also acknowledges having molested the young daughter of a friend. He said the father came to Bridgewater State Hospital, where he was being treated in a program for sexual offenders, and confronted him about the molestation.
The priest also admitted molesting three girls in Lunenburg.."
That's the Diocese of Worcester for you.
- Paul Anthony Melanson said...
Back in the mid 1990's I was living in Gardner, Massachusetts. At that time, Fr. Kelley was credibly accused of abusing a young girl from that town. Almost immediately, more than 100 priests from the Diocese signed a letter of support for the accused priest which was published in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. I wrote a letter to the Editor of The Gardner News in support of the victim and her family. It was published and I was denounced at my parish. I was called "sick." One fellow parishioner even asked me why I was getting involved and if I knew the victim. I couldn't help but think of the reply which Cain gave to God when asked about the whereabouts of his brother Abel whom he had murdered: "I know not: am I my brother's keeper?" (Genesis 4:9).
The answer to that question, of course, is yes.
I submitted the letter to the Telegram & Gazette but it never saw the light of day.
We must always stand on the side of truth. Even, and especially when, it is "out of season."
I see that Fr. Kelley's care is paid for by Partners in Charity. So let's get this straight, the diocese wants my hard-earned dollars to provide for a priest who serially-raped young girls?
I find this just....outrageous.
- jac said...
The Vatican has spent so much time without reacting that the fish is already rotten.
The nun began giving up their religious dress in the early seventies without shame, no wonder that they would give up their faith shortly after. Right now they are in the open rebellion's stage. Next step: The schism.
The Archdiocese of Boston has sponsored a 3 year program called Arise. Arise is a program from Renew International. It is full of Wiccan, Protestant, New Age, blah, blah..., but disguised to sound Catholic to those with a undeveloped faith. I went to the first and second sessions (year one), and when we wrote messages on paper and then threw them in the water, it was reminiscent of the Prayer to the 4 Directions that I had read about.
Another thing about Arise, it was extremely boring.
The Archdiocese of Boston continues to promote a new Renew progrma called "Why Catholic?". On the surface, it does not sound bad, but considering the source, I would steer clear of it.
If you hear of Arise coming to Worcester, raise your objections.
- Paul Anthony Melanson said...
Thank you for this information anonymous. I will have to look into this further. The days are definitely growing very dark.


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As summer comes to a close, Dallas schoolchildren will be heading back to class. This means that your morning commute and your evening return home will be a different environment entirely for driving. It's a good time of the year to reflect upon what you need to do to keep children safe while you are out there trying to get to and from where you're going.
Whenever you're behind a school bus, you're likely to get frustrated. It's only natural: you know it's going be stopping at very short intervals and they're very difficult to get around, depending upon what road you happen to be on. If you need to pass a bus, make sure you do it intelligently. First, get back far enough so you can see a little bit down the lane alongside the bus. If the bus driver turns on the flashing red lights and puts out the stop sign, you have to wait to make your pass. It's illegal to pass a bus that's in the process of stopping. The stop sign on a bus carries the same authority as a stop sign on the road.
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15 miles per hour is a slow pace and, if you happen to be on your way to work, a frustrating speed limit. Remember, however, that school zones have this ultra-slow speed limit for a reason. Be sure that you slow down to the correct speed limit whenever you are in an area where children are getting into cars, out of cars or on buses. Most school zones have flashing yellow lights and, even if you don't see children around, you're required to slow down to the posted speed when those lights are flashing.
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When I was still in school back at home during the Michigan winters, Christmas time was a really big deal in the house. My mom would bake and bake and bake for days so that when we'd have Christmas dinner with the 33 of us in town, there were cookies allllllllllllll over the house! I'll bet she made more than 10 different kinds of cookies. And she never made just one batch of each kind. She made enough cookies for us, the family, cookie plates for each of our teachers, and quite often dinners for the Church Council, too.
Today, I'm going to give you the recipe for my Grandma's Roll-Out Sugar Cookies. So often we'd get plates of cookies with other Christmas shaped cookies that just didn't taste as good to us. We were spoiled. Grandma had a knack of finding recipes that were really good! This is no exception to that fact.
***Note, this recipe must be chilled ahead of time to make the dough cold. You could put it in the freezer, but I would recommend that you chill it overnight for the best results. The recipe says one hour, but if your refrigerator is opened as often as mine is at home, it's not going to be cold enough.
Roll Out Sugar Cookies
by Grandma Brown
3/4 C. Shortening (Crisco)
1 C. Sugar (white, granulated)
2 Eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1/4 C. milk
3 1/2 C. flour (I use unbleached)
2 tsp. Baking Powder
1/4 tsp. Baking Soda
1/4 tsp. salt
Mix dry ingredients together with a wire whisk. Add to wet ingredients and knead into a ball. Chill thoroughly before rolling out. Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface and use ~3" cookie cutters. Transfer to an UNGREASED cookie sheets and bake in a preheated oven @ 400*F for 6-8 minutes. Cool on wire racks.
3 C. Sifted Confectioner's Sugar
3/4 tsp. Salt
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
3 Tbls. water or cream
mix all together as you need it. This will dry rather quickly, so use an assortment of colored sugars and other decorating choices for your holiday wishes.
3 Tbls. water or cream
mix all together as you need it. This will dry rather quickly, so use an assortment of colored sugars and other decorating choices for your holiday wishes.
While we generally keep this recipe for our Christmas baking, I have been known to make them for other holidays with different shaped cookie cutters. When my oldest daughter was in kindergarten, her class had many Valentine, St. Patty's day, Dreildels and other cookies at snack time with of this recipe. Just change your cookie cutters and the colors of decorations and you'll have a lot of hungry fingers reaching for more cookies.
On the knitting front...I just need a button for this KBB Kitchen Hanging Hand Towel
And this Hail to the ... Kitchen Hanging Hand Towel is well underway....
The knitting with datelines...is heading toward a finish line! How are you all doing with your deadlines? I thank you all for your comments about the blanket and the pasties. Just in case you're wondering...they were really good! Lip-smacking good! And a cookie to finish it off? YUMMY! Isn't this time of year really delicious? Happy Hanukkah for those of you who celebrate!


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Zumba Fitness Incredible Slimdown Cardio Dance System Review
Zumba Fitness Incredible Slimdown Cardio Dance System Review
Zumba fitness is a dance craze which is becoming popular all over the world. It is a fan, fast and super efficient way of getting the fitness and toning results which you are dreaming of in a short span of time.
If you are ready to lose fat and have a great time at the same time, the Zumba Fitness DVD set is here for you. With the Zumba dance DVD, you can experience a fun and intense workout that can really help you burn fat fast.
What is Zumba Incredible Cardio System?
This is a new DVD system filled with fun, easy to follow dance-fitness workouts. It also comes with healthy eating guides to help you reach your weight loss objective in less time and feel unbelievable about yourself.
Features of Zumba Incredible Cardio System
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This enhances the range of your movement and permits you to glide, turn and pivot with ease. It features a training zone guide, weekly workout planner, stretches and many more.
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- DVD One: Fast Start: Know the fundamental of Zumba fitness and get moving. Try new steps with total body and calorie torching exercises.
- DVD Two: Super Cardio Dance that feature burst interval: Provide your workout with an additional fat burning kick. The super cardio dance is fun and full of energy. You'll do thirty-second spurts which yield remarkable results
- DVD Three: Zumba Max: Prepared to sweat it off with the Zumba Max.
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You love Zumba. This DVD set is more glitzy as well as showy. You love choreography based trainings and want challenges through following a complex dance routine.
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Like any workout products available out there, the Zumba fitness DVD set also comes with advantages and disadvantages.
Zumba Slimdown Cardio DVD system comes with remarkable array of trainings, dance styles, music as well as instructors. A lot of users comment on the mixture of longer and shorter workouts.
They were also astounded with the number of dances included in the program. The music is really exceptional as well.
A lot of the trainings included come with a Learn It edition, wherein you perform the whole workout with word cueing from various instructors. It also has a Feel It version wherein you can switch off the verbal cueing.
It's a great addition especially for those who are not a fan of verbal cueing from gurus or instructors.
The workouts included in Zumba Slimdown Cardio DVD system come with high energy party feeling that provides them with an additional boost.
The level of production on the Zumba Slimdown Cardio DVD system is remarkable. It has lots of colors and light and has high quality sound.
All the workouts are exciting and fun and encourage you to dance.
The Zumba Slimdown Cardio DVD system also comes with disadvantages such as:
The instructor banter could be a bit annoying and cheesy, but you can switch it off if you are a professional or accustomed to the steps and do not want cueing.
The steps could be hard to follow, especially if you are a beginner. However, the Zumba Slimdown Cardio DVD system is simple to follow if the moves or steps are being broken down gradually. However, once they are included into a fast paced practice, it gets hard and complicated.
Even if the level of production is energetic, colorful as well as evocative, this may not be for everyone. It is fascinating to look at, but could also be distracting and affect your capability to concentrate on the steps in the training when you are not used to it.
Zumba Slimdown Cardio DVD system has some strange portions wherein the coach freestyles. It leaves you standing there and thinking what you are supposed to be performing.
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Brose, one of the lesser known brand names in the e-Bike motor market, has today launched its next generation of e-Bike motors.
The brand doesn't plaster its name all over its product, but if you're in the market for an e-Bike it's well worth looking for one that comes with a Brose, as in our experience they're very natural feeling and quiet. The company has been working closely with Specialized and its motors are in the likes of the Levo and Levo Kenevo that we've previously ridden.
With its backround in the automotive industry, Brose reckons it has durability and reliability cracked, plus it has a huge wealth of R&D capability behind it – there's a whole team just looking at what magnets might do for their products. The motors feature a belt drive and nylon planetary gears (there's actually not a lot of torque going through them), which is what makes for the quiet ride. Of interest to bike manufacturers is that Brose doesn't operate a black box system and doesn't make batteries, instead with its open system it is prepared to work with manufacturers to deliver the ride quality and required battery attributes a specific bike company is looking for.
Today's announcement introduces the generation 2.0 'Brose Drive S-Mag' motor, which has a smaller, lighter housing which will not only keep the weight down on the e-Bike, but will also help designers incorporate features such as shorter chainstays. Improved heat dissipation will help the motor keep cool on long climbs, and improved sensors mean a faster response on technical terrain – Brose is keen to avoid the lag in response times that have been traditionally experienced on e-Bikes.
This motor has been specifically designed with the e-MTB market in mind, where a natural riding feel must combine with significant inputs and outputs if the motor is to be successful. This new motor broadens the range of cadence at which you will get maximum torque from the motor. If you've ridden an earlier model e-Bike, you might have noticed that there is often a sweet spot of cadence where the motor feels like it is helping you out but not either running away from you or not quite delivering the power you want. This model analyses torque, cadence and speed using even more sensors than previous models to broaden that range – so your sweet spot should be more of a sweet patch. Also of interest to the e-MTB market, Brose reckons their new motor is dust proof and waterproof – so you can ride through the odd water crossing, although you shouldn't submerge it in the canal.
It'll be interesting to see if more manufacturers make the move to Brose motors in an efforts to deliver a bespoke feel to their e-Bikes.
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