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though the earth shall change
though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea
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Be still…(Psalm 46)
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Amidst the changes of this election that we may long for or fear, we will gather tonight to begin the slow work of healing after a bitter and tumultuous political season and as we face the road ahead for ourselves and our nation.
Tonight amidst all the feelings we may hold,
we take time to be still,
light candles,
hear words of hope,
be together – a community of strangers and friends united across all that separates us.
May today be the beginning of the possibility that we might meet the weariness, anxiety, fear, sadness, anger in our land and within us with the larger holding of a wider love, a deeper grounding, a present hope.
We keep you and our nation in our prayers in these changing times.


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Shooting at running game used to be a standard part of the American hunter's skill set. The guns they carried—lever actions, old semi-autos like the Remington Model 8, and sporterized military turn-bolts—excelled at this task.
We live in a different world today. The mere mention of shooting at running game during a hunter's ed class would induce chest-gripping seizures among the gray-haired corps of instructors. I get why this is, but those old skills, like many other traditional exercises in woodsmanship, have atrophied and our hunting culture is the poorer for it.
We had to take a shooting test the day before our hunt in order to be allowed to participate. We shot a running boar target at 100 meters, going left to right and right to left, and had to go five for five in the vitals to pass and get a hunting license.
The shooting isn't difficult with the right technique. Your mom would be happy to know the key is good posture and standing up straight. The goal is to have a smooth, even swing so you can track the target, establish the correct lead, and pull the trigger. Standing straight minimizes the vertical wobble of the barrel and lets you focus on the horizontal motion of the rifle. If you hunch over in a quasi-tactical stance, you'll have less control over your muzzle. Do some dry-fire practice and see for yourself. Learning the right lead is a matter of time in the field. A good rule of thumb is to put your vertical crosshair in line with the boar's ear, but, as with wingshooting, there are too many variables to give a single correct answer. No matter what, good trigger control and follow-through are critical. Keep that barrel moving after the shot.
Great article! Ranges for hunters need more moving and reactive targets shot from field positions and less bench rests. See the Monolith of Medicore for more details.
"We had to take a shooting test the day before our hunt in order to be allowed to participate. We shot a running boar target at 100 meters, going left to right and right to left, and had to go five for five in the vitals to pass and get a hunting license."
This is the most important part. Notice how these hunters set up relevant shooting tests on the range to confirm skills before going after living game. Americans hunters need to do likewise.
I've observed hunters shooting on the range for whom any shot at game at any distance and circumstance would have been unethical… A shot taken with a high hit percentage is ethical. "High hit percentage" is dependent upon the skill of the individual attempting that shot. One of the goals of HunterShooter events is to help hunters identify what constitutes high hit percentage for them. Participants at HunterShooter events can evoke the Decline rule on any given Scenario. At such an event, all participants shoot all targets but don't incur Miss penalties on Declined targets.
The idea is to practice learning what constitutes a high percentage shot (and what does not…) Like the hunters in the article here, they learn if the can or can't pull off a given attempt on the range at a high percentage before trying it in the field.


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All-City Mr. Pink Build, Day #5
Cranks were something I was really not sure about....so many questions derived from the fact that I had Dura-Ace shifters and a rear derailleur, but no front. So...do I go 1x? Would 1x even work with the rear derailleur I had, as my cyclocross and mountain bike 1x's we're both equipped with clutch derailleurs? What crank goes with the bottom bracket I had installed?
I was about to go to the local shop and inquire about getting a crankset, but as I did my research, a deal was there that I honestly couldn't pass up. A Shimano 105 crankset, 170cm, 53/39 for only $79 shipped from Chain Reaction, a reputable dealer which I had no idea was in the UK until the package showed up 2 days later on the DHL truck. Wow!
Now, I run 170s on my cyclocross bike and the CAAD had it too. The Trek has 172.5 cm cranks, but in all honesty I feel comfortable on both, and maybe even spin a little better on the 170s. The 53/39 seems like a big gear for me, but that is what my C1 Powertap power meter came with, and I can handle it now. If I run a 1x down the road none of this will even matter....
The black 105 is a beautifully finished four bolt crankset, and I don't think I could have gotten a better deal on any crank even remotely is good is this. The black anodized finish looks fantastic against the red finish of Mr. Pink. To make it even better, a friend donated a 105 front deraileur, so I am all set with the drive train now.


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Occlutech has obtained CE mark approval for its Perimembranous ventricular septal defect (PmVSD) occluder. The device is a specifically-designed implant indicated for the minimally invasive closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defects.
Occlutech's PmVSD Occluder consists of a flexible nitinol wire mesh with "shape-memory" properties. Occlutech´s proprietary technology is intended to allow for the creation of products with unique properties regarding flexibility and adaptability.


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This June 12-14, Amazon Web Services is hosting their eighth annual AWS Public Sector Summit in Washington D.C. This year, they are offering more than 100 learning opportunities on topics, such as DevOps, security, governance and compliance, digital transformation, research and scientific computing, new app models, cloud procurement, and more. Dive into AWS solutions in multiple formats including services intros, deep dives, and tech talks.
Here are a few things you won't want to miss at the three-day, action-packed event:
• For the first time, Amazon's CTO, Werner Vogels will be on the main stage joining Teresa Carlson, AWS's VP of Worldwide Public Sector. Vogels is responsible for driving the company's customer-centric technology vision and to continuously enhance the innovation on behalf of their customers at a global scale. As one of the forces behind Amazon's approach to cloud computing, he is passionate about transforming enterprises into fast-moving digital organizations.
• AWS Training bootcamps (new this year!) are on Monday, June 12 during the pre-day. Bootcamps are full-day training sessions that offer you a chance to learn about AWS services and solutions through immersive exercises and hands-on labs. Delivered by experienced AWS Instructors and Solution Architects, these bootcamps allow you to work directly with AWS experts to get your questions answered.
• General sessions include perspectives from business and IT leaders paving the way for innovation and driving world-changing projects. You'll learn about: Smart Cities, The Mission-Driven Tech Company, Earth on AWS, and more. The agenda is now live, so you can explore the topics that matter most to you.
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Georgia's Purges Rescind Voting Rights
Voter Suppression in Georgia's Gubernatorial Elections
November 14, 2018
Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp has eked out a victory in Georgia's 2018 gubernatorial elections in the midst of widespread accusations of voter suppression.
Up for election in the 2018 midterms were 35 Senate seats, all 435 seats in the House of Representatives, and the gubernatorial positions in 36 states. Georgia's gubernatorial election pitted Republican Brian Kemp against Democrat Stacey Abrams. Nominee Abrams was in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2013 to 2017. Nominee Kemp was a member of the Georgia Senate from 2003 to 2007 and the Georgia Secretary of State from 2010 until November 8, 2018, when he resigned in preparation to take control of the Governor position.
The Georgia gubernatorial elections were fairly indecisive, with Kemp securing 50.3 percent of the vote and Abrams 48.8 percent. However, prior to and during the election, reports arose that Nominee Kemp was using his position as Georgia Secretary of State—the office that oversees elections in Georgia—to suppress potential voters and sway the election in his favor.
During his tenure as Georgia Secretary of State, Kemp has enacted multiple purges of Georgia's voter roles. According to an Associated Press report, Kemp's office has cancelled over 1.4 million voter registrations since 2012 and over 670,000 in 2017 alone. Furthermore, an independent analysis by the Palast Investigative Fund found that over 340,000 voters had been improperly purged from the rolls.
"Their registration is cancelled," explained Greg Palast, a reporter for The Guardian. "Not pending, not inactive—cancelled. If they show up to vote on 6 November, they will not be allowed to vote. That's wrong."
Enacting illegal purges and exhaustive registration measures such as that 'exact match' system limit the people who can vote. It's despicable."
— Brenda Goldstein
In addition, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Georgia election officials have closed 214 precincts—nearly 8 percent of the total voter centers—across the state since 2012, creating longer journeys to polling places, longer lines, and longer waiting times.
"Look at the areas where they're closing precincts and consolidating," Helen Butler, director of a Georgia civil rights group, told the Journal. "It's usually in areas with poor people and minority communities that have less resources to get to other locations."
Finally, Kemp's office also put 53,000 voter registrations on hold, nearly 70 percent of which are for African-American voters, just days before the registration deadline. Georgia used an "exact match" verification process which requires voter applications to have information that exactly matches what is in Georgia's records.
"This is not how a civilized society… runs its voting apparatus," Brenda Goldstein, an African-American voter in California, told the Paw Print. "In a democracy, people should be concerned with getting as many citizens as possible to vote. Enacting illegal purges and exhaustive registration measures such as that 'exact match' system limit the people who can vote. It's despicable."
Kemp has repeatedly denied that the purges were used for voter suppression.
"This farce about voter suppression and people being held up from being on the rolls… is absolutely not true," Kemp asserted in a televised debate with his opponent Stacey Abrams. In a statement to CNN, he later claimed that "The fact is that it has never been easier to register to vote and get engaged in the electoral process in Georgia, and we are incredibly proud to report this new record."
Despite Kemp's victory, Abrams has thus far refused to concede.
"Voter suppression isn't only about blocking the vote," Abrams insisted. "It is also about creating an atmosphere of fear, making sure their votes won't count."


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Make It Happen is the 2015 theme Women's Day 2015, encouraging effective action for advancing and recognising women. This year's Women's Month celebration is especially significant as it marks 20 years since the United Nations laid down an agenda for women's rights and gender equality in Beijing: the Beijing Platform for Action. In addition, 2015 is critical as the world seeks to define a new set of targets to succeed the Millennium Development Goals. SPARK! together with SMART Communications and the J. Amado Araneta Foundation join the call for women's empowerment through 'hacking the gender gap'.
The biggest hackathon in the world is back in Manila! Join your fellow developers at our new venue at A-Space Manila at 110 Legazpi St. Makati from July 26-27 2014 and get a chance to win awesome prizes! We've got cool devices up for grabs as well as the Grand Prize of being accepted into AngelHack's Spring 2014 HACKcelerator program!
We asked Ron Hose, co-founder of Coins.ph (the first BitCoin exchange in the Philippine) on his thoughts and motivations for the first BitCoin hackathon in Asia held at the heart of Ortigas CBD last March 1 and he said: "We're super excited about the applications of bitcoin in developing countries.
We're featuring Aaaron Cajes' blog post from his site http://aaroncajes.com where he walks developers through how you can send an SMS using the SMARTDevNet API. Here's a bit of a background of who Aaron is before we go to his post.
In case you missed it and you weren't able to drop by the #DevNet5000 CHRISTmas meetup, we do have some thing to make up for it! Check out the newly minted SMARTDevNet Freemium APIs at http://developer.smart.com.ph
The recent PWDO "Caritakathon" sponsored by Smart DevNet yielded a grand prize winner in the person of the "Foxfree" team for its web design for the Tondo Blessed Hope Bible Blessed Church. The winning design is up online at its own domain at http://www.tbhbbc.com.
Here's some pictures and videos from the Nokia Imaging Hack http://imaginghackmanila.eventbrite.com (special thanks to Microsoft, Nokia, HERE, Palet Express for the super space-y venue and SMART Bro for the super-fast connectivity).
The Final 8 in no particular order: Rescue Point, Disaster Awareness and Relief System (DARS), K9Donations, Likay, iCalamity, Enlist, Disaster Buddy & Pledge2Help.


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Are you someone who enjoys making a difference with young children and their families? Are you flexible, detail oriented and enjoy working in a fast paced agency? Teacher/Family Advocate may be the perfect job for you. OCCDA provides early childhood education and comprehensive, prevention-based services for children ages 0-5, pregnant women, and their families. OCCDA provides both classroom and home visiting services from nine locations.
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Recent requests by the Almanac for information about police department matters have produced some troubling responses from the city of Menlo Park. In the latest incident, the city denied a reporter's request for what should be publicly available statistics: How many currently serving police officers have been charged or convicted of criminal offenses? And how many have been fired during the past 10 years?
Reporter Sandy Brundage made it clear in her request to the city that she wasn't seeking any identifying information, which the city would be unable to provide legally because of laws protecting the privacy of public employees, particularly police officers. She also noted in her request that the city of San Jose maintains a public database that reports on a quarterly basis disciplinary actions and outcomes involving all city employees, including police officers.
Menlo Park's response? No. The request "would require the city to physically review individual records/personnel files and create documents that do not exist. The records themselves are confidential personnel information which we are required to maintain as such."
The request for statistics stemmed from the Almanac's investigation of a 2011 incident in which Menlo Park police officer Jeffrey Vasquez was caught in a motel room with a known prostitute. Although he was charged with solicitation by the Santa Clara County DA's office, the case was later dismissed.
After an internal affairs investigation, the city fired Officer Vasquez, but that action was overturned in binding arbitration.
The story, reported by Ms. Brundage, raised serious questions about why it's so difficult to fire cops who break the law they swear to uphold. And it shed light on a system of confidentiality that protects rogue officers and those who perform below an acceptable standard of public service.
The city's latest refusal to release non-confidential information follows another recent struggle by the reporter to obtain police logs for a three-year period. The logs are released to the public on a daily basis. The city responded that its policy was to provide the public, upon request, only the most recent 30 days of the log, even though the police department keeps the documents for two years. Menlo Park released the logs only after a fight.
The Almanac isn't the only witness to the city's stonewalling. When Vicki Smothers reported a terrifying encounter to Menlo Park police in 2011, the department refused to give her a copy of the 911 call she placed. Ms. Smothers was legally entitled to that copy, as the state requires disclosure of witness statements and case reports to all parties in a case unless doing so harms another victim, a witness, or the investigation. The city attorney cited none of those exceptions in denying her request.
Whose interests are served when a public agency withholds information that legally should be available to anyone who asks for it? In an era when the public's trust in government is sinking ever lower, only tone-deaf public officials, or those with something to hide, will fight disclosure of non-confidential information.
As Menlo Park nears a decision on hiring a new police chief, we hope that a commitment to transparency and an understanding of the public's right to access information will be important criteria in that decision. The city should be serving as a model of transparency instead of a model of obfuscation.


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When Size Matters… (and doesn't)
March 10, 2016
I never thought I'd say this… not in a million years… but, please don't congratulate me on how thin I look. You don't understand, my whole life I have struggled with issues of my weight and self-image. Although I've never considered myself fat, the message that I got as an adolescent and young adult was […]
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Electricity Maine has hired Judy Vardamis and Norrie Crocker as Community Outreach Coordinators. Hired to support Electricity Maine's Power to Help initiative, their primary responsibility is to build relationships with community groups throughout Maine.
The Power to Help Fund helps local organizations do what they do best…help people. Electricity Maine provides the tools and support each group needs to help them maximize their fundraising potential.
"With just 1.3 million people, Maine is one big small town," says Candace Sanborn, Vice President of Marketing at Electricity Maine. "Mainer's understand that the health and well-being of our residents, businesses, and communities are interconnected. Through the Power to Help fund, Electricity Maine helps to raise funds and awareness for non-profits and community groups."
Both Vardamis and Crocker come to Electricity Maine with extensive backgrounds in non-profit and small business development. For more information about Electricity Maine's Power to Help fund visit www.powertohelpmaine.com


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The year 2016 will go down as a good one for Freddie Peacock. But because it was so long in coming, it surely must be bittersweet. His story illustrates the slow pace and enormous hurdles in correcting criminal justice miscarriages post-conviction. It also calls on our individual and national conscience to make 2017 the year responsible citizens send the message loud and clear to all public and criminal justice professionals that this nation must replace the mantra of "tough on crime" with "smart on crime." In the Peacock case we learn many lessons about wrongful conviction rarely delivered so clearly by a federal judge.
In August 2016 U.S. District Judge Michael Telesca awarded Freddie Peacock nearly $6.2 million long after Peacock's conviction of and imprisonment for a 1976 Rochester (NY) rape he didn't commit. Peacock had sued the city of Rochester and Rochester police. Judge Telesca's decisions in May (here) enabling Peacock to pursue civil damages and in August (here) determining his damages are instructional for those who believe wrongful convictions are the inevitable rare result of innocent human error.
In these two rulings (from which the judge's quotes were garnered for this article), the judge revealed that public officials presented to the grand and trial juries faulty evidence that conspired to convict an innocent man.
In 1976 Peacock, a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic, was functional with medication. He worked full time as a hotel cook, lived independently, participated in his church, and interacted with friends and family. But his mental condition worsened in prison. A psychologist would later conclude, "The Freddie Peacock who existed in his twenties died when he went to prison."
The jury convicted Peacock on the powerful evidence of a confession and victim's identification. Both proved to be unreliable.
Confession: False or Fabricated?
Judge Telesca explained that, after interrogating Peacock, [Detective John J.] Wernsdorfer [now deceased] typed a report he called an "oral synopsis" which he said contained Peacock's admissions, such as "I did it," and "I raped her." This was the document provided the prosecutor "who relied on it in securing an indictment." It was also referenced in Wernsdorfer's trial testimony and in the prosecutor's trial summation.
Peacock never signed this synopsis. In fact, Peacock claimed he never confessed or admitted involvement in the crime.
According to the Judge's ruling in the civil case forty years after the crime, Rochester Police Officer Wayne Markel, who was present during Peacock's interrogation, conceded under oath that Peacock "never made any admissions during the interrogation." Instead, he "consistently and adamantly denied raping the victim." Markel acknowledged that his colleague, Wernsdorfer, "must have fabricated the confession."
Judge Telesca wrote, "…the record permits a reasonable jury to conclude that Wernsdorfer concocted Plaintiff's confession out of whole cloth."
Tainted Identification?
Judge Telesca also noticed that the victim's first description of the perpetrator provided to Officer Markel was vague. Attacked in the dark of night, she described the rapist as "a black male of medium height." Officer Markel understood the rapist to be a stranger. This is significant, because the victim knew Peacock; they lived in the same apartment complex.
Reports and testimonies differ on the timing and degree of certainty of the victim's identification of Peacock as her attacker. In any case, the judge wrote that after Detective Wernsdorfer told her that Peacock had confessed, "…the victim began expressing certainty in her identification of Plaintiff as the rapist, and relating new, never-before reported details about her attacker…This description matched Plaintiff's appearance…"
"A reasonable jury also could find that the false confession effectively bolstered the victim's erroneous identification of Plaintiff as her assailant," concluded the judge.
Studies show memories are vulnerable to contamination. Exonerations have revealed that increasing confidence in an identification has no reliable relationship to accuracy. Going from uncertainty to confidence and from vagueness to specificity are common in memories tainted by subsequent influences.
Official Misconduct and Perjury?
Officer Markel acknowledged that a confession was important to support thin evidence against Peacock. The prosecutor, knowing the victim's identification had weaknesses, assured the jury they need not rely on her testimony alone.
The judge outlined facts suggesting the police fabricated Peacock's confession. If so, they perjured themselves in permitting its use by the prosecutor.
In deposition Officer Markel said he did not know of Peacock's confession until the civil case decades later. The Judge wrote, "…a reasonable jury could find this unworthy of belief, given Markel's direct participation in the investigation, interrogation, and prosecution."
The judge noted the officers' failure to comply with the police department's "well-established policy and practice," which "calls for, whenever possible, a stenographically recorded confession or a statement written out and signed by the subject…"
Officer Markel's testimony at trial also makes his claimed ignorance problematic. According to the judge, the prosecutor "who testified that it was his practice to speak to all trial witnesses beforehand, said that it 'just doesn't make sense' to him that Markel would have had no idea, until his deposition, that Plaintiff allegedly had confessed to the crime."
Markel was obligated to report to the prosecutor Peacock's denials of guilt. The prosecutor recalled receiving no such report and none was in the case file.
Judge Telesca concluded, "Viewing the facts and inferences to be drawn from them in the light most favorable to the Plaintiff, a reasonable juror could find that Markel had contemporaneous knowledge that Wernsdorfer had falsified the confession, and had sufficient opportunity to intervene to prevent a wrongful conviction based on fabricated evidence."
Wrongly Convicted, Incarcerated 5 Years, 9 Months: The Damages?
In Judge Telesca's award decision, he sought to evaluate the anguish suffered by Peacock, now 64, who was dubbed "Chester Molester" and "subjected to sexual harassment" in prison.
The judge reviewed the "voluminous evidence submitted" regarding Peacock's "gentle and peaceful nature" and the "fragility of his emotional health, in concluding that the mental distress he suffered during prison was especially grievous."
A high school friend described Peacock as being "like the lamb among wolves in prison." Another stated, "I don't know how he survived [prison], he's too nice."
Friends and family said that after prison Peacock was fearful of being falsely accused and withdrew from relationships. He relinquished his career as a cook because restaurant work required interaction with women.
Peacock's prevailing mission inside and outside prison became proving his innocence. It took him 33 years to clear his name. He was released from prison in 1982 and from parole in 1992. Innocence Project lawyers, students, and private lawyer Donald Thomson utilized DNA testing to prove Peacock's innocence in 2010. The Monroe County District Attorney (NY) supported vacating the conviction.
Peacock was the 250th person exonerated by DNA. The National Registry of Exonerations recently reported 1,956 exonerations since 1989 gained through DNA testing and other evidence.
The Registry attributed Peacock's wrongful conviction to false confession, mistaken eyewitness identification, perjury or false accusation, and official misconduct…frequent wrongful conviction contributors, detailed in this case by a federal judge, with the following damages:
Loss of liberty and pain and suffering: $5,000,000
Loss of Normal Life: $ 750,000
Lost Wages: $ 442,374
Total: $ 6,192,374
Fragile Justice: How Juries are Misled
In many wrongful convictions, each piece of evidence bolsters the others to create a credible portrait of guilt, even when the evidence later proves to be inaccurate, unreliable, or falsified. The lessons of 1,956 exonerations make the red flags of wrongful conviction in Peacock's case painfully clear.
A jury is less likely to wrongly convict when the police interrogation is video recorded, a recommendation that protects both suspects and police from false accusation.
A witness is less likely to misidentify when officers employ best practices in interviewing and eyewitness identification. Blind administration (an administrator who doesn't know which person is the suspect) in lineups ensures the administrator doesn't influence the witness, purposely or inadvertently. This cautionary approach would have discouraged Wernsdorfer from telling the victim the suspect confessed (particularly egregious if Peacock never confessed).
Lost Innocence?
If the human tragedy of wrongful convictions is not enough to prompt calls for reform and best practices in criminal justice, perhaps settlements of nearly $8.5 million will do the trick. In addition to the $6.2 million award, Peacock's attorneys were awarded fees and expenses of $770,000. Peacock was previously granted $1.5 in the Court of Claims. (It must be noted that the wrongly convicted are often compensated much less or not at all, another inequity.)
Perhaps recognition that a brutal rapist remained free to victimize others for more than three decades is a motivator to demand better.
What's certain: We as a society can no longer claim ignorance or innocence. Too many lives have been trampled by miscarriages to ignore imperatives to implement best practices in criminal justice procedures…. follow forensic science reform recommendations…properly fund indigent defense…review miscarriages to prevent repeating them, and more.
Initiatives to reduce miscarriages, increase public safety, and diminish the enormous human and financial costs of wrongful conviction are clear, and need not be daunting. More accurate, fair, and equal criminal justice requires only a national will to make this foundational human right a priority.


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Do you take better care of your car or home than your own brain?
When is the last time you brought your car in for a checkup and oil change? When is the last time you brought YOURSELF in for a checkup? Oh, dear.
May is Older American's Month. It is a month to make sure that you are doing what you need to do to stay healthy, including brain health.
Our friends in New York, the Alzheimer's Foundation of America can help you to stay healthy – and to be a better caregiver.
On this interview with Charles Fuschillo, CEO of the Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA), he explains the many resources that AFA provides for you. AFA even offers a Free Memory Screening that you can take to give your brain a checkup. They are quick (10 minutes), easy, non-invasive and completely confidential. You can take it on-site at a location near you. Schedule an appointment for a free memory screening by calling AFA at their toll-free helpline, 1-866-232-8484. Listen to the full podcast to learn what other programs that AFA has to help you and your loved one.
The Alzheimer's Foundation of America is a network of over 2,600 member organizations throughout the United States who provide optimal care and services to individuals confronting dementia, and to their caregivers and families!
You can learn more about AFA by going to their web site (https://alzfdn.org), or by calling their toll-free helpline, 1-866-232-8484.
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Behind-the-Dress: A Look Inside Our Factories
Having a made-to-measure platform means that there's a story behind every dress. A lot of talent goes into bringing the best possible product to our customers, from the factory floor to right your door.
For part one of our Behind-the-Dress series, we're taking you on a little tour of our factories. Let's go and see where all the magic happens!
The Factories
We work with independent garment factories throughout China that typically employ around 15 to 30 experienced dressmakers. Partnering with these small-scale producers, who work with prominent brands from across the globe, offers flexibility for our unique made-to-order business model.
The Material
In order to ensure that quality standards are met, all fabrics and other materials are sourced in-house. Our suppliers are selected based on the sophistication of their weaving and dyeing techniques, where new fabrics are sent to the factories every week.
The Process
First, pattern makers cut the fabric according to the style and size. A dressmaker then works with them to complete the design, making sure that details and fit are exact to the customer's specifications. After the dress is inspected for loose threads and other imperfections, it's pressed, packed, and shipped to Azazie!
The People
Chatting with Dressmaker Jack Wu
Q: How long have you been a dressmaker?
"I've been a dressmaker for more than 20 years!"
Q: Why did you decide to become a dressmaker?
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Q: What is your typical day like?
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"When my wife and I got married 10 years ago, I made 5 different dresses for her to wear on our wedding day."
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Michelle Baddeley
On her book Copycats and Contrarians: Why We Follow Others... and When We Don'tCover Interview of May 01, 2019
In a nutshell
Copycats and Contrarians takes on the idea, promulgated by some economists, that humans are selfish and independently-minded creatures, who use complex mathematical rules to solve problems. This book argues that we are also social animals, and our instincts to follow, herd, and copy others are deeply ingrained.
So, is herding mindless and stupid? When we suspect that people around us know more than we do, then following them is common sense. We may join long restaurant queues but avoid empty restaurants. Social media reviews may help us to choose our holidays. Policy-makers, who release social information about others' choices, may encourage us to be more responsible about everything from energy consumption to organ donation.
But imitation is also the product of ancient impulses and instincts. It evolved in our ancestors, enabling them to survive harsh natural environments. When food and resources were scarce and threats were ever-present, our ancestors followed others around them because they might have had better information about where to find food or water. Or, as part of a group, they would find safety from predators and environmental threats. Over the course of human history, however, civilizations have grown, technologies have become ever more sophisticated, and our herding tendencies now seem more maladaptive than effective survival strategies.
Copycats and Contrarians explores how, today, we face a delicate, fragile balance of individual, group, and social interests. In the modern world, following others sometimes works well. But other times it generates perversions. The Internet has given mob-leaders a power to manipulate crowds that is unrivalled in human history. The political tensions around the UK's vote to leave the EU and the US election of Donald Trump have both been driven by rapid shifts in herd opinions. These shifts are catalyzed by online gossip, twitter trolls, and false news that speed along globalized social media channels. In computerized financial markets, too, herding develops quickly and precipitates large and destabilizing speculative bubbles, including flash crashes on futures and currency exchanges.


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When I was asked to give a message to my home church in the Philippines via Zoom last month, they also asked if my daughter can give a special music for their virtual church service. We recorded her playing the piano and send them the video. Friends from New York and New Jersey also asked for this video and played it in their virtual worship services.
I'm sharing it here too. Blessings to you.
(Music piece is "Amazing Grace," piano arrangement by Joel Raney.)


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Earthquakes occurring frequently near Fort St. John by Energetic City, September 30, 2015
Did you feel that? Maybe not, but there have been small across the Peace recently, noticed by some, or quietly occurring.
In the last week, 15 small earthquakes were recorded northwest of Fort St. John, and 10 have been recorded outside of Dawson Creek, mostly north and northwest.
The biggest one in the past week was a 3.0 magnitude quake recorded 122 km northwest of Fort St. John, on the 26th.
So why all the earthquakes? The connection between earthquakes and fracking has been heavily debated – some say it causes the earthquakes, some say there's no correlation. [But, industry and government quake experts in Canada are not debating it, they have already proven fracing is causing earthquakes]
According to CBC, a 4.6 magnitude earthquake near Fort St. John last month caused work to stop at a Progress Energy work site. Drilling at natural gas wells has to be halted if seismicity reaches a magnitude of 4.0 and greater.
Alan Clay with the BC Oil and Gas Commission told Energetic City in an e-mailed statement that fracking has been increasing in the area in recent years, but did not confirm if it is causing these smaller quakes.
"Yes, hydraulic fracturing has been happening safely in BC for more than 50 years, with most of the activity in the Northeast region around Fort St. John," he said.
He said 80% of the new wells having hydraulic fracturing done target the Montney geological formation.
Clay added that British Columbia has strong hydraulic fracturing laws – and that water contamination as a result of fracking has never been reported.
[Refer also to:
2015 09 08: Netherlands court orders Shell & Exxon Mobil to pay 100,000 homeowners billions of dollars in quake damages
2015 08 15: Dutch Court Suspends Gas Production on earthquake fears; Pennsylvania Insurance Dept Issues Quake Notice: Fracking Exclusion Not Allowed
2015: Oil & gas execs 'pressured' Oklahoma geologists not to reveal fracking-quakes link; Industry Pressure Kept Oklahoma's Scientists Silent on Earthquake-Fracking Link Since 2010: Report
2015: AER Master Deregulator promises regulation while bamboozling media and the public. UK frac quake "red light" is 0.5M, in Alberta, it's 4.0M
2015: Quakes in Gas Fields Ignored for Years, Dutch Safety Agency's report a relevant read for any fracking zone; Fox Creek frac quakes make AER play deregulation with you and your loved ones: "Red Light = Green Light"
2015: Fracking Quakes Pose Added Risks but Oil and Gas Companies Refuse to Share their Collected Seismic Data. "In low seismic environments like Fox Creek where the natural earthquakes are infrequent, the hazards from an induced seismic event can exceed the hazards from a natural source"
2014: International panel of geoscientists concluded pair of deadly earthquakes that struck Italian region of Emilia-Romagna in 2012 could have been triggered by petroleum extraction
2013: Spain Suffers from Hundreds of Earthquakes Caused by Offshore Drilling; Largest is Magnitude 4.2; Citizens Complain of Cracks and Tremors Whipping Their Homes
B.C. Oil and Gas Commission lacks 'transparency' on fracking violations
2015: Fox Creek: Yet another earthquake in AER's deregulated blanket approval frac experiment. Fracking-Related Earthquakes Could Ding Credit Quality
2015: Chevron reported 3.6 magnitude event; Shut down by AER. Is the AER's Frac Quake Stop Light System Irrelevant? Another 4.4 Magnitude Earthquake at Fox Creek
2015: Special Report by Andrew Nikiforuk: Fracking Industry Has Changed Earthquake Patterns in Northeast BC, Impact on groundwater and migrating gases mostly unknown
2015: NE BC: Monday's 4.5 Magnitude frac quake, felt from Pink Mountain to Fort St. John (180 km), 'likely' caused by Progress Energy, OGC confirms
New BC OGC Report: From August 2013 to October 2014 Fracking directly caused 193 earthquakes (11 felt on surface), 38 more caused by waste injection, in Montney basin area surrounding Dawson Creek and Ft St John
2012: Investigation of Observed Seismicity in the Horn River Basin
Between April 2009 and July 2011, 31 seismic events were recorded and located by NRCan in the Etsho area of the Horn River Basin in northeast British Columbia (Figure 1). Another seven events were recorded near the Tattoo area between Dec. 8 and Dec. 13, 2011. The observed events ranged in magnitude between 2.2 and 3.8 ML on the Richter scale as recorded by NRCan (Table 1). A search of the areas in the National Earthquake Database from 1985 to present shows no detected seismicity in the Horn River Basin prior to 2009.
As hydraulic fracturing fluids are injected into intact gas bearing shales, thousands of micro-seismicity events (approx -3.0 to 0.5 ML) are created as the rock is fractured. These events are caused by micro shear movement and tensile fractures and by the re-opening of existing fractures and faults
Two instances of wellbore deformation along horizontal sections were reported by one operator. These occurred over a short interval beginning at 3,011 m KB (Kelly Bushing) in the d-A1-D/94-O-9 well. In this instance, casing deformation was minor and did not hinder completion operations. At d-1-D/94-O-9, the deformation was encountered at 4,245 m KB and the casing distortion blocked completion efforts at 4,288 m KB. … This deformation was detected in July 2011.
Horn River Basin seismicity events, from 2009 to late 2011, were caused by fluid injection during hydraulic fracturing. All events occurred during or between hydraulic fracturing stage operations. [Emphasis added]


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And we had Needle felting Woodpeckers with Rachel Gerowe!
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Looking at the Big Picture and Connecting the Dots II
Now that the hockey drama is over and La Coupe Stanley is back in my hometown for the third time in my life, we can get back to work. As an addendum to the prior post, we had a few further data points emerge. CIEN hosted their analyst day yesterday in NYC. I think the event only reinforced my belief in three dislocations in the market and they are showing signs of impact. I also think that CIEN further confirmed my thoughts in my Tuesday post. It is not really a good sign when a company cannot articulate why the pace of their market is not going faster. Maybe it is macro, maybe it is broader ARPU trends in their downstream markets or maybe the exaflood has not hit yet. Maybe the future is not going to play out as expected?
After the close, FNSR reported results and it did not go well. This morning a lot of blame being thrown in the direction of China for the miss and lowered guidance. If China companies are the cause of the weakness that is disturbing and I am puzzled by the analysts this morning spinning it as positive. I wrote in early May "futures are down 3 handles to FV, but it is still early. I would expect a them to uptick starting at 0400 EST. BofA/ML out with a negative CAPEX call into earnings. Hard to be long anything levered to US CAPEX. I would be seller if I owned anything networking stocks levered to US CAPEX. I think growth companies like APKT, FFIV and BSFT are okay for now. Would be a seller of CSCO, ERIC, TLAB and ARRS. All for different reasons."
After the close today we are going to get the RIMM results. I have offered up some comments on the mobile device market in the past, but I will have an interest in the results today because when RIMM pre-announced their results on April 28, I read one report from a sell side analyst who said that it was good they lowered expectations so early in the quarter as it gave them more than a month to beat the lowered expectations. Please…I will be looking at the numbers tonight.
Side note on Greece…. Greece got their first bailout in May 2010. About a month after the bailout, a top 5 US bank brought their European strategy, credit, macro team in for meeting with me. I distinctly remember their European strategist (a German) pounding the table to buy the market as Greece has their money and the Greek issue is off the table for at least three (3) years. At the time I asked him what about the other three PIGS. He said their might be issues, but no concerns with Greece as Germany has stepped up. I am glad that worked out and I stand by what I wrote in early May "From a macro perspective it is hard to be excited and easier to be bearish. Maybe sell in May and go away is a prudent action."
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Why Vietnam "jubilantly" welcome David Archuleta
Google translated directly from Kênh14.vn Star
The Little Prince The guy was very friendly informal chat with reporters, and so Vietnamese in exchange conference which took place several hours ago.
Landing Tan Son Nhat Airport at 5.30pm after a long flight than ten hours, had to run right out stadium Military Zone 7 to rehearsals for the show tomorrow, but tonight's 8:30, "Little Prince" David is matched with a permanent smile on the lips at a press conference held at Riverside exchange Palace. He made everyone present tonight because of the extremely touching as much friendly despite extreme fatigue with heavy schedules.
Only talk in a short time, David Archuleta is still trying to answer questions from reporters. Especially since he sent word: "Hello Vietnam" to people in Vietnamese but really push it! Many commented: "He was easy-going and loving terrible."
"Little Prince" will not "forget the" Where the fans, he confided that he felt extremely surprised and happy above all love for his fans at the airport this afternoon. David would like to thank everyone with the good will try to perform well tomorrow there.
When asked about tomorrow's performance, David was smiling revealed, he will not bring surprises to the "flashing" on stage, the audience that wants to conquer Vietnam in his own voice. It is worth looking forward to right?
A lot of showbiz stars hit Vietnam has to greet and interact with David Archuleta tonight, including singer Britney Hung, Noo Phuoc Thinh, Bao Thy, Uyen Linh, Van Mai Huong, actress Ngo Thanh Van, …
Now watch the latest images of men and the star of tonight's press conference at City Nhe!
David Archuleta: Many people say my music "clean" too
Google translated from DANTRI.com.vn
American Idol Runner He shared his satisfaction with his current music, although many people say it's too clean, too gentle.
David Archuleta answers questions from a reporter asked what he
thought about music reviews for the youth of America now too vulgar and makes them become damaged. "Many people say my music is now so clean and gentle too, but I'm happy with my music now. I always try to make the best possible in all your projects and I believe the women are parents have not objected to their children listen to my music. "
Appeared in Vietnam in nearly 18h on 21 / 7 and at 20 hours the same day,David Archuleta has participated in the launch press conference in HCMCVietnam. Friendliness is the first impression and the most remarkable 21-year-old singer on America. "I found quite surprising and interesting with thewelcoming of the fan frenzy at the airport, thanks everyone." David openedthe press conference.
When asked yourself what would offer something special for the night last night 22 / 7, David says he does not have a specific song in particular, but healways did everything his best. He also shared his writing some songs just forthe fans in Asia. "I have a plan to tour throughout Asia and I'm writing songsfor the fans here."
But the show is not happening, but David has received praise from the BTCprogram. "Just not up to the airport and on to the hotel after a long trip, butDavid has the right stadium to sing a song re-examination. He sings with no music and carpentry after a long flight without rest leave, subject to planning ahead. the work of re-examination was very impressed with theprofessionalism of David. that was a lesson for singers Vietnam now. "Hoang Tuan – BTC representative said.
Press conference videos:
Anyone know what he's playing at the beginning????


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Many Car Restraints Designed For Pets Failed Crash Safety Test
How many of us pet owners often drive with our pets in the car? Probably a lot of us. As responsible pet owners, we may even take the time to get our pets safely strapped into carriers or crates in order to make transportation safest in case of unforeseen accidents. However, how many of us actually know which carrier and crate brands are really safe, and which ones are as dangerous as just letting our pet hangout, unstrapped, in the backseat?
Back in 2015, the Center for Pet Safety (CPS) conducted several studies on various popular pet crates and small carrier brands in order to see which ones would best hold up during vehicle collisions. Needless to say, the results were surprising.
The crash-test study was conducted in unison with Subaru of America, and the results showed that there were very few pet products designed for the car that actually held up during testing. For the crash tests, the CPA, which is a non-profit consumer advocacy group, used weighted dog and cat dummies so there were no live animals harmed in the process.
Using eight models of pet carriers, the CPA stimulated front crashes at speeds of 30 mph. In order for these carriers to be deemed safe, the animal was required to be fully contained inside the carrier. Surprisingly, only two of the pet carrier brands successfully held up to the safety criteria set out by CPS. The other carriers were found to detach from their anchoring or did not keep the dummies inside the carriers.
For information on which of the carriers passed and which ones did not, you can click here. Meanwhile for the results of the pet crates, you can click here.
CPS was also sure to test out pet travel seats, however, none of these products withstood the impact. It was the first time that these products were included in testing.
The CPS published their results in order to make sure pet owners were aware that while many products may keep their pets secured in the car, not many provide the proper protection needed to withstand a crash.
As the safety video says, "many manufacturers claim their products pass crash testing, but without uniform test standards these claims cannot be substantiated."
Therefore, pet owners are encouraged to do their research while shopping for a car product for their pets – no matter what it is. It is important that pet owners are fully away of the product's pros and cons in order to know what you're getting.
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[My schedule has not been kind to me lately, but hopefully I'll have the time to write the next part of the Tale of Ayla within the next week. Here's the first page of an idea I've been messing with]
Aboard the Rondôn
Morning on the Rondôn is much like any time of day. There is an official fleet clock that says when it's morning, midday, night and so on, but in reality the concepts have lost all meaning to the passengers. We still observe them, acknowledge them, out of simple human stubbornness or because we'll need to be in the habit of day/night cycles when we finally get there. Not that we will ever get there, but our children's children's children (ad nausea) will. Eventually.
All the other folks say "good morning" so I say "good morning" though it is neither a real morning, or particularly good. I suppose "average time-that-work-starts to you" doesn't flow off the tongue as easily.
So it was an average time-that-work-starts when I meandered my way through the park on my way to said work. I'm a security officer aboard the Rondôn, and it's my job to make sure everybody doesn't kill each other. And, if they do anyway, to find whoever did it and pass them off to Civil Authority. The park was mostly empty at this time. the stay-at-homes were getting their little ones to school and all the hard workers were already at their posts. I have a bit of a more lax schedule. I've got my mobile, I've got my shocker, I might as well already be in my office honestly.
"Rondôn?" I mumbled to the air.
Yes? Came the response.
"Forward my office to my mobile, please." I said through a yawn.
I found a bench and leaned back, looking 'up' at the reflected sky. The morning stars moved ever so slowly across the sky that was technically below me. A set of mirrors reflects natural light in from outside, which I'm told is healthy for you, but it seems that natural light is just about darkness anyway so I've never seen the damn point. It is a surreal experience though. You know it's just a mirror, but if you lean back just right, so you can't see the edges except in the corner of your eye, you get this sense that there is no ceiling. That the blackness up there is real, empty space. For a second your brain panics, 'cause you know what happens outside, but you don't feel the pull of the vacuum and you can breath just fine. You feel panic and safety all at once staring up at the 'open sky.' I wonder if our great-great-etc parents felt the same back where they came from. If they looked up and felt like they could fall into the blackness. Maybe that's why they left Earth.
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Beef cheeks, when cooked long and slow result in tender, juicy and flavoursome beef. When paired with silky smooth polenta or potato, doused in a rich sauce spliced with a little orange for freshness, you have a dish made in heaven. Impress your guests this winter with a recipe that requires minimum fuss but delivers maximum impact at an economical cost.
- 4 x 250 gram beef cheeks, trimmed of silver skin
- 3 tablespoons seasoned flour
- 2 stalks celery, strings removed and finely diced
- 1 carrot, very finely diced
- 1 onion, finely diced
- 3 cloves garlic, crushed
- 2 bay leaves
- Pared rind of 1 orange
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- ½ teaspoon ground allspice
- 2 cups red wine
- 1 cup beef stock
To serve
- Polenta or mashed potato
- Carrots (or your choice of veges)
- Fresh parsley, chopped
Preheat the oven to 160°C.
Remove the silver skin from the beef
Add a dash of oil to a large casserole dish (one that is suitable for stovetop and oven) and place over a medium-high heat. Dust beef cheeks with seasoned flour, place in casserole dish and brown on both sides (do this in batches to avoid overcrowding the dish). Transfer to a plate as you go.
Lower the heat and add another dash of oil. Add the celery, carrot and onion and cook until soft. Add the garlic, bay leaves, orange rind, ground cumin and allspice and cook for a further one minute.
Return browned beef cheeks to the casserole dish, pour in the red wine and bring to the boil. Pour in the beef stock, bring up to the boil again then cover with a disc of baking paper and a tight fitting lid. Place in the oven and cook for 3-3 ½ hours or until the beef cheeks are almost falling apart. Stir beef cheeks halfway through cooking and check seasoning as required.
Once the cheeks are fall apart tender remove them from the pan and rest on a plate. Reduce the cooking liquid until it coats the back of a spoon, add a nob of butter (optional) and stir in
To serve
Remove bay leaves and serve the beef cheeks on polenta or mashed potato with carrots, generously spoon over the thickended sauce. Garnish with a sprinkle of fresh parsley.


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Employees Pension Amendment Scheme, 2020 - Gazette notification
Employees pension scheme latest news 2020
New Delhi, the 20th February, 2020
(1) This Scheme may be called the Employees' Pension (Amendment) Scheme, 2020.
(2) It shall come into effect from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
In the Employees' Pension Scheme, 1995, after paragraph 12, the following paragraph shall be inserted, namely:–
"12B. Restoration to normal pension in cases of grant of commutation. – The normal pension in respect of those members who availed the benefit of commutation of pension under the erstwhile paragraph 12A of this Scheme, on or before the 25th day of September, 2008, shall be restored after completion of fifteen years from the date of such commutation.".
Also check: EPFO - Central Board of Trustees (CBT) approved the proposal to recommend for amendment in Employees Pension Scheme (EPS) 1995
[F. No. R-15011/01/2019-SS-II (Pt.)]
R.K. GUPTA, Jt. Secy.
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There are few acts that occur in the rural landscape that are as vile or as brutal as fox hunting. It is an act that highlights the class divisions still present in this country and one that does so more powerfully than most other "country pursuits". Aside from the obvious power on display by those of the upper classes who still, quite illegally, partake in the blood sport, even before its ban in 2004 it had become a symbol of the ultimate violence of the land-owning classes of Britain. Thankfully, the arts have always seen fox hunting for what it is – outside of the clearly inane arguments for it as either pest control or the upkeep of tradition – and no medium has torn the practice to social shreds more brilliantly than cinema. Films of the "wyrd landscape" mode especially have tapped into the nasty hypocrisies and exertions of power displayed in fox hunting on screen and have been providing damning critiques of it, and by extension its social power, for a number of years now. Fox hunting is forever the symbol of an elite exercising its power through bullying and violence.
Thoughts of this idea first began to reverberate when first watching Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's underrated classic, Gone To Earth (1950). The film follows the doomed romance between a Gypsy (Jennifer Jones) and a fox-hunting squire (David Farrar), all taking place in the rural landscape. Fox hunting takes centre stage in the drama, the title even referring to the call given when the fox has disappeared on the hunt. But Powell and Pressburger knew that there was symbolic potential in the act, especially as a tool to comment on class divides in the landscape and misogyny. The Gypsy, who has a pet fox which is later killed, equally plays the role of another object to possess with the overtly masculine act resorting to violence and coercion to obtain her, even after she is married to a local vicar. Aptly, she shares the same fate as her beloved animal. As is often the case in such films, the landowners and the rich treat everything on their land as theirs to do what they want with, even if those things are actually living, sentient beings.
This is heightened several years later in Terence Fisher's adaptation of The Hound Of The Baskervilles (1959) for Hammer Studios. There is, of course, a natural horror to the act of fox hunting that lends itself well to the genre but Fisher does something more than just use it as a backdrop. The film's opening is almost entirely centred on a group of young men, back from the hunt and dangerously high on the kill. Fisher shows the natural escalation of the vile characters where they see the local servant girl (Judi Moyens) as just another creature to be taken. She is literally chased across the moor, no doubt in the same way as the chase they took part in earlier though a more sexual charge comes to light. There's a clear link in both of these films between the act of taking an animal for granted – killing it needlessly for some inconceivable pleasure – and the taking of a woman's body against her will – both for sexual and violent pleasures, though the line between the two is deliberately blurred. This is merely another facet of the same class behaviour, unsurprising in the characterisation but also in the likelihood of the actions of genuine land-owning gentry.
Horror would find another interesting use for the act in Roger Corman's Edgar Allan Poe adaptation, The Tomb Of Ligeia (1964). After the initial opening scene, the first post-credit sequence is a detailed portrayal of a fox hunt which really frames the first quarter of the film. This is partly to show the difference in character of the lead who uses the hunt as a ruse to meet a woman. But the whole sequence then has later consequences, the framing of the individuals as almost deserving the horror to come (especially as it is animal-based, albeit in the form of a cat). There are few better shorthands for grotesque upper-class English characterisation than to have a character waving the corpse of a fox about as Derek Francis' Lord Trevanion does. There are undoubtedly other examples; Disney even used the nastiness of this violence to build a message of social cohesion in their underrated 1981 animation, The Fox And The Hound. But the final example I want to draw attention to is not a film but a music video and addresses a further inequality easily equated with the clear unfairness of fox hunting: race.
For Dizzee Rascal's 2007 single, Sirens, fox hunting is used as an effective framing of inner city racial inequality and the inherent violence suffered by people of colour at the hands of an official white power. What's so effective about the video, apart from its stunning 35mm aesthetic, is that it manages to displace the act of fox hunting into an overt urban environment and still make it seem plausible; the rich effectively exerting their violence and will everywhere. The most powerful shot is one of a mounted hunter in a small urban flat, attempting to attack the rapper, though the final sequences of privileged white men and women dousing their faces with blood (hinted at potentially being that of a working-class black man) is one of the most powerful and stark images of twenty-first-century music videos. What is clear from this and all of the previous uses is that fox hunting, whilst commenting on a number of inequalities, is ultimately a symbol of several basic principles; power, bullying, unfairness, privilege and the belief that finance gives a free pass to just about any action. With the still prevalent occurrences of hunting with dogs on private land even after the ban, it has never had a more potent ability to comment on the inequalities that still ravage British society today.


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Finally stepping into the 40's series this year. It will be a new chapter of my life. Really cant avoid kids calling me uncle, can I ? hahahaha..but Stay young and stay happy is always my objectives of Life.
What is next? what will be my next 10 years plans? well, the list is getting longer and longer when we grow older I guess. Ya, there are many things I wanna do in this 10 years, travel the world, build up the business, spend time with family.. too many.. but most important is to stay healthy and appreciate the one beside me….let the past 40 years as my valuable experience for me, learn from the mistake I did and be a better man.
Best Wishes to all my friends. May you have a wonderful year ahead.
Below image was taken by my Nikon film camera during our prewedding assignment in Santorini, Greece


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Living on Less Than $28,000 A Year: How our family of six survives (and even thrives) on an income that is less than half the national median income, and what the government calls "below the poverty line" (less than $29,990 annually) for our family size. [Read other posts in this series here.]
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So far in this series, we've covered:
- Finding a money management system that works
- Trusting God with your finances
So far I've talked about several practical ways we are able to live on less than $28,000 a year. Today I'd like to talk about something a little less "practical", but perhaps even more important: our mindset.
I think most people have some vague financial goals in the back of their minds (ex. save for retirement, go to Italy one day, pay for kid's college, etc.). We did too, although I don't think we ever talked about them or wrote them down. Without a clear vision, we failed to realize that the small decisions we were making each day either moved us toward those goals or prevented us from reaching them.
We had a disconnect in our brains between what we were doing in the moment and what that action meant for our future.
To be honest, our financial "goals" were really more like "nice financial thoughts." We never made any real effort to move toward them because they were distant and fuzzy. As Zig Ziglar says,"If you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time." Living in the moment seemed like fun, but we were just floating along without any purpose or direction. We were essentially wasting our resources and our lives.
Then a few years ago, I had an epiphany. I had wanted for some time to be able to stay home with my children rather than living a crazy, disjointed life of full-time work and part-time parenting. I finally realized that if I wanted to actually reach that goal, I had to really live within our means, not just say that I wanted to. I realized that I could keep doing whatever I wanted to do in the moment, or I could make some sacrifices in the short-term in order to achieve what was truly important to me.
Six years down the road, I can definitely say that I am glad that we have made the choices we have made. We don't do everything perfectly and we still have problems, just like anyone else, but overall we have a good life and much to be thankful for. By making better daily choices, we are able to live our priorities with less money rather than chasing after more and more with the illusion of one day living a "good life".
So what are YOU aiming for? What are YOUR goals? What do you want to happen in the next month, year, 5 years?
Picture your life in 10 years. When you look back, what will you be glad that you did today? Take some time this week to make a written list or a visual board with pictures and words that represent where you want to go in life. Write down your life goals, then make your financial goals line up with what you truly want. Keep your life vision fresh in your mind by keeping it in front of you (on the wall, bathroom mirror or refrigerator door), then make your daily decisions based on those long-term goals.
I have several resources you can use to get started:
The Peaceful Mom Life Inspiration Board– Print this page and use the Life Inspiration Questions to get started. Write in your vision for each area.
The Peaceful Mom Goal and Action Planner– Print this page to evaluate areas in your life that you want to change (you can find more detailed instructions on the post). Write your action steps on the bottom of the page. You may want to print a separate page specifically for financial goals.
The Peaceful Mom Weekly Goal Planner– Once you determine your long term goals, you can use this Weekly Goal Planner to make sure that you are working toward those goals on a weekly and daily basis.
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I'd love to hear some of your goals if you'd like to share them in the comments. 🙂
We can all use some encouragement in this area.


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The Austrian Mint issued schilling gold coins for a brief period of time, but those coins are a popular option today for those investors looking for low-premium gold. As a previous circulation piece, these coins have strong gold content without the high premiums associated with gold bullion collections. Right now, 25 Schilling Austrian Gold Coins are available to purchase online at Silver.com.
Coin Highlights:
- Ships to you sealed in a protective packaging!
- Issued in this denomination between 1926 and 1938!
- Features two different possible designs on the reverse!
- Consists of .1702 Troy ounces of actual gold content.
- Bears a face value of 25 Schillings backed by the government of Austria.
- The Austrian Republic's coat of arms with the eagle is found on the coin's obverse.
- Schilling's face value is found alone or with St. Leopold's effigy on the coin's reverse.
Each 25 Schilling Austrian Gold Coin available to you today at Silver.com ships in protective plastic to ensure the coin's currency condition persists. The coins are available with a year of issue date ranging from 1926 to 1938. The 25 Schillings denomination was struck with two different reverse designs during its 12-year history.
25 Schilling Austrian Gold Coins struck from 1926 to 1934 have a simpler design on the reverse that includes a ring of edelweiss around the face value of the coin. Those coins issued near the end of the production period from 1935 to 1938 include the effigy of St. Leopold, the man who is viewed as the patron saint of Austria.
The obverse of all 25 Schilling Austrian Gold Coins featured here come with the design of the nation's coat of arms. Austria's coat of arms includes a nod to its past with the imperial eagle featured in the center. The eagle holds tools that represent the nation's agricultural and industrial prowess in the form of a hammer and sickle. Engravings on this face are in German, the official language of Austria, and read "Republik Osterreich." Translated into English, this means Austrian Republic.
On the reverse of the 25 Schilling Austrian Gold Coins are one of two options. The primary design is one of edelweiss around the face value of "25 Schilling." The year of issue is engraved below that with the numbers split into two digits on either side of wheat sprigs. Below the wheat sprigs is the name Hartig, a famed Austrian medalist who helped create coinage designs at times for the Austrian Mint.
An alternative option comes from the 1935 to 1938 issue years. During this period, the 25 Schilling Austrian Gold Coins had the image of St. Leopold. He was the Margrave of Austria from 1095 to his death in 1136, and in 1485 was named the patron saint of Austria.
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#storybehindthepicture This has been a successful Instagram feature at Centennial High School which you may want to try. Take a video of a student in black and white. This makes it stand out as different. In less than a minute have them tell the story behind a picture on their phone. Also post the picture as the second slide so everyone can see it. We put them up once a week and have gotten good feedback. Check out Centennial's Instagram account @chscoyote
to see how we did it. The original idea came from Dude Be Nice – here is the link to their story behind the picture blog
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Life in the Sacraments - Holy Communion
Get Involved... St Dorothy's Groups
St Dorothy's offers a variety of groups in which parishioners may actively live out their faith as the Body of Christ - both at the parish and in the wider community. Find a group with which to pray, witness, actively help the Church, or the people of our community. Join a Scripture study and deepen your knowledge of the faith!
Knights of Columbus, St Dorothy's Council 8664
A family oriented organization based on the principles of charity, unity, fraternity, and patriotism. Our local council was established March 13, 1984. Our charter is to support Father Miller, the parish and the surrounding communities. Members also support one another. Membership is open to ALL men 18 years and older, who are practicing Catholics.
The Knights sponsor parish events such as Meatless Dinners during Lent, and a BBQ Fund Raiser. The council has collected over $350,000 for intellectually challenged individuals in the community.
We meet the second Tuesday of every month at 7:00pm, and are always looking for new members. Join us!
Contact Grand Knight Jeff Davenport or call 443-414-4199 for information.
Confraternity of Christian Women
The Confraternity of Christian Women welcomes women of any age for prayer, community, spirituality, service, and friendship. Though primarily a spiritual group, the Confraternity answers a special calling to assist Father Miller and the parish in organization, running, or fund raising for various events throughout the year. Members are also active in volunteering with other parish ministries.
Meetings are held monthly on the third Tuesday at 7:00pm.
For more information, please contact Mary Walsh or call 386-871-3770
St Dorothy's Youth Ministry
St. Dorothy's Youth Ministry is open to all youth grades 6 and above! Come and be a part of a growing group of young people who look forward time with friends watching movies, eating a "little" junk food, playing fun games, and always learning something new about their Catholic Faith!
Meetings are held one SUNDAY a month 1:30pm-5:00pm. See the calendar for specific dates.
For more information regarding Youth Ministry or how to join, please contact Jocelyn Lara
St Dorothy's Family Life Commission
The Family Life Commission exists to create and orchestrate activities that serve both the church family and the family units within the church. The FLC consists of parishioners that donate their time and efforts to help strengthen the family bonds. Families pray together, eat together, laugh and cry together, and support all members and visitors at St. Dorothy's.
We operate on a budget that is funded by the church. Examples of our events include summer parish picnics, Oktoberfest, Easter Vigil reception, Graduation celebration, Easter activities, Thanksgiving Dinner, Parade of Tables, Christmas Caroling, Soup Dinner Cook- off, and so much more.
Our doors are always open to new volunteers and leaders, new or better ideas and suggestions. Our greatest desire is to see families participate to help make these events successful.
We typically do not hold meetings, but communicate via phone, text, and email.
For more information and to volunteer to lead this important group, please contact the office.
Groupo de oración de Emaus / St Dorothy's Emaus Group
Emaus es un programa global de Formación de Fe Católica para Adultos.
Comenzamos con La Coronilla de la Divina Misericordia, y continuamos con estudio de la Biblia, las enseñanzas de los sacramentos y los mandamientos.
El objetivo de las reuniones de formación es unir equipos de hermanos y hermanas Emaus que compartan su historia sobre la presencia de Dios y Jesús en sus vidas con nuevos hermanos y hermanas. Estos equipos planean y ejecutan un Retiro de Emaus cada año para hombres y mujeres.
El grupo Emaus de St Dorothy se reúne todos los jueves a las 7:00 pm en el clase de primer grado.
El Grupo de Emaus se reunira los Jueves empezando el 6 de Enero a las 7pm
Para obtener más información, comuníquese con Ruben Lopez al 704-308-7315
The Emaus Ministry is a global Catholic Adult Faith Formation program.
We begin with the Divine Mercy chaplet, and continue with bible study, teachings of sacraments and commandments.
The goal of the formation meetings is to unite teams of Emaus brothers and sisters who share their story about the presence of God & Jesus in their lives with new brothers and sisters. These teams plan and execute an Emaus Retreat each year for both men and women.
St Dorothy's Emaus group meets every Thursday at 7:00pm in the first grade classroom.
For more information, please contact Ruben Lopez at 704-308-7315
The Emaus group invites all members the community to join them on the second and third Thursdays of the month.
El grupo de la Divina Misericordia / St Dorothy's Divine Mercy Group
El grupo de la Divina Misericordia, está a cargo de la celebración a la Divina Misericordia cada año, comenzando la novena el Viernes Santo junto con los feligreses, terminando el Domingo después de Resurrección. Durante el año, los feligreses se pueden llevar a su casa la estatua de la Divina Misericordia para rezar en familia durante una semana. El grupo puede acompañarlos a rezar si es solicitado. El dia de la celebración se pide a las familias que durante el año se llevaron a su casa a la Divina Misericordia, traer un platillo para compartir con la comunidad.
El grupo también están a cargo de la celebración a la Virgen de Los Angeles y a la Virgen de Guadalupe.
El grupo recauda fondos a través de la venta de comida en el Festival Anual de La Manzana en Lincolnton. Aunque, la comunidad ofrece donaciones para dichos eventos, los fondos recaudados en el festival son usados para cubrir gastos adicionales y/o cualquier necesidad de nuestra parroquia.
El grupo de la Divina Misericordia reza la coronilla a la Divina Misericordia todos los días a las 3:00pm vía Zoom. Usa este enlace.
Para más información sobre el grupo favor de contactar a William Mora 704-530-5770.
The Divine Mercy group coordinates the annual celebration of Divine Mercy Sunday which begins with the novena on Good Friday and ends the following Sunday with a luncheon. During the year parishioners are encouraged to take the Divine Mercy statue home for family prayer. The group could join the family for prayer if desired. Participating parishioners are asked to bring a covered dish to share with the community on the day of the celebration.
The group is in charge of the celebration of Our Lady of Angels and Our Lady of Guadalupe as well. We raise funds through donations for our events, and selling food at the annual Lincolnton Apple Festival which is used to cover any additional expenses and/or any necessity that our church may have.
The Divine Mercy group prays the Divine Mercy Chaplet together each day at 3:00pm via zoom. Please use this link
For more information about the group please contact William Mora at 704-530-5770.
St Dorothy's Pro-Life
St Dorothy's ProLife group travels with other area churches each year to the National March for Life in Washington, DC. We host the Baby Bottle fund drive, support the Lincoln County Crisis Pregnancy Center, Mira Via in Belmont, and local Rachel's Vineyard retreats. There is also the opportunity to participate in prayerful witness at the abortion facility in Asheville.
For more information, please contact the office.
Domestic Church
Domestic Church is a group that came to America from Poland. It was started by a priest friend of Pope St John Paul II. The program is designed to help married couples grow in faith and use the graces of the sacrament of marriage to encourage each other on their path to heaven by focusing on couples' daily prayer, family prayer, and better communication utilizing a monthly couples' dialogue.
Families support each other in this endeavor by meeting monthly (about 8 couples per group) to discuss formation topics and hold each other accountable to monthly prayer, etc. Father Miller will attend these group meetings also. Couples attend an introductory Evangelization Retreat, then annual Family Retreats are available and encouraged.
Please contact Jessica & Patrick Kelty to inquire.
For general information visit www.domesticchurchfamilies.com
Catholic Scripture Study
CSS provided lessons are taught through video, reading, and lively discussion. You will be challenged and fortified!
"This Bible study program is rooted in sound Biblical scholarship and in the Church's magisterium. I hope you will welcome and support this important Bible study program in your parishes." - Bishop Peter Jugis
Classes are held each Monday (except 2nd Monday) at 7:00pm
For more information, please contact Joe Tobin or call 704-239-4148
Women's Scripture Study
Small group bible study specifically for women meets weekly for discussion.
Classes are held each Wednesday at 11:00am
For more information, please contact Shirley Cash at 704-473-1743
2022-23: Acts of the Apostles. Begins September 14
Escuela de Matrimonios
El grupo fue creado del resultado de un curso de la diócesis llamado escuela de matrimonios y estamos enfocados en el sacramento del matrimonio , y familias orantes que regresen a los sacramentos y la adoración eucarística, y organizaremos la fiesta de st valentin
Y retiros para parejas y talleres como planificación natural en el amor...
El grupo se reúne el primer sábado de cada mes. Comenzamos en Adoración del Santísimo Sacramento a las 9:00am
Para informes: Santiago y Sarai Guardado 704-268-2721