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Situated near the airport, in Poitiers, this hotel is close to Place Charles de Gaulle, Notre Dame La Grande, and Palais de Justice. Local attractions also include Poitiers Cathedral and Place du Marechal Leclerc.
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In addition to a restaurant, Hotel De France features an outdoor pool. Other amenities include a bar/lounge and complimentary wireless Internet access.
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- Total number of rooms - 58
- Number of floors - 2
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
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- Conference space size (feet) - 1076
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Le Patio - This restaurant specializes in French cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
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- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 1 per person, per night
- Breakfast fee: EUR 11.50 per person (approximately)
- Pet fee: EUR 8 per pet, per night
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The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
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The primary role of a Torah observant woman was wife, mother and keeper of the home
Q. What do you think about women in leadership roles?
A. In the 1st century congregations, they were very active. The church "put them out" about the 3rd century and they have been in a type of "bondage" ever since, limited in what they are permitted to do in male-dominated Christianity.
Biblically, women have always been seen as an equal partner, her rights guaranteed by the Torah. Women served at the tent of meeting (Exo. 38.8), at the Tabernacle (1Sam 2.22).
You will find them listed as Temple musicians (1Chron 25.5-6) and members of the choir (2 Chron 35.25).
Women brought sacrifices, made Nazarite vows, attend the festivals and had to appear every seven years before the L-rd to hear the Torah read Deut 31. 10-13).
In Herod's Temple, there was a segregated area called "Ezrat Nashim" (women's court). The Torah does not make any distinction of this court and it was given no special status in Jewish practice.
There was no prohibitions regarding the women moving from this court. This came in later with Rabbinic writings.
There was no women's court in the 1st Temple or the pre-Herodian 2nd Temple. Women functioned in the synagogues.
She prayed daily the same prayers as men, was counted as part of a minyan, which was at least 10 people required to recite certain prayers. Women studied along with the men.
Proverbs 31.10-31 creates the picture of a liberated and empowered woman.
In the Tanach (old testament), 48 men and 3 women are mentioned as prophets (Miriam, Huldah, Deborah). Later, Sarah, Hannah, Abigail and Esther were added by the rabbis.
Now, throughout the Torah, the primary role of a Torah observant woman was wife, mother and keeper of the home.
This is a very important role, so much so that she was exempted from many of the commandments that were to be performed at certain times of the day or year.
Her duties as wife and mother were more important and could not be neglected. She should not be expected to drop a crying baby at the time something needed to be performed.
For instance, if she was required to go to the Temple for a festival, but couldn't because of a sick child, she did not have to go.
This exemption later became a prohibition, preventing women from participating in worship and religious life, but this was not how G-d designed it.
Many of the Torah commandments centered around the home where her role was important, and in many ways, more important than her husband.
We see women prophets, teachers and judges in the Tanach.
Next week, we will continue with this question because there are many more important but forgotten aspects to this that need to be addressed.
We will talk about women in the New Testament. We will look at Yeshua's attitude toward them and their roles in leadership.


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These free and low-cost utilities bring a classic Windows Start menu -- and respite from Metro annoyances -- to Windows 8
Search as you might, you won't find a single bigger source of ire in Windows 8 than the new Modern UI (aka "Metro") Start menu. Defenders of the new full-screen, touch-based app launcher and notifications dashboard claim that Windows users were just as antsy about the original Windows 95 Start menu. Remember all the "Classic File Manager" replacements from that time? All true, but Windows 8's Start menu has thrown many people -- seasoned veterans, early adopters, and new users alike -- for a curve. And Microsoft has been adamant that the old Start menu is gone for good.
But where Microsoft doesn't go with Windows, others almost always do. Even before Windows 8 was released to manufacturing, various third parties were marketing add-ons that promised to restore a little (or a lot) of the classic Start menu goodness to Windows 8.
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Why the Start menu was stopped
By now most everyone knows that Windows 8 was built for a hybrid user base. It's designed to serve the legacy desktop and notebook market, as well as the emerging touch-driven tablet market. Microsoft claims that abandoning the classic Start menu wasn't a casual decision -- that real and substantive issues were involved, and the changes were inspired both by user telemetry and the changing face of computing.
The research Microsoft cited was surprising, to put it mildly; the company said that few people actually used the Start menu. But on top of that were other issues: The growing size of menus was becoming a logistical problem; Modern UI apps and the classic Start menu don't have a way to talk to each other; and most crucial, the old Start menu wasn't optimized for touch interfaces, not least because it was too small to use effectively on a touchscreen.
Whatever the rationale, the new Start screen turned out to be a bigger thorn in people's sides than Microsoft realized. Users reacted with a litany of complaints: The new Start is too touch-focused. The constantly updating live tiles are too distracting. Type-to-search is far less useful than before. It takes far more clicks to do certain things. Too many features are now hidden too deeply. And so on. In short, many longtime users feel they've been thrown under the bus.
In search of a better Start
The Windows 8 add-ons profiled here shove the obtrusive and inflexible Start screen aside, offering up versions of the classic Start menu that -- despite their many differences -- operate much like the original. You get a mouse-friendly menu in a manageable area of the screen, where you can access it in context with other items, instead of having to switch contexts entirely.
Most of these Start menu apps provide the option to log in directly to the desktop, bypassing Metro, er, Modern UI. All let you pin apps to their Start menu. Some re-create the old "accordion folder" behavior, where clicking on subfolders in the Start menu exposes additional apps. A few, such as Classic Shell and Power8, take the Windows XP fly-out menu approach.
Many of the apps also take a stab at restoring the classic Start menu's search behavior. Start8, StartIsBack, ViStart, and StartW8 all come very close to reproducing the original search function, which displayed documents, system tools, and other search results in a single, convenient summary view. Classic Shell, StartMenu8, and Power8 aren't as close to the original, but at least they try. Pokki not only restores something like the original search but also augments it with results from around the Web.
If you're looking for a better Start into Windows 8, chances are you'll find it among the nine alternatives explored below. Most of them are free, and none costs more than a few dollars. StartIsBack, Classic Shell, and Start8 stand out as the best of the bunch.
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ERS's competitive grants and cooperative agreements program made
10 awards* in fiscal 2011 to fund research on
relationships between food assistance programs, food choices, and
the economy; and using behavioral economics and incentives to
promote child nutrition.
Effect of New WIC Food
Packages on Breastfeeding and Food Package Choices
Dr. Theodore Joyce
National Bureau of Economic Research, New York, NY
This study will analyze changes in breastfeeding initiation,
exclusivity, duration, and choice of food package associated with
recent revisions in the food packages issued to participants in the
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and
Children (WIC). Revisions to the WIC food packages,
implemented in 2009, restrict issuance of formula to infants of
partially breastfeeding women in the first month, with the goal of
encouraging women to exclusively breastfeed. The study will use the
Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System (PedNSS) in 17 States and
program administrative data in 5 States.
Grant: $198,000
An Examination of WIC
Participant Redemption Patterns In Kentucky Prior to and After
Implementation of Electronic Benefits Transfer
Mr. Loren Bell
Altarum Institute, Ann Arbor, MI
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Women,
Infants and Children (WIC) is moving from State agency-issued
vouchers to pay for authorized foods to State-run electronic
benefit transfer (EBT) systems. This study will examine how the
changeover affects participants' selection of authorized foods and
where participants shop, utilizing redemption data from Kentucky
collected before the transition (2011) and after (2012). The study
will also examine post-transition data from Nevada and
Grant: $176,000
Using the National Food
and Nutrition Survey (NATFAN) to Examine WIC Participant Food
Choices and Intakes Before and After Changes in the Food
Dr. Carol Spaulding
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
This project will assess the impact of the new WIC food packages
on food choices and intakes of selected items for women, infants,
and children, using data from the National Food and Nutrition
Survey of WIC Participants (NATFAN). Over 50 State and territorial
WIC programs participated in the NATFAN survey, which collected
information regarding WIC client attitudes, knowledge, purchasing,
and consumption practices before and after the food package
changes. The project will also assemble a publicly available
dataset of the NATFAN survey.
Grant: $200,000
The Economics of
Beverage Choices among WIC and SNAP participants
Dr. Tatiana Andreyeva
Yale University, New Haven, CT
This study will examine the purchase of sugar-sweetened
beverages (SSBs) among participants in USDA's Special Supplemental
Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in two
Northeastern States. It has three aims: (1) to describe the
purchase behavior of WIC recipients; (2) to examine how sensitive
SNAP participants' SSB purchases are to changes in SSB taxation,
and (3) to evaluate whether changes to the WIC food package induced
changes in purchase behavior over time, since the changes to WIC
packages took place during the period under study.
Assistance Type Cooperative Agreement: $129,000
The Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program and Household Spending: A Flexible Demand System
Dr. Tullaya Boonsaeng
Clemson University, Clemson, SC
This project examines the impact of the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly called the Food Stamp Program),
household socioeconomic and geographic characteristics, and
selected prices on household spending for food and nonfood items. A
flexible two-stage household budgeting framework and data from the
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Consumer Expenditure Survey and other extant sources are used to
estimate household response parameters.
Cooperative Research Agreement: $105,000
Local Area Determinants
of Nutrition Assistance Program Caseloads
Dr. Caroline Danielson
Public Policy Institute of California, San Francisco, CA
This project uses county-level data on food assistance program
caseloads and measures of the economy to improve our understanding
of how participation in the three largest U.S. nutrition assistance
programs-the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the
National School Lunch Program (NSLP), and the Supplemental
Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)-varies
with the state of the local economy.
Assistance Type Cooperative Agreement: $221,000
The Effect
of Food Programs on Alternative Poverty Measures
Dr. Linda Giannarelli
The Urban Institute, Washington, DC
This project assesses the extent to which nutrition programs
reduced poverty before, during, and after the 2007-2009 recession.
Poverty is measured using the U.S. Census Bureau's current version
of the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM). Unlike the official
poverty measure, which considers only cash income, the SPM includes
all key family resources, including near-cash income from the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Special
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children
(WIC) and the National School Lunch Program (NSLP).
Grant: $171,000
Cornell Center for
Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Programs (additional
Dr. David Just
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
The Center will facilitate new and innovative research on the
application of behavioral economic theory to child nutrition
program operations and activities, leading to program improvements
that will benefit children's diets and health; broaden social
scientist participation in such research; and disseminate research
findings to key stakeholder groups, including other researchers,
policy and program officials, and the general public.
Grant: $571,000
Using Nudges and
Incentives to Promote Long-Run Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables
in Children
Dr. Joseph Price
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
This project examines whether a set of behavioral
economics-based interventions implemented in 30 elementary schools
in Utah that result in short-term increases in children's healthy
food choices also change long-run habits and if so, how long it
takes to produce lasting changes. In addition, the project examines
the simultaneous effects of multiple small behavioral
economics-based changes, to see if simultaneous use results in
synergistic effects, crowd-out effects, or even boomerang
Grant: $244,000
Long-term Effects
of Incentivizing Fruit and Vegetable Consumption
Dr. Gregory Madden
Utah State University, Logan, UT
This study will build on the results of earlier research, to
examine the long-term effects of the Food Dudes Healthy Eating
Program, which encourages consumption of fruit and vegetables among
elementary schoolchildren. Results released in late September 2011
showed that fruit and vegetable consumption increased by more than
40 percent among schoolchildren when the Food Dudes incentives were
in place. This followup study will examine the effect on students'
food choices after the Food Dudes Program has been in place for a
year in six Utah elementary schools.
Grant: $155,000
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Document Type Master's Dissertation Author Pavlic, Draginja email@example.com URN etd-02062006-112938 Document Title Botryosphaeria species on native South African Syzygium cordatum and their potential threat to Eucalyptus Degree MSc Department Microbiology and Plant Pathology Supervisor
Advisor Name Title Prof T A Coutinho Committee Chair Prof M J Wingfield Committee Co-Chair Keywords
- Botryosphaeria
- fungal diseases of plants
- Syzygium cordatum
- South Africa
- exotic trees
- Eucalyptus
Date 2004-11-05 Availability unrestricted Abstract
The South African commercial forest industry is almost exclusively reliant on plantations of exotic trees, of which Eucalyptus spp. make up almost 50 %. Botryosphaeria spp. are important canker pathogens in these Eucalyptus plantations in South Africa. However, exotic plantations and their pathogens cannot be viewed separately from the related native flora. This study showed the importance of extending our knowledge on pathogens that occur on related native and exotic hosts, and which can pose a threat by cross infection between these host groups.
In Chapter 1, a review of the literature concerning Botryosphaeria spp. that occur on Eucalyptus in its native range and exotic plantations is presented. It is clearly shown that Botryosphaeria spp. are important pathogens on Eucalyptus in exotic plantations worldwide, causing various symptoms on this host. Botryosphaeria spp. are also important canker pathogens in Eucalyptus plantations in South Africa. Traditional identification of this group of fungi, based on morphological characteristics, led to much confusion about their identity. However, in recent studies morphological characteristics were combined with DNA sequence data to distinguish and identify these fungi. Based on these data a few revisions have been done and new Botryosphaeria spp. were described on Eucalyptus. Botryosphaeria spp. recognised as pathogens on Eucalyptus in South Africa include B. dothidea, B. parva and B. eucalyptorum. Future studies should be focused on correct identification of Botryosphaeria spp. that occur on Eucalyptus, which is the first step towards preventing the spread of this group of pathogens and developing management strategies to control disease outbreaks.
During the study on Botryosphaeria spp. on Syzygium cordatum, isolates of two Botryosphaeria spp. appeared to be undescribed. One of the undescribed species was represented by only one isolate and it was not named. The other species was described as the new Botryosphaeria anamorph within Lasiodiplodia, namely L. gonubiensis. This species grows endophytically on native S. cordatum in South Africa and is the first species in Lasiodiplodia to be found on native trees in the country. Identification of the new species was based on conidial and cultural morphology and DNA sequence data of the rDNA internal transcribed spacers, ITS1 and ITS2. Identification and description of L. gonubiensis is presented and discussed in Chapter 2.
In total nine Botryosphaeria spp. were isolated from native Syzygium cordatum in South Africa. These include B. parva, B. ribis, B. lutea, B. australis, B. rhodina, B. dothidea, Fusicoccum mangiferum, Lasiodiplodia gonubiensis and an unknown Botryosphaeria sp. The isolates related to B. ribis, B. parva and F. mangiferum were the most abundant, while only one isolate represented B. dothidea. Species were identified based on morphological characteristics of their anamorphs combined with ITS rDNA sequence data. Some species, such as B. parva and B. ribis, could not be distinguished based on morphology or ITS rDNA data. A PCR-RFLP fingerprinting technique was, therefore, used to distinguish isolates of these two species. Once again this technique has proven useful and reliable in identification of Botryosphaeria isolates, including cryptic species. However, isolates of closely related B. lutea and B. australis could not be distinguished using this technique. It could be of interest to develop PCR-RFLP identification system that could be used in identification of the latter species. Identification and characterization of Botryosphaeria spp. are presented in Chapter 3.
Isolates of all Botryosphaeria spp., obtained from native Syzygium cordatum in this study, caused lesions on the stems of Eucalyptus camaldulensis and S. cordatum in trials conducted under greenhouse conditions. Except for Fusicoccum mangiferum, all the other Botryosphaeria spp. were more pathogenic on Eucalyptus than on S. cordatum. The most pathogenic species on Eucalyptus were B. rhodina, B. ribis and B. lutea, whileF. mangiferum and B. ribis were the most pathogenic on S. cordatum. Botryosphaeria dothidea and L. gonubiensis were the least pathogenic on both hosts. The results obtained from this trial clearly show that Botryosphaeria spp. on S. cordatum pose a potential threat to exotic Eucalyptus plantations. Future study should be conducted under field conditions to evaluate data obtained in greenhouse trials. These results were presented and discussed in Chapter 4.
The results presented in this study provide the first detailed information on Botryosphaeria spp. on the native Myrtaceae in South Africa. Most of the species isolated from Syzygium cordatum are not known on Eucalyptus in the country. All of the Botryosphaeria spp. obtained in this study are pathogenic to Eucalyptus, and thus pose a threat to this host. Large number of B. ribis, B. parva and F. mangiferum isolates obtained from the native S. cordatum could imply their origin in this region. Further sampling is needed on myrtaceous trees native to the Southern African region, as well as on Eucalyptus. Population studies on the most abundant and most pathogenic Botryosphaeria spp., should provide more information on the movement and origin of these pathogens. The results from this study also highlights the need for quarantine measures to avoid the introduction of new Botryosphaeria spp. or new strains that can be more pathogenic to either native or cultivated plants.
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Video Production 101: Making a Movie with Kdenlive
I'm definitely an amateur in the video domain, but I'm having a lot of fun learning about it. I've benefited from the advice and suggestions from many people far more knowledgeable, so in keeping with the spirit of sharing helpful information, I've assembled the following notes in the hope that they might benefit other newcomers.
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Dynamic and easy to explore on foot, the shopping district in the Elmwood neighborhood attracts locals and UC Berkeley students. It features distinctive storefronts with creative window displays, merchants offering unusual goods, an Art Nouveau movie theater, and diverse restaurants and coffeehouses.
1. Tail of the Yak
2632 Ashby Ave.: In 1972, artists Alice Erb and Lauren McIntosh opened this shop, where they enchant visitors with fantastical vignettes of curious objects and paper works. They personally select each of the new, vintage and antique gift items, which range from fine stationery to textiles to glassware. (510) 841-9891.
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2631 Ashby Ave.: This salon-style art gallery and shop hosts exhibitions of pop art with an emphasis on graphic arts and comics. "Sweets for the Sweet," its current show, is a display of works by Charlene Kelley. It also stocks sketchbooks, prints and greeting cards. (510) 665-8900. www.trickstertrickster.com, www.glitterside.com.
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2966 College Ave.: First opened as the Strand in 1914 and designed by architect Albert W. Cornelius, who also designed the California Theatre in Berkeley, this three-screen movie theater shows independent, documentary and foreign films. It offers an $8 bargain matinee for all shows before 5 p.m. daily. Cash only. (510) 433-9730. www.rialtocinemas.com.
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In 1935, Joseph "Joe" William Yates and his partner, Mr. Burns, opened Burns and Yates Funeral Home in Fort Pierce.
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Thomas Conway, Sr., Owner and Funeral Director
"When Bill gave me the opportunity to work with him, I was truly honored. Just like Bill, my family's legacy has been about helping people and I hope to blend the heritage of the Yates family into my own."
Tom Conway, Sr. has been licensed as a funeral director for almost 30 years and is a fourth generation funeral director. Working most of his career for his own family's funeral home, in 2003 Tom moved on and purchased the Bass Okeechobee Funeral Home, located in Okeechobee, Florida.
Tom is married to Lisa and they together have seven children, two of whom are now entering the funeral service as fifth generation funeral directors.
Paul R. Mitchell, Owner and Funeral Director
Paul R. Mitchell, Licensed Funeral Director in Florida for 37 years, owner and partner with Thomas G. Conway Sr. for the past six years. Paul sits on the board of the Florida Funeral Directors Association, where he is co-chairman of the Legislative committee. His passion is serving people and he is actively involved with community volunteer organizations.
He is married and has three step-children and four grandchildren.
Thomas G. Conway Jr, Funeral Director
Kelly Squires, Funeral Director
Kelly was born and raised on Long Island. She majored in Mortuary Science at the State University of New York at Farmingdale where she earned an Associates Degree in Applied Science. She has been a Licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer since 1991, and is currently licensed in the states of Florida and New York. Kelly worked for a family owned funeral home in Huntington Station, NY for 17 years before relocating to Port St. Lucie in 2005. After working in the corporate world for several years, she returned to a family owned funeral home, joining Yates Funeral Home in 2012.
Kelly is dedicated to helping families at their time of need, and loves to help create lasting memories that truly reflects the life that was lived. When not at work she enjoys reading, scuba diving, but mostly spending time with her family. She is married to Joseph Henry, has three beautiful children, and four dogs.
Philip Buxton, Funeral Director
Philip M. Buxton is a second generation funeral director and embalmer. He is a native of Okeechobee, and graduated from Okeechobee High School in 2002. After high school he attended the University of South Florida in Tampa on a full academic scholarship. At U.S.F. he received his Bachelor's of Science degree in Business Management. He then followed in the footsteps of his father and two older brothers and enrolled in mortuary school. He graduated from the St. Petersburg College Funeral Services Program with an A.S. degree in Funeral Directing and Embalming. He returned to Okeechobee to serve his internship at his parents' funeral home.
Growing up in a funeral home Philip recalls the compassionate and professional nature of his father's approach to funeral directing. It was his father's ideologies which inspired Philip to join his family's business.
Philip lives in Vero Beach with his wife, Renee who is a C.P.A, and their first child, Emerick, who was born in May 2014.
Lisa Conway, Journey Services Representative and Certified Life Celebrant
Lisa Conway has maintained many different roles in the family's funeral homes for over 30 years. During this time Lisa has raised her and Tom's 7 children as well as owned and operated other businesses. In more recent years, Lisa has taken on an even more active and full time role in our Funeral Homes, managing our offices on the coast. In addition to these responsibilities, Lisa is also a Certified Life Celebrant and Journey Services Representative caring for our families through Provisions Advances Funeral Planning, Pathways Bereavement and Grief Support, and Treasures Remembrance Services.
Through the years Lisa has been inspired by the way Tom cares for families and realized it is a true calling to journey with each family. Because of this It has become Lisa's passion as well to serve our families each and every day.
When not at the office Lisa enjoys spending time with her family that now includes her granddaughter Jayden. Lisa also enjoys traveling, coaching girls lacrosse, working with youth and volunteering in various ways throughout the community.
Kevin Pastore, Journey Services Representative and Life Celebrant
"Our lives tell a story and we have the privilege of journeying with every family to ensure that the story will be shared and each life will be honored."
Kevin grew up just outside Washington D.C. in Mason Neck, Virginia and studied at George Mason University where he earned his undergraduate degree in Political Science. In 1998, Kevin moved to Boynton Beach, Florida and entered St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary and completed 5 years of graduate studies in theology and Sacred Scripture. From 2006 to 2013, Kevin taught religion at John Carroll Catholic High School and then worked in youth ministry at St. Anastasia Church.
Kevin joined Yates Funeral Home and Crematory in March 2013 as a Life Celebrant and Journey Services Representative caring for our families through Provisions Advanced Funeral Planning, Pathways Bereavement and Grief Support, and Treasures Remembrance Services.
Hilari Cabo, Administrative Assistant
Hilari came to Florida from Kentucky in 2007 and still remains a Kentucky Wildcat fan. She has lived in several different states, but her heart will always belong to the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia, where most of her family is from. When Hilari's not busy being a fantastic Administrative Assistant, she spends her time fishing with her husband, Danny, and spoiling her loyal and lovable dog, Phoenix. She and Danny started running marathon races together in 2013 and intend to continue with their new passion for years to come. Hilari is also an avid reader of works by J.R.R. Tolkien and Ted Dekker.
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But I kept falling short on my time commitment to work; I couldn't get any traction for restarting my project. The truth was, I was paralyzed in the face of the hard work, of the chance that I wouldn't succeed. During our sessions, Gerber encouraged me to pretend I was playing basketball with myself, to recognize my feints and patterns and to outmaneuver them. She tried to call forth my competitive spirit, but turning the frightened part of myself into an opponent only made me feel worse, as if I were kicking myself when I was down. It was much simpler to imagine ways to outwit Gerber and her crackling whip.
I confessed to Gerber that I felt like crap about myself.
"Feeling bad is a diversion," she retorted, citing another coaching principle: "You say you are going to do X, which represents your ideal. But instead you do Y, plus feel bad; thereforebecause you feel guiltyyou're still a good person. If you did not feel badly about yourself, that equation would equal that you're an asshole."
"Okay," I said dubiously, and continued to do Y.
I was in the middle of explaining to Gerber why I hadn't met my writing quota yet againI spent an hour cleaning up the house in the morning and then another half hour online ordering the month's supply of diapers, paper towels, etc.when she interrupted. "You don't need a life coach to be a better housewife." If I didn't start following the method, she told me, she was going to have to fire me. "How dare you pick up house instead of writing!"
"But I need a clean house for my sanity."
"It's never going to be better for your sanity to clean your house than to get your writing done."
I was suddenly petrified that my life coach was going to lose faith in me too. "Okay, okay. Please don't give up on me."
"Promise that you'll sit down for three hours," she said. "If all you write is `I'm scared,' that's okay." Gerber had me start tracking my time in half-hour increments. After I got over the fact that I had to put aside time to track my time, I was shocked to see how much of my day was squandered on domestic duties. I noticed the long span of relatively uncluttered time between when my youngest woke up and when I had to get the oldest off to schoolan opportunity to knock off some chores! This I could turn into a game. Get the beds made, the laundry put away, and the dishes done before heading out, with my husband splitting the tasks with me. Place the grocery order while I was breaking for lunch. I started to feel that cloud of confidence gathering again and even scheduled some romantic downtime with my husband, who, as a skeptical academic, was initially derisive of the "method" but nevertheless found that "You're on my list of things to do" had a sexy ring to it. It was an immense relief to redirect my focus from evaluating my talent (largely out of my control) to evaluating the quality of my effort (measurable, day by day).
Once I again had control of my "personal integrity," we turned to some emotional work to trace the sources of my "bullshit" rationalizations and "bad theories," to which Gerber told me that people will dedicate their lives to proving. When she started coaching, her dream marriage included having meaningful conversations with her husband; she blamed their superficial exchanges on the fact that he was a jock. But when she asked her husband what he thought the problem was, he said she never listened. "I didn't let him get to the end of a thought, and what I interrupted to say was usually critical or nitpicking, so he stopped trying."
Gerber identified two bad theories at work: She'd made her husband into a macho caricature, and she believed she could interrupt at will because she was the one who had important things to say. To put her big mouth to good use, she made a promise to give him a blowjob when she interruptedand they've been having lots of deep conversations ever since! Sounds like a punch line, but Gerber is sincere: "The more I listened, the more interesting I found him, and the more I wanted to listen."
An exercise she gave me called "Haunting Incidents" helped dislodge one of my bad theories, that I wasn't bright or talented enough. It required re-creating a distinct memory, the idea being that it would contain clues to negative beliefs I had about myself. I recalled a time in high school when I asked my father for help on an English paper. He kept sending me back to rewrite it until, around 11 at night, he finally grabbed the paper from me and wrote it himself.
I can still feel my frustration, sitting at my desk, trying to snatch the words that flitted around me like flies and pin them down into some logical progression on my page, and my shame, walking down the hallway, knowing that I'd failed his expectations once again. Since my dad is dead, I couldn't ask him about his side, but for the first time, I connected this memory with a story a friend of his had shared about a writing retreat they spent together and how every morning my father would present the same few paragraphs with a comma changed here, a new word there, immobilized by his own perfectionism. While I couldn't rewrite this history, I realized I didn't have to keep reliving it.
Will I always stick to my promises of running three times a week or no nightly cigarette, working three hours each day or no TV, limiting my wine intake or else? Truthfully, I probably won't without Gerber kicking my butt on the phone. But I'm so grateful to have a blueprint for redirecting my energies in a productive direction, to know that following it calms and comforts me. Especially when you're in a crisis, when everything seems dire and impossible, the promises are like a path to safety.
The action-oriented approach has also taken root in ways that seem irrevocable. Here's one small example: Instead of constantly complaining about how much I hate my tiny closet without a light, instead of getting pissed off at myself and the world because I have to search in the dark among a jumble of clothes for my favorite black cardigan, I spent a morning cleaning it out and installed a $12 battery-operated light. It wasn't hard, and I felt a million times better.
As for that long-term project that was rejected? Well, the powers that be didn't like the second attempt much better. The news didn't come as a complete surprise, since business imperatives had stacked the deck against me, but I was surprisingly fine. At least I had the satisfaction of feeling proud of my effort, and I even started to get excited about finding the work a more welcoming home. ("Failure? Try again!")
On a Sunday evening this past fall, just as the sun was starting to set, I made myself go running after a long day to meet my exercise promise for the week. My normal route involved running to my local park and up and down a long series of stairs there that, cornily, I admit, brought to mind the movie Rocky. Usually I did six sets. But on this night, I invoked Gerber's playful, hectoring twang: "Come on. Is that the best you can do?" And then I heard another voice, my own defiant one, talking back to her: "This one is for you, Laurie." On the eighth and ninth sets, I told myself, "These are for me." I rested at the top afterward, trying to catch my breath, and surveyed the sun as it cast its final rays of orange and pink across the tops of the buildings in downtown Brooklyn. And I had a glimmer of the feeling: "I am the change I want to be."


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DSU Crowns Trojan Days Royalty
Josh Thomas, a sophomore elementary education major from Brookings, and Tiffany Nelson, a senior elementary education/special education major from Arlington, were elected homecoming king and queen during the Trojan Days coronation ceremony Monday night at Dakota State University.
Thomas has been involved in Student Activities Board, intramurals and South Dakota Education Association-Student Program. He was nominated by the Student Activities Board. Nelson has been involved in Student Activities Board, InterVarsity, intramurals, and South Dakota Education Association-Student Program. She was nominated by SDEA.
The other homecoming king candidates were Sean Aman, networking and business administration, Watertown; Jordan Frisch, biology education, Norfolk, NE; Jordan Lindgren, digital arts and design, Clark; and Joel Maassen, forensic technology and physical science, Hull, IA.
The other homecoming queen candidates were Kayla Fiedler, elementary education/special education, Brookings; Kari Michel, elementary education, Dell Rapids; Sara Olson, exercise science, Hancock, MN; and Ashley Place, exercise science, Jackson, MN.
The royalty, selected by students, will preside over the Trojan Homecoming week activities and the parade and football game Saturday, Sept. 26.


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Pokémon: The Electric Tale of Pikachu
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The story is about a boy named Shuto Katsuragi, who lives in a world with technology that makes superheroes a real thing (no offence, Phoenix Jones), and Shuto's greatest wish is to become a hero himself. Unfortunately, it's pretty expensive to get the equipment necessary (most heroes have to find ...Reviewed by waezi2 on May 5, 2014
Taiga Kuzumi have failed the test to attend the Seinagi Private High School. Skulking around the school, he is mistaken for a student who ditch class, and is dragged into the school-ground by a teacher. Taiga now discover that the school is actually not just a highly privileged private school, ...Reviewed by waezi2 on May 5, 2014
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Hayo Miyazaki you dreamer, you've given us some of the most beautiful Creative, and astounding films. "My Neighbor Totoro" was the first of his movies I saw growing up, as well as my first exposure to Japanese animation. I saw "Princess Mononoke" when I was 13 and it blew me ...Reviewed by Kino88 on April 17, 2014
This one's quite the mixed bag. Robotics;Notes appears to juggle several lingering plot developments with the main focus being on a struggling robotics club, both members experiencing disorders that affect their perception of time and a conspiracy development connected to a collection of reports that Kaito is trying to track ...Reviewed by Dream on April 16, 2014
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Bakemonogatari, is certainly an odd ride, but of course odd could mean many things when It comes to anime. I feel an otaku's definition of odd usually pertains to something along the lines Of "FLCL" or pretty much anything One Piece related. In some cases however I feel A series ...Reviewed by Kino88 on April 13, 2014
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This is a new and underrated series as far as I can tell as I accidentally stumbled across its existence by total accident online and haven't been able to find it at all in the stores. One-Punch Man nevertheless hits the ground running and was funny enough that I read ...Reviewed by snowymountain on April 13, 2014
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This anime is awesome,funny and cool.It's the best of all the anime I watch well i'm not really sure because there is NARUTO and FAIRY TAIL anyway you guys should definitely watch this it RocksONE PIECE-By AJAReviewed by Anime_Lover1 on April 12, 2014
Witch Craft Works
Well this has got to be by far one of the best looking anime shows I've seen in a while. Yet Witch Craft Works still felt a bit dry, for all of it's pretty confetti there's an overwhelming Feeling of convention. That feeling for me, comes courtesy of the show's ...Reviewed by Kino88 on April 12, 2014
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Nagi no Asukara is focused around a group of four middle schoolers who live in a village under the sea and go to the surface for schooling, even with some hostilities between humans and sea dwellers for the former's abandoning of the seas to live on land. The series starts ...Reviewed by Dream on April 3, 2014
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Accel World
Accel World is a bit of a mixed bag for me to deliver my thoughts on. Taking place in a future where augmented reality is the norm with the younger generation, a bullied outcast named Haruyuki meets up with popular girl Kuroyukihime who gives him a game called Brain Burst ...Reviewed by Dream on April 2, 2014
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Wizard Barristers
Well, this was wasted potential. On paper, Wizard Barristers had a potentially interesting premise with its law office perspective on a world where wizards face discrimination and get wrongly prosecuted for crimes due to a flawed and sometimes prejudiced judicial system. The show starts off as an episodic look at ...Reviewed by Dream on March 30, 2014
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When U.S. News & World Report released its recent rankings for online programs, the University of Louisiana at Monroe was the only Louisiana institution recognized in all four categories.
ULM was recognized primarily for its master of arts in teaching degree program. Thilla Sivakumaran, associate dean of the College of Education and Human Development says the rankings show the university is maintaining the quality of online programs.
ULM fared well in the "Top Online Graduate Education Programs" grouping:
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A new study shows drivers who use hands free cell phones to talk or send messages while on the road are at least two times more distracted than those not using a cell phone behind the wheel.
The study, commissioned by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, also reveals that those using speech-to-text in-car communication systems are three times more distracted than those drivers who are by themselves and not using a cell phone or listening to the radio.
"Just because a new technology does not take the eyes off the road does not make it safe to be used while the vehicle is in motion," warn the authors of the study.
Last year, more than 3,000 deaths were linked to distracted driving accidents according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Hands free does not equal distraction free.
The study was conducted by measuring the cognitive results of 38 people between the ages of 18 and 30. The participants had an average of 6.9 years driving experience.
To see how people are distracted behind the wheel, the participants were measured in three different experiments performing a baseline task.
The participants' reaction time was then measured as they did the following: Listening to a radio; listening to a book on tape; talking with a passenger seated next to them; talking on a cell phone both holding the device and hands free; using speech to text hands free and while performing a math and memorization task.
The participants cognitive reaction was measured first while not driving, then in a simulator and finally while behind the wheel.
The results were clear: even those using hands free technology to talk or communicate with others while driving were far more distracted than drivers not using cell phones behind the wheel.
The study is especially critical of speech-to-text in-car communication systems.
According to the authors: "There are in-vehicle activities, such as using a speech-to-text system to send text or e-mail messages, which produced a relatively high level of cognitive distraction."
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The study is particularly timely given the growing availability of hands-free communication systems in new cars. Automakers have made the systems available as options for buyers who want the latest way to stay in touch while driving.
Those systems are especially popular since many states have banned drivers from holding cell phones behind the wheel.
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With automakers and tech firms rolling out increasingly sophisticated in-car communication systems, the AAA is worried about distracted driving growing.
AAA President and CEO Robert L. Darbelnet is blunt in his call for automakers to slow the development of in-car communication systems. "It's time to consider limiting new and potentially dangerous mental distractions built into cars, particularly with the common public misperception that hands-free means risk-free," he said.
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Psycho-Cybernetics Part 22 of 30: Capriati and Poise
June 10, 2009 by Dr. Lam
Poise is defined as the ability to remain calm and liberated even in the face of unfamiliar or strange circumstances. James Mangan, the famous salesman, author and lecturer, was painfully self-conscious whenever he ate in fine dining establishments. He felt out of his element and was wondering if what fork he used was wrong, if he behaved in a less than civil manner, etc. Whenever he felt this constraint on his personality, he would say to himself, "I'm going to eat with Ma and Pa." By doing that, he was alleviated about that social situation and also many others. He eventually became immune to the thoughts of strangers and strange situations. Similarly, when we are so fearful of what someone else thinks of us, we cannot act freely and are restricted. When our conscious thought is restricted, so follows our unconscious servo-mechanism. Our creative mechanism is stifled and so is our potential to do anything great.
Jennifer Capriati, once a 14-year-old tennis wunderkind, between 1990 to 1993 reached three Grand Slam semifinals and captured the 1992 Olympic gold medal in Barcelona. But then her career took a nose dive. She left the tour for 2 years and in 1994 was arrested for possession of drugs and for shoplifting. Capriati traced her disillusionment to when she lost the Grand Slam semifinal to Monica Seles. When she made her comeback, a journalist reported, "There seems to be two key reasons for Capriati's renaissance — concluding it didn't matter what people believed about her and learning to stop believing bad things about herself." In 2001, she beat Martina Hingis in the Australian Open finals and then defended her championship the next year as well as winning the 2001 French Open. She has racked up 14 singles titles and 1 doubles title during her career.
Capriati's comeback was based on finally forgetting whatever anyone else thought of her as well as what she thought of herself and just doing the job. When our self image is finally liberated from the confines of how we fear other people will see us or how we will see ourselves, we can unleash a powerful new self image that in turn promotes a healthy and free unconscious servo-mechanism. Our true personality can shine and we can be free.
6 Responses to "Psycho-Cybernetics Part 22 of 30: Capriati and Poise"
Heather :) on
June 10th, 2009 9:32 pm
Dr. Lam, these are great blog posts!
I'm glad you brought this up.
Whenever I start to worry about what everyone else thinks, I just ask myself rather I would notice someone else doing the same thing I am doing, and I typically find that I wouldn't think anything of it, which then leads me to realize that it also doesn't matter what other people think. Of course, it is always good to consider other people's advice or input, but worrying about what others think or what we think they think really can paralyze someone from being able to live. Knowing this usually helps me feel comfortable being myself without all the needless worries of trying to conform to a standard way of acting, although I like to be considerate of others at the same time just that I am not being controlled by a fear of what others think.
I really like your example of Jennifer Capriati…about the creative mechanism being stifled and also the potential to do anything great. That was very profound. Excellent!
dr. lam on
June 10th, 2009 9:36 pm
thanks heather. i think the contradiction is absolutely possible. being expressive, open, caring does not make one not thoughtful or deliberate in one's actions and words. beautiful thinking and insight. thanks again for the great comments…that are very thoughtful too!
Will Fairchild on
June 10th, 2009 9:42 pm
Dr. Sam, a good read. Learning that other people are not inherently that interested in me was a turning point for release of fear and tension in many settings. Actually, I think I was quite conceited by thinking people actually cared about my trivial actions that worried me.
Thanks for the blogs — I really enjoy them.
dr. lam on
June 10th, 2009 9:44 pm
hi will,
first i can't tell you how excited i am to see you on here and commenting. thanks for expressing your honest emotions here. love your honesty! hope all is well.
best wishes,
Heather :) on
June 11th, 2009 8:23 pm
That is a very good point, Will. I never thought of it like that but very true! Thanks for sharing! Glad that there are new blog buddies here!
dr. lam on
June 11th, 2009 8:41 pm
more blog buddies!!!!
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