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True Stories From My Life Part I: Christmas, 1976
Mom was a feminist and a lesbian. When we were kids, her feminism manifested itself in all kinds of ways. Mostly it was a lot of badmouthing men, and saying high-minded things like, "I think men should have to wipe themselves after they go to the bathroom, too." This is not to say that all feminism equals man-hating. Not at all. It just so happens that my mom's version of feminism did. And she certainly didn't hate all men. She liked Alan Alda.
Aside from subscribing to various feminist periodicals and throwing around the name "Gloria Steinem," she was not particularly politically active, although for years, we had an inexhaustible supply of blue note cards that we used for jotting down phone numbers and grocery lists; on the reverse of each card was an exhortation to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, the feminist's Holy Grail. I think my mom was supposed to hand out these cards to friends, neighbors, passersby. I don't remember her ever handing out one. The ERA died in 1979, but I think my mom is still using those cards to this day. She is no longer quite the ardent feminist she was in days gone by, but she is still an ardent lesbian.
My parents split up when I was five, in 1976, and we moved into my mom's partner's house. That was my first lesbian Christmas, which was no different than other Christmases except that we started referring to Santa's wife as Ms. Claus. It was also my first blended Christmas – the first Christmas with Arlene and her son Greg, in addition to my brother and sister. So the six of us were in new surroundings and as a result, the holiday took on extra weight that year. Would this year live up to Christmases past? Would Santa even know where I was living? These were the questions I grappled with that winter – not why is my mom making out with another lady. Oddly enough, that thought never even crossed my mind.
I have no idea what I told my mom I wanted for Christmas that year. The truth is, I was indifferent to most entertainments; mostly I just liked running around screaming, but that's not the kind of thing you can buy. As such, maybe it was hard for my mom to think of something to get me for Christmas.
(A note: yes, I am Jewish. But I am a bad Jew. This is not my fault. Either you are raised with religion or not. We were not. Neither of my parents were observant Jews, and made no effort to give us kids any religious training. While this was regrettable in terms of imparting to us an understanding of our selves in the larger context of our religion's rich history, it was great for one important reason – Christmas. We had the fake tree, the stockings, the Charlie Brown Christmas Special, and a neglected menorah in the kitchen that we often forgot to light. Bad, bad Jews.)
When Christmas morning finally arrived, I was shocked and astounded to discover an enormous box under the Christmas tree with my name on it. It was easily the biggest of all the Christmas presents that year. As such, it was also obviously the best Christmas present. And it was for me. When you are five, size really does matter. Bigger always means better, and in this turbulent year, I couldn't believe that something was finally breaking my way. I had no idea what that big box could contain.
The box was probably about the size of a small television set. There was no way it could have been a television set, though. I don't care how progressive you are, you don't give a five year old his own television set. Plus, back then, the only TV sets that size were black and white, and who would want one of those? Not me. No, I knew it wasn't a TV. It wasn't a remote controlled race track because it wasn't flat. Too big to be a model car or even a model airplane. Too big to be anything I could possibly think it could be. I was freaking out.
Now that I am older, I have my own son. When he was five years old, the
wrapping paper on a mystery present would not have lasted two seconds.
Had he seen some giant box with his name on it, he would not, could
not, have waited to open it because he did not, and still does not,
understand the concept of delayed gratification. If something is to be
enjoyed, it is to be enjoyed NOW. Which leads me to believe that my son is a hedonist.
I, however, was very mature for my age, and instinctively understood that savoring the mystery was part of the fun. I distinctly remember wanting to save that package for last. I wanted to wait to open up that big beautiful box until, not only did I have nothing else to unwrap, but nobody had anything else. I wanted it to be the last Christmas present opened, period. To accomplish this, I paced myself opening my other presents, unwrapping them as slowly as I could, keeping a careful eye on the diminishing pile of gifts beneath the tree. I can recall none of the other gifts Santa and Ms. Claus gave me that year. None. But I remember exactly what was in that box.
Even now, as I write this, I can still feel a little tremble of excitement as I started tearing off the paper, all eyes upon me. I can still feel the delicious, seething jealousy oozing in my direction from my brother and Greg. (My sister has Down's Syndrome, and so is never jealous of anybody, not even brothers who are lording their incredibly cool Christmas present over her.) And then, finally, the Christmas Present to End All Christmas Presents was revealed.
It was an Easy Bake Oven.
I was crushed. What boy wants an Easy Bake Oven? Answer: no boy. If a boy wants to cook, he wants to do it over a fire with a stick. He doesn't want to do it under a lightbulb in a pink and yellow plastic box. If I could pinpoint a moment in time where my sexuality was first questioned, it was this moment: 9:53 a.m., Christmas Day, 1976. My lesbian mom was trying to turn me gay.
She could tell I was disappointed. She said, "What's the matter? Don't you like it?"
If I asked my son that question after giving him an oven, he would say, "No. No I don't like it" because whatever other shortcomings he might have, at least he has balls. I didn't have his courage; instead I mumbled assurances about how much I loved my girl toy.
Perhaps I wasn't convincing because I remember her saying something like, "I thought you wanted an Easy Bake Oven." This is typical of my mother. She invents other people's opinions for them. "I thought you loved plaid," she might say. When you ask her why she thinks you love plaid, she'll lie. "You told me you loved plaid." If you tell her you never said that, she gets mad and insists it is your memory at fault, not hers.
Even at the age of five, I knew this about my mother and so mumbled that yes, I must have at some point demanded that she buy me the most effeminate toy she could find. If she could have put some panties in my stocking to go with it, that would have completed the humiliation I felt under my brother and Greg's watchful and mocking eyes.
An Easy Bake Oven? Not a miniature, gas-powered Dune Buggy? Not a three stage model rocket? Even some sort of Donny Osmond action figure clubhouse would have been preferable. Anything would have been better than this shit, and yet I did not have the courage to tell my mother and Arlene how I really felt because I knew it would be taken as not just a rejection of the gift. but a rejection of the new, unisexual worldview they were attempting to construct that Christmas. That single Christmas gift represented their entire post-penis existence, which is a lot of pressure to put on a five year old.
That night, we all sat down at the kitchen table and poured the ready-to-bake brownie mix into the little Petri dishes that came with the toy, then watched as the sixty watt lightbulb transformed that watery goo into tiny desserts. How did it taste? I would be lying if I said anything other than this: delicious. Even though I hated them and everything they represented, I have to admit they were delicious lightbulb brownies.
My mother was a certain kind of idealist, I guess. The kind that wanted to transform a patrimonial society into a gender neutral utopia where all little girls played third base and all little boys braided hair. That's fine if you're a little boy who wants to play dress-up, but I wasn't one of those boys. As I said, I liked to scream and hurl myself down the stairs in a laundry basket. I felt like one of those hermaphrodites whose parents are forced to choose a sex for their child and they choose the wrong one. No matter how much my feminist lesbian mom wanted me to embody the new seventies man, I could never be him. Even at five, I was masturbating to thoughts of Cheryl Tiegs. And for all his dewy talk, I bet Alan Alda did, too.
Over the years my mom's feminism softened. Now she buys my son Hot Wheels and Thomas the Tank Engine toys. My daughter gets fairy princess wings and magic wands. They both love their lesbian grandma. After our initial foray into dessert-making that Christmas, my mother never asked me if I wanted to bake again. The Easy Bake Oven went into the back of the toy closet, never to reappear, and the next Christmas, I think she got me a Big Wheel.


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|Foot Petals Reduce Pain of Being Posh
|Written by Amy Scalia
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Foot Petals Reduce Pain of Being Posh
A new foot care solution lets you have your stiletto and be pain-free too. Learn more about the chic little inserts changing shoe lovers' lives forever.
Love hurts, especially when you're in love with high heels. That's why fellow fabu-shoe fan Tina Aldatz developed Foot Petals.
"After years of working in the fashion industry and endless hours of walking in painful shoes, I knew there had to be a better way," she says. "My goal was to create a pretty solution to this ugly problem. Now women everywhere can walk in style and comfort."
Aldatz was a special events and merchandising director for BCBG Max Azria, so it was important for her to look stylish. But with all the running around town she was doing with that job, she needed to be comfortable, too.
She refused to succumb to the skirt and sneaker look, just for the sake of comfort. So, instead, she bought orthopedic insoles and cut and pasted them to fit all her different shoe styles.
This eventually inspired Aldatz to create and mass produce a similar solution for others who needed this fashionable functionality. In January 2001, Foot Petals were born with the objective of offering long-lasting comfort without taking away from the look of designer shoes.
Foot Petals now offers several solutions for various types of cute kicks such as ballet flats, stilettos and strappy sandals.
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Hutton: Andrean beats back the Plymouth curse
By Mike Hutton 648-3139 or firstname.lastname@example.com March 9, 2013 11:16PM
Andrean's players react with the Regional Champions sign after their 70-60 overtime victory in the IHSAA boys Plymouth regional game Saturday March 9, 2013 in Plymouth, Ind. |Joe Raymond ~For Sun-Times Media
Updated: April 11, 2013 7:14AM
PLYMOUTH — This is where region teams come to die.
Plymouth, Indiana — that outpost 50 miles east of Westfield Southlake Mall, the middle of basketball purgatory for Northwest Indiana. Not a happening town for Northwest Indiana in the middle of the state tournament.
The Rock — Plymouth's gym — is a sea of unfriendly red with a history that makes the Pilgrims the perennial favorites every time they lace it up on their floor for the regional championship.
Plymouth won four straight here from 2005 to 2008. They won a state title during that run. They don't have to leave their floor, the confines of their friendly town for two solid weeks. Not only that, the Pilgrims are always good. They are well-coached and they have players, like Mack Mercer, a 6-9 center, who can change shots and make plays inside and outside on offense. They always have players and coaches and plenty of crazy fans. The people that run the place are accommodating and helpful and professional.
The games are just impossible, which makes it all even more maddening.
Andrean killed the curse Saturday with an exhilarating, impossibly hard 70-60 overtime victory. It was their first regional title since 2000. No team from Northwest Indiana had won at Plymouth since Roosevelt beat Knox in 2003. They have been playing a regional here on and off since 1977. Northwest Indiana teams have basically been a doormat since they started coming here.
"Ridiculous," DJ Gonzalez said of trying to win in Plymouth's stable.
Finally, for once, the 59ers fans got to spill onto the gym floor and stomp all over it like a herd of wild buffalos.
Finally, they could defiantly point at the swarm of cocky Plymouth fans, who never stopped believing the game was in their grasp and yell, "This is our house. This our house."
And it was.
Andrean didn't completely take ownership of the house until the overtime and until Mercer fouled out after he was called for a moving screen under the 59ers' basket.
Skyler Moss, who had been smothered all night by Mercer, seized the moment and scored three straight times.
You could feel the bad karma start to turn into jubilation for the Artful Warriors, the moniker that Carson Cunningham has given his team. He wants them to play strong and be graceful.
Until that point, there had been all sorts of mysterious, strange moments. Happens here all the time.
Moss hammered home a lay-up with about a minute left that gave Andrean a 53-46. Whistle blows. Looked like the fifth foul for Mercer. Slight pause from the referee before he makes the call. Puts his hand behind his head. Waves off basket. Calls a charge. Mercer can't believe his luck. The curse lives on.
The curse is like a vampire. It has to be killed over and over again before it dies.
Again, Moss looks like he's on the verge of putting it away. He takes a pass over the furious press from Plymouth and goes up for a layup. Two Pilgrims players hammer him. He falls to the ground. The referee signals a clean block.
The curse is still breathing.
The curse catches fire on the last possession of regulation for Plymouth. With 3.6 seconds left, Joe Knapp takes an inbounds pass. He gives Gonzalez a ball fake, gets a clean look and drains the shot.
The curse drained the color out of Gonzalez's face after that shot. His hands on his hips, he just couldn't believe what happened.
Cunningham was completely unmoved. He didn't care. These were his guys. They had played lots of frantic games, been smacked around by plenty of good teams and smacked just as many back.
He was ready for it. He was ready to vanquish the curse.
"I'll take these guys over any team if I'm going into overtime," Cunningham said. "If I'm going to overtime, I want these guys."
He wanted Artful Warriors, like Nick Davidson, who finished with 18 points, 10 of them of during the third quarter.
And guys like Colin Wojcik, who finished with 17 and kept them alive offensively in the first half with three 3-pointers.
The Plymouth fans were gone by the time the 59ers had cut the nets down. The Andrean fans were milling around, soaking up the atmosphere from the littered floor, knowing that the ride home was going to be much easier this time, now that they had broken the curse.


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The Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program serves as a contemporary counterpoint to the traditional arts of the Southwest, reinforces the Program's interest in strengthening the vitality of art in New Mexico and has been a catalyst in broadening community understanding of
contemporary art.
In residence grants are offered to artists involved in painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography, installation and other fine art media. Grants are not made in the disciplines of performance art or production crafts.
HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS and STUDIO FACILITIES
The studios are large, open spaces that measure approximately 30 'x 25 'x 10'. These areas are well-lighted and convertible to the artist's requirements. Artists are housed in a complex of six houses and 10 studios located on fifty acres of land. Each artist is provided with a house that can amply accommodate either a single person or a family. Rent, utilities (except telephone), repairs and maintenance costs are borne by the Program. Houses are furnished with major furniture items, appliances and utensils within reason. The printmaking facility is a small, fully operational studio - basically lithographic/etching in nature.
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August 21, 2013
August 23rd Quadruple Feature Giveaway
I'll be back with one final frame in my series of Ain't Them Bodies Saints images shortly, but in the meantime: the film opens wide this weekend. We'll be in every major market (except, for some reason, in Chicago, where it will open on the 30th). From a business standpoint, it is my duty to urge you to go see it.
However, as a fan of great films, it is also my duty to note that there is an alarming number of great movies opening in theaters this weekend. For starters, we have the debut of Destin Daniel Creton's overwhelmingly effecting Short Term 12, which broke my heart and sewed it back up at SXSW last March. Drinking Buddies, Joe Swanberg's smart and incisive comedy of manners, opens theatrically after a successful online debut last month. And lastly, Adam Wingard's phenomenally entertaining and almost impossibly satisfying You're Next finally hits the big screen. There are other great movies, like The World's End, but I want to focus on these three because - well, because my friends made them. And because I love them.
I want you to go see my movie. I implore you to see these others. Hence, I would like to propose a weekend quadruple feature. If seeing four great movies isn't enough, here is some further instigation: if you go see Ain't Them Bodies Saints, Drinking Buddies, You're Next and Short Term 12 this weekend, I will send you a custom-made prize in the mail.
That prize will be as follows. In my movie, there is a thick police file on Bob Muldoon, which Ben Foster's sheriff character peruses in one scene.
I will pull something from this file and augment it with an original handdrawn illustration. Maybe it'll be a newspaper clipping, or a mugshot, or crime scene photos. It could be a map. Or some of Bob's letters, carefully wrapped in evidence baggies. It might be one of the dirty cartoons that our prop guy slipped into the file to make the actors laugh. And as for what I'll do to it - you can get an idea of my crude artwork in this short film.
UPDATE: the producers of You're Next will also throw in a handpainted animal mask from the film, signed by director Adam Wingard! And Joe Swanberg will sweeten the deal with a signed Drinking Buddies coaster.
UPDATE 2: Short Term 12 is going to throw a signed soundtrack album into the mix. More to come. Please keep in mind that a While Supplies Last rule applies to all of these, although in the case of Ain't Them Bodies Saints, that police file runs pretty deep.
It's a small token, to be sure, and the real reward is what you're going to be seeing in the theater, but I hope this extra bit of kindling might light a few fires under excited cineastes and wary moviegoers alike. The only rules are that you have to see all four movies within a single weekend. To participate, just follow these simple instructions:
1. Go see the movies between a Friday and a Sunday.
2. Take a photo of the ticket stubs.
3. Tweet the picture to me at twitter.com/davidlowery. Tag it with #ATBSquadruplefeature.
4. E-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com and send me your mailing address.
5. Look for your just reward in the mail, sometime after September 10th.
And because some of these movies are opening wider in the coming weeks, the expiration date for this offer isn't until September 29th! Check your movie theater's listings and mark your calendars now.
RULES UPDATE: All the movies need to be seen within the space of a single weekend, beginning August 23rd (midnight shows count). If you saw any of the movies beforehand, I thank you from the bottom of my heart, but we've got to have a hard starting line, and this is it (blame me for lack of foresight, as I just came up with this yesterday - although dare I recommend a repeat viewing?). Likewise, although several of these films will be available on VOD or iTunes, buying a ticket to the movie in a movie theater is another rule. This is why every weekend between now and the end of September is fair game, because the films will be expanding on a weekly basis (You're Next is already wide). You can see where Drinking Buddies is going to be playing right here and Short Term 12 here. Hopefully we'll have a complete list for Ain't Them Bodies Saints soon, but it's going to expand fairly wide. Obviously, NY and LA have it easy right off the top, but with any luck all these movies will all get within a stone's throw of you. Make a road trip out of it!
So there you have it. Please join me in having a magnificent weekend at the movie theater. And if you want my recommendation as to what order to see the films in, I would start with Ain't Them Bodies Saints so you can get the solemn sadness out of the way early, move on to Short Term 12, have a few beers before and during Drinking Buddies and then finish things off with You're Next as close to midnight as possible.
P.S. The distributors of any of these films have not endorsed this giveaway in advance in any shape, way or form. I'm trusting that they won't mind.
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Lecture: Healthcare Systems Engineering: Past, Present, Future
November 2, 2012
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The UMass Chapter of INFORMS invites you to this lecture given by Dr. James Benneyan, Director of the Healthcare Systems Engineering Institute at Northeastern University. All are invited to attend.
Dr. Benneyan's talk will be divided roughly into thirds - discussing the state of healthcare today, history of healthcare IEOR and examples of current applications, and important future directions and changes if our field is to have more profound societal impact.
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Rachel Uchitel Banged Elin Nordegren's New Boyfriend. Of Course.
Rachel Uchitel at the 32nd Annual Carousel of Hope Ball in Los Angeles. (October 24, 2010)
It's official: Tiger banged a cross-dressing, broad-shouldered dude with breast implants… and no, we're not talking about John Daly.
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Nutrition Care for Bariatric SurgeryDuring the initial assessment Mercy's healthcare professionals will review a patient's weight loss history, medical history, and any history of eating disorders and also will review current dietary intake and eating behaviors. They also will advise to complete optimize nutritional status prior to surgery and address other dietary restrictions; and give instructions on two-week pre-operative diet and initial post-operative diet plan.
During the hospital stay for bariatric surgery, dietitians will supervise their diet. Post-surgery, patients will meet with the dietitian each time they meet with the surgeon for the first year and on an as needed basis after that.
Post-Surgery EducationThis will include long-term nutrition needs to prevent malnutrition, maintain weight loss, and prevent relapse. Mercy Bariatric Center will address: vitamin/mineral needs, protein needs, fluid needs, and diet progression.
We will expect hard work as a partner with your healthcare providers and a willingness to follow recommendations.
Clinic VisitsAll pre-op and post-op visits are held at Mercy Bariatric Center, located on Mercy's West Campus, 910 North Eisenhower Ave., Mason City. Enter through the North Entrance.
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Media Coverage of Baby-Friendly Boltholes
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"www.babyfriendlyboltholes.co.uk is both inspired and indispensable.... This is life as you knew it." Tatler Magazine, November 2008.
"both stylish and genuinely child-friendly"
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"super-stylish self-catering properties"
"See www.babyfriendlyboltholes.co.uk for super-stylish self-catering properties who have swapped boutique hotels for child-friendly holidays such as the Gitcombe Estate near Dartmouth..... even the smallest members of the party will want for nothing."
There are other family travel advice sites but this was the freshest and most useful
"There are other family travel advice sites but this was the freshest and most useful to emerge in 2007" - The Times
"definitive guide to stylish, baby-friendly getaways"
"When you have a baby you don't want to give up the lifestyle you had, but turning up at that boutique hotel with a baby in tow might not give you the most welcoming of receptions. That is where the indispensable Baby-friendly Boltholes comes in."
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"Baby-Friendly Boltholes, an online directory-cum-booking service of smart family holiday accommodations in the UK and abroad as selected by travel guru and mother Sian Williams" Read the article and visit this brilliant world-wide blog here
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"A stylish website aimed more at the luxury family market both in the UK and abroad. Its section of special offers always seems to have something tempting."


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Newport News, Va. – Six Marymount University student-athletes were named to the 2012 Virginia Sports Information Directors Association Academic All-State Team, as announced on Wednesday. Seniors Erik Kamta, Anna Macedonia, Rett Neiman, and Rachael Raske, along with juniors Katelyn Fischer and Nick Ryerson, collected the award for the Saints.
A total of 156 student-athletes from 26 Virginia colleges and universities earned the accolade. Each school was allowed to nominate six deserving student-athletes who were at least a sophomore and had a minimum of a 3.2 grade point average for the honor. The team includes all levels of college athletics in Virginia.
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Katelyn Fischer , Women's Basketball, Junior, Reisterstown, Md., Business
Erik Kamta, Men's Soccer, Senior, Manassas, Va., Accounting
Anna Macedonia, Women's Swimming, Senior, Annandale, Va., Art Education
Rett Neiman, Men's Swimming, Senior, Lynchburg, Va., Business
Rachael Raske, Women's Cross Country, Senior, Lowell, Mass., Psychology
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"Operation C.A.R.E. was formed in 1977 by state police departments across the nation as a national program to deter the three key causes of highway fatalities: speeding, impaired driving, and failure to use occupant restraints," said ISP Director Sam W. Nolen. "Troopers assigned to various enforcement details throughout the weekend will place a special emphasis not only on these three factors, but all Illinois laws to ensure the final holiday of the summer is safe and enjoyable for everyone."
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Illinois House passes ComEd's $70 million annual rate hike
BY ZACH BUCHHEIT Staff Reporter March 21, 2013 12:24PM
Updated: March 21, 2013 4:21PM
SPRINGFIELD — Against the will of Gov. Pat Quinn, the Illinois House Thursday easily passed legislation sought by Commonwealth Edison to raise utility rates by $70 million annually in an effort to resume the stalled modernization of its electrical grid.
The bill, sponsored by Rep. Lou Lang (D-Skokie), passed the House with little debate by an 86-23 margin with three voting present and now moves to Quinn's desk.
"What Senate Bill 9 does at its core is clarify the law," Lang said. "[The bill] is designed to modernize our electric grid and to create many jobs in the state of Illinois. The process has begun, but we need this bill to accelerate that process."
Under the proposal, ComEd would have 10 years to complete its so-called smart-grid modernization, and customers would not see their rates increase until 2014. The utility estimates the average residential utility bill will jump by about 40 cents a month and increase by 80 cents per month by 2017.
The measure also would restore funding to ComEd and Ameren Illinois that was lost when the Illinois Commerce Commission imposed rate cuts on the utilities last May and again in October. The utility had challenged the commission in court when it was denied about $100 million in rate hikes, of which only $65-70 million is addressed in the legislation, ComEd claims.
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Recently, Genuine hosted the 2014 Global Drupal 8 Sprint Weekend and Acquia co-sponsored the event with about 30 attendees. Drupalists from Boston and the New England area came together to work on issues to push Drupal 8 for beta release. And for those who couldn't make it to Genuine's office, participated via Google Hangout.
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There's an exciting global event coming up where talented people from all over the world will come together and sprint.
I'm not talking about the Olympics. I'm talking about the Drupal 8 Global Sprint. And unlike the upcoming Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, this weekend's Drupal hackathon still has room for you.
Drupal, of course, is a popular open-source content management system. It runs about 2 percent of the world's websites — not a huge share but an enormous raw number.
More than a million contributors from 230 countries make Drupal work and, from time to time, a bunch of them get together to do a lot of work in a short amount of time. The Global Sprint is one of those times.
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The open-source model for software is shaking up the Web Content Management System (CMS) business. One company that has greatly benefited from this is Acquia, one of the Boston area's most successful startups. Co-founded by Drupal's creator in 2007, Acquia has doubled its revenues in each of the last two years and sparked chatter of a US initial public offering (IPO) in 2014.
The Burlington, Mass.-based startup's savvy move to pick Drupal, the open-source CMS development platform, takes a page out of the Red Hat Software book. That model leverages the speed and flexibility of an open-source community while providing the service and support infrastructure to reassure enterprise customers who want to make sure the software is mission-critical.
While in Boston last week, several sources in the startup and venture capital (VC) community identified Acquia as one of the leading IPO candidate for 2014. On the record, nobody affiliated with Acquia will confirm an IPO is in the works. Despite the chatter, VCs never want to talk about an IPO, but that's usually on an agenda — cash and liquidity for investors and insiders is always welcome when you can get it
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Pedobear is a hugely popular character who started on 4chan's /b/ board and now appears all over the internet. He looks innocent enough, but he's also a creepy child molester! Well, Pedobear has found his way into a coupon book ad for a Florida computer parts distribution business called "CP Distributor." CP is, of course, the 4chan shorthand for "child pornography.")
The story gets weirder, though. The ad may have been a designer's prank on the owner of CP Distributor, who happens to be a convicted sex offender. Maybe the designer -- identified only as a 40-year-old woman -- knew about this, and couldn't resist pranking the business owner. 40-something females aren't exactly /b/'s demographic, though, so perhaps she googled "CP," saw an image of Pedobear, and thought it would be neat to put in the ad.
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This is a discussion on Farshy at-Turaab (dust is my bed) within the Ethics and Spirituality forums, part of the Main Topics category; As salaam 'alaikum As some of you may know, my brother in law passed away a few weeks ago Yesterday ...
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As salaam 'alaikum
As some of you may know, my brother in law passed away a few weeks ago
Yesterday my sister was doing some work on her laptop and she came across a letter he had written to have his car picked up because it was in the car pound
Anyway the date on the letter read 1st December 2006
he passed away on 1st December 2007
we were thinking subhaan Allaah, at the time he wrote that letter I bet he never ever thought 1 year later he would be dead
This video shows where we will be one day, maybe sooner than we think
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Inna lillahi wa inna ilyhi rajiun
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Subhan Allaah, I remember speaking to him just a few months back
May Allah Grant you and your family sabr. Aameen
If you require any help then please dont hesitate to ask me or my family insha Allaah.
May Allaah Unite us upon the Haqq. Aameen
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Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi rajioun. May Allah forgive and have mercy on him!
this video so shows us that no matter how much wealth power material things we have, one day we're going to have to leave it all. and well bascially we are worm food!
May Allah keep us away from arrogance and may we attain humbleness and Taqwa!
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Jazak Allah Khayr for the reminder. Ya Allah grant us all a good end!
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"As-salaamu `alaikum wa rahmatullaah. Now then, whoever contemplates death frequently speaks little, while he who knows that death is certain is satisfied with a little. Farewell."
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Without treeview, paginator, and all the little things that make YUI2 work out of the box, I can safely say YUI3 is not enterprise ready. We're still on YUI2 and even Yahoo is still on YUI2 for its ticketing system.
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Also, YUI3 is very unstable. You guys keep changing the API it's making me so mad. API is supposed to be static and any changes are minimum.
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Federal budget cuts forced the Navy to cancel nearly all of the Blue Angels performances nationwide this year. That left Seafair to turn to the Patriots, a California-based civilian jet team that performs at air shows around the West. And while they're not the Blues, the guys in the cockpits have some serious skills.
"We have a mix of talents, we have two former Thunderbirds, one former Blue Angel, one former Royal Canadian Air Force Snowbird and two highly skilled civilian pilots," says lead pilot Dean "Wilbur" Wright, a retired Air Force fighter pilot who flew for the Thunderbirds.
The all-volunteer, six-plane team flies the Czech-built L-39 jet, a smaller trainer used primarily by eastern European countries. They don't have the speed or range of the F/A-18 flown by the Blue Angels, but they're still extremely fast and maneuverable, Wright says, with a top speed of about 450 miles per hour.
"It's a very versatile jet, it's very suited for what we use it for. It's got speeds that keep us right in front of the crowd all the time. Unlike the other teams, we don't leave for two or three minutes before we appear at show center."
Wright says he knows they can't make people forget the Blue Angels, but their jets actually give them some advantages, allowing them to do maneuvers the bigger jets can't.
"We can fly at lower altitudes. We can fly closer together. We can fly closer to the crowds. So there (are) a few things in our quiver we can pull from to really entertain the crowd."
The one thing they can't do is buzz the city like the Blue Angels. The high cost of fuel keeps them fairly constrained, so we missed the usual flyby's over the area throughout the wee.
Still, he promises some high-speed thrills, as long as people can keep an open mind and not compare them to the Blue Angels.
"It sucks that this has happened," he says of the budget cuts that canceled the Blues across America. "The same thing has happened down here in the Bay Area with our own Fleet Week, but you know, get out and enjoy the day. I think people will be pleasantly surprised at how well we can entertain them," he says.
The Patriots Jet Team will perform at 1:45 p.m. over Lake Washington on Saturday and Sunday. The FAA requires the WSDOT to close I-90 from 1:15 p.m. to 2:40 p.m. each day, much like in the past with the Blue Angels. Tolls on 520 will remain in effect during the I-90 closures.
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Reviewed: Volt by Alan Heathcock
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Misery abounds in the seemingly quiet, fictional farming town of Krafton—the setting of Volt, Alan Heathcock's debut collection of short stories. Some emotions—whether in life or in Volt—run so deep that they lack expression. Scenes unfold as family members, friends, and townspeople of the victims search for meaning, understanding, and solace. A few find it; most don't.
Death makes a startling appearance in each story. In "The Staying Freight," it is present when a father, Winslow, accidentally runs over his son with farm machinery. Winslow, racked with grief, abandons his wife and farm, wandering aimlessly until he collides with an underground fighting ring, where he takes punches for money. He expresses his sense of loss to his wife: "I wish I could take my brain and put it inside your head…. Just for a moment. Then you'd know what all I can't find how to say."
Death is again present in "Smoke," when a young boy, Vernon, is dragged out of his bed to help his father cremate a man he (the father) has killed in a strange road-rage accident. Vernon tries to make sense of why his father would take another man's life when he philosophizes: "Maybe awful things is how God speaks to us…. Maybe folks don't trust in good things anymore. Maybe awful things is all God's got to remind us he's alive. Maybe war is God come to life in men."
In "The Peacekeeper," a middle-aged female sheriff, Helen, finds the body of a missing girl hanging from a tree in the woods. Wishing to spare the girl's family the news of her violent passing, the sheriff tells them that the girl died in a flood currently sweeping though Krafton. Meanwhile, the sheriff secretly pursues the girl's murderer; when she finds him, horror ensues. Helen's "religion is keeping peace." Although for her, keeping the peace is not always within the jurisdiction of the law.
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constantly reread The
Federalist Papers, and every time I do my heart cracks a
little. If only the Constitution worked the way Alexander Hamilton
and James Madison promised it would!
In Federalist
No. 53, Madison noted as a flaw in the British system that the British
Constitution – the almost sacred fundamental law – could
be changed by a simple legislative act of the Parliament. The Parliament
therefore had the power to abolish the liberties of the people at
any moment.
Herein lay,
according to Madison, the superiority of our proposed Constitution.
It was to be "a Constitution established by the people and
unalterable by the government." Today the federal government
constantly alters the Constitution, making it what Thomas Jefferson
feared: "a blank paper by construction [interpretation]."
Jefferson warned
that the federal government must never be allowed to be the sole
and final judge of its own powers, because it would construe those
powers so broadly as to destroy all limits on them. Yet we now take
for granted that the U.S. Supreme Court has the authority to decide
what the Constitution means, though no such authority is given to
it in the Constitution itself.
Most Americans
know little about the Constitution, and much of what they know ain't
so. They "know" there are three branches of government,
that each state has two U.S. senators, and that the Bill of Rights
says something about freedom of speech; and they are content to
let the Supreme Court fill in the blanks. And conservatives do little
to correct this impression.
Altering the
Constitution has become the daily business of the federal government
the document is supposed to guide and limit. Both Congress and the
judiciary assume, and exercise, countless powers they aren't
entitled to.
The most spectacular
and controversial example of usurpation was the Court's 1973
ruling that state abortion laws are unconstitutional. This plainly
amounted to a veto of the will of the people in all 50 states.
The purpose
of judicial review, as Hamilton explains it (in Federalist No. 78),
is to prevent the legislative branch, meaning Congress, from violating
the abiding will of the people as expressed in the Constitution.
Otherwise, every legislative act would supersede the Constitution
as "established by the people," just as in Britain.
But the 1973
abortion decision was just the opposite of what Hamilton had in
mind. It was a case of the judiciary imposing its own will on the
people. Such an arbitrary interpretation of the Constitution (which
of course says nothing about abortion) had never occurred to anyone
in his right mind. The "right" to abortion was sheer fabrication.
Ah, but we
are told that the Constitution is a "living document,"
which means something different in every age. By implication, the
government doesn't alter the Constitution; nobody alters it.
It alters itself!
By this pitiful
sophistry the Court denies responsibility for its own impulsive
alterations of the Constitution. It can't admit that it struck
down abortion laws just because it didn't like them.
Opponents of
the Constitution – especially the pseudonymous (and still unidentified)
"Brutus" of New York – warned that this is exactly
what the federal courts would do, since the Constitution had placed
them "above control." "Brutus" predicted that
"the judges will be interested to extend the powers of the
courts, and to construe the Constitution, as much as possible, in
such a way as to favor it." Arbitrary judicial rulings would
gradually "diminish and destroy both the legislative and judicial
authority of the states."
Hamilton said
this could never happen, because the judiciary was too weak to impose
its will – it was "the least dangerous" of the three
branches. Not to worry.
replied that "to answer objections made to a power given to
a government by saying it will never be exercised, is really admitting
that the power ought not to be exercised, and therefore ought not
to be granted."
Well, the Court's
power wasn't really "granted" by the Constitution;
it was taken by usurpation. But today the Court is indeed "above
control." So "Brutus" was right.
And "Brutus,"
whoever he was, was an honorable man.
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Tears of Gratitude
The community of writers and artists that compose the loving online family I am grateful to be surrounded by here continues to make me feel blessed.
Today I have felt my heart melt and grow at the same time, and all of it is healing and wonderful. Amongst other delightful forays catching up with my WP community, I read a few significant posts that touched me so deeply I shed tears, for various reasons.
First stop in my heart-touching travels was DhammaFootsteps writing with such tenderness and skill on the topic of the passing of his friend, a Buddhist Chaplain. His writing talent and the depth of his lovingkindness continue to humble me and fill me with gratitude that I can read about his observations. My tears began flowing as I read of her clock radio going off and filling the area with classical music. Maya Angelou's passing and my grief process has been a part of my recent absence from blogging, and Tiramit's eloquence felt as soothing to my aching heart as refreshingly cool water on an intensely hot day. I needed to read this and plan several rereads of this powerful piece.
Next was Ivon reminding me of how young I was when I began my spiritual journey. At the time I thought I was just tracking the travels of snails and lovingly climbing (and communicating with) old trees. Before I was 10 years old I began feeling the power of God's love for all of us… for me. I saw it in the beauty of nature and was able to understand, in my youthful openness, that it is His love for us that allows us to see beauty in the changing of the seasons or the brilliant colours on an insect's wings, the melodious thrill of hearing a bird's song and the glory of the full moon as it illuminates the night. So much beauty, everywhere we look, and this post reminded me of how deep my love for nature is, and therefore God, and how early it began for me. This is a part of my comment on his post: "Yes when we were little, following the antics of beetles and marveling at clouds, we were wise. This post helps me to remember that wisdom."
DreamPrayAct was next, where I go to read wisdom shared from Reverend Mark. He posted an important sermon, again moving me to tears. His writing always touches my heart and this time especially I could easily imagine myself sitting in the pews of his congregation, feeling his love. This is part of what I wrote in my comment on his post: "Thank you for filling me with hope and speaking in such positive terms as "You will continue to be a witness to the love of Christ through your ministry presence in this community. You will continue to give spiritual nurture to children and people of all ages." I adore the phrase 'ministry presence' and I deeply appreciate the positive form of your statements throughout this incredible sermon."
And finally such kindness I discovered from a friend who offered me a tremendous gift: the dedication of her post today. And even beyond that great honor, was the image and poem itself that speaks to me deeply. Sweet Amy at Petals Unfolding (herladypinkrose) offered me the gift of friendship and love in her generous heart with the image of a rose reminding me of the unfolding of blossoms that only happen in their perfect time. This gift, her powerful poem with her incredible photograph of a new precious rosebud slowly opening, is one of the most beautiful gifts I've ever been given. Her popular blog sharing a shout-out to me, knowing I am blooming in my own way, doing the best that I can which appears to include some troubles with writing all that I want to share about. Sweet soul-sister Amy, your loving shout-out has been gratefully received, welcomed and embraced as the loving hug it is, and please accept in return my loving celebration of the gift that bloggers such as yourself offer from your endlessly generous hearts. You mean so much and your gift has brought me great love and comfort today, and for always. Thank you kindly.
Along with Tiramit, Ivon, Mark and Amy, there are so many of you who deeply touch my heart as I enjoy reading your kind heartfelt words on the screen. I hope you know who you are (and I do intend to make a Blogroll/Links page to share all your blog's links) but here's my shout-out in no order to some who quickly come to mind: Jamie, Joe, Cher, Cathy, Jonathan, Lorrie, Trini-Line, Wendell, Jeanne, Kenneth, Sue, Ihsan, Lillian, Paul, Val, Sriram, Diana, Jack, Eliza, Antonio, Kendra, Sheri, Russ, Ute, Sloan. And so many more who, along with these friends mentioned, I'll share links to your sites shortly. Stay tuned and watch for the ProfessionsForPeace Links Page coming soon!
Bless your hearts, all you wonderful writers, for the generous lovingkindness you share. You are deeply appreciated and your kindness reaches further than you may know. And I am so proud and honored to be a part of this loving online family. With loving friendship and respect, Gina
[with gratitude to the creators of these unsourced images]
Rise By Lifting
"One person can make a difference and everyone should try." ~John F. Kennedy
"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does." ~William Janes
"I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love." ~Daphne Rae, Love Until It Hurts, 1980 (often erroneously attributed to Mother Teresa)
Impressions on Children
Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression. ~Dr. Haim Ginott
Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get. ~H. Jackson Brown Jr.
Here are some fantastic one-page articles about teaching and encouraging kindness in children, even when they're still toddlers. It's really never too early to begin. May peace prevail. Namaste. Gina
8 Ways to teach kindness to toddlers and preschoolers, by Tabitha Studer at WhatToExpect.com
Kids and kindness: Can you teach compassion? by Holly Bennett at TodaysParent.com
Teaching Children Respect in 5 Minutes or Less, by Julie Hunt at SmartKids101.com
Care a Whole Awful Lot
Ripples of Kindness
To the world you may be one person,
but to one person you may be the world. ~Bill Wilson
Here are two short videos that demonstrate the ripple effect that happens when we do good deeds. Let us all do good deeds, just for the sake of being kind. Remember, there are a lot of good people in the world. Unsung heroes are everywhere. Let's endeavor to be an unsung hero ourselves, leading the way to a kinder world, one act of compassion at a time.
My deep gratitude to KindnessBlog.com for helping me find the first video "Unsung Hero" so that I may pass it along to even more people. The endless examples of kindness they gather and share on their blog not only lifts hearts and raises spirits, but the abundance shows there is no limit to examples of kindness. Let's look for the good all around us and share about it. Let's be the good.
Copyright © 2014 Gina ~ Professions for PEACE
All Are Safe Here
"The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision." George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss (1860)
Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself. ~Robert Green Ingersoll (May 8, 1888)
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Creator: Harry Kroto and the Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center
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Abstract: Approximately five hours of video footage documenting
Harold Kroto, chemist and Nobel Laureate (Chemistry, 1996) discussing carbon
structures called "bucky balls" named after architect Buckminster
Fuller's geodesic domes. Kroto describes properties and mathematical principles
represented by these structures and he discusses his background and winning
the Nobel Prize.
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Harry Kroto (1939-) was born in Wisbech, Cambridegshire, England
and raised and educated in Bolton, Lancashire, England. He attended
Bolton School where he studied art, geography, gymnastics, and
woodwork. He later graduated from the University of Sheffield
earning a BSc degree (1958-1961) and a Ph.D. (1961-1964) in chemistry.
Kroto's doctorate work focused on "Spectroscopy of
Free Radicals Produced by Flash Photolysis." Kroto's
postdoctoral work in electronic and microwave spectroscopy was
conducted at the National Research Council in Ottawa, Canada,
and at Bell Laboratories in New Jersey studying liquid phase interactions
by Raman Spectroscopy. In 1967, Kroto joined the staff at the
University of Sussex (Brighton) where he became a professor in
1985 and in 1991 was made Royal Society Research Professor. At
Sussex, Kroto began exploring the possible source of carbon chains
in space. Based on this research along with his colleagues Robert
Curl and Richard Smalley, both of Rice University, Kroto received
the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of "fullerenes."
Named after architect Buckminster Fuller's soccer-ball shaped
geodesic dome, fullerenes are formed when vaporized carbon condenses
in an atmosphere of inert gas.
The Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention
and Innovation was founded in 1995 at the Smithsonian Institution's
National Museum of American History through a generous gift from
the Lemelson Foundation. The Center's mission is: to document,
interpret, and disseminate information about invention and innovation;
to encourage inventive creativity in young people; and to foster
an appreciation for the central role invention and innovation
play in the history of the United States. The Innovative Lives
series brings together museum visitors and, especially, school
aged children, and American inventors to discuss inventions and
the creative process and to experiment and play with hands-on
activities related to each inventor's product. This collection
was recorded by the Innovative Lives Program of the Jerome and
Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
This collection contains five (5) hours of original (BetaCam
SP), master (BetaCam SP), reference videos (VHS) and one (1) audio
cassette documenting Harold Kroto, chemist and Nobel Laureate
(Chemistry, 1996). Kroto discusses carbon structures called "bucky
balls" named after architect Buckminster Fuller's
geodesic domes and describes properties and mathematical principles
represented by these structures. Kroto also discusses his background
and winning the Nobel Prize. Audience participants are students
from Queen Anne School (Upper Marlboro, Maryland) and Nysmith
School for the Gifted (Herndon, Virginia). There are two sets
of reference viewing copies; the Innovative Lives Presentation
was filmed using two different camera angles (camera 1 and camera
2). The content is the same.
This collection was recorded by the Innovative Lives Program
of the Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention
and Innovation on October 1, 2001.
The collection was transferred to the Archives Center on October
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- Check-out time is Noon
- The hotel is 100% smoke-free
- Minimum check-in age is 18
One of the most iconic buildings in the Big Apple, the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel has stood proudly against the city skyline since 1962. Now better than ever, this sophisticated stopover features 1,781 recently renovated accommodations in the heart of Midtown on bustling 7th Avenue. Whether you're traveling for business or pleasure, you'll find the perfect combination of comfort and convenience with us.
New and Improved Spaces
Connect to a better stay! Check in and head on up to your newly refreshed guest room or suite to enjoy breathtaking views, 37" flat-screen HDTVs, plush bedding, Starbucks™ coffee and many more in-room features. Club Rooms offer an even more luxurious level of service, featuring an array of upgraded extras, like exclusive access to the 44th floor Club Lounge offering spectacular city views.
Walk to Times Square & More
Don't just admire NYC from your window – see it for yourself! We're only five blocks from Times Square, less than a half-mile from Central Park, and minutes from some of the best shopping and entertainment venues in the world. Save time and money while visiting these hot attractions near the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel.
TripAdvisor 2013 Award of Excellence
TripAdvisor Green Leader – Silver Level Award