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Thank you so much for posting this. My DH & #3 daughter, also a cousin, is gluten free. This is perfect for all three of them.
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This recipe was posted on my facebook page the other day. I'll have to check with my gluten free friends to see if they've made any of these.
I am anxious to try this. Sounds interesting and yummy!
Wow thanks for sharing. My dad is diabetic also so will try this for us first and then make him some...Gonna try using flavored cream cheese also.
sounds very interesting! Looks yummy though!
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Just what I needed for my low carb eating! Thanks
Thanks for shareing this. I will be gaving it a try. Just becuse is fun to try newthings.
Scrapy quilts have more love in them.
3 eggs...225
1 package cream cheese...800
for 8 pieces, just over 150 calories each
you could reduce that by a lot just by using fat free cream cheese, which would be 240 calories,+225 for eggs
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Original post made by cyclist too, Another Pleasanton neighborhood, on Aug 13, 2013
Every person who has ever ridden a bike, or walked, or driven in this town needs to contact the District Attorney to let that office know that we are not in favor of any plea bargain to reduce his felonies or his jail time.
This punk is a criminal, an adult who practiced daily for the eventual outcome of his reckless behavior. He must be taken off the streets.
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on Aug 13, 2013 at 10:06 am
There is a parallel here. A 17-year old driver named David Rosen was speeding down Treat Bl in Concord in 2012 when he lost control of the car, flipped it, and killed a father and daughter on bikes in the process. Witnesses said he was trying to beat a yellow light. He pled guilty and was sentenced to seven years and eight months in prison.
As part of the plea agreement, pending charges against the driver for alcohol and weapons possession were dropped.
Prior to the accident, David Rosen identified himself on various social media sites as "Race Fox."
As a further injustice to the family of the dead father and daughter, the Cadillac Escalade that David was driving was registered to his father, and he insurance had been allowed to expire. Under CA law, the maximum that a surviving family can gain under these circumstances is $30,000. The survivors had to move to a small apartment.
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on Aug 13, 2013 at 1:04 pm
It seems that the DA's office was pretty quick in bringing two felony charges against Cody Hall as soon as they got the full accident investigation report from the Pleasanton Police, so it seems that the case was a "no-brainer" in their view. I can't imagine letting this case go away easily with a plea bargain if I were a public prosecutor. 5 mph over the 40 mph speeding limit might be excusable. 10 mph over the 40 mph limit is starting to push it. 20 mph over the 40 mph limit is getting really dangerous and reckless. But 43 mph over the 40 mph limit? I don't know what adjectives to use to describe that. I think that the DA is going to come down hard on this case.
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I agree with Cyclist Too. Here is the DA's email address:
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on Aug 13, 2013 at 10:19 pm
I sincerely hope the DA doesn't cut a deal with him or his loser father. I also think both the punk kid and felon father should be forced to wear ankle tracking devices and should be kept from seeing or living with each other until both cases are resolved. Felon father + future felon = nothing good
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text: I don't know how tuition got to be so shockingly high. I went to a private college in the early '70s, it was $6,000 a year for tuition and room and board. Now, it's $45,000 to $50,000+. We were able to pay for both kids to go to a 4 year, live on campus, undergraduate college. Both were on the higher end price wise. But, we told them they had to get loans for graduate degrees. My daughter is at a state school getting her masters in Occupational Therapy (a great, wide open field). She used her inheritance from her grandparents for the first year and now haas taken out a loan. Not too bad, since it's a state school. My son is in a private Law School, but he has a $20,000 a year merit scholarship. Which he has been able to keep for 3 years, based on grades and class rank. He also was just offered a job at the firm he was summer associate at, this past summer. so, he should be fine. But, most of the students he is in school with have $$$$$$ debt and not much prospect of a job. Not that they are not smart and hard working, just a glut of lawyers out there.


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Here's the best in class awards from Truck Trend from 2005:3/4-ton Regular Cab 4WD Work Truck: Ford Super Duty F-250Full-Size SUV: Chevrolet SuburbanOne-ton Crew Cab Longbed 2WD Dualie Diesel: Dodge Cummins 3500Compact SUV: Nissan XterraFour-Door 4WD Pickup: Toyota TacomaCompact Extended Cab 2WD Pickup: Nissan FrontierUltimate Performance SUV: Hummer H1 AlphaMidsize SUV: Land Rover LR3Under $35K Winner: Jeep Grand CherokeeOver $35K Winner: Lexus GX 470Built-for-Speed Power Pickup: Dodge Ram SRT-10Half-Ton Extended Cab 4WD Pickup: Chevrolet Silverado.Yeap, the "old, out-dated" Silverado beat out the Dodge Ram Quad Cab, Ford F-150 SuperCab, Nissan Titan Extended Cab, and Toyota Tundra Access Cab. Here's the quote from magazine: You can tell how aware the competitors are in this category by how close all the base prices match up. Current technology upgrades have allowed Toyota and GM to save cost (yet not lose performance) by moving back to smarter durm brakes. Our guess is others will follow. In the meantime, GM's combination of a comfortable ride plus a suspension and frame that don't mind getting pushed to their payload and GVW limits had our judges leaning toward it rather than some of the newer entries in the segment."Finally, a magazine that doesn't care to pick the best truck in the segment, and not the newest.
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That's hilarious that they say that about the GM drum brake thing since the criticized Dodge for putting drums on the Dakota. Wow. And since when is the Xterra a compact SUV? I think of front-wheel drivers when I think of Compact SUV's.
Well, GM got critized when they announced they were going back to drum brakes for 05 on the 1/2-ton trucks. However, I think they actually out-stop the 99-04 trucks with four wheel disc. I dont see the problem really. My truck is 13 years old, has 133,xxx miles and I've never even had to put brake shoes on the back, lol. Still got the same drums as well. And also, I think its only the regular and extended cabs that go back to drum brakes, becuase the crew-cab trucks have different brake rotors and calipers (bigger) then regular and extended cab trucks.
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Yeah, I'm with you...I don't understand the disc brake thing on trucks. I have drums on my van and they work great. Plus discs leave way too much brake dust behind.
its kind of weird. they only leave break dust on the fronts. and the rear disks on the 62k mile expedition have not been changed. actually, i need to see that. its kind of weird but we havent changed the pads either.
Better check them then. But honestly, in a truck, the front brakes account for something like 75% of the stopping power or something like that. So there's not alot of wear/tear on the rear discs. But like me and Dodgeman say, there is not one thing wrong with drum brakes on the back of a truck, or even a car for that matter. And the only thing people complain about is not seeing that pretty rotor back their with its big brake caliper, lol. I say stick with what works, and drum brakes work fine for the rear end. Shoot, my racecar has got drum brakes on the front (oddly enough, its got disc brakes on the back, lol) and I have no trouble at all stopping it, lol.
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shouldnt it be the other way arround on your car?
Well, you see, it has like a 65 or 66 Corvair front suspension, so that's why it has drum brakes up front. Now I'm assuming when it was built (my uncle and another person built it, but I was too young to really know much about it then) that he (my uncle) either orderd a kit to get disc brakes on the back, or the narrowed rear end came with them or something, lol. But either way, I know for a fact it has discs on the back and drums on the front, lol.And it has really good brakes. However, I would like to upgrade to front discs sometime. I just hate to do that becuase it really doesn't need them, and they cost like over $500 for a kit. His new Vega has disc brakes on the front and drums on the back, and he says mine has better brakes, lol. I dont know becuaes I've never drove the new car.
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well, at least they will last longer with your current setup. i think the reason sports car have discs is because you can get so much stopping power out of them and then upgrade them. you can go from solid to drilled to vented and drilled.
Also, it could be that drums might be heavier than discs.
that too. and i dont think drums look too good behind some nice rims.
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i really dont blame them. you ever seen honda civics on 18's?
lol. That's why you don't put 18s on Civics. For one, they look like crap, and two, it kills the braking performance! Anyways, lol, I think people that complain about seeing a drum brake system behind a wheel should be classified as ricers, lol. "SHIOT DAWWGGG, I JUST BOUGHT SOME MAD WICKED BRAKE CALIPER SPRAY PAINT FROM AUTO ZONE HOMIE....", lolol.
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- Feb. 7 is the Sixth Annual UCCCA Chili Bowl Competition; watch for upcoming details.
- Feb. 12 is SUNY College at Oneonta's Tenth Annual Faculty Research Show.
Hope you've enjoyed this smattering of events and things to do when Oneonta cabin fever has got you down. Keep checking our website calendar or follow us on Twitter for continuous updates. And feel free to add your college events to our calendar by clicking "add event"; we're a website built by the Oneonta community!
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Ngulchu Dharmabhadra was born in the upper region of Tsang Ya Ru'i Cha in the region of Rong To Chug Mo, in 1772. When he was eleven years old, he learned the alphabet from his elderly uncle. From then on, whenever he met someone learned, he would seize the opportunity to study the alphabet with them. As he spent most of his time tending sheep, whenever he found a flat, smooth rock or level ground, he would practice his writing using only his fingers, which would often cause them to bleed. This didn't discourage him, and he became an expert at reading and writing. Later on, this Venerable One was to become a holder of the treasury of secrets of all the conquerors.
When still very young, whenever monks came to visit his family, they were all so surprised by his manner of thinking and acting and his exceptional skill at reading and writing that they could not believe he was an ordinary person. Accordingly, they were all convinced that if he were to apply himself to Dharma, he would certainly become an excellent student.
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From the age of eighteen to nineteen, Ngulchu experienced the loss of three people who were very close to him--his elder brother, his mother, and his aunt. As a result, with the permission of his lama, he went into retreat in an isolated place to practice single-pointedly, where he remained until he was twenty. After this time, he was admitted into the ranks of a gelong and went to Ngulchu Cave, where he listened and contemplated with great effort. In the tenth month of that same year, he received the complete training as a gelong from Lopon Yeshe Paldrup, in the giving and receiving of small gestures, articles, blessings, and so forth. As a gelong he practiced perfectly, maintaining complete moral discipline, and so he became a great Vinaya-holder.
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From the age of thirty-five on, he mainly practiced meditation but also taught extensively on the three important subjects of exposition, debate, and composition. At this time he also composed various works on sutra and tantra, which constituted six volumes of teachings. He had many disciples such as Yangchen Drupay Dorje, Khenchen Ngawang Nyendrak, Ripuk Tulku Losal Tenkyong, Dechen Tulku Losang Tsultrim, among others.
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"It was a long transition from being at the back to coming to the front — and for that to be okay," laughs Yang. "We were very reluctant to stop being a rhythm section. When we first started playing as a duo, I remember feeling like, 'Sorry! Just ignore us! We'll be done soon!' "
"You listen to these records," adds Krukowski, "and it's sort of like us coming out of the mist."
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"It was daunting to go back to those records," Krukowski says of the four Sub Pop releases from which they culled this collection. "The process became this interesting encounter with what our songs were about."
The other mist in question might simply be sonic. Three years after More Sad Hits, Damon & Naomi debuted on Sub Pop with The Wondrous World Of . . . — another Kramer production, and a rather tense one (since he had just kicked the weed). That record had them performing as a duo for the first time — an experience that made them a bit more protective of their budding ideas. The following albums — right up to their most recent effort, 2007's Within These Walls (20|20|20) — have been recorded in their Cambridge apartment, with ever increasing fidelity. The 1998 Playback Singers was an eight-track bedroom affair. Their 2000 collaboration Damon & Naomi with Ghost was a 16-track hootenanny, as they hosted the Japanese group through the sessions. They've since worked with a seriously unshabby 24-track home studio — and, it would seem, very understanding neighbors.
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I hope folks realize that she is a nightmare, and chris is psychotic. their behavior speaks volumes of their commitment…or teamwork abilities. the fact Rihanna can't even dress herself before going out in public is a clear menace to society. and tapping herself repeatedly on stage in the twat is most disturbing. I feel she is programmed to be a harlot
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We all cannot be fans of everyone. If you cannot give words of encouragement or be positive, keep your comments. No-one's life is based on what others want it to be. We are individuals and are entitled to leading the lives we want to. Being a hater is not a benefit and we should not influence others to think the way we do. Allow people to be free. We are all individuals and remember the entertainment world is to entertain. Let God be our judge. Let us be guilty until proven guilty. The egyptians had their way of dressing which was appealing so let us do what pleases us. Dictating in this era is not accommodating. Live your life and let others do the same. Appreciate each person for who they are and allow them to be free. Focus on who you are and your purpose in life.


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The US military has been slow to provide mental health services that might stem the rise in suicides. Civilian clinicians are needed to step up to counsel and treat veterans
Wars have always taken a toll on those who fight them. Today, we know that the psychological wounds of war are just as painful as physical injuries—and often more difficult to heal. Reports about post-traumatic stress disorder, brain injuries, and suicide have captured media attention, but despite the publicity, efforts to improve the mental health of veterans have fallen woefully short. The military lacks the culture and resources to provide veterans with effective mental health services, so civilian clinicians are increasingly needed to fill the gap.
The culture of the military remains an obstacle to mental health care. "Soldiers are trained to suffer in silence," says Rick Veno, a US Army officer in South Korea during the Vietnam War era who is now a psychologist. This self-denial is critical when you're part of a unit under fire, he says. But such a mindset is devastating to veterans once they return home; the habit of suppressing emotions and fears becomes so deeply engrained it's difficult to turn off.
While the majority of veterans are able to readjust to civilian life without much difficulty, others become so disabled by emotional trauma that they are unable to leave the house, hold a job, or handle family responsibilities. Without intervention, troubled soldiers are more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol or take their own lives. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) estimates that 8,000 veterans die by suicide each year, a rate of 22 veterans per day. And the problem is likely to get worse. As this population ages, the numbers of veterans at high risk for suicide—over 50, male, socially isolated, struggling with physical or mental difficulties, and with access to firearms—will continue to grow.
Soldiers who could benefit from mental health treatment often don't seek it, for a variety of reasons. They may be in denial about their situation. Or they are afraid of being labeled as mentally ill. They may feel their problems are of less magnitude compared with those who are physically wounded. And they may be too discouraged by the bureaucracy at the VA to apply for benefits.
Civilian mental health professionals will need to step up to engage, counsel, and treat veterans, says Veno, who designed and teaches a graduate-level course on counseling veterans as part of the division of Counseling and Psychology trauma specialization at Lesley University. He urges clinicians to gain at least a basic-level understanding of the military—including its organizational structure, traditions, and values—as well as an overview of recent and historic conflicts. Such knowledge will place them on firmer footing to help veterans.
For example, Veno explains that practitioners should be aware of the unique situation faced by American troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. Soldiers are asked to play a difficult dual role: hunt down Taliban and serve as goodwill ambassadors. "In the morning, they might be searching house to house for rebels, in the afternoon they might be building a school," he says. Added to this confusion over roles is an uncertainty about who is the enemy: A family in a car, an elderly woman, a young child—any civilian could be carrying explosives. Soldiers also don't know which Afghan troops they are training might turn on them.
Helping veterans involves a multifaceted approach, Veno says. Not only do clinicians need to be aware of the military context and the special circumstances of the particular conflict, they should also understand the effects of family dynamics, race, culture, gender, socioeconomic background, and sexual orientation on a veteran's experience. All these factors inform the choice of appropriate intervention strategies.
Innovative tools for treating veterans are being developed in the private sector, but they can be prohibitively expensive. Some treatments involve the use of virtual reality systems, like video games, in conjunction with traditional talk therapy to help veterans re-experience and process problematic emotions. Other approaches that have benefitted veterans include holistic psychology—which addresses the whole person, including the physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional dimensions. Expressive therapies, using the power of art, music, drama, and movement, can help veterans who find it difficult to put their emotions into words.
Even with newer interventions, what works for one veteran does not always work for another. Mental health practitioners need to develop effective methods of assessment and referral to make sure veterans are guided toward the type of treatment that is most beneficial.
The Pentagon and the VA are taking steps to make mental health more of a priority. But leaders concede it will likely take years to change the military mindset, says Tom Tarantino, chief policy officer of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. As long as asking for help is seen as a sign of weakness, veterans are going to have a harder time reentering civilian life and dealing with stress. As more troops return home, the problem of how to treat their emotional and psychological problems will only grow more acute.
"No one gets out of the military unchanged," Veno says. "We can do a better job equipping our veterans with the coping skills and support they need to live more productive lives."
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Feasts: Earthly Celebrations of Heavenly Events. Icons from the Museum Collection, Curated by intern Katia Christakis.
This new exhibition showcases 30+ rare icons depicting significant feast days on the Russian Orthodox calendar commemorating the annual cycle of holy days, the veneration of saints and the Church's twelve major feast days. The show also underscores icons role as tangible markers or symbols of noteworthy events.
For more information: http://museumofrussianicons.org/en/special-exhibits/upcoming/
St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) will continue its new tradition of participating in #GivingTuesday, a national movement that celebrates generosity.
"Giving is at the very foundation of St. Vladimir's Seminary's mission, so we are enthusiastic again this year about taking part in this day dedicated to philanthropy," said seminary Chancellor/CEO the Very Reverend Dr. Chad Hatfield. "Our professors give their hearts to teach the gospel of Christ. Our students give their time to prepare for service in the Church. Our graduates give their lives to minister to Christ's flock."
Last year, the seminary's highly successful #GivingTuesday campaign raised $80,000. In an expression of love and solidarity with the suffering peoples in the Middle East, St. Vladimir's offered a tithe of $8,000 to His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch and All the East, to alleviate the dire conditions of people under his care.
"Because we believe in giving back at St. Vladimir's, we will donate 10% of whatever we raise on #GivingTuesday," continued Father Chad. "This year's tithe will support the Orthodox Patriarchal Ecclesiastical School of Makarios III, our sister seminary in Nairobi, Kenya. This great center of Orthodoxy in Africa is in serious need of books for their library, and we want to help."
Archimandrite Philip Mugadizi (SVOTS alumnus '03), deputy dean of the Nairobi seminary, has been instrumental in arranging this year's tithe. "We are delighted to partner with St. Vladimir's for #GivingTuesday," remarked Father Philip. "The relationship between our two theological institutions is growing stronger by the day, as evidenced by the upcoming visit of Dr. Paul Meyendorff, The Father Alexander Schmemann Professor of Liturgical Theology at St. Vladimir's. It is our hope to continue this exchange and dialogue between our seminaries, offering opportunities for our seminarians, faculty, and staff to learn from one another. I hope that many people will support our schools on #GivingTuesday."
"Given the response to #GivingTuesday last year, an anonymous supporter has challenged us to raise $50,000 on #GivingTuesday this year—and if we do, every penny will be matched. With this incredible matching opportunity, it would be within reason to expect that we could potentially take in $100,000 on December 1, with $10,000 going to our brothers seminarians in Nairobi, Kenya," explained Father Chad. "These donations will spread the gospel across North America and Africa.
"Right now, we're asking Orthodox Christians around the world to help us get the word out on their social media networks, through Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram," Father Chad concluded, "and to stay in the loop about this venture by signing up for #GivingTuesday emails. Our website, www.svots.edu/givingtuesday, contains a host of resources for anyone interested in supporting Orthodoxy in America and Africa this December 1."
Donate directly to SVOTS #GivingTuesday here (all monies will be totaled December 1, 2015).
Introduction to Orthodoxy: Fall MEOCCA Catechism Dates Set, Minnesota Eastern Orthodox Christian Clergy Association.
***Register Online at www.meocca.org ***
Theme: "Making the Absent Present: the Roman Origins of Christian Icon Painting"
Speaker: Heather Turnbow
For more information: http://www.byzarts.com/lectures/
Theme: "In the Eyes of Your Creator: Truly Valuing Yourself and Others".
Many of the ills of our society can be traced to the sense of worthlessness that afflicts so many people today. If we only understood in the depths of our being how valuable we are in the eyes of our Creator, we could learn to obey Christ's commandment to love our neighbor as ourselves. Priest and counselor David Fontes marries the best insights of psychology with those of the spiritual tradition of the Orthodox Church to point the way toward this understanding
Speaker: Fr. David L. Fontes (Priest at Elevation of Holy Cross Orthodox Church in Sacramento, CA)
For more information: https://gallery.mailchimp.com/77e3a74917a6de51c5657fbba/files/flyer.pdf
Theme: "The Sacred Arts of Eastern Orthodoxy: Icon, Music, Rhetoric, Architecture and Artifacts"
Registration: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
On Friday, December 4th, 2015, the Eighth Annual Conference of the Sophia Institute will be held in New York City. The conference will focus on the various ways the Eastern Orthodox Church, and broader Orthodox cultures, over past centuries, and in recent times, have approached the varied media of the arts to put across its evangelical message and articulate its own ecclesial culture.
This is a wonderful opportunity to serve and love our most needy neighbors in Houston, TX! for 13 years old- College Students.
We will meet at 5pm on Friday and stay Friday and Saturday nights at St. George Church. The service learning weekend will come to a close following Liturgy on Sunday.
Conductors: Dr. Tikey Zes & Laura Kakis
For more information: http://www.groca.org/wp-content/uploads/15-11-12_FINAL_lr.pdf
Theme: "I will walk among you"
Speaker: Fr. Tryphon (Abbot of the Brotherhood of the All-Merciful Savior in Vashon Island, WA)
For more information: http://stbarnabasevents.org/
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIBLE & HISTORY TOURNAMENT for Junior High or High School, GRADES 6 THROUGH 12. Please VISIT WEBSITE FOR MORE INFO
ZOE for Life! is a pan-Orthodox Christian charity with three major goals: to help women who need confidential emotional and spiritual support during crisis pregnancies; to assist Orthodox Christians seeking to adopt children; and to provide an education for pure living and other resources.
The organization needs a variety of volunteers, including medical personnel, teachers and counselors, administrative and support personnel, and experts in the fields of fundraising, information technology and social media.
The Dec. 5 program will consist of a series of training sessions on topics related to the organization's mission. Registration for the program will begin at 9:30 a.m., training at 10. Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided.
Advance registration is requested. For further information about ZOE for Life!, visit http://www.zoeforlifeonline.org/.
Additional CONTACTS: Paula Kappos, ZOE for Life! (440) 893-9990, (440) 724-1900 cell, firstname.lastname@example.com
This is the 26th Diocesan Christmas Concert sung by the combined choirs and chanters of Worcester and New England. Vespers will preceed the concert.
For more information: https://files.ctctcdn.com/a06a86bc201/d881f31e-fd22-4f13-8225-525688cab18a.pdf
The Metropolitan Wind Symphony presents the Holiday Pops and Christmas Sing Along
This event is also being promoted by the Symphony and was a sell out last year so don't delay – purchase your tickets online using the form on the right or click here for mailing instructions and an order form.
For more information:http://www.stjohnd.org/pops/
An Orthodox Advent Concert presented by the choir of St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral Featuring a selection of Orthodox liturgical hymns and traditional carols for the feast of our Lord's Nativity — Christmas.
For more information: www.stmarysoca.org
For more information: http://stnicholasranch.org/events/
Fill your heart with holiday spirit at this concert of sacred and secular holiday favorites, performed with the Master Chorale of South Florida. After the concert, we'll treat you to a cup of cocoa and Christmas cookies. All you'll be missing is snow! Click here to purchase tickets online
For more information: http://www.girlchoir.org/events/cocoa-and-carols-boca-raton/
For more information: http://www.chicagosynergy.org/
THE GREATER CLEVELAND COUNCIL OF ORTHODOX CLERGY presents the 23rd Annual Pan-Orthodox Nativity Concert. YOUR FREE WILL DONATION WILL SUPPORT OUR CHARITABLE WORK
For more information: http://www.smroc.org/buletin/buletin.pdf or http://orthodoxcleveland.us/files/Nativity-Concert-Flyer.pdf
THERE WERE ANGELS * – Choral works inspired by angels. Joyous News announced by Angelic Hosts in the music of Handel, Arvo Part, Ivan Moody, the Byzantine Cherubic Hymn, and NY Premiere of Hovahaness' cantata, Glory to God.
Tickets can be purchased online at brownpapertickets.com
For more informaiton: http://www.metgreekchorale.org/concerts.htm
"The Age of Titans: The Rise and Fall of the Great Hellenistic Navies". This lectures is given as part of the The Anita Krause Bader Lecture at the Missouri History Museum by Professor William M. Murray from the University of South Florida, Tampa.
The phrase "The Age of Titans," originally coined by Lionel Casson to characterize Hellenistic naval warfare, describes a period in which war fleets included larger-than-normal oared galleys, some with crews of more than 1,000 men. Dr. William M. Murray, University of South Florida, examines this period and proposes a new hypothesis in the evolution of naval warfare following the death of Alexander the Great.
It is sponsored by the Arthur and Helen Baer Foundation in conjunction with the Missouri History Museum.
For more information: http://mohistory.org/node/57403
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This is a wonderful opportunity to serve and love our most needy neighbors in Boston, MA. This service weekend is for Junior High, High School, and College Students.
We will meet at 5pm on Friday and stay Friday and Saturday nights at: . The service learning weekend will come to a close at 2pm on Sunday, December 18th.
A registration gift of $150 a person will cover all trip expenses, make it possible for the YES Program to prepare and execute the trip, and enable our service team to meet the needs of those we serve.
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The Arizona Balalaika Orchestra began in 1980 in Tucson, AZ as a small ensemble within the University of Arizona Russian Department. The group is a spirited, non-profit community folk orchestra, playing native Slavic instruments and wearing colorful costumes. It has toured throughout Arizona and Mexico. At major performances, the Orchestra collaborates with guest dance troupes, vocalists, and guest instrumental soloists from as far away as Moscow and Kiev. Small ensembles also perform for festivals, churches, clubs, and other events. The Arizona Balalaika Orchestra is a member of the Balalaika and Domra Association of America (BDAA), which has annual conventions in North America and Russia. Tucson was host for this convention in 1989, and again 25 years later, in 2004.
For more information: https://performingartscenter.thundertix.com/
Celebrating the Journey of Marriage is a One-Day Workshop for Couples in the Orthodox Church.
For more information: http://www.familylifeministry.atlanta.goarch.org/upcoming-events-2/
Theme: "Miraculous Icon the Inexhaustible Cup: The Orthodox Treatment Of All Manner Of Addictions". The caring members of the Fellowship of the Inexhaustible Cup have the primary purpose of honoring Our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos, as the Fellowship's Champion Leader by acquiring and maintaining quality sobriety and purity as a way of life. Members are committed to praying all or part of the Akathist of the Inexhaustible Cup on a daily basis, as well as making a monthly financial commitment to help sustain the work of the Fellowship. Members are devoted to praying for and reaching out to those suffering from all manner of addictions, helping the afflicted at their point of need, and ringing them the message of hope and healing.
Speaker:Fr. Christophe Lepoutre, M.S., Pastoral Counseling. Fr. Christophe Lepoutre is the rector of the Orthodox Chapel of the Mother of God The Inexhaustible Cup in Natural Bridge Station, VA
For more information: http://www.stjohndc.org/Russian/english.htm or http://inexhaustiblecup.org/
The Faculty and seminarians of our St. Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Theological Seminary are grateful for your financial support throughout the year and we hope that you join us for the inaugural "Christmas at the Seminary". This event is open for the whole family on Saturday, December 12, 2015 from 1:00 to 5:30 p.m. There will be drop-in Christmas-themed activities, ornament making and cookie decorating for the entire family. Light refreshments will also be served.
You will have the opportunity on that Saturday to meet the current student body and also tour the Seminary and Three Holy Hierarchs Chapel and learn about the 300+ year-old building and the repairs which took place over the past year.
In the spirit of the Nativity season and the upcoming feast of Saint Nicholas, we humbly ask that you bring with you a gift for the Seminary, not for individual use but for the entire student body.
For more information: http://stsuots.org/news_151014_1.html
The Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos Serbian Orthodox Church of Orange County, California is sponsoring this very special event. For details please fo to : http://mostholytheotokos.com/wp-content/uploads/gala-concert-2015.pdf
You may not know this, but the world's biggest refugee crisis is going on as we speak as Syrian refugees are fleeing their homes in the Middle East. IOCC is committed to its on-going humanitarian response, but it needs your help. Come by on December 12, 2015 for Vespers and with a fellowship dinner to follow.
You can register and donate to IOCC online (https://9586.thankyou4caring.org/pages/pawtucket-12-12-15-dinner). Please contact us if you have any questions or are wondering how you can help!
For more information: http://www.iocc.org/ioccevents_upcomingevents1.aspx
Speaker: Hieromonk Innocent (Abbot at St. John Orthodox Monastery in Manton, CA)
HIEROMONK INNOCENT, the Superior of the Monastery of St. John in Manton, CA., will visit our parish for the Divine Liturgy on Sunday, December 13, which is the Feast of St. Herman of Alaska. Fr. Innocent will give a short talk in the Parish Hall during the Agape Meal—I encourage all of you to stay for this. Of course, we will not let him leave here emptied handed, but will make an offering for the Monastery that weekend as well.
For more information: http://www.saintseraphim.com/files/Monthly%20Bulletin/December-2015-Bulletin.pdf
The Council of Orthodox Christian Churches of Metropolitan Detroit (COCC) will sponsor a Christmas concert. The first part of the concert will feature Nativity hymns and carols from Greece, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine sung by choirs from five Orthodox churches; and the Romanian Children Carolers, directed by Simona Ghilezan.
The second part of the concert will feature Nativity hymns and carols sung in English by an inter-Orthodox chorus directed by Matushka Victoria Kopistiansky. It will conclude with a sing-along of popular Western Christmas carols.
An afterglow reception with refreshments will follow the concert. The public is invited to attend the concert. For further information, contact http://www.coccdetroit.org.
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Blue Star art center presents 'Fire in the Belly' exhibit
By Tim Brownlee
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(April 6, 2006)--The Blue Star Contemporary Art Center presents the exhibit, "Fire in the Belly," from April 6 to June 18. The exhibition features the works of students from UTSA, Trinity University and San Antonio College.
An opening reception is 6-9 p.m., Thursday, April 6. The event and exhibition in the Blue Star project space, Suite 116, are free and open to the public.
The gallery at South Alamo and Probandt streets, south of downtown, is open noon to 6 p.m., Wednesday-Sunday.
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As part of Blue Star's education outreach programming, the annual exhibition highlights works created by local graduating undergraduate and graduate students. The curators of this year's show are Dayna De Hoyos and Chuck Ramirez. The exhibit offers artists the opportunity to discuss their work and receive critiques from peers and professors and to display their art in a large venue.
Blue Star Contemporary Art Center is a non-collecting art museum in SanAntonio, Texas, that advances the growth and understanding of contemporaryart, artists and the curatorial process. Through exhibitions and a varietyof programs, Blue Star is an active participant in the development ofregional, national and international contemporary art and provides a livelyforum for the visual arts dialogue.
For more information, call (210) 227-6960.
'Fire in the Belly' participating artists
Stacy Berifein
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Richie Budd
Steve Carter
Joseph Cohen
Melody Fernandez
Thomas Hopkins
Brian Jobe
Soomin Jung
Mimi Kato
Pedro Luera
Enrique Martinez
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Josue Morales Urbina
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The bag of countersunk rivets showed up from MSC today. For some reason I'm still a bit dubious of their holding power compared to regular rivets, but I guess if the trunnion starts to loosen up I can re-rivet it and then do a rosette weld on each side.
The sculpturing inside the Galil stub and the dimples in the blank made it impossible to use the copper backup bar. The welding came out good anyway.
Welding the opposite side was more difficult. The Coldsteel blank wasn't quite the same height on each side, so I had to twist it until the top rails lined up. This left a gap along the weld seam. There was some blobbing on the inside, but not too bad.
Notice the heavy scale on the Galil rear stub - that's after being belt sanded, too.
I trimmed the top of the trunnions flat. A cleanup cut on the right side came out right at .375", so I used a 3/8" lathe bit as a spacer to clamp it in the vise.
First cut. The width needed to be 1.202" to fit the .062" receiver. The flycutter tip was chipped; dressing it made a mirror-bright finish cut.
.020 narrower on each side; the .062 Chinese guns are like this, so there shouldn't be any problem.
Nice! I wish my machining projects came out that nice.
Feh! I cherry-picked the pictures. First pass on the trunnion, I used a 1/2" end mill. Left the damnedest corrugated finish I ever saw; I'm still not sure WTF happened. So I dug out the old standby flycutter. You also missed all the head-scratching and cursing when the sides of the receiver didn't line up with the trunnion...
Due to my inexpert welding and enthusiastic application of the angle grinder the receiver will never be pretty, but it will be entirely hidden inside the stock. Mostly all you see is the top cover and barrel bits.
My fancy blue laminate stock for the Ross build showed up today. It's the "Tac-Driver" from rifle-stocks.com. And there's plenty of meat, horizontally and vertically, to inlet it for an AK receiver.
can you post some pics of the stock with a AK reciver sitting on top of it?? Ive been thinking about a Vepr style build for a while with one of those stocks. also how is the quality and hom much will it take to finish one out??My fancy blue laminate stock for the Ross build showed up today. It's the "Tac-Driver" from rifle-stocks.com. And there's plenty of meat, horizontally and vertically, to inlet it for an AK receiver.
I've been meaning to get your picture. It'll be Real Soon Now.
Meanwhile, I was expecting the usual wavy surface finish from the ball-end router bit I've seen in stock duplicator pictures. Instead it's relatively smooth; it looks like they might have used a small disc sander to knock off the high spots. The three slots in the front are precise, chatter- and burr-free. The work around the finger grooves isn't too pretty, but there's plenty of wood to shape it the way I want. Of course, it came uninletted, so I can't comment on that, but I did have them cut a 3/4" barrel channel to guide my inletting later.
All in all, it's more finished than I expected, but it will take a lot of work to make it as nice as I want. But it's all finish work; the shaping is properly done.
And it's bright blue!
It didn't occur to me until it came in that I could glue some of the 7/16" Russian birch plywood I have on hand to make a blank, and practice inletting on that. I've found very little useful information on inletting to start with, and bupkis on doing laminate..


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oh, and dallas might be under so much bc isnt Tony Romo a FA?
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im pretty sure theres ways JR could convert cap hits into guaranteed money and free up tons of space. he might just be saving that card for last as insurance...thats what id assume dallas is doing, converting the bigger cap hits into guaranteed money like a signing bonus type deal. like with eli, whatever he's making this year against the cap, couldnt JR just guarantee it and pay it all off this year in guarantees, which would then create more cap space?? if dallas can keep doing it and freeing up all that space why cant we?
We've done that multiple times the past couple of seasons, it's why the team has so little cap space now, it's why Antrel Rolle currently counts 9mil against the cap, but the team can't cut him b/c almost all of that money is garunteed. At some point, you have to bite the bullet and cut some bloated salaries.
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oh, and dallas might be under so much bc isnt Tony Romo a FA?
They got under because they restructure a lot of their guys some days ago but next year they are going to suffer in cap hell.
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The Last Windrow: Weekend concert takes me back in time
He stood there on the distinctly hued stage, immaculate in his velvet red blazer worn atop a pair of black denim jeans and a pair of western boots, Gordon Lightfoot. Now 74 years old and rail thin and still traveling and singing his signature troubadour songs that I tuned into during the year I graduated from high school, 1965. That's a long time in between.
We all grow up with icons that bring us back to younger days. Gordon Lightfoot's songs do that for me. With a distinctly north country/Canadian lilt, the tunes have never left my head since those college days when Lightfoot began his career.
And, there he was, standing there in front of thousands of fans in Bemidji's Sanford Center last Sunday night. I found it almost unbelievable that he was still touring. He said from the stage, "I don't need the work, but I need to work." After suffering an almost life-ending aneurysm a few years ago, his health evidently is good enough for him to take on this physically demanding job. He remarked as he entered the stage before his first song, "The reports of my demise are greatly exaggerated."
My wife first saw his early performance while enrolled at the University of Minnesota in 1966. He was a young man then, just starting out on what would be a total life of writing and singing music. My wife has one of his first albums showing a young man with lots of fluffed up hair, square jaw and piercing eyes. Except for the hair, Lightfoot still resembles the person who sat in front of her and sang with only his guitar for accompaniment. He still sings alone with no background singers for support. There aren't many of those left.
The crowd at the Sanford Center anticipated almost every song after hearing the first chords from his guitar. There were even a few young girls screaming from the audience "We love you Gordon!" Those words brought a smile to the weathered face of this traveling minstrel. It must have brought back memories to him as well as he sang without ceasing except for an occasional sip of water. The audience held their breath as he took a deep bend from the waist at the onset of his performance. Surely we didn't want him to suffer a health problem. But not to worry. After the deep bend at the waist he stepped to the microphone and counted "1, 2, 3, 4" and began his next song. I think the band must hold its breath as well at times like this.
This Canadian has written songs that have been recorded by Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Barbra Streisand, Marty Robbins and many other world famous performers. Dylan called him Canada's best songwriter ever. He is humble in his delivery and never sits down during his performance. I would have trouble doing that even though I'm 10 years his younger.
My wife, daughter and I closed our eyes as the songs flowed from the stage, remembering our frequent camping trips across Canada with Gordon Lightfoot songs playing on our car's tape player. Instantly we were transported to Winnipeg, Moose Jaw, Swift Current, Calgary, Banff and Lake Louise. Lightfoot's songs just fit like that rich red velvet blazer he wore there on stage in front of us.
Nights like that just don't come around everyday. It was memorable. I wish him well.
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If you open up any Allure, Seventeen, Cosmo, Teen, or Jane you find advertisements and articles promoting the birth control Pill. The most alluring are the advertisements for Ortho-Tri-Cyclen, which is FDA- and dermatologist-approved and tested. The ads boast that this pill can "lighten your period" while clearing up your skin. No-fuss birth control that lightens your period and heals spotty skin? What tween wouldn't take it? In fact, this month's Seventeen (with a readership of girls ages 11-17) has an entire page devoted to "dealing with PMS." One "possible symptom," the magazine announces, is acne. Under the box "how to deal" is written, "All types of the Pill steady hormones, preventing chronic acne."
My story with the Pill begins at the vulnerable age of 18. But I'm getting ahead of myself. So, I'll begin when I knew something was wrong.
I was in the bathtub. It was late, about 1 am. I'd just come home from sitting in a café with a writing partner and I was happy. It was May. I drew a bath, got in. As I was soaping across my breasts, I felt it. This tiny hitch of the soap, like it stuck. Sleepily, I rubbed it back across my left breast and it hitched again. I put my hand to the spot and found a lump the size of a walnut. I was 24 years old.
I called my Mom. Her own mother had died of breast cancer. We stayed on the phone until light, when I began the medical odyssey that took over my life.
When I was 18, my mother, schooled in the seventies ideal of feminism and Our Bodies, Ourselves, thought the Pill would protect my future. I came home from a year in Paris with an Italian boyfriend almost ten years my senior to parents who were divorcing. The plane, the time change, and the stress — it all was making me have a really heavy period that continued into a second week. I was put on the Pill. My gynecologist told me that it would regulate my periods, which have always been heavy, and there would be the added benefit of protection from pregnancy. I can't say I really thought about it one way or the other. It just seemed like the thing to do. I was told I'd have less PMS, my periods would lighten, I'd be less emotional, my skin would be clear, and I could have sex with my boyfriend without worry.
At the time, when I was eighteen, the Pill was the norm for everyone I knew. It was a savior. We didn't choose it. We just took it. No questions. We were thrown right into the game where we could have sex without consequences, without reservations. We could be reckless. AIDS was a problem. A worry. Easily avoided with condoms. But abortion, pregnancy, the choice that could disrupt an Ivy League education, that was a real fear. It's ironic that in the age of AIDS, we were more terrified of getting pregnant.
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Well before the appointed hour, exactly 2:38 pm on September 23, nearly a thousand people had gathered at tiny Reverend Thomas J. Williams Park in North Cambridge, waiting for . . . well, no one really knew. But with 20 seconds to go, they started counting down.
"Redonkulous," is how 19-year-old Olin College sophomore Katherine Elliott explained it. Bound by a spirit of adventure that drew them from Arlington, Cleveland, Calgary, Moscow, and elsewhere, fans of xkcd — which bills itself as "a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language"; the letters "xkcd" meaning nothing in particular — came to this place, at this time, to see what exactly would happen.
"Something's already happened," said 28-year-old Jesse Raymond, who'd traveled from upstate New York. "We're all here."
Fans of xkcd (go to xkcd.com), which is drawn in simple stick-figure form, are your romantic brand of geek, who see a challenge both in sorting through lines of code and in affairs of the heart. "[xkcd is about] computers, physics, mathematics, and what it's like trying to be someone having relationships with people while being good at all those things," said 53-year-old David Bass, a North Cambridge resident who brought his wife and three kids — all fans — to the gathering. Around him, people wore T-shirts sporting equations, traded in-jokes about velociraptors, engaged in spontaneous foam-sword duels, and hauled a mattress to the top of a jungle gym they had overtaken.
Randall Munroe, the 22-year-old creator of the comic, moved to the area in June. A former NASA scientist with a degree in physics, he can appeal to his fans' unique sense of humor. And they thank him for it.
"One of my friends characterized it very well as, 'Oh my God, there's someone in my head reading my thoughts and making a webcomic about them,' " said John Ostwald, a 27-year-old software developer from Newton.
The meet-up was prompted by a March comic entitled "Dream Girl," in which Munroe's stick-figure narrator recounts meeting a girl in a dream who urgently whispered a date and time and the mapping coordinates — 42.39561, -71.13051 — of Williams Park in his ear. The narrator goes there at the appointed moment but, as he sadly concludes, "It turns out wanting something doesn't make it real."
But hundreds of people decided to make it just that. "Dream Girl" was enough to bring Alex Norris here all the way from England.
"I saw that, and I got my credit card out and booked the plane ticket," said the 34-year-old IT-support technician, who participated in a tape-measure length competition during the gathering.
"I think it's really amazing because there was absolutely no planning that went into this," said Claire Bailey, an 18-year-old student at MIT. "It was all just people acting independently and coming together as one."
So at 2:38 pm, the crowd cheered and applauded . . . and waited. Then Munroe appeared. "Dream Girl" had been enlarged onto giant white boards and affixed to a fence, with blank boards hung alongside.
"Maybe wanting something does make it real," Munroe told the assembled fandom. "Clearly, the comic needs to be corrected."
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Members of the Pulaski Technical College Board of Trustees will meet with representatives from the Higher Learning Commission, the college's accrediting body, beginning at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, in the college's Campus Center Grand Hall on the Main Campus at 3000 West Scenic Drive in North Little Rock.
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kids at the club: dude up against the wall and the chick is face down with her ass in the guys crotch humping his jeans like she wants to make a baby.
Damn girl! Look at all those kids making jean babies tonight. Someone is going to get knocked up!
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Spons'd Tingles: Venus Looks – Monica Cruz
Penelope Cruz has the Oscar. Some would argue her sister has the face and the legs. Monica Cruz is labelled an "actress/model/dancer". She and Pene represent Mango. Apparently she's been in a few movies. This week she was posing on a car in Berlin promoting her latest Jerry Cotton. As you will see, this is a girl who knows what she's doing. Because she's a total sexpot. And she uses it to her advantage. Looks great in white, doesn't have that sometimes bird look of Penelope's from certain angles, and of course, her body is sick. Not sure what it is about these Cruz girls that they love about teasing the crown. Weird, non? So much better when it's flat.
From white to black on a red carpet at an event a couple of weeks ago, and this is a girl who looks like she enjoys food. A girl who is unwilling to starve. A girl who's into a hot spicy meal, followed by hot spicy other things. Maybe even a little crazy. Not unlike Pene's character in Vicky Christina. Perhaps she modelled her after her sister. I imagine Monica is the life of the party. Can let loose and have fun, and this is something else she has over her sister. Penelope seems like she's wired too tightly. Traces of Xenu blocking her spirit. Monica doesn't have that problem.
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Bond set at $2M for Mother of Murdered Son; Neighbors Grieve, Ask For Donations
ROCKFORD (WTVO) -- He's a young boy that people will never forget.
"Cool happy little kid," says Michael Dirkins, the head cook at Latham Bar & Grill. "Gone for a reason, I have no idea."
Two days later, people continue to add to a makeshift memorial outside of the home of 8-year-old Thomas Kossow after police say he was stabbed to death by his mother in the family's driveway early Tuesday morning.
Jody Kossow, 39, appeared in court for the first time on Wednesday afternoon to face two first-degree murder charges. Prosecutors are still looking for any signs from the past that may have led to Thomas's death.
"We're pulling all past records," says Deputy Chief Dominic Iasparro of the Winnebago County Sheriff's Department. "I'm not aware of any significant incident that may have taken place there. Now whether or not there has been any type of police activity there going way back at this point. We're trying to pull any record they may have."
Kossow faces a maximum of 60 years in prison for each charge. She's being held on $2 million bond and is due in court October 10. \
In the meantime as the family prepares for Thomas's funeral, neighborhood businesses, like Latham Bar & Grill just down the street from the Kossow home, have been taking up donations for the family.
"Please donate," Dirksen said. "That's all I can say. I mean it's sad."
A visitation and funeral service will be held for Thomas on Friday at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church in Rockford. The visitation is set to begin at 3pm and the service at 5:15pm.
The family started a crowd sourcing campaign in the hopes of raise $8,000. As of Wednesday night, more than $5,300 had been raised. Many of the donations ranged from five dollars to over $100.
In addition, "The Thomas Kossow Memorial Fund" has been established at Associated Bank.
A community candlelight vigil at the home where the murder happened at 228 Woodrow in Winnebago County is set to take place on Thursday 5pm. A separate vigil will be held Thursday at 7pm at 6302 E. Riverside Blvd., the father, Michael Kossow, is expected in attendance.
A grieving community that only wishes Thomas was still alive tonight.
"This little boy deserves better than what he just had."
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He was right to do so, because as we were driving through the English rolling countryside, a break in the clouds illuminated the hills with the scattered herds of white cotton balls in the distance, and the damp bark of the bare trees, and the stacks of golden hay in the middle of a lime-green field. Yes, today we were being blessed with the presence of He who does not reign in these Nordic parts, but who would seem rather more of a guest: my friend the Sun.
The audio tour said that Stonehenge literally means hanging stones and that the site is around 2,500 years old. Its strange to think about how humans lived in the Bronze Age, or even if the area looked the same then as it does now, with its wavy treeless landscape. The most accepted theory of Stonehenge's reason of being is the accurate alignment of the stones with
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Positive signs may yet play into National's hands.
For most people, the new year is a time for renewed optimism. So what if the economy shuffled sideways yet again last year? There is always the prospect of a tail wind emerging in 2013. And if the political scene seemed barely to register any change in fortune, there is always the chance of more dramatic and defining developments over the next 12 months. This is, after all, the day on which we start talking about next year's general election.
Economic developments will be central to the National Party's prospects of claiming a third term in that poll. Much of its reputation rests on it being an able manager of the economy. In that context, there was a deflating feeling about the half-year economic and fiscal update released just before Christmas. The Treasury has trimmed growth forecasts for the economy for each of the next two years, as well as the longer-term projection, by about 0.5 per cent a year.
At much the same time, Statistics NZ released gross domestic product figures for the September quarter that showed the economy grew by just 0.2 per cent, a little below most economists' picks.
Historically, its bogginess was re-emphasised by revised figures that showed New Zealand had actually suffered a double-dip recession. The economy contracted 0.3 per cent in the September and December quarters of 2010, following the recession that started in March 2008 and carried through until June 2009.
There is a limited prospect of breaking out of this long-running torpor, according to the Treasury's half-year update. The risk to its growth predictions was clearly skewed to the downside, thanks to the fragile international economy. There is cause for some optimism in that regard, however. Doleful predictions about China appear to have been proved wrong, and its economic adjustment is proceeding relatively smoothly.
There are also more positive signs about the United States economy, while any further tremors in the eurozone should be less traumatic. Combine that outlook with signs of rising confidence in this country and an increasing boost from the rebuilding of Christchurch, and a stride ahead may yet finally replace the sideways shuffle.
Politically, opinion polls showed little change in 2012. By that measure, the National Party's grip and the Prime Minister's popularity were hardly dented by a series of mishaps. The public has yet to tire of this Government. But events that will have a major impact on the 2014 election were unfolding.
One of these was that the Labour Party leader, David Shearer, got the time he needs to stamp his mark on the country. His leadership so far has fallen victim to inexperience and diffidence, as might have been expected of a political tyro. But there have also been signs of a responsible leader capable of making good policy judgments.
This year, his chief task is to enhance that impression. If so, the potential for a Labour-Greens coalition government after next year's election will increase immeasurably.
Other developments have boosted the possibility of that outcome. It seems inconceivable that the Act Party will be around after 2014.
The Maori Party also faces a torrid time because of co-leader Pita Sharples' decision to stand again next year. Just before Christmas, this led to the extraordinary sight of Tariana Turia, his long-time co-leader, imploring him to stand down and hand over the reins to MP Te Ururoa Flavell. The party risks increasing friction and losing the capable Mr Flavell if it does not quickly address the succession issue. Worse, it risks the wrath of voters who like nothing less than the sight of a party in turmoil.


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I went through my hives today and found these.
Are they queen cells?
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I went through my hives today and found these.
Are they queen cells?
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Well...at the very least...they are queen cups. Bees will build lots at this time of year. When they have eggs or larvae, I think at that point they become queen cells.
Keep an eye on that hive..they are prepping to swarm
Wouldn't it be too late at this point to prevent a swarm, as they seem to have made the decision and preparing now? Or would an artificial swarm work?
Are the cells capped? The one on the left looks like it could be capped.
They look too small, look just like cups. You should lift the frame up and see if you can see inside them.
Also, were there many eggs and young larvae in the hive? If there were I wouldn't worry, especially if they are just empty cups.
Will the laying queen on accidentally or intentionally lay inside an empty queen cup?
Or the worker bees made them just in case for the fun of making them?
Do they have eggs in them?
I find queen cups in hives all the time. Bees build them and tear them down and build them again. Maybe it's just in case they are needed. But these cells are specifically placed where swarm cells occur, the bottom edge of the comb/frame.
should I do anything about them when I see them?
Well, you could cut them off w/ your hive tool or leave them be. I don't know about "should".
Is that two capped drone cells on the side?? (NOT the ones on the bottom..)
Tristan, when you see them, you need to check to see if anything is in it. If it's empty, you can remove them if you want, I don't usually bother. Those look pretty small, I'd be surprised to find anything in them.
Thanks for the help. Going to go and take another look today.
My hive have plenty of those now. Each hive will have 3 of them.
Just for the fun of it I tear one out yesterday to see if they will rebuild it again. Or might start a new one somewhere else
on the combs. It is fun to see what they do afterward. Time to learn, learn and learn some more. :)
In order for hive to swarm a large portion of the hive must be in agreement so to say. If they are not, a queen will lay eggs in a queen cup only to be destroyed by workers. If they are in agreement, the egg hatches. At this point it is very hard to convince them not to swarm. In other words, if a queen cup has eggs, dont worry, simple swarm prevention techniques will suffice. If it has larvae i would split the hive.
One observation, the queen cell cups do have new wax on them & appear recently worked. Bit of a leap without knowing anything else about the hive, but based on the pic, my guess is the bees are starting to think about a swarm at some point.
If you want to split it, go ahead anytime. (Subject to all the things you have not said about the hive, ie, bee numbers, environment etc).
I've seen many of these queen cups over time and have ignored them. In my experience, its a rare thing not tohave at lease one cup in waiting. Reading what Oldtimer and Mark say gives me pause after seeing close to two dozen queen cups in a very strong hive yesterday. In the case of this hive however, the brood nest is open and the reserves have been turned into bees (no reserves to speak of remaining) with a small flow going on. I'm not expecting them to swarm. I was showing this hive to a second year beekeeper....I told him that with dry cells, there was nothing to worry about. That hive does not have adequate stores for swarming right now, will keep an eye out. :fingers crossed:
I really appreciate the added information. Reading the discussion and comments are very helpful in increasing my understanding of what makes the bees tick.
Bees don't tick, they buzz! :no:


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From buttons to banners to masks, and even a famous wedding invitation, Dr. Richard Kaplan's basement collection is a museum in itself.
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Locally, a free event, An Evening with Jack Kennedy, is being presented on Saturday, November 16 to commemorate Kennedy's visit to Shawnee Mission East High School just days after his final televised debate against Richard Nixon. After appearing at a rally with Harry Truman at Municipal Auditorium, Kennedy delivered a 13-minute speech at the high school. The Johnson County Democratic Party will be recreating the event complete with actors portraying those involved. Pictures from the original event will also be on display.


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