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by Kathryn Weber One of the most potent symbols of luck and wealth in Chinese symbology is the fish. Fish are representative of water which is the element most associated with income and wealth creation. Fish are frequently kept and displayed for their wealth-giving symbolism and as a natural environmental enhancer. As a result, there are many depictions of fish in a variety of forms that are used in Chinese textiles, figures, and art work … [Read more...]
Feng Shui's Five Critical Wealth Corners
By Kathryn Weber The southeast is the corner most often associated with wealth in feng shui. This is the primary wealth sector in any home. But did you know there are other wealth corners that you could be overlooking that are also critical to your prosperity? When each is activated and enhanced, you have compounding feng shui that benefits everyone in the family in a variety of ways. For instance, did you know there are different kinds … [Read more...]
Feng Shui Cures for Wealth Corner Afflictions
By Kathryn Weber If you're tired of money coming in and then flowing right out, you could have an affliction in your wealth corner. In feng shui, the wealth corner is associated with the southeast corner of your home where wealth accrues -- and if you need a cure for financial problems, you're not alone. The southeast corner represents accumulated assets, such as savings accounts, stock accounts, 401Ks and other kind of material and … [Read more...]
Feng Shui Lucky Water Stars – How to Find and Activate for Wealth
By Kathryn Weber To activate your home for wealth in feng shui, it's important you know where the feng shui water stars are located. This article tells you not only how to find them in your home -- but how to activate them for wealth. Water is wealth, as the Chinese say. There's no doubt that when there is abundance, water is also abundant. From the earliest times, water meant that no one died of thirst, crops and animals … [Read more...]
The Deferred Millionaire — 8 Feng Shui Ways to Maintain Your Home and Build Your Wealth
In feng shui, deferred maintenance on a house means deferred money. In other words, if you've put off replacing that cracked window or cutting down a dead tree, you're likely not receiving all the money you could be if your home were in good repair. Why is repairing your home so important to feng shui? In a word: chi. The chi, or energy, of a home declines when it's got leaking faucets or roof, when the paint is peeling or … [Read more...]
Feng Shui Checklist to Enhance the Eight Areas of Wealth
Money is often called the great lubricant – it doesn't stop problems from occurring, it just makes everything go a little easier. But money in and of itself is not the definition of wealth. There are many people who are financially or monetarily abundant but who have miserable home lives, health problems, or have little or no love in their life. This is not the feng shui view of wealth. In the feng shui perspective, there are … [Read more...]
Improve Wealth, Luck, Opportunity with Feng Shui's Auspicious Animals
Animals figure prominently in feng shui and in Chinese lore. Although the dragon is widely known, there are other animals that are less well known but whose influence creates great luck and good fortune. Below is a listing of animals and their feng shui meanings. Placing one of these animals in your home or office can often bring you business opportunities, improve your health or help you protect your money. See which one you like … [Read more...]
Feng Shui Your Computer to Make You More Efficient and Effective at Work
Computers are a wonderful tool for helping us communicate with friends around the world, produce presentations and documents, balance our checkbooks and, in short, run our businesses and our lives. There is no doubt that we are completely dependent upon computers today and rare are the homes without a personal computer. Few of us are able to work when our computers stop working because of bugs, viruses or a log-jam of files. To make … [Read more...]
Creating a Truly New Year — 6 Feng Shui Steps to Change Your Life without Diet or Exercise
By Kathryn Weber At the beginning of the New Year we buy a new calendar and flip to the first page marked January. We pack up our Christmas decorations, put away our new sweater and gifts and look guiltily at the boxes of chocolates that we leave out "for company." But few of us really expect a truly new year. We just hope for the best. This year can be different. By trying just a few new things, a vibrant, positive world … [Read more...]
Ho Tai Happiness – Feng Shui's Buddha of Wealth and Joy
One of feng shui's and China's most loved symbols is the Ho Tai Buddha. Most people know Ho Tai as the Buddha of Wealth or as the Laughing Buddha. His presence in homes and businesses brings joy and prosperity. To the Chinese, the seat of the soul is in the stomach, so the Ho Tai Buddha's stomach is large and round to symbolize his heavenly stature and to represent fullness and abundance. The Ho Tai Buddha reminds us that good things come … [Read more...]
Creating Wealth Chi – Energizing your home with wealth symbols
By Kathryn Weber Our homes, like our dreams, speak in symbols. The art, the symbols, shapes, and colors we surround ourselves with at home tells a story of our lives. Mine speaks to a love of travel and does so in the artwork that I've collected from around the world. It's important that we place objects and items in our house that inspire and motivate us. We need items that make us feel good and help us move forward in life and lift … [Read more...]
Round — The Feng Shui Shape of Wealth
In feng shui every direction, such as north, south, or northeast has a number, color, element and a shape associated with it. Each shape has a distinct meaning. For instance, the tall, rectangular shape of wood is associated with growth. The shape associated with "big metal" or the northwest is round. This is also the shape of coins - or "change" - and wealth. The round shape is a shape that is seen as very yang and active. A round ball or … [Read more...]
Doorway to Wealth – The Feng Shui of Your Front Door
The front door plays a very special role in feng shui. Often described as the "mouth of chi," the front door, is the entryway for energy into your home. Many people never use the actual front door, though, so they often ask if this affects their feng shui. The answer is yes. That's because the front door is usually at the center of the home and faces the road -- a symbol of water -- which equates to wealth. A key feature of … [Read more...]


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Forget the facelift and push aside the anti-ageing creams - all you need to do is smile.
A study has found that the simple act of looking happy takes years off a person's age.
The German researchers say that it's probably because we consider people who are cheerful as being attractive in other ways, including being younger than they actually are.
Temporary wrinkles created by grinning also makes it more tricky to judge a person's age and so may lead those doing the guessing to err on the side of caution.
Manuel Voelkle, of the Max Planck Institute in Berlin, asked more than 150 men and women of different ages to judge the ages of the faces in more than 1000 photographs.
"Facial expression has a substantial impact on accuracy," he says.
"Relative to other facial expressions, the age of neutral faces was estimated most accurately, while the ages of those displaying happy expressions was most likely underestimated."
The study also reveals older faces are more difficult to judge than younger ones.
And, the age of those doing the judging was also important. Older people overestimated the age of those photographed, while younger people shaved a year or two off, the journal Psychology and Aging reports.


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Congressman Russ Carnahan (D-MO) today called on media outlets to make farmers in the St. Louis region aware that, due to persisting drought conditions, the St. Louis region and 97 counties in Missouri have been named natural disaster areas by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. Because of this designation, these area are now available for Farm Service Agency assistance.
Rep. Carnahan was one of several Missouri lawmakers who joined Governor Nixon in requesting this designation. Carnahan and the delegation wrote Farm Service Agency Administrator Bruce Nelson on June 28th to support the Governor's call.
"Our farms feed Missouri, America and the world," said Carnahan. "Right now, farmers are reeling from the heat and dry conditions brought upon by the drought. I applaud Secretary Vilsack for his swift action to help these men and women in the Heartland. As well, I call upon my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to pass a wise and prudent farm bill reauthorization soon, so that when our farmers return to full production, they will do so under the certainty of a long-term piece of legislation."
Farmers affected by the drought can contact their local FSA office to learn more about assistance programs, including emergency loans. Farmers in eligible counties have 8 months from the declaration of a disaster to apply for this assistance. FSA will consider each loan application on its own merits, taking into account the extent of production loss, security available and repayment ability.
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Harv Eker Reasons or Results T. Harv Eker Plenty of reasons, no results, refusal to refund, total scam Mr Harv Eker ! Bellingham Washington
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There is much hype promoting the Reasons or Results program, but I wonder if Mr Harv Eker knows about the abysmal service his company gives.
I bought this a couple of months ago and never managed to get the online diary function to work. I was supposed to book my coach online using this diary by choosing dates and reserving them.
The system would not work so I eventually had enough and asked for a refund using the inbox provided. No reply.
I then called the UK telephone number and got a voice mail in the USE because it is out of hours. Why bother advertising a UK number that will never be answered ?
I sent another message and made a few more attempts to get a refund without any success.
An email arrived out of the blue from "my coach" John Ball saying the following. [continued below]....
"I see you have had some challenges booking in for calls as we don't really maintain the Reasons or Results calendars now, and I would invite you instead to book in for your calls using the following: http://meetme.so/lmc-johnb where you will find full access to my coaching calendar."
I found this odd because on my Reasons Or Results dashboard it still instructed me to use the internal booking system and there was no reference to them not using it anymore.
I then got a message from Shana Hollinger telling me that I could not have a refund because the time had expired. I mentioned that I had made a number of attempts at contact, but no reply, this fell on deaf ears.
So far my experience is :-
1. Incorrect training videos telling me to use a system that they don't use to book my coach.
2. A dysfunctional system.
3. 5-6 attempts at contact before a reply.
4. No reference on video or anywhere to the new system as instructed by Mr Ball .
5. Refusal of refund and referral to T's & C's
On point 5, it is a well known fact that most companies that behave this way offer poor product, service and support. See points 1-4.
The also say that "• After you finish the questionnaire, you will be assigned a COACH in the next 5-7 business days. "
I was not assigned a coach until I repeatedly asked for my money back.
So, I am left $1800 or so out of pocket with a complete refusal to refund, even though I never managed to use their product. I get little or no response to my telephone calls or emails and frankly Mr Harv Eker, I am disgusted that you think you can take peoples money, offer nothing and refuse a refund.
People need to know because this is scam behavior, not good service and you do no deserve one single dollar more until you deal with the growing number of disgruntled customers you have.
If you sell a service, make sure it works 100% of the time, if it does not, refund your clients, do not rip them off.
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We've heard the buzz about natural products, but most lack the lush scents and silky textures we crave. Not so with this Swiss brand's new collection of nourishing body lotions. Made with all-natural fruit extracts, the lightweight formula is loaded with rejuvenating ingredients that boost elasticity and protect skin against environmental aggressors.
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DALLAS ― August 12, 1997 ― Imagine mixing tiny amounts of proteins and other biological molecules in a thousandth of a second and then studying the reactions that take place in a tenth of a second. A National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant has enabled UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas researchers to purchase equipment that makes possible sensitive measurements of the fastest biological processes.
The NIH awarded a $180,000 Shared Equipment Grant to seven UT Southwestern investigators to obtain state-of-the-art rapid mixing and optical monitoring instruments, available to only a few medical centers in the country. The competitive funding is given to scientists who show they can make full use of a sophisticated and expensive laboratory instrument.
"No one of us could justify spending that kind of money to purchase this equipment for any individual project, but a shared facility of this kind is a wonderful asset to our research," said Dr. Elliott Ross, professor of pharmacology and holder of the Greer Garson and E.E. Fogelson Distinguished Chair in Medical Research.
"These instruments let us look at the rates and progress of fast biochemical reactions. By fast, I mean from less than one millisecond to five seconds. This means that we can study the details of how these reactions happen and the chemical nature of their intermediates. For instance, when a light flashes, how fast does the amplifying biochemistry in your retina record that information? How does it work? With this machine, you can actually determine the rates of those reactions," he said.
The instrument is based on four computer-controlled syringes. The syringes independently ― and very quickly ― mix reagents by injecting them into a series of three tiny mixing chambers, each only 15 microliters in volume (five ten-thousandths of an ounce). After mixing, the instrument can do two types of analyses. In the first, called stopped-flow, the reaction mixture is driven into a small quartz chamber, where several different optical techniques can be used to follow the course of the reaction. In the second, called quench-flow, the reaction is stopped at precise times, and the mixture is collected for chemical analysis.
The versatility of the new instrument is crucial for its shared use. Stopped-flow absorbance measurements -- looking at colored reaction intermediates -- can be used to follow complex enzyme reactions. Stopped-flow circular dichroism, which monitors molecular shape, can follow the rapid folding of a protein into its active conformation. Stopped-flow fluorescence can measure the binding of proteins to each other, changes in their structures and many other parameters. Quench-flow is used when no optical probe is available. To obtain such versatility, the UT Southwestern researchers worked with the manufacturer, BioLogic S.A., of Grenoble, France, to combine and adapt the necessary components. Specifications on the final order were six pages long and included several custom-designed items.
One UT Southwestern scientist sharing this machine, Dr. Margaret Phillips, assistant professor of pharmacology, will use it to study reactions catalyzed by several enzymes in trypanosomes, the parasites that cause sleeping sickness and Chagas' disease. Dr. Julian Peterson, professor of biochemistry, will use stop-flow spectroscopy to study the functions of P450s, a large class of enzymes that can degrade drugs, synthesize hormones and inactivate toxins. Dr. Philip Thomas, assistant professor of physiology, and Dr. Elizabeth Goldsmith, associate professor of biochemistry, will use circular dichroism to study how proteins fold and how regulators of enzyme action change the structure of their enzyme targets.
Ross and his group study signaling proteins that convey information from drug and neurotransmitter receptors to intracellular regulatory proteins. They will use quench-flow measurements to determine how stimulatory and inhibitory signals combine on the millisecond time scale to organize incoming signaling pathways.
"We are trying to measure these individual processes and how they are regulated," Ross said. "Determining the real turn-on and turn-off rates and what regulates the speed of these reactions has not really been done before.
"Where and when a response turns on and turns off is essential information. For instance, when you read, you are taking in a lot of light, but it's the cut-off between black and white that is important; when you hear a voice, the changes convey the information."
Ross said that stop-flow instruments have existed for 30 years, but previous ones were inefficient. They were too slow ― the fastest could not measure reactions faster than about 20 milliseconds ― and they required too much reagent, often 1,000 times more than is needed now.
"Five years ago, I wouldn't have dreamed of doing this kind of experiment because the equipment wasn't up to it," he said. "We couldn't possibly make enough enzyme or get enough sensitivity."
Other UT Southwestern researchers sharing in the grant are Dr. Joseph Albanesi, associate professor of pharmacology; Dr. James Stull, chairman of physiology and holder of the Fouad A. Bashour Chair in Physiology; and Dr. Clive Slaughter, associate professor of biochemistry and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator.
Ross said the researchers on the grant will have priority use of the equipment, but other NIH-funded UT Southwestern scientists will be able to use the instruments as well.
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British Voices Should Be Stilled
British Voices Should Be Stilled
Dear Editor;
British voices of protest are being heard around the world about the treatment of Taliban and Al-Qaeda terrorists detained at Camp X-ray by the Americans. Can anyone imagine if we kept those captured killers in caves in freezing Afghanistan? Would that be humane? Perhaps so; after all, they are cavemen of their own choosing.
Since when are the British considered humanitarians by anyone other than the British themselves? They object to the wire cages and barbed wire surrounding those dangerous individuals who are committed to kill anyone standing in their way to reach their objectives, foremost their commitment to convert the world to Islam any way possible and kill those that will refuse to abandon their own faith. We are talking about individuals who, by their own admission, are ready to resume killing the minute their hands are untied.
I remember when the British hijacked ships loaded with Jewish survivors of Hitler's concentration camps and locked those unfortunate men, women and children behind barbed wire on Cyprus. Those who had been hijacked killed no one, nor did they vow to kill anyone. The only crime of those interned was a desire to continue living and to pick up the broken shards of their lives, after realizing that Europe was a mass cemetery without graves or headstones, a place were Jews were still being murdered even after Hitler was defeated. Those pitiable survivors' only wish was to live in the home of their ancestors. Where were the liberal-thinking Englishmen when Jews were herded like cattle by their British countrymen?
Instead of being self-righteous with their criticisms directed toward my country, they should hang their head in shame for their duplicity of selling out Czechoslovakia before the world at Munich.


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You would think that after suffering world wide bad press for horrible political Photoshopping that things might change in China's propaganda strategies. Maybe something as simple as mandatory government Photoshop classes, maybe just a bound notebook of internet tutorials. Something to change the apparent lack of general image editing knowledge. Instead of education however, the government has apparently decided on a different course of action. Rather than the obvious solution they have opted to invest in researching technology to detect whether or not an image has been altered.
"Research teams at major universities have received funding from the central government to come up with ways to help the authorities quickly determine whether an image has been manipulated by photo-editing software such as Photoshop." Says the South China Morning Post
With blackmail of officials becoming a thriving business the Chinese government has sought out to come up with technical solutions for spotting faked images. I guess in the grand scheme I can understand that line of reasoning. It would be much more convincing to have a computer program prove a fake than a number of government sponsored "image experts" challenge it's validity. However it still doesn't really address the disasters released from within the government. Like our floating man below:
Maybe working with Photoshop every day has corrupted my view of just how difficult it is to retouch something well. At least we can take comfort in the fact that even with all of the advances in image technology it still doesn't prevent stuff like that from being produced.
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"Story blunders cause Fstoppers to publish crap".. would be a more suitable title.
In digital, there is only "belief"...there is no "truth"
Professor Sum Ting Wong is on the case.
This article was painful to get through. Does anyone proofread anymore??
Photoshop is a tool. Skillz, my friend...
Are we including that "Perfect Portraits" advertisement as an example of the blunders stage?
Really, I get that they are advertisers, but it's a little difficult to take this article seriously when you have editing software being advertised whose results are equally as laughable as the content of the story you are writing.
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tips and tricks for laying and removing concrete forms?
I'm about to start laying a floating slab for my workshop and I'm looking for tips and tricks on laying floating slab forms and removing them. How do you drive in the stakes? I'm thinking my brand spanking new pneumatic hammer would come in handy. Do you coat the forms with kerosene or do you have other solutions? Once you have the floor in place, how do you remove the stakes? Any other suggestions? Do you make your own Michigan float or do you feel the store-bought variety is better?
Do you lay the forms then the gravel or the gravel then the forms? Do you back fill to prevent blowouts or do you make sure there is a pair of stakes at any joins?
That's all I can think of for the moment.
That's ambitious if you've never done it before. But not totally impossible. Post some more info. Thickness, width, length, reinforcement, etc.
You can buy form release agents at any decent mason's supply store.
What he said, & what kind of soil you'll be forming in would be helpful.
Ok, the soil is compacted granular sand 85' thick. It has a compressive strength of 4.5 tons/sq ft undisturbed.
The slab will be 14'x24', 4" thick with mesh reinforcing. The gravel bed will be between 4" and 7", compacted by hand and I'll set level with the gravel. It is a floating slab not a monolithic. My drainage is so fast, there's no need for a footing. 1 bucketful in a hole, drains almost as fast as you can pour.
I was thinking I'll use a water level to set the form height and stake every 2'. That will allow me to use the form sides for screeding the concrete level.
I got some 2 1/2" nails for my nailer so I was figuring they would allow me a good solid predictable form that I can use for screeding without blowing out the other side.
I'm using 1 1/2" square 3' long stakes to support the forms. I'm making about 42 of them. I was going to use a sledge hammer but I had to get a pneumatic hammer for removing mortar on another project so I figured I'd try it for driving the stakes in -- less damage to the stakes I hope.
Dedicated mason's stores don't happen here. I'll have to do some digging. Anybody know who handles masonry supplies in Quebec City?
Thanks for the help.
If your only setting 2x4's or 2x6's, it's a very easy form job in good soils. No additional bracing needed for 2x4's, other than your stakes. 2x6's may need a few braces, but you'll have an idea how rigid it is once staked. I would personally try driving one of the wood stakes in by hand to see how hard they are to pound. I don't think you'll need anywhere near 3 feet of stake unless the sandy soil is very soft. Cut the rest of when you determine the necessary length. A few more things:
- DON'T use a nail gun, unless you want to spend a lot of extra time stripping.
- I would just use 3" screws in the wood stakes, as they hold great & strip out easy. Important if you want to finish the sides of the slab at all, if you have the time.
- If you do plan on stripping the sides & finishing, I would recommend diesel/kerosene & a new motor oil mixed 50/50. Kerosene on it's own in too thin IMO, & just soaks right in to the boards. Also wait as long as you can before the pour to coat the forms. If your not planning on finishing the sides, you don't need anything for release.
- I would still consider thickening the perimeter edge of the slab, as this is where all the weight (walls, roof, headers on shoulders) of the garage sits permanently. Also consider 1 or 2 rebar around the entire perimeter.
Good luck! :thumbup:
I have never used a release on 2x4s used for forms, especially for aone time job. They pop right off when the concrete is hard. It's a different story if you were reusing forms over and over again and needed a clean finish like a basement wall.
2x4 staked and screwed work well. 1x3 works well for stakes as well. Back fill the forms with dirt if you are worried. There will not be a lot of pressure with only 4" of concrete. Make sure to cut the stakes even of below the 2x4s. Makes screeding much simpler.
used motor oil, diesel, kero, form release, yada, yada, yada,,, i like wax'd paper - environmentally friendlier, less expensive, no strip just leave in place, & you can line your cookie sheets when its done :laughing:
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It's not really rocket science. :) Stick the tip of the shovel under a form board (near the end), and push down, prying the board up and out of the ground. The stakes usually come right along with the board.
If you get a little sloppy while pouring/screeding and spill concrete over the edge of the form I've learned is helpful to do a rough clean up of the "spilled over" concrete from the forms the same day - or at latest the next morning. Sometimes that excess concrete can really lock in the forms and make form removal more difficult.
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The Hudson Valley Community College men's soccer team suffered a 2-0 loss to Ulster Community College (11-3-3) today in Troy. Ulster entered the game ranked No. 7 in the latest NJCAA Division III poll.
Diego Mayanga gave Ulster a 1-0 lead with a goal in the 25th minute. Jeffrey Gomez sealed the game with a breakaway goal in the 51st minute.
Hudson Valley, which concluded its regular season with a 9-8 record, should find out its playoff fate when the Region III Tournament pairings are announced later this evening.
Ulster 1 1 – 2
Hudson Valley 0 0 – 0
Ulster: Diego Mayanga 1-0, Jeffrey Gomez 1-0.
Goalie saves
Ulster: Pedro Velazquez 3
Hudson Valley: Trent Mendrysa 7, Bryan MacCormack 1


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Using Throw/Catch in MeshFunctions doesn't work? (8.0.4)
I've written a function that uses Throw/Catch internally, and I'm having trouble using it in the MeshFunctions option in Plot3D. My Catches seem to be disabled in this case -- I get an "Uncaught Throw" error. My function works fine in other scenarios.
Here's a simple example that generates the Throw::nocatch error:
Plot3D[x^2 + y^2, {x, -1, 1}, {y, -1, 1}, MeshFunctions -> {Catch[Throw[#1 #2]]&}]
Is this a bug, or am I not understanding something?
(I've been able to get my function to work as a MeshFunction by modifying it to use Goto/Label instead of Catch/Throw, but bleh goto.)
Any info would be appreciated. :)
Brad C


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Temperatures will be near seasonal normals early in the period, then drop back to a little below normal in the developing northwest upper flow next week. There will be several opportunities for precipitation, but most precipitation events look to be composed of scattered to numerous showers rather than widespread soaking rains. As such, amounts are likely to end up near normal for the 7 day period. && .SHORT TERM...Tonight and Friday Issued at 244 PM CDT Thu May 25 2017 Satellite and a few developing radar returns suggest some sprinkles or light showers could still develop over northeast Wisconsin during the late afternoon. The cellular clouds across the area will dissipate with the loss of heating, and mid and high clouds with the next system are still pretty far to the west. So backed down on skycon for tonight. Light winds under the ridge axis could allow some fog and stratus to form however, especially in the east. Precipitation chances for Friday look modest at best. The upper ridge will be flattening across the area as upper speed max and mid-level shortwave drive into the region from the west. But moisture will be limited and mid-level lapse rates are modest. So kept PoPs in the chance category, with the best chances across the west and southwest. .LONG TERM...Friday Night Through Thursday Issued at 244 PM CDT Thu May 25 2017 500mb pattern across North America will be dominated by a western ridge and eastern trough. Northwest flow pattern will continue across the western Great Lakes through much of next week. Weak disturbances and associated weak cold fronts will trigger showers and some thunderstorm activity from time to time during the period. For Friday night, any instability showers should end during the evening, except across the far north where a few showers may linger overnight. Per latest numerical guidance, did add some patchy fog into the forecast. On Saturday, a weak boundary will move across central and northeast Wisconsin. This feature may trigger a few showers along it. Based on the latest model trends, expand rain chances eastward as the lakebreeze boundary may also trigger shower activity. Any shower activity should end Saturday evening. Attention then turns to another shortwave and associated cold front that moves into the region during the day Sunday. This system still has some intrigue with respect to potential thunderstorm activity. Models continued to show 300 to 500 J/kg of cape, lifted indices dropping to 0C to -5C depending on model of choice, and steep mid level lapse rates around 6.5 C/KM. What makes this event more intriguing is that the 0-6km wind shear has substantially increased to 25 to 30 knots compared to yesterday. Low wet bulb heights around 7000 feet also noted along with some dry air in the mid levels. If this feature should move into the area during the peak heating of the day, some of the storms could produce some gusty winds, small hail and brief heavy rain. Model timing is somewhat uncertain, but will need to watch. Any thunderstorm activity should end Sunday evening. More instability showers are in the forecast for Memorial Day along with a slight chance of thunderstorms. The northwest flow pattern and disturbances moving through the mean pattern will bring off and on chances for showers Tuesday and Wednesday. Could not rule out a thunderstorm during this period, but too low to put into the forecast at this time. Low confidence in the dry forecast for Thursday based on the weather pattern. Mild temperatures are expected this weekend, then trend below normal for much of next week. && .AVIATION...for 00Z TAF Issuance Issued at 520 PM CDT Thu May 25 2017 VFR conditions expected for the remainder of the evening and most of the overnight hours. Patchy to Areas of MVFR/IFR Fog may develop late tonight near the surface ridge over eastern Wisconsin. Mid level VFR clouds will spread over the western half of the state tonight and then over the rest of the area Friday morning. Scattered showers will begin to work over the western half of the state later Friday morning into the afternoon and then eastern areas late Friday afternoon. && .GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && $$ SYNOPSIS.......Skowronski SHORT TERM.....Skowronski LONG TERM......Eckberg AVIATION.......TDH


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MAHOMET — Voters opted for both stability and change on Tuesday, as they returned three incumbent village trustees to their seats, but defeated the current village president in a decisive 78 percent to 22 percent vote.
Village Trustee Patrick J. Brown defeated two-term incumbent Debra Braunig, who has served as village president since 2005.
Brown made infrastructure maintenance — particularly streets — a focus of his campaign, while Braunig emphasized her record of encouraging economic development.
Brown said he knocked on "nearly 1,200 doors" during the run-up to the election. "The biggest thing on everybody's mind is roads, especially in (downtown) Mahomet," he said.
But he added that this doesn't mean voters want to put economic development on the back burner.
In a statement early Wednesday morning, Braunig said, "I congratulate Patrick on his victory. It's been an honor to serve the community as mayor these last eight years. I'm deeply grateful to all those who faithfully and prayerfully support me."


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The smack head ridden, flea bitten, scum bag rotten core of an otherwise fairly nice Llansamlet area. Trallwn is known for "Scruffy Mush Heads" look like they all rape their own grandmothers. - All women over 30 have a "Cat bum mouth" (u know a granny smack head mouth with all wrinkles around it) and have crusty knickers stuck up their ass. - they must shop at annorexic-mart or something to find a pair of jeans that can be that tight to a pair or smack head twig legs. Boo for trallwn, it sure it shit.
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The 2005 PGA Tour season is winding down in a hurry. There are only three more events before the season-ending Tour Championship, so golfers will be trying to finish strong in hopes of qualifying. The top 30 on the PGA Tour money list will get the opportunity to play in the Tour Championship, and there are a lot of golfers on the "bubble."
October, 2005
Sorenstam, Creamer and Wie Battle at Bighorn
Both Annika Sorenstam and Paula Creamer may have to wave big flags or knock down photographers just to get some of the attention that will be showered upon Michelle Wie as she competes in her first tournament since turning professional this past week.
The Full Monty
WGC-American Express Championship was an awesome event for golf! The last man standing was the best golfer in the world, Tiger Woods. Tiger defeated John Daly in a playoff after Daly three-putted from 15 feet. It was great to see two fan favorites battle it out until the very end, and it was great to see John Daly play so well alongside the big guns in the sport. Unfortunately for Big John, he three-putted twice in his last four holes to give the event to Mr. Woods. The victory was Tiger's tenth in his World Golf Championship career.
Wie's Impact on Business Not Wee
As expected, Michelle Wie celebrated her 16th birthday last week by turning pro and becoming part of Nike's stable of staff professionals. This is the most celebrated signing of a teenager with no official playing status on any of the world's tours since Ty Tryon inked a deal with Callaway Golf in 2001.
Wie's potential - and solid results in LPGA and PGA Tour events - suggests she won't be ending up on the mini-tours like Tryon. But what does the near future hold for Wie, and what is the ripple effect that is being felt throughout the equipment industry?
Volume Thirty
Well, it's almost upon us. The pinnacle of my golf season will arrive on Saturday. It's the point in my year where I must summon the golf gods and hope that they cast good fortunes my way. That's right, it's almost time for the Newport Cup. It should be a ton of fun. Hopefully all the rust and dust that has gathered will be forgotten when I take my first swing.
I'm sure there will be updates, but for now, here's the links. Oh, and don't forget to root for the red team!
Woods Shows Wie the Way to Winning
Five days after Michelle Wie turns pro, Tiger Woods shows her the way to true fame, admiration, and status: by winning golf tournaments. The youngster has won but one major competition - the 2003 U.S. Women's Public Links Championship - to go along with several disappointing finishes in LPGA events and missed cuts on the PGA Tour.
Tiger, who with this win has taken more than half of the WGC events (10 of 19) and four WGC-AmEx championships, seizes career victory number 46 and puts himself in a place where he can record the all-time season high in earnings with a win at the Tour Championship. If he wins, his $11.13M will top Vijay Singh's $10.9M 2004 season.
Perrot Perseveres at Longs Drugs Challenge
A one-stroke victory over South Korean Hee-Won Han was all Nicole Perrot needed yesterday to secure her first win on the LPGA Tour. Nerves were rattling as the three-stroke lead Perrot had heading into the final round swiftly faded with multiple bogeys on the front nine of the 6,204-yard Ridge Golf Course.
As Perrot's lead was slipping Han threw out birdies on holes five, six and seven showing the 21-year-old Chilean that she was ready for a good challenge. But golf is an unusual game. You can't tell who the winner will be until the final putt rolls into the 18th hole. So goes the story of Perrot and Han. After her early back-to-back birdies Han recorded pars on her final eleven holes. Perrot battled back with three final birdies, enough to stop last week's Office Depot winner from claiming a victory just one week after securing the trophy at the Office Depot Champioonship.
Gordon Seliga, Golf Course Superintendent
Professional golfers get all the glory. They are the ones written about and watched weekly on television. We know their names, their stats, their ups and downs. But what about the people who operate behind the scenes? It's not often that we get a peek into the daily lives of those who have chosen a career in the golf industry.
This interview column is dedicated to the people who grind it out daily but not necessarily out of a sand trap. Whether it be a course superintendent of a local country club or the head of a major corporation I hope to be able to delve into the lives of those who make a difference but are rarely in the public eye.
This week's interview is with Gordon Seliga, Golf Course Superintendent of Lake View Country Club. Enjoy!
Speeding Up Play, Part 2 of 2
Last week, we examined five ways to speed up play. This week, we're continuing the series with the second of two parts on picking up the pace.
As we said last week, a round of golf should not take five hours to complete, despite what you may tell your significant others. This week's top five list: five more ways to speed up play.


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Friday, the 10th of September 2010. One of the last sunny beach weekends. There's only a short time left before going back to the routine of studying and working. You have to make the most of the holidays! What else could be better than doing it in this beautiful little village of the catalan, Costa Brava.1 4 Share Tweet


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'Peter and the Wolf' with Antony Tudor's Little Improvisations - Florence Gould Hall
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Description: "Peter and the Wolf" brings to life the story of a young boy who finds himself confronted with a difficult problem: how to save the animals surrounding his grandfather's estate from the clutches of a wolf. Prokofiev created "Peter and the Wolf" with the intention of educating children about musical instruments; each animal in the story is musically represented by a different instrument or instrumental family. It is a timeless children's classic. The opening show at New York City's Florence Gould Hall will be May 25 at 1pm with additional shows on May 26.


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July 13, 2007 By News Report
"Electronic commerce has provided a significant engine for the growth of the global economy and has sparked the delivery of a multitude of innovative products and services," said Ken Wasch, president of SIIA. "These developments reflect the unique nature of the Internet, which has allowed creativity, ingenuity and entrepreneurship to flourish."
Wasch continued, "It's no surprise to see Google rank as the most important eCommerce development in the last 10 years. But the list also includes several eCommerce tools that have become so commonplace, we almost forget they didn't exist 10 years ago. Ubiquitous broadband access, extensive Wi-Fi connectivity and access to open standards are simply fundamental to eCommerce today. The list also recognizes more recent developments -- such as iTunes and user-generated content -- which are in the process of dramatically transforming the way we work and live."
SIIA's Top Ten Most Significant eCommerce Developments of the Last 10 Years:
1. Google (Sept. 1998): Google did more to fundamentally change the way we use the Internet than any other event in the last 10 years. The simple search engine that began with a couple of smart guys is now used by 30% of Internet users to help find precisely what we're looking for online, map our world, create simple yet highly targeted advertisements and much more. Americans conducted 6.9 billion searches online in February 2007 and nearly half of those were on Google.
3. eBay Auctions (Launched Sept. 1997): eBay showed us that the Internet could be used to reach massive national -- and even global -- markets better and faster than ever before. The launch empowered hundreds of thousands of power sellers to quit their day jobs and work exclusively online. Individuals could also compete directly with each other in ways unimaginable in a physical market.
4. Amazon.com (IPO May 1997): Amazon showed the world what an online store would look like and made online shopping popular through its ease of use and wide selection. Amazon's public offering told the world that online commerce is legitimate and here to stay. It signaled the increasingly important role that eCommerce would play in the American economy.
5. Google Ad Words (2000) Key word advertising has become the biggest online advertising vehicle, representing 40 percent of that market and $6.8 billion in revenue. Keyword ads are the simplest and most cost-effective mechanism to reach targeted audiences, affordable to even the smallest business.
6. Open Standards (HTML 4.0 released -- 1997): The standards for the web embodied in HTML are overseen by the World Wide Web Consortium, which is not controlled by any company or government. The formats are open, well documented and designed to work with different software and hardware. It has probably been the most influential and important data standard in the history of publishing. Open standards can grow an entire industry, leaving more room and more opportunity for everyone.


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July 1, 2010
About Damn Time
Plus: PS1′s Warm Up lineup (finally) announced, also pretty decent as far as I'm concerned…
July 1, 2010
The most obscenely hipster shit ever:
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May 31, 2010
Bike porn from the book Velo: Bicycle Culture and Design and Bespoke: The Handbuilt Bicycle.
Via Designboom, Coolhunting, PSFK, DB again & Gestalten; click image for original source.
Much more after the jump: Read the rest of this entry »
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May 23, 2010
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May 20, 2010
When we think of still lifes, we think of paintings that have a certain atmosphere or ambience. My still life paintings have none of those qualities, they just have pictures of certain things that are in a still life, like lemons and grapefruits and so forth. It's not meant to have the usual still life meaning.
–Roy Lichtenstein.
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May 4, 2010
More on the Images (below), as well as several new ones; as always, too much, too much. But seriously, how often do you see something like this.
First of all, the Henri Cartier-Bresson exhibit at MoMA is really quite remarkable, and I echo Kottke's rave review (he mentions the image above, which was the first of many that caught my eye).
What he excelled at was seeing things in a different way from most other people.
–A Father of Modern Photography: A Hunter and His Prey, The Economist, April 15 2010
The retrospective has a personal resonance on several levels: I've become increasingly interested in photography, journalism and photojournalism in the past couple years; his photographs of early and mid-century China are vaguely nostalgic (probably because I recently spent a couple months living in Beijing with my grandparents, who lived through it); and I recognized HCB's portrait of Sartre from a book cover.
Jean-Paul Sartre
Discovered while eating a turkey hoagie and contemplating the meaning of life at a roadside stand. Also, admit it: he's cute as a goddamn bug!
–Mike Sacks, Famous Philosophers and How They Were First Discovered,
McSweeney's, May 2010
(More on HCB at Vanity Fair via 3qd.)
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Liu Bolin at Eli Klein: an excellent show despite the blue-chippy crowd at the opening. It might be more of the same and it probably has a certain loaded cultural content that can only be appreciated as someone who has recently spent time in China, but I would still say that the pieces in On Fire are visually compelling even without the political subtext.
His works have been communicated via emails, blogs, magazines and journals on a massive scale.
Liu Bolin's earlier Hiding in the City photography series, in which he paints himself into the urban landscape, was inspired by the Chinese government's demolition of the Suo Jiacun Artist Village in Beijing in 2006. He drew attention to great landmarks in China, both old and modern, while highlighting the lack of recognition which was paid to the citizens that built them. He portrayed the tragedy of the increasing insignificance of the individual in China as the government focused on presenting a modern commercial and industrial image. Rather than trying to fight, people attempted to hide and adapt to these forced changes.
–Liu Bolin's On Fire press release & additional images via Eli Klein.
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索家村 – Suo Jiacun [Artist's Village] (apparently, Liu Bolin reps it); 中国当代 – Contemporary China
折 – fold, discount, break, bend, snap, lose, roll over, convert, rebate, twist, double up, be convinced, turn back, turn over, lose money in business, change direction, be filled with admiration, suffer losses (Google Translate)
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I didn't make it to the Scott Campbell opening, but it made it into other "emails, blogs, magazines and journals on a massive scale": TBWE has a nice gallery of the work and the opening; OC has a gallery of the work itself; HB recap; Interview studio visit via HB; Terry stays relevant.
I did make it to Faile & BAST's DELUXX FLUXX NYC opening (after stopping by Liu Bolin), but my photos didn't turn out so well. Again, you can find more/better coverage elsewhere.
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The New York Times has an interesting article on the kind of organic art that is currently on display at the Museum of Arts and Design.
Of course, people have always used natural materials to make their art, for the simple reason that until recently nature was all they had, said Ellen Dissanayake, a scholar on the evolution of art [who notes that] from the beginning, art demanded transformation. "Even in hunter-gatherer societies, they tend to make their stuff look not organic," she said. "When they're painting, they'll use geometric shapes, make a row of triangles or circles, as though to show humans are more than nature."
As Ms. Dissanayake sees it, when people make art, or "artify," they follow several "aesthetic principles," whether they know it or not. "They simplify, repeat, exaggerate, elaborate and manipulate expectations," she said.
–Natalie Angier, Of Compost, Molecules and Insects, Art Is Born,
The New York Times, May 3 2010
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I didn't particularly regret missing the Shepard Fairey opening until I saw this:
More Shepard Fairey and many more after the jump… Read the rest of this entry »
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April 29, 2010
As with his entire body of work, Sartre's theory of imagination refers to—and, naturally, affirms—his ontology, in which he explores Husserl's tenet that "all consciousness is consciousness of something" in the context of the 'detotalized totality' of being-in-itself / being-for-itself dualism. Sartre postulates an admittedly underdeveloped notion of image consciousness in his early work The Imaginary (1940), though these writings are largely eclipsed by his later political [viz. Marxist] proclivities; nevertheless, his theory of imagination is a sufficient foundation of a phenomenological aesthetics.
Notably, Sartre implies that the imaginary (or 'irreal') has the same ontological import as the real: if the real is never beautiful, it is simply because beauty is, by definition, imaginary, where imagination is a permanent possibility of consciousness. A painting, photograph, film, song, performance, etc., necessarily transcends perception—i.e. consciousness of oil on canvas, ink on paper, a projection, an actor, etc.—as an object of image consciousness, which overflows with the meaning of the portrait (etc.): a particular arrangement of brushstrokes or sounds immediately presents itself to consciousness as an image or melody. The abstract, then, is that which escapes us in experience qua perception; colors transcend pigment to conjure mood or geometry.
Hence, Images (in no particular order):
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April 17, 2010
Jonathan Jones on Google Images as an art critic:
Green's point is that Google has its own insidious "number one" works by these artists, which are automatically determined by the number of hits. But even if they are, does it matter?
It's hard to argue, critically, with some of Google's choices. Any picture researcher at an encyclopedia would be likely to go with Impression, Sunrise to illustrate Monet, or the aerial photo of Spiral Jetty to embellish Robert Smithson.
-Jonathan Jones, Can Google Gauge the Greatest Art?, The Guardian, April 12 2010
April 14, 2010
Too much, too much—
Exit Through the Gift Shop premiere in L.A. I missed it in NYC… guess I'll have to throw down $12.50 to see it at the Sunshine. (AM)
NYT's review speculates about some kind of deeper meaning; NYMag's interview with the Thierry Guetta aka Mr. Brainwash yields no answers whatsoever. UPDATE: Jon Reiss reviews Exit for HuffPo; GOOD has another bizarre interview with the filmmaker.
(Meta Alert) A sneak preview into the sequel, Exit Through the Garage Door. (SlamxHype)
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I Love Graffiti has a decent, if somewhat lengthy, interview with Os Gêmeos; worth checking out the photos for sure. (TBWE)
Apparently, the Brazilian twins' awesome mural at Houston and Bowery is no longer: Animal reports that Deitch Projects has buffed it to furnish a blank slate for Shepard Fairey.
Os Gêmeos were also featured on an episode of W+K's D.I.Y. America:
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UPDATE (4/15): Blek Le Rat studio teaser. (Wooster Collective)
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A nice interview with Serbian photographer Boogie. (True Slant)
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April 8, 2010
Pitchfork has just announced the final lineup for their wildly successful eponymous music festival, and it's pretty much an indie kid's dream come true: Liars, Wolf Parade, Major Lazer, Beach House, Why?, Big Boi, Robyn, and several other independent music luminaries will be playing across three days in Chicago come July, alongside previously-announced headliners Pavement, LCD Soundsystem and Modest Mouse… not to mention the likes of Broken Social Scene, Panda Bear, Raekwon, Titus Andronicus, Dâm-Funk, Sleigh Bells et al.
Liars stole the show in 2006—they're easily one of my favorite live acts—and Stephen Malkmus was a highlight in 2007, but Pitchfork has really outdone themselves for the fifth time around. Honestly, the lineup is basically too stacked at this point (if the previous run-on paragraph is any indication), an extreme case of 'festival oversaturation': there's simply no way that one would have the opportunity to see every single band he or she wanted to see.
Related: Liars, St. Vincent (also playing this festival this year) and 'fork fest veterans Os Mutantes covering INXS for Beck's Record Club (Stereogum); Awesome interview with Angus from Liars (Motherboard); LCD Soundsystem dates for what may or may not be a final tour (BV).
Shameless self-promotion, because it's been a while:
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April 7, 2010
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A 14-year-old girl was held against her will for nearly a week, during which time she was beaten, forced to perform sex acts and made to take drugs, authorities said.
Lacey Cheree Dronet, 30, 4520 W. Quail Hollow Drive, was arrested Friday and charged with second-degree kidnapping, molestation of a juvenile, four counts of cruelty to a juvenile and drug distribution to a minor.
While staying at a family member's house, the 14-year-old girl willingly went with Dronet on July 12, but Dronet then refused to allow her to go home, said Kim Myers, Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office spokeswoman.
Dronet did not let the girl return home until July 18, when an acquaintance of Dronet's learned detectives were looking for the girl and took her home, Myers said.
Sheriff Tony Mancuso said detectives believed the girl was with Dronet.
"It just became a very bad, volatile situation," he said. "We were very concerned about it. We're glad she's OK, but certainly she was sexually assaulted, among all the other things that happened to her."
Dronet "had inappropriate sexual contact with the victim and also provided and encouraged her to use cocaine and methamphetamine," Myers said.
Dronet denied the girl's requests to return home and to use the phone, Myers said.
The victim tried to leave, but Dronet grabbed her by the hair and threw her to the floor, Myers said.
Dronet also punched the girl in the face, causing bruising and swelling to her left eye; choked her, leaving red marks on both sides of her throat; bit her on the face; hit her and slapped her on the legs, leaving a bruise in the shape of a handprint; and held a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her, Myers said.
Dronet took the girl to at least five locations in Calcasieu Parish against her will, Myers said.
"It really is disheartening that we have people in society that are capable of doing these things, but unfortunately we do," Mancuso said.
Judge David Ritchie set Dronet's bond at $650,000.
Mancuso said more arrests aren't expected.
In March 2005, Dronet pleaded guilty to possession of hydrocodone and was sentenced to two years' probation, according to court documents.
Dronet was brought back before the court in June 2005 on charges of violating probation when she was arrested in Hill County, Texas, and charged with assault causing bodily injury. She was in Texas without the permission of her probation officer.
She also failed to file monthly supervision reports or make payments toward probation supervision fees. However, after two years serving probation, she received an automatic first-offender pardon in December 2007.
The sheriff cautioned parents "when you entrust people with your kids, all I can say — not as sheriff but as a dad — make sure you know who your kids are going with and trust that they are going to take the same amount of care that you are going to take with them.
"Unfortunately sometimes we think that and believe that, and unfortunately we don't know people as well as we (think) and that's scary."
Mancuso said he didn't say that to blame the girl's parents, but "as a safety measure so maybe we can prevent this from happening again."


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It's a song we sing at church every once in awhile. And it's a song that I simply cannot sing without crying. The words are so simple but there is so much beautiful powerful in them. And whether you believe in God or not, the words are so true because they apply to each & every one of us…
Because I have been given much, I too must give.
Because of thy great bounty, Lord each day I live.
I shall divide my gifts from thee with every brother that I see,
who has the need of help from me.
Because I have been sheltered, fed by thy good care…
I cannot see another's lack and I not share-
my glowing fire, my loaf of bread-my roof's safe shelter over head,
that he too may be comforted.
At this time of year, it's easy to look around us and see how blessed we are. It's also easy to look around at those around us & see that there are people who are struggling. Family illnesses, home foreclosures, people losing their jobs, those without the means to provide basic needs for their families. Life.is.HARD.
I am going to share a story with you about a family who needs some extra help at this particular time in their lives…
Cristian is a 7 year old boy-currently he's in the second grade at school. On October 1st Cristian was complaining of pain in his right foot. As the days progressed his foot started hurting more and more, by Wednesday October 5th, Cristian woke up unable to walk & unable to use his right side. That morning his parents took him to his doctor for a check up. The Doctor sent him to the emergency room & later that day they diagnosed him with a brain tumor on his left side. They soon discovered that the tumor was the size of an orange. He was flown to the Oakland Children's Hospital where he underwent an 8 hour surgery to remove the tumor. After the surgery Cris recovered well….and as his family was eagerly waiting to hear from the doctor regarding the results from the tumor. On October 14, they were given the bad news that Cristian's Tumor was malignant and that we would have to do Chemotherapy for four rounds along with a bone marrow transplant & radiation.
As if this wasn't already a hard enough time for little Cris & his family, his father was laid off from his job at the same time. Their family has six children to care for along with heaps of medical bills.
I'm hoping that you can see all that you've been given in your life & recognize how much others can benefit from your small contribution. Because we have been given so much in our lives, I really believe that we need to give to others & help those who have needs greater than our own.
Although our lives & the trials we are given are uncertain, there is one thing that is for sure: that there are wonderful people out there who are willing to help…and I hope you are one of those types of people!
I am holding a fundraiser for sweet family-100% of the money raised will go to this family to help them in this time of their lives. Thanks to my friend Liz for donating the lovely merry-go-round photograph. The other photographs are ones I took while traveling in Europe. Each photograph that you purchase will be emailed to you in a high resolution format. The photograph is then yours to print, frame, give as a gift, use for Christmas cards, use as a desktop photo, etc. The photograph you are emailed will not have my watermark on the image. ALL the proceeds will go to Cris' family to help pay for his medical bills & to help them get back on their feet.
Here's hoping that you can see another's need & share what YOU can with this family. Thanks in advance for helping this sweet family in their time of need. Merry Christmas to each of you!
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- T.J. Simers likes Lane Kiffin.
- ESPN Pac-10 blogger Ted Miller sensed confidence from Kiffin.
- CBSSports.com's Dennis Dodd found the coach to be positive.
- LA Times' Bill Plaschke finds Kiffin unworried about his public persona.
- Times Trojan beat writer Gary Klein found Matt Barkley self-assured.
- The OC register dug into the mystery of Coach Kiffin.
- Scott Wolf breaks down the media's perception of USC.
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