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Thousands of American soldiers are returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. We may wonder what they saw, what they did and how their war experience has affected them as they return to civilian life. These are the questions posed by an artist's billboard appearing in Albany featuring the photograph "Soldier Williams 396 Days in Iraq."
The national Veteran's Day holiday was established to invite us as a nation to contemplate "the cost of war" and to "honor the cause of peace." To that end, The Sanctuary for Independent Media sponsored a number of events beginning with the mounting of a "soldiers face" billboard on the west side of I-787 near the Port of Albany/South Pearl Street exit, part of a national campaign by internationally-recognized photographer Suzanne Opton.
Your videos can be used to build and strengthen communities! Learn how to take your finished work and strategically distribute it on the internet. We will post videos from Community Digital Storytelling Lab to the internet, demonstrating technical process and illustrating audience targets and social networking. If you have a video to post on-line, or are thinking about making one, this workshop is for you!
Our Fall 2009 season has come to a close, and we'd like to thank everyone who presented, performed, played, spoke, shared media and art, and participated in our events in any way. Special thanks to volunteers, interns, and all-around Sanctuary heroes who helped make everything happen behind the scenes, behind the cameras, and below the Sanctuary space, at computers, video and audio controls downstairs.
We're actively planning the upcoming Spring 2010 season, which will start in February. If you'd like to receive a paper schedule of events, please send us your name, address, and email address using the "Contact" form linked above.
For the opening of the Fall '09 season Troy-based artist Sara Worden brought her Vertical Mushroom Gallery to The Sanctuary for Independent Media.
Folks came to watch these mushrooms grow, and learn more about permaculture in urban environments! Check out photos from the opening on Sept. 26, 2009, when permaculture and art friends stopped by to share Kombucha (homemade fermented iced-tea) and conversation in the Wish Garden in front of the Sanctuary.
Installed by Sara Worden and Jack Magai.
Our "Be the Media" workshop series provides local artists, producers, and citizen journalists with opportunities to acquire and improve the skills necessary for successful and powerful independent media-making. We offer an interdisciplinary approach to diverse media arts practices with new technologies, with core focus on creative practice and artistry.
October 4 Digital Preservation
with Nan Ruben
October 17-18 "Community Media" Quilts Project
It's not all electronic! Share in a collective celebration of the history of community media with this quilt-making workshop. Bring your community media t-shirts that you cherish, but no longer wear, and we will add them to our quilt. Whether you are an experienced quilter and/or sewer, or someone whose always wanted to participate, join us! The final quilt will be auctioned in the Spring '10 season as part of our upcoming 5th Anniversary Celebration...
October 25 1-5pm Community Digital Storytelling
This two-part workshop is aimed at organizations and citizens from the regional community, to get their stories heard!
Get ready for the Fall 2009 production season at The Sanctuary for Independent Media!
Featuring a wide-ranging schedule of activist writers and poets, photographers and filmmakers, multi-media artists and musicians, join diverse communities networking through creative action! Share in the fun with Mike Bonanno of the Yes Men!, get inspired with Kathy Kelly and Voices for Creative Nonviolence, and join in the critical discourse...
Send us your address; we'll mail our upcoming Fall 2009 season brochure! You can also sign up (above right) for email updates by joining our announcement list!
The Spring 2009 production season at The Sanctuary for Independent Media that began on February 14 concluded on June 6, featuring a wide-ranging schedule of activist writers, poets, filmmakers, and musicians. Join our mailing list, and we'll let you know when we start back up again in September!
The Sanctuary for Independent Media is a community media production center located in an historic former church in Troy, NY. The venue is an intimate and acoustically excellent space which seats about 150. The Sanctuary hosts screening, production and performance facilities, training in media production and a meeting space for artists, activists and independent media makers of all kinds.
By Tom Keyser
Robert Hillary King spent nearly three decades in solitary confinement at the notorious Angola state prison in Louisiana. As a member of the Black Panther Party, he and two party members became nationally known as the Angola 3 — political prisoners who spent decades in solitary confinement for, they contend, organizing prisoners to improve conditions.
King, 66, will speak Friday at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy in support of his book, "From the Bottom of the Heap: The Autobiography of Black Panther Robert Hillary King" (PM Press, 224 pages, $24.95).
After becoming a Black Panther in prison and organizing inmates, according to the book's dust jacket, "prison authorities beat him, starved him and gave him life without parole after framing him for a second crime. He was thrown into solitary confinement, where he remained in a 6-by-9-foot cell for 29 years as one of the Angola 3. In 2001, the state grudgingly acknowledged his innocence and set him free."
By Danielle Furfaro
The three Iraqi teenage girls show up at the library wearing red and black. The red, they explain, symbolizes the blood of dead Iraqis. The black represents the tears and sadness of their country.
Shahad Jassim, 18, Wead Jassim, 16, and Tethkar Ahmad, 15, are refugees.
They fled their war-torn country with their families within the past two years. They fled the scourge of dead bodies in the streets and bombed-out buildings. They fled what they felt would be their own certain deaths.
Now living in Albany, they aim to use art to educate the world about atrocities happening in Iraq and to express their hopes for peace. When they speak about their homeland, they can't help but cry. Their art gives them a voice, and it seems to help. At least a little.
'Upstate Girl' finds voice in photography
By Bob Goepfert The Record
Brenda Ann Kenneally has an addictive personality. That addiction has produced "Upstate Girls: What Became of the Collar City," which opens Saturday at the Sanctuary for Independent Media, 3361 Sixth Ave. in Lansingburgh. It is a photographic study of six young women living in North Troy. The images are stark, real and disturbing as they chronicle the lives of the powerless and disenfranchised. Though fraught with social, political and economic implications, the images are visually hypnotizing as they capture the lives of innocence lost.
Kenneally refers to herself as New York Times Magazine's "photographer of choice when it comes to capturing images of kids living in poverty." Her first assignment for the magazine was in 2003 when she was asked to supply pictures for a series written by her friend Adrian Nicole Leblanc titled "Random Family." It was a work about neglected, unsupervised kids living on the streets of New York City. Her work was so successful, in 2006, the Times sent her to New Orleans to portray the plight of displaced children trying to survive after Katrina. An entire issue of the New York Times Magazine was devoted to that work.


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A 70-year-old motorcyclist is in a seriously condition at Southmead Hospital Bristol after a crash at Ashton Keynes on Friday, June 28.
His Yamaha bike collided with a Nissan X-Trail on the B4696 at the junction with High Road around 10.45am.
Police describe his injuries as life-changing.
His pillion passenger, a woman aged 69, suffered a suspected broken wrist and ankle and was taken to hospital by ambulance.
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Meet our Neighborhood Team Leaders- Campus Edition
Here in Iowa, we are so lucky to so many talented and committed Neighborhood Team Leaders who are fired up and ready to go! Our Neighborhood Team Leaders and volunteers are what makes our campaign so special. This week we wanted to feature some of our youngest volunteers that are paving the way to victory in November, Campus Neighborhood Team Leaders
Monika Sehic, University of Iowa
Monika Sehic is a campus team leader at the university of Iowa and has poured every ounce of her being into this campaign since late June. She came to this country from Croatia when she was 13 months old, and believes that this country was built on the simple promise that hard work pays off. Despite working two jobs and taking a full load of classes, she is out in the field everyday- registering students and spreading the word about the President's vision for our nation.
Matt Van Hoeck, Drake University
Since joining us in June, Matt has been a tremendous asset to Polk County, and to me. There's always a moment when an obstacle is encountered where things just sort of hang in the air before the next step is determined. Matt rolls through that moment with every problem he encounters and moves right on to evaluating solutions and executing a plan.It's not surprising that he already has a strong core team and a full calendar of events. We're lucky to have such a dedicated organizer focusing on Drake"
Alyssa Gomez
"She talked about how she was from Chicago and how she loved the President was standing up for her - as a Latino, as a woman, as a college student. In 2008 she was still in Chicago and made it down to Grant Park for the rally on Election Night. Alyssa is committed, persistent, outgoing, and a consistent member of the team we've had on campus. I have absolutely no doubt that she'll do amazing work with me and the other off-campus team members to make the University of Iowa go bluer than it ever has before. "
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The premier hotel in a historical town. Built in 1870 it was completely renovated in 2000, and refurbished into 9 most exquisite and spacious accommodations. In August of 2008 we have added on a new extension with 6 more rooms and a brand new Penthouse Suite. Whether your travel is for business or for pleasure you will enjoy the refreshing salt air and the charm of historic Ocean Grove. We sit proudly on the first beach block and regardless of the season or the weather it allows you to sink into a state of relaxation that is therapy both to the mind and body. Enjoy the refreshing salt air from our spacious front porch or rock yourself to sleep on our second floor balcony.
3.6 on July 10, 2017
Rooms are nice with beautiful ocean views. Situated just a couple blocks from the Ocean Grove shops and restaurants and a short walk to neighboring towns for more restaurants and nightlife. We did not try the onsite restaurant.
4.4 on April 27, 2017
The setting and food were exceptional. The room was beautiful. Would love to return during summer months.
5 on February 16, 2017
The Majestic Hotel is really Outstanding. From when you first enter until you leave the rooms, service, value, cleanliness, and dining are just outstanding.
5 on December 22, 2016
We stayed here as a group in the beginning of December. Our group had 6 couples who went away as a marriage group wanting to enhance and refresh our marriages. This trip certainly did the job well. Reservations were made overnight and our group needed rooms and a speaking area for a small group conference that we had for our couples. The dining area was offered to us and set up in tables for two with a table in front of the room for our guest speakers and a table in the back for our lunch. A restaurant was suggested for ordering food for our group, which was delicious and raved about by our group. The hotel staff was very friendly, helpful and completely professional. I personally, felt like family. Bob, the hotel manager was by far, hands down one of the best, if not, the best inn-keeper I have been in contact with. His genuine kindness and warmth has made myself and others want to return to this B&B very soon. The hotel was set up for Christmas with lights and decorations. It really got us into the holiday spirit. Our entire group was impressed with the look of the hotel and how much help we received while staying here. I stayed in a Deluxe room, which was very spacious and romantic. The sea views from our rooms were awesome. If you do not have a sea view, you are able to choose from any of the porched in areas to sit, scope, or just take a breath of air. The beach is literally, right outside the hotel, it takes about a minute to walk to. The street location of the hotel has a small-town feel with shops and specialty restaurants within minutes from the hotel. We walked up and down the street the night we arrived and fell in love with the town and its local residents. My husband told me a week later he was ready to go back. Thank you so much, Bob and staff for a wonderful stay. We look forward to a future visit!
4.8 on October 13, 2016
My family of 5 stayed at the Majestic over Columbus Day weekend, it was a great weekend. I would recommend this bed and breakfast to all.
4.2 on October 07, 2016
Had a girlfriend overnight getaway at th Majestic. There was a leak in our room before we arrived so we were upgraded to another room. Later that night there was an issue with the toilet so we were given the key to another empty room on our floor so we could use the bathroom there. We were offered another room but there were no available rooms with 2 beds available. The next morning, the manager was so apologetic and nice. He refunded our room fee and extended our checkout time 3 hours. The Majestic is a half a block from the beach, very clean with extremely comfortable beds and a good breakfast. I would definitely go back!
3.6 on October 02, 2016
The property was lovely. Could see the ocean from the various porches and balconies. #4 Room was clean and cozy. Great location. Walking distance to Asbury park. Memorable experience!
4.4 on October 01, 2016
Very happy with our room...very clean, extremely comfortable bed and pillows, large bathroom, nice little kitchenette with table and chairs...on the first floor room. Bob and the staff helped my husband (he has bad knees) on the elevator promptly as soon as he wanted to go out! We enjoyed the nice front porch with the beautiful view of the ocean! And a short half block walk to the beach. And down the street from cute shops and restaurants! Highly recommend!!
5 on September 27, 2016
Lovely restored old hotel with nicely appointed guest rooms, comfortable ground floor lobby with overstuffed chairs and a beautiful balcony with view of the ocean. Local ownership, on site, to handle any issues promptly and courteously.
3.4 on September 26, 2016
Stayed for two days at the Majestic Hotel. Very friendly service, atmosphere and decor had its little charms, private and overall quiet space. Private balcony was a nice addition. Rooms were clean and well presented. Temperature inside hotel was very humid and it was already hot out- but all rooms were provided with a fan and air conditioner. Breakfast was on the average side. Seemed like they would quickly run out of pastries, would put out the same old pastries and food from the day before, but it is a continental breakfast after all. If this hotel would put more effort into providing a nicer homemade breakfast, perhaps they would get more customers? For the price you pay, you should expect a nicer food selection.
With the ocean but a "stones throw away" this spacious room offers a relaxing sitting area where you can lounge with a book and glance out the window at the ocean and feel it's magical power. This accommodation boasts an exquisite antique claw four poster queen bed, dressed with rich fabrics that pamper you like royalty. An eat-in kitchenette to accommodate your affternoon ccravings and personal marble tile bathroom with bathroom and shower leaves you no reason to be bothered with life outside!
This charming room is furnished with two full sized beds, a kitchenette and a private marble tile bathroom with tub and shower. Enjoy a good book, or snuggle up and watch a movie from our library. Our second floor porch is the only other place you need to wander while you unwind.
This quiet room is furnished with two full sized beds, perfect for multiple guests. the room offers a kitchenette private marble tile bathroom with tub and shower make it the perfect oasis to escape the spin of today's fast paced world. Our private guest-only second porch is yours to enjoy the fresh ocean air.
Our newly constructed, contemporary accommodations feature exquisite modern-style decor, rich wood textures, paste colors and elegant linens. Enjoy a relaxing ocean-view from your private balcony.
With an exquisite view of the ocean from your balcony this room offers French provincial furnishings with a king size bed. Occupying the turret of the building you are spoiled with a relaxing seating alcove furnished with a chaise lounge and armchair that snuggle you with a 180 degree view of the Atlantic Ocean and Main St., Ocean Grove. Its' private marble tile bathroom equipped with Jacuzzi tub and shower allows you to soak yourelf in relaxation until you reach that point when a nice evening beverage and snack from your own kitchenette has been well earned.
Hidden away at the top of the building this room is delightful and quiet. With its' traditional four poster canopy bed, adjustable sofa and period furnishings, this room is designed to deliver the comfort of a home away frm home. Your own kitchenette and marble tile bathroom with tub and shower allows you the opportunity to take a break from the outside world.
Our newly constructed, contemporary accommodations feature exquisite modern-style decor, rich wood textures, paste colors and elegant linens. Enjoy a relaxing ocean-view from your private balcony.
Our newly constructed, contemporary accommodations feature exquisite modern-style decor, rich wood textures, paste colors and elegant linens. Enjoy a relaxing ocean-view from your private balcony.
A spacious and comfortable room located on the first floor and furnished with a queen and twin bed to accommodate the variety of guests and parties that visit us. While it functions as a regular room it is dual designed to accommodate our physically challenged ustomers. This room is equipped with an eat in kitcchen and a private marble tile bathroom with tub and shower.
Treat yourself to the luxurious surroundings and furnishings in our well appointed Penthouse Suite. Located on the top floor of The Majestic Hotel just a few steps away from the widows walk which offers 360 degee panoramic views of Ocean Grove, this suite offers a private living room with a flat screen TV and ice machine. The king size bedroom features a flat screen TV, two person jacuzzi tub, separate tiled shower and a third flat screen TV. A private balcony is available from both the kitchenette and the bedroom to enjoy the fresh ocean air.
Our newly constructed, contemporary accommodations feature exquisite modern-style decor, rich wood textures, pastel colors and elegant linens.
Our newly constructed, contemporary accommodations feature exquisite modern-style decor, rich wood textures, paste colors and elegant linens. Enjoy a relaxing ocean-view from your private balcony.
This elegant and romatic ocean view jewel ofers an exquisite turn of the century antique king size bed and complimenting furnishings. In its' wonderful sitting area you can choose to laze the day away while you view the ocean to the left and the sunset to the right. Alternatively you may choose to experience it live from your balconoy that affords panoramic exposure to the ocean combined with the activity of the main thoroughfare of Ocean Grove. Equipped with a kitchenette to chill your beverage of choice and a private marble tile bathroom with Jacuzzi tub and shower, romance presents itself without you having to make an effort.
An inviting room with traditional pine and wicker furnishings. Adequate lounging armchairs for you and your significant other to catch up on quality time. And if you need to see the ocean, our guest only porch is a few steps away. This room gives you your own kitchenette and private marble tile bathroom with tub and shower.
Our newly constructed, contemporary accommodations feature exquisite modern-style decor, rich wood textures, pastel colors and elegant linens.
This elegant and light filled room is furnished with an antique queen sleigh bed and fine antique Asian furnishings. The room is tastefully appointed with an eat-in kitchenette, for those romantic afternoon snacks. This room is also equipped with a private marble tile bathroom with tub and shower.
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Newark, NJ (EWR) 47 miles
From North Jersey/New York Garden State Parkway South to Exit 100B (Route 33 East.) **Take Route 33 East to the end, turn left onto Route 71( Main Street). Make a right at your 1st light on to Main Avenue. Take Main to the 1st beach block. The hotel is located on the left side on Main Avenue and Beach Avenue. From Trenton/Philadelphia New Jersey Turnpike (I-95) North to Exit 7A/I-95 East to Route 138 East to Route 18 North to Route 33 East. **See directions above.
Amusement Park, Antique Shopping, Art Galleries, Beach, Concert venue, Gourmet/Fine Dining, Historical interests, Live Music, Movie Theater, Museum, National/State parks, Ocean, Outlet Stores, Performing Theater, Picnic area, Religious Services
Board games, Computer, Conference Rooms, Copier, DVD Player, Fax Machine, Wedding Facilities , Discounted Beach Badges, Bia Restaurant, Ocean Grove Surf Shop, Beach Chairs & Towels
Air conditioning, Alarm clock, Amenities Basket, Bath robes, CD player, Ceiling fans, Coffee/Tea facilities, Desk, Fridge, Hairdryer, Hot tub/whirlpool tub, Internet Service, Ironing Board, Microwave, Radio, Satellite/Cable TV, TV, Telephone, VCR, Videos, Wi-Fi
Bicycle rental, Bicycles, Boating, Fishing, Golfing, Sailing, Shopping, Sight-seeing, Swimming, Tennis courts, Tennis racket rental, Water sports


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Canadian pop star Jonny Monroe Craig is all set to blaze the crowds with his next concert. The 27 year old artist has reached great heights of fame in a very short time span and has earned himself a dedicated and loyal fan following of millions all over the world. His concerts are always totally sold out and tickets for them are hard to get. So book your Jonny Craig Tickets beforehand and guarantee yourself an amazing and memorable time.
The talented singer and guitarist started his career in music very early at the age of 15. After auditioning for several bands and being rejected by all of them, Craig formed one on his own in 2000 by the name of Westerhalts. The following year he released his first ever song called 'Change, Leisure and Retirement' which unfortunately did not generate a big enough response to bring Craig into the spotlight.
However, in 2002 with a stroke of luck, Craig joined the pop punk band the Ghost Runner on Third as the lead singer. The band's debut EP called 'Speak Your Dreams' was released in 2005 which received positive reviews all over and brought Craig the much needed rise to fame. Allmusic praised Craig's talent by claiming him to be 'the band's secret weapon, a passionate vocalist. There's not a bad track to be found here, but Craig tends to outshine his band mates throughout'.
Later in 2007, the artist left the group and joined Dance Gavin Dance, which he also named himself. The band released an EP 'Whatever I Say is Royal Ocean' and two full length albums 'Downtown Battle Mountain', both all of which were widely appreciated. However, unfortunately his journey with the band was short-lived and he left in 2008.
Luckily for Craig, when he parted ways with Dance Gavin Dance, the band called A Skylit Drive was missing its lead singer. Craig gladly filled in and toured with the band, though the group made it pretty clear that this substitution was only temporary. Only two weeks after that, Craig joined Emarosa, another band lacking a lead singer in 2008. He released two albums with them namely 'Relativity' and 'Emarosa' in 2008 and 2010 respectively. During the same time, he also worked with Isles and Glaciers on their album 'The Hearts of Lonely People'.
Due to a surprising turn of events, in 2010 Dance Gavin Dance announced that it would be reuniting with Craig to work on an album. Together they came up with 'Downtown Battle Mountain II' in 2011 which did fairly well in the market. Meanwhile Craig had already started his solo music career in 2009 and had been successful in acquiring a distinct recognition of his own.
After working with several bands and gaining a lot of experience, Craig felt that he was now mature enough as a musician to work independently. He released his solo album 'A Dream Is a Question You Don't Know How to Answer' in 2009, 'Live at Bamboozle 2010' and recently 'The Blue Print for Going in Circles' this year. All his albums have been appreciated by both the fans and the critics and have successfully established Craig as a famous alternative rock, soul, and post-hardcore singer.
Moreover, Craig has recently revealed via his social media page that he will be releasing a solo EP comprising of seven songs in the coming future. All his fans can keep their fingers crossed for this one as it will surely be a treat for them and will not leave them disappointed. But until the EP is out, you can catch him live in concert by getting Jonny Craig Tickets now. Be sure to attend this one and be ready to be blown away by the maestro's dazzling performances.


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From: "Kristina Cameron" <>
Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] FLORENCE
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 10:49:51 +1200
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Hello Irene
I have Christian FLORENCE married to William TAIT Dec 1813 Culsamond, Abd
Do you have any information on this family?
They had 6 children including:
Isabella TAIT born abt 1830 Culsamond, ABD
Isabella TAIT had a child Jane Sutherland MORTIMER born 1849 Inverurie
(ILLEGITIMATE) father William MORTIMER occ police constable (on Janes
marriage certificate) born 1830 Oyne, Aberdeen.
(Jane Sutherland MORTIMER had a daughter Mary Christie Brown MORTIMER,
father unknown. Jane Sutherland MORTIMER then married David Balfour born
1841 Montrose, 26 April 1887, St Clements, Dundee. Jane died 08 Oct 1915,
269 Hilltown St Andrew, Dundee.)
David Balfour was firstly married to Betsy TULLY (my maternal line)
Isabella Tait married Archibald Esson born Sept 1823, Birse, Aberdeen.
Archibald's parents are James Esson and Jean Ross married 08 Dec 1808,
Birse. They had 7 children including Archibald.
Isabella Tait died 1898 and Archibald Esson died 1893 Banchory Ternan,
If anyone wants certificates etc please email me offline.
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Chicks Dig Comics: A Celebration of Comic Books by the Women Who Love Them (edition 2012)
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Why did I end up rating this volume so highly? It's not because the essays in themselves are particularly well-written or interesting, though a few are certainly excellent. It's more that the collection as a whole describes wonderfully a subculture seen (mostly) through the eyes of women who were and still are a minority in that field. When I was a kid, I was the only girl I knew who read Flash and Green Lantern comics faithfully, so I could relate to the stories of women who had the same interests in their youth and I felt quite nostalgic reading their essays. After many years of not reading comics, I am just starting to rediscover them.
This collection of essays has made me want to reread my favourites from my youth, fill the gaps in my comics knowledge by reading the significant ones I'd missed, and seek out the exciting new crop of comics being produced these days. After finishing Chicks Dig Comics, I went to my local library and spent an hour browsing the graphic novels shelves with much pleasure. I'm also excited about going to my first sci-fi convention in August and checking out the comics displays and merchandise. I guess that's why I gave this volume such a high rating. A book that makes you want to immediately go out and seek out more books is something special!
Mad Norwegian Press must be pretty pleased to have two books in the running for Best Related Work in this year's Hugos (the other being Chicks Unravel Time). It is less my cup of tea, to be honest; my knowledge of comics is rather inferior to my knowledge of Doctor Who, and this book is clearly for enthusiasts. (I was also a bit puzzled to find that the foreword is by a man, and there are two interviews with male creators, which seems to me to contaminate the "Chicks..." brand.)
However, there were some interesting pieces. Jennifer Margret Smith's very political chapter (see quote above) spoke to me, though, and I found the two chapters on cosplay.(by Erica McGillivray and Anika Milik) very informative (perhaps because the authors did not assume much familiarity with the subject from the readership). Other chapters recounting the authors' love for this or that character or author I generally skipped. There are also some interesting stories about being female in a social environment that is male and not free of misogyny - though perhaps fewer than I had expected. This is generally a feelgood book by and for those who have stayed the course.
I'm afraid this won't be at the top of my Hugo ballot, but it may not be at the bottom either.
Chicks Dig Comics and I am one of them. I only recently discovered the beauty and awesomeness that is the graphic novel, but now that I have I glory in it; as do the contributors to this wonderful anthology.
Part of a recent series of books dedicated to geek culture and the women who love it, Chicks Dig Comics is a collection of essays by female fans, writers, editors and authors. (There's a couple of interviews with male creators as well.) Like any essay anthology, some entries spoke to me more than others. Mutants by Marjorie M. Liu and The Captain in the Capitol: Invoking the Superhero in Daily Life by Jennifer Margaret combined to come closest to matching my own reasons for loving comics and superheros while Kelly Thompson's I Am Sisyphus, and I Am Happy highlighted some of the reasons that may have kept me from comics for so much of my life. But it wasn't only essays with which I personal experience with that spoke to me. Captain America's Next Top Model was a fun look at how a geeky fashionista (one of the last adjectives I would use to describe myself) combines her two loves. Perhaps the essay that stuck with me the most was co-editor Sigrid Ellis' Kitty Queer, describing how Chris Claremont and the X-Men helped her discover and accept her sexuality.
And it's not just superheros. "Sandman", "FELL", "Vampirella", and manga all get their due as do many other comics. In the end, what this collection really does is show that there are as many reasons to love comics as there are comic fans. The fact that these fans all happen to be women makes it a must-read for geek girls everywhere!
Originally posted at Girls Read Comics Too.
First off, a huge congratulations to Lynne M. Thomas and Sigrid Ellis, who managed to not just get together an impressive list of names, but also put each piece where it seemed to belong. There's an amazing range of talent here, and there's no denying that this book is what someone like me has needed for so long. I don't even enjoy non-fiction that much, and I read this in one sitting.
There's a great range of interests and pieces here. From interviews with Amanda Conner and Greg Rucka (yes, there are male contributors, and they are awesome) to wonderful pieces on creating comics, a journey into cosplay and everything in between, it feels like there's something for every comic book lover here. These women not only create and work with comics, but they love them, and you can see it with every word they write.
My favorite piece is Tammy Garrison's I'm Batman, where she doesn't apologize for how much of a dick Bruce Wayne is, but explains how he can be inspiring in other ways. Anika Dane Milik's Captain America's Next Top Model, which talks about the art of stealth cosplay, is a favorite of mine. So is Jill Pantozzi's dissection of the Green Lantern corps and how it relates to comic fans, Sara Ryan's poignant comic panel vignettes, and Marjorie Liu's love for stories.
Every single piece is worth the read, and I'm so glad Chicks Dig Comics exists.
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Abundant Life Church of God
March 30: Friends and Family Picnic with Easter egg hunt, free hot dogs, games and inflatables, 3 p.m.
Location: 1210 Florence Road, Killeen.
Agape COGIC
March 31: Easter service, Elder Michael R. Johnson presents the Children of Distinction's "Will I Make It In?," 10:30 a.m.
Location: 3716-C E. Veterans Memorial Blvd., Killeen.
First Baptist Church of Trimmier
Sunday: Sanctuary Choir performing Easter musical during worship service, 10:45 a.m.
Location: 6405 Chaparral Road, Killeen. Contact: www.fbctrimmier.com or Facebook at FBC Trimmier.
First Presbyterian Church
Sunday: Palm Sunday service with Children's Palm Processional begins at 11 a.m.
Thursday: Maundy Thursday service with Holy Communion and Stripping of the Sanctuary starts at 7 p.m.
Friday: Good Friday, the sanctuary is open for prayer from noon to 3 p.m.
March 31: Easter Sunday sunrise service is at 7 a.m. Breakfast is after sunrise service. Easter egg hunt will be held after the 11 a.m. service.
First United Methodist Church
Sunday: Palm Sunday worship services, 7:45, 9:30 and 11 a.m.
Sunday: Re-enactment Jerusalem at the time of Christ, 5 to 7 p.m. Passion play portion, 6:30 to 7 p.m. Jerusalem will be held at Methodist park, corner of Cunningham and Elms Roads. Admission is a can of food for the Killeen food bank or monetary donation. No one will be turned away. If it rains, the event will not be held.
Thursday: Maudy Thursday service, noon.
Friday: Good Friday - Reverse Advent, 7 p.m.
March 30: Children's Easter egg hunt, 10:30 a.m., 6503 Wells Fargo, Killeen. Bring a side dish or dessert for the cookout being held after the egg hunt.
March 31: Sunrise service, 7:15 a.m., corner of Cunningham and Elms Roads. Easter breakfast, 8 to 11 a.m. Easter worship services, 9:30 and 11 a.m.
Location: 3501 E. Elms Road, Killeen.
Immanuel Lutheran Church - Killeen
Sunday: Palm Sunday services with a procession of palms, 8 and 10:30 a.m. Easter Egg hunt for children, 9:15 a.m. Adult Bible study, 9:15 a.m.
Holy Week, Easter Sunday services
Thursday: Maundy Thursday service with Holy Communion, 7 p.m.
Friday: Good Friday service, 7 p.m.
Location: 1104 N. Fourth Street., Killeen. Contact: (254) 634-27725 or killeenimmanuel.com.
Immanuel Lutheran Church - Copperas Cove
Thursday: Maundy Thursday communion service, 7 p.m.
Friday: Good Friday service, 7 p.m.
March 31: Easter sunrise service (large white cross on the mountainside behind the church), 7 a.m.
A walking trail leads up to seating at the cross. Rides to the cross will also be available. Warm coats and/or blankets are recommended.
March 31: Breakfast in parish hall, 8 a.m.
March 31: Easter service, 10:30 a.m.
Location: Two miles north of Copperas Cove on North 1st Street, and then two miles west at 922 Lutheran Church Road. Contact: (254) 547-3498.
New Sunset Community Church
Today: Christ in the Passover presented by Karol Joseph, Jews for Jesus, 6 to 7:15 p.m.
March 30: Easter egg hunts, hot dogs, music, bouncy houses, door prizes with live music by Renegade Redeemed and Unscripted, 2 to 5 p.m.
March 31: Ressurection Sunday service, 10:50 a.m.
Location: 814 W. Avenue C, Killeen.
Pershing Park Baptist Church
March 31: Sunrise service, 7 a.m. Easter cantata, 11 a.m.
Location: 1200 Old Farm-to-Market Road 440, Killeen.
St. Christopher's Episcopal Church
Sunday: Palm Sunday – regular service times
Wednesday: Evening prayer, 6 p.m.
Thursday: Maundy Thursday liturgy, 6 p.m.
Friday: Stations of the Cross at noon and 3 p.m. Good Friday Liturgy, 6 p.m.
March 30: The Vigil, 8 p.m.
March 31: Easter Sunday, 7:45 a.m. Rite I service, 9 a.m. Spanish service, 10:30 a.m. Rite II service. After the late service there will be an Easter egg hunt.
Location: 2800 Trimmier Road, Killeen
St. Martin's Episcopal Church
Sunday: Palm Sunday service, 11 a.m.
Thursday: Maundy Thursday service, 6 p.m.
Friday: Good Friday services, noon and 6 p.m.
March 31: Easter service, 11 a.m. and Easter egg hunt.
Location: 1602 S. Farm-to-Market 116 in Copperas Cove.
Contact: (254) 547-0331.
Harker Heights community Easter service
March 31: 35th annual Harker Heights Community Easter Sunrise Service at the amphitheater in Carl Levin Park, Farm-to-Market 2410 at U.S. Highway 190, at 7 a.m.
Sponsored by the Kiwanis Club with the assistance of the City of Harker Heights and local churches.
Easter message delivered by Dr. David Morgan, pastor of Trinity Baptist Church.
In case of rain, the service will be conducted at Trinity Baptist Church. Farm-to-Market 2410 near the entrance to Carl Levin Park.
Easter breakfast will be served at the Harker Heights Library/Activity Center by the youth of Harker Heights United Methodist Church Youth after the sunrise service.


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LONDON — They sighed when Andy Murray faulted.
They stood and roared when he hit winners.
And when Murray dropped the first two sets of his Wimbledon quarterfinal on Wednesday, the 15,000 Centre Court spectators were suddenly so silent that birds could be heard chirping.
By the time his five-set comeback was nearly complete, more than two hours later, the fans were greeting each point that went Murray's way with celebrations of the sort normally reserved for a championship.
It's been 77 years since a British man won the country's Grand Slam tennis tournament, and thanks to the second-seeded Murray's 4-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-5 victory over 54th-ranked Fernando Verdasco, the locals still can hold out hope the wait will end on Sunday.
First things first, of course. Murray, who is from Scotland, will play in the semifinals at the All England Club for the fifth consecutive year on Friday, facing No. 24 Jerzy Janowicz. The other semifinal is No. 1 Novak Djokovic against No. 8 Juan Martin del Potro.
There is no doubt who will be the recipient of the most boisterous support.
"Great atmosphere at the end of the match. ... I love it when it's like that. It was extremely noisy," said Murray, who lost last year's Wimbledon final to Roger Federer. "They were right into it, pretty much every single point."
Murray needed to summon some pretty strong tennis, and plenty of grit, for his seventh career victory after facing a two-set deficit.
He never panicked – no matter what all of his self-admonishing muttering and gesticulating looked like – and eventually figured out how to handle Verdasco's 130 mph serves and high-risk, high-reward style.
Murray's mother, British Fed Cup captain Judy Murray, called the match "one of the toughest to sit through."
Wednesday's other quarterfinals lasted a mere three sets each and the most compelling segments came at the very beginning of 2009 U.S. Open champion del Potro's 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (5) win against No. 4 David Ferrer, and the very end of Janowicz's 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 victory over 130th-ranked Lukasz Kubot in the first Grand Slam match between two men from Poland.
Janowicz, 22, reached his first major semifinal <0x2014> the first for a man from his country <0x2014> by pounding serves at a tournament-high 140 mph, compiling 30 aces, and saving all six break points he faced. When it finished, Kubot walked around the net to Janowicz's side of the court and the pair of Davis Cup teammates and good pals enveloped each other in a warm embrace. Then they yanked their white shirts off and exchanged them, the way soccer players trade jerseys after games.
Janowicz sat in his sideline chair, covered his face and sobbed.
"It's not easy to control all of the feelings inside my body," he said. "I was never in (a major) quarterfinal before. I never had a chance to be in (the) semifinal of a Grand Slam. I never played against Lukasz before."
Honest perhaps to a fault, Janowicz gave a succinct answer when asked for his thoughts about the semifinal between Djokovic vs. del Potro: "I don't care."
On the fifth point the 6-foot-6 del Potro played Wednesday, his left foot slid out from under him as he sprinted to reach a ball. Del Potro's heavily wrapped left knee, which he hyperextended on a face-first tumble in the third round, slackened, then bent backward.
"Really painful," del Potro said. "I was scared."
He fell to the turf and rolled over twice, then stayed down until a trainer came out to check on him and dispense anti-inflammatory medicine.
"Magic pills," del Potro called them.
After a 10-minute break, he resumed playing <0x2014> and playing quite well.
He hasn't lost a set en route to his first Wimbledon semifinal. Djokovic also has won all 15 sets he's played, including in a 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-3 victory over No. 7 Tomas Berdych to reach a 13th consecutive Grand Slam semifinal, the second-longest streak in men's tennis history behind Roger Federer's 23.
Djokovic entered Wednesday with a 13-2 lead in their head-to-head series, but one loss came at Wimbledon in 2010, when Berdych was the runner-up, and the other came in their most recent meeting, at Rome in May. The first set was tight as can be, and Berdych led 5-4 in the tiebreaker before faltering. He sent a return long, badly missed what should have been a routine backhand, then pushed a forehand wide for another error.
That gave Djokovic the opening set, but Berdych responded strongly, breaking twice to lead 3-0 in the second. Not surprisingly, Djokovic awoke again, taking seven of the next eight games.
"I don't know how I managed to turn the second set around," said six-time major champion Djokovic, who won Wimbledon in 2011. "I managed to step in and just tried to be a little bit more aggressive. That brought me a victory."
He's 8-3 against del Potro. The last time they met, though, in March at Indian Wells, Calif., Djokovic lost. And the last time they played at the All England Club, in the bronze-medal match at the Olympics, Djokovic lost, too.
"He's very tall, so he uses that serve as a powerful weapon. And of course (the) forehand, that is his signature shot," Djokovic said. "You know, it's semifinals, so everything is open, on the table."
When the draw came out nearly two weeks ago, everyone pointed with interest at the potential quarterfinal between Federer vs. Rafael Nadal. Funny how things work out. Nadal lost in the first round, Federer in the second, and ever since, much of the media and sports fans here figured Murray had as good a chance as anyone to claim a trophy no British man has earned since Fred Perry in 1936.
That certainly seemed in peril when Verdasco grabbed a two-set lead.
"The second set," Murray said, "was a bad set of tennis for me."
But he broke to go ahead 2-0 in the third, which he wrapped up rather easily.
"Gave him a lot of confidence," Verdasco said.
There were more difficult patches for Murray and his supporters in the stands and those watching on a giant videoboard across the grounds at a picnic area known as Murray Mount.
Trailing 3-2 in the fourth, Murray faced two break points. Said Verdasco: "The match wouldn't have been over, but I would have been real close."
Murray erased one break point with a 106 mph service winner, the other with a 111 mph ace. Then he broke in the very next game, during which Verdasco complained to the chair umpire about too much noise during the course of play <0x2014> the "oohs" and "aahs," the yelps of excitement, the groans of disappointment.
Quickly, Murray owned the fourth set, too.
In the fifth, Verdasco led 4-3 when Murray fell behind love-30 while serving. Again, Murray came through, taking the next four points to make it 4-all. Murray looked into the crowd, shook his right fist and yelled, "Come on, now!"
The voices urging him on grew louder.
"They gave him strength," Verdasco said. "How much, you don't know. But having the crowd's support can help."
At 5-all, a 21-stroke exchange closed with Verdasco dropping a backhand into the net to give Murray a break point, the last he would need. Murray came up with one of several superb returns, and Verdasco missed a forehand. That made it 6-5, and as Murray prepared to serve out the match, fans bellowed, "Let's go, Andy! Let's go!"
Four points later, it was over.
"Verdasco played very well," said Murray's coach, eight-time major champion Ivan Lendl. "Andy did what he had to do to win."


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Lower belly - is it just fat or something more?
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I felt like saying something more hostile myself
PS another possibility is that since she has Celiac and has only been on a proper diet for 2 years, there may already be permanent damage done to the intestines, and there is simply chronic inflammation going on that is causing bloat.
per wikipedia: "A tiny minority of patients suffer from refractory disease, which means they do not improve on a gluten-free diet. This may be because the disease has been present for so long that the intestines are no longer able to heal on diet alone, or because the patient is not adhering to the diet, or because the patient is consuming foods that are inadvertently contaminated with gluten. If alternative causes have been eliminated, steroids or immunosuppressants (such as azathioprine) may be considered in this scenario." it may be that the bloat, if truly abnormal, is possibly a sequelae of celiac disease. You may want to consult with a doctor.Natural products super cheap @ iherb: Use discount code SEN850 at http://www.iherb.com/?rcode=sen850 for $10 off first order; free shipping $20+ order in USA
Does it look the same way in the morning when your stomach is pretty much empty? If so I'd get checked for fibriods. Btw even if that's what you have it's nothing to freak out about.
My lower front side is much more pronounced in the evening when i'm done eating and drinking for the day, and more flat in the morning after a bathroom visit.
I don't think it looks like pure fat at all; I think it looks more like bloat. I'd definitely see a stomach doctor and try eliminating some foods for a few weeks to see if there's a change. Look into nightshade and fodmap intolerance. I've seen a popular Paleo blogger show an after pic of her stomach after eating tomatoes and she looked pregnant when she has an otherwise flat tummy.
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and yea if I've eaten well the day before I can wake up to a reasonably flat stomach. If this bloating is especially pronounced and ongoing, like waking up to it everyday for a year like that, only then would I think it's very abnormal. Also if I have a big SAD meal I can go from near flat stomach to hugely pregnant bloat in the time span of the meal, so I'm not gonna freak out about her little pot in the pictures, but obviously she is concerned enough about it to post here so we'll offer what advice we can. Only thing is that all her exercise is aerobic with no weights, and she may need to add in weight lifting a lot more and/or cut down on the aerobics.
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Originally posted by j3nn View PostReally? That's uncalled for.
I don't think it looks like pure fat at all; I think it looks more like bloat. I'd definitely see a stomach doctor and try eliminating some foods for a few weeks to see if there's a change. Look into nightshade and fodmap intolerance. I've seen a popular Paleo blogger show an after pic of her stomach after eating tomatoes and she looked pregnant when she has an otherwise flat tummy.
So much bad advice on this forum!
Here is another article you might find interesting, Sora.
Water: swelling, tension, pain, fatigue, aging
I had a friend who had a similar problem as you, and I told her about aldosterone and low salt, as well as progesterone. The salt fixed her.Make America Great Again
I am kind of inclined to think it's fat, because I can grab it and it's soft and squishy. And when I tighten my ab muscles, I can feel the hardness of the muscle beneath it. Though it's possible another food intolerance or bloating is aggravating it. I could certainly try eliminating something, not really sure what I'd start with. I haven't really noticed any correlation between it and digestive problems. My digestion is actually pretty decent lately, though I could probably stand more fiber (I hate most salads..).
I cook a lot, and I don't really have a consistent meal plan. Usually breakfast is leftovers or eggs or eggs & bacon (depending on hunger levels) though often I am not hungry until 11/12 and just have some tea. Lunch is usually dinner leftovers (or eggs if I skipped bfast) or some protein with a sweet potato (with kerrygold). If I snack it's an apple and sunbutter, about 1-2TB. Lately I've been craving grapefruit so I've been having those as well (broiled, with cinnamon, SO good). Dinner is usually some fun paleo recipe I found online. Tonight I am feeling lazy and am slowcooking a whole chicken in the crock pot with some carrots and onion. I'll use the carcass + innards to make a nice broth tomorrow =)
Do you wake up looking significantly bigger than before? Frequency in bowel movements? Discomfort? These are some good ways to tell if you're bloating
Greens are nasty, and irritate your digestion unless cooked thoroughly. Carrot salad is a good way to optimize digestive health.
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Were the same height and weight but my stomach does not look like that. However...what is your build like....do you tend to carry more around the middle? If I put it on, it's usually my legs or rump! I would also suggest a fibroid or cyst...any heaviness in in your stomach or pelvic region? Any chance you are pregnant?!Check out my blog on nature and nurture!
Keep in mind that women are predisposed to have that lower belly fat, for baby-making purposes - it keeps the womb protected. It's in our genes and is one of the reasons it's more difficult for women to get the last 2 cans (the lower ones below the belly button) of a 6-pack than it is for a man to do so.>> Current Stats: 90% Primal / 143 lbs / ~25% BF
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Just thought I'd update this. My belly looks pretty much the same, despite incorporating more exercise into my life! I started the C25K program about 2 months ago. Basically, it is a program where you alternate walking and running until you can run a full 5k straight through. However, I have been repeating the first "week" because I haven't yet felt like I am strong enough to move forward. Only recently have I been able to do all the running parts without skipping them. It's been somewhat discouraging because I feel like I should be farther along than I am, but I am sticking with it and I am seeing some progress through it is very slow. I have actually gained a couple lbs, though I am assuming it is water weight from the increased exercise.
I have a gyn appt next week, so I'll bring this up with my doctor as well. It just doesn't seem 'right', yanno. I also have noticed that I seem to be retaining water a bit, especially around my ankles, but I dunno if that's from the running or what.


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Omtool, Ltd. – In virtually every industry, recessionary pressures are leading business executives to carefully re-examine every cost center across their organizations. Their aim? To find innovative ways to achieve new efficiencies and reduce expenses – without impacting customer service, products, and brands. One of the more popular strategies involves outsourcing to office services and managed print services companies. With outsourcing, companies can reduce overhead expenses, staffing headaches, and capital investments while improving the breadth and quality of the office services their employees can leverage.
An increasing number of large organizations today rely on specialists to assume responsibility for a broadening range of office services. These can include document production, copier/printer management, centralized duplication and on-demand printing, document conversion, file-room management, contract management, off-site storage coordination, courier/fleet management, shipping and receiving services, imaging and records management, inbound and outbound fax services, and more. Some providers even offer services to streamline employee on-boarding, time-card management, and expense reporting.
The common thread: these services all focus on documents. And as they outsource their office services functions, an increasing number of businesses are insisting that their outsourcing partner offer the technology that streamlines these processes through document capture and routing solutions. The combination of smart and efficient outsourced services and document capture and routing technology creates a compelling solution to reduce costs and increase efficiency.
Why Document Capture and Routing Matters
What is document capture and routing? It's a flexible and efficient way to capture, transform, and move paper and electronic documents among people, places, and formats. Starting with the familiar networked multi-function peripheral (MFP) – the new-breed copy machine that is a foundation of outsourced office services, document capture and routing solutions provide simultaneous distribution to multiple destinations in multiple formats.
The office services team can use these solutions to capture paper (such as inbound mail, contracts, faxes, invoices, and more) and electronic documents. They can convert those documents into a variety of formats (including text-searchable PDF, TIF, JPG, DOC, RTF, XLS, or TXT), and route them to various destinations, such as desktop PCs, faxes, e-mail, network folders, network printers, document repositories, document management systems (DMS), records management systems (RMS), and enterprise content management (ECM) systems. What's more, document capture and routing solutions help the office services team deliver a higher level of document security and greater compliance with corporate record-retention requirements, government regulations, and industry mandates.
Why Document Capture and Routing Should Be Part of Your Office Services Outsourcing
When companies outsource, they benefit when their office services providers deliver full support for document capture and routing. Here's what many companies enjoy today:
• Support for Diverse Document Workflows – Knowledge workers need to work with and share diverse documents - without the headaches and hassles from multiple formats. For example, you can convert a PDF document into a working text file that you can edit with a standard word processor before converting it back to a PDF. Or you can scan a paper document using optical character recognition (OCR) to eliminate re-keying.
• Smart Delivery and Tracking – With document routing solutions, there's a complete audit trail to track every document with electronic time-stamped receipts. This is essential for companies in highly regulated industries.
• Records Management – While some documents are "in-process" materials, you also need to manage records – finalized documents. With document capture and routing, you scan in a physical record and instantly share the image electronically with any other authorized viewer, perform searches, convert it into a different working document, or work with it in other ways. This is a particularly important requirement for multi-office, distributed organizations.
• Optimize Value of Previous Investments – Since documents tend to be the lifeblood for many industries and organizations, it's essential to harness the power and functionality of previous hardware and software investments such MFPs and enterprise content management systems.
• Privacy and Security – Document capture and routing lets users control shared devices (copiers, printers, scanners, and fax machines) from their desktop computers, helping to avoid accidental disclosure or mis-delivery of critical documents.
• Cost Recovery – Traditionally, paper-handling has been a significant cost-center. Integration with popular cost recovery systems can help you fully understand and recoup your costs by charging for scanning activities.
• A Smaller Environmental Footprint – By reducing the use of paper, ink/toner, file space, and waste, companies can improve their "green" posture. What's more, a dramatic reduction in couriers and shipping can cut fossil fuel consumption as well.
• Improved Productivity – Ultimately, of course, document capture and routing frees the outsourcing team from mundane manual tasks and enables them to devote their time to higher level activities that contribute more value to their client's bottom line.
• Disaster Recovery – No company can leave its document assets vulnerable to floods, fires, other natural disasters, or even terrorism or civil unrest. Document capture and routing can be an effective component of business continuity strategies by enabling your outsourced provider to create electronic copies of documents and records and store them off-site and off-line.
• Content Accessibility – A company, especially one with remote offices, needs complete and immediate access to the content contained within its business-critical documents in order to improve search capabilities, increase collaboration and teamwork, and share knowledge throughout the organization.
• Simplicity – Even office services experts need simple, intuitive user interfaces – not a near-endless sequence of buttons and screens displayed on a small device front panel. The right solution should be easy to learn and operate.
To derive the most from outsourcing investments and achieve greater value, enterprises should ensure their chosen partner can deliver its services based on a document capture and routing foundation. The result is an even higher level of speed and efficiency while reducing costs, time, and waste.


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MOUNT WASHINGTON -- It was a great way to cap off the regular season.
Celebrating senior night, the Bullitt East Chargers had a big 28-point second quarter in defeating the visiting Oldham County Colonels 38-14 on Friday.
With a bye week this Friday, Bullitt East head coach Darrell Vincent can look forward to preparing for a first-round playoff game on the road Nov. 7.
SHEPHERDSVILLE – After nine weeks and numerous games, the high school football regular season for the three Bullitt County teams will come to an end with a lot riding on the games for both North Bullitt and Bullitt Central.
After playing this Friday night, all of the Bullitt County teams will be off next week. The play-offs will then start for all teams on Friday, Nov. 6.
North Bullitt and Bullitt East have already stamped their ticket for the post-season and Bullitt Central can join the party with a win at home on Friday against Nelson County.
SHEPHERDSVILLE -- Post-season play continued on Wednesday for local teams.
SHEPHERDSVILLE -- It was an exceptional Monday in post-season action for the local volleyball and soccer teams.
All the locals advanced in tournament play on Monday.
Regional Soccer
In the Sixth Region tournament, it was a huge night for Bullitt East's Christian Foster.
She scored all five goals in the Lady Chargers' first-round romp over Pleasure Ridge Park.
Bullitt East had to play at the home of the Panthers but it really didn't matter in the 5-0 victory.
SHEPHERDSVILLE -- High school volleyball and soccer fans have plenty of reasons to celebrate this week.
HIGHVIEW -- Forget any bomb threat at their school.
The Bullitt Central Cougar soccer team declared that it was 'the bomb' on Thursday night.
Dating back until at least 2000, this version of the Cougar boys' soccer team did what no others had done -- advanced to the Sixth Region tournament.
And it collected the 23rd District crown by winning the penalty kick shootout 4-3.
Neither Bullitt Central nor Southern could get a kick past the respective goalies in regulation and two overtime periods.
HEBRON ESTATES – The North Bullitt Lady Eagles continue to make it look easy, winning a fourth straight 23rd District title on Wednesday, beating Bullitt Central 6-0.
The 23rd District has had the same alignment for the past four seasons for soccer and four times North Bullitt has carried home the trophy. In fact, each time they have beat Bullitt Central for the title.
MOUNT WASHINGTON – The Bullitt East Lady Chargers keep beating on the door against the Mercy Jaguars, but the red and gold keep coming up a goal short.
That was the case again on Thursday in the championship game of the Girls' 24th District Tournament on the Lady Chargers' home field. In the fourth straight meeting in the final between two of the area's top teams, Mercy pulled out another tight win, holding on for the 3-2 victory.
FERN CREEK – For the first time since realignment put Bullitt East in the 24th District at the start of the 2012 season, the Chargers advanced to the championship game and earned a spot in this week's Sixth Region Tournament at Mercy High School.
Bullitt East had earned the number two seed for the district tournament, but that didn't seem very important when the team found itself down 2-0 at halftime in the opening round game against Jeffersontown.
SHEPHERDSVILLE -- For the first time since joining the Sixth Region for the 2012 season, not one, but two Bullitt County boys' soccer teams made the field for this week's event at Mercy High School.
Not only are there two teams in the field, but Bullitt Central and Bullitt East will play each other on Tuesday in an opening round match, meaning that one local team will at least reach Thursday's semi-finals.
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A "Real Housewives Of Orange County" Arrest And Secret Hookup
Even though cameras have stopped taping, the drama surrounding the people of "The Real Housewives of Orange County" continues.
Slade Smiley, who was shacked up with Jo De La Rosa on previous seasons of "The Real Housewives of Orange County" and tried to help Jo find lasting love on "Date My Ex," was arrested Friday for "civil contempt," which usually means non-payment of court fees or child support. He may have been visiting Gretchen Rossi, who joined the cast of "Housewives" for season four, because Slade was picked up on the same block where Gretchen supposedly lives. So basically, Slade didn't really have full custody of his sons like he tried to pretend on the first season of "Housewives." Neither of his sons, one of which is very ill with a brain tumor, lives with him. And it seems Slade, whose house was foreclosed last year, is too broke to pay his bills. He must have a few stacks of money stashed somewhere, though, because Gretchen doesn't play for free. I think these two are hooking up because Slade thinks of himself as the Orange County player. Remember how he started dating Lauri right after he and Jo broke up, but then ditched Lauri when Jo showed interest again?
But there's more to this story. Jay Photoglou, an ex-boyfriend of Gretchen's, claims he was still dating the reality star while her fiance was dying. And he's the reason Slade was eventually arrested. He wrote in the comments of a blog post that he tried to retrieve items he'd left at Gretchen's house, but couldn't initially gain access despite having police assistance. Jay wrote that he and the police heard Gretchen and Slade upstairs, but they wouldn't come out and tried to pretend they weren't in the home. While Jay was getting some of his things, he overheard the police say: "[Slade] has a suspended [license] and a fake tag on his unregistered car as well as a warrant for $10,000 out of LA county."
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I had plans for this weekend, not grand plans mind, just normal ones. Go to the dentist on Saturday morning, run a few errands, bake a cake, do some sewing for the stall next week, and on the slightly more exciting front, go out on Saturday night and meet a bunch of strangers from the internet (aka a Mumsnet meet-up). But that's not actually what happened... of course not.
The run-up to the weekend had begun with the three year old being too poorly for childcare on Friday. But no matter I thought, I'm going out on Saturday night. I'll get my reward for mopping up sick and trying to force calpol into a recalcitrant preschooler, with chat about the Mumsnet scarf and Centre Parcs. And things on sticks and plenty of booze. Lovely.
On Saturday morning my daughter was no better, and my spidey senses were starting to shift from the default position of 'If you take her to the docs now they'll give you the anxious mother look' to actually being, well, an anxious mother. So off I bombed to the GP surgery before 9:00am, thinking I'd just get them to have a little listen to her chest, give me the look and send us home with instructions for clear fluids and calpol as usual. And hopefully make it to the dentist by 10:00am. My first clue that things weren't going down that route was when I turned up the surgery and the receptionist politely informed me that the surgery was only open for pre-booked appointments and that I should really go to out of hours. She then took a closer look at my slightly unkempt state and the sad child on my hip and said she would ask the GP on duty if we could be seen.
The next sign that things were really not so ok, was that the GP not only agreed to see us straight away, but then listened to my daughter's chest and started to do the serious look. And then hooked my now very pale sad child up to a nebuliser while she went to phone the children's hospital.
So we had a rather too eventful morning in A&E with more nebulisers, oxygen masks and chest x-rays, before being admitted to the short stay ward for observation, and nurses started muttering things about an overnight stay. I can tell when my children are properly ill, by the way that they lose all their fight, and submit to people doing necessary but rather unpleasant medical procedures with only a sad little whimper. Plenty of that this weekend.
There's been a fair amount of media coverage recently about compassion and caring in nursing, and whether it's missing. Speaking from my recent experience I'd have to say not. I was incredibly impressed by the care that my daughter received, and the attitude of the staff towards her. Sure, there was one slightly brusque antipodean nurse, but I think they're obligatory. And her main concern was to get the children better so they could get out of there, something that all of us would agree with.
But of course the main thing about our hospital visit is that for us it was a rarity. Barring the odd visit to check out possible broken limbs or swollen appendices (they weren't), we've had minimal contact with hospitals. So I didn't take offence at being referred to as 'mum' by all healthcare professionals. Because if you're at hospital with your children long enough for the nurses to learn your name, then you've got bigger things to worry about....
I'll stop now as I've gone on too long already. I don't even have a lovely picture to cheer up this post either. Back to cupcakes and bunting soon I promise.
Sunday, 9 December 2012
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Oh Tamsin what a weekend! I hope she's feeling better and you've recovered from the stress of it all...and from not getting your night out! Every time we've had to take the kids to the GP or A&E the staff have been fantastic. Even the time NHS Direct sent an ambulance for Max after listening to his breathing down the phone, and then he screamed every time a Doctor tried to get near him with a stethoscope....they waited till he fell asleep on my lap before listening to his chest. I love the NHS. Take care & hopefully things will revert to normal now! xxReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Rachel x We're both v glad to be sleeping in our own beds tonight. Your stall pics looked great btw, hope you had fun :)Delete
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Friday, 16 August, 2002, 08:20 GMT 09:20 UK
City watchdog opens secret 'bunker'
The UK financial watchdog has opened an emergency headquarters to keep the financial heart of the capital beating in case of a major terrorist attack on London.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has opened the centre in a secret location.
This centre is designed to be operational within an hour of a terrorist attack and has room for up to 300 staff.
The nerve centre will also be linked to the back-up offices at 35 of the UK's largest banks and financial services companies.
However, the FSA says it is concerned at the lack of preparedness of smaller banks and fund management companies.
Tower evacuated
Similar disaster management systems were put in place in the United States by banks and other financial institutions after the after 11 September attacks.
In theory, if a disaster befalls a large UK bank, the City or the FSA itself, the nerve centre could co-ordinate trading in the UK for several months.
This FSA initiative is in direct response to the attacks on New York's World Trade Centre, which devastated the city's financial district.
London's Canary Wharf tower, next door to the watchdog's offices, was evacuated on 11 September as a precaution.
"After the attack on the World Trade Centre we realised it was key that the FSA has to be able to operate if its headquarters had been disrupted," says Mr Fryer.
Previously, the FSA emergency back-up facilities had been housed within the Canary Wharf headquarters.
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The FSA nerve centre is also geared towards coping with less dramatic events than a terrorist strike.
For example, the nationwide failure of bank cash machines is one scenario that is being prepared for by the FSA disaster-planning team.
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Bhubaneswar, Dec. 19: Young Odissi artistes from across the globe performed on the first day of the third edition of the Odissi International at Rabindra Mandap here on Wednesday. Connoisseurs of dance were treated to an ensemble of solo recitals.
The four-day festival began with a performance by Natalie Raut from the UK. A disciple of Guru Ratikant and Sujata Mohapatra, Natalie presented the intricately composed Yugmadwanda Pallavi. Vrinda Rani from Russia portrayed Lord Shiv in Astasambhu, choreographed by the late Guru Debaprasad Das. She displayed complex postures, which demanded high acrobatic ability of the body.
New Delhi-based Odissi dancer Barkha Tanvir also dedicated a sequence to Lord Shivs nature. Arpita Pany from the city-based institute Suravi and Taisiya Shpulnikova from Russia also performed beautifully. Lopamudra Jena from Cuttacks Gunjan Dance Academy performed an ashtapadi from Gita Govinda while Rashmi Ranjan Barik from Rudrakshya, Bhubaneswar, showcased a Mahakali suttee choreographed by his guru Bichitrananda Swain.
The first and second sessions of the festival are talent search segments for senior dancers between 21 and 30 and adolescent dancers aged between 11 and 20, respectively.
Child artistes from Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Rourkela, New Delhi and Calcutta performed.
The evening session featured well-groomed dancers such as Rajashri Prahraj from Srjan. She presented her recital with precision. USA based dancer Amanda Geroys recital was another attraction.
Prachi Hota (New Delhi), Sachiko Murakami (Japan), Elena Knyazeva (Russia), Manishika Baul (Singapore), Sudeshna Jena (Bhubaneswar), Eiko Shinohara (Japan) and Suprava Mishra with troupe (Gujarat) were among the other performers.
I feel honoured to have received appreciation from senior dancers and gurus of Odissi. Dancing before them in itself is a matter of pride, said dancer Amanda Geroy.
The festival will continue till December 22.


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Arsenal have named their squad for this week's clash with Olympiakos in the Champions League.
Arsenal's squad for the tie with Olympiakos includes several new faces, with a number of first team players missing out.
Among those missing are key men Olivier Giroud, Santi Cazorla, Lukas Podolski, Theo Walcott, and Per Mertesacker, who all either are in need of rest of are nursing slight injuries, according to Arsene Wenger.
Andre Santos and Laurent Koscielny are also absent with injuries, but there is an opportunity for Tomas Rosicky to cement his return with a start.
The squad is as follows:
Szczesny, Vermaelen, Squillaci, Rosicky, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ramsey, Coquelin, Arshavin, Jenkinson, Gervinho, Chamakh, Angha, Ansah, Monteiro, Hajrovic, Meade, Shea, Akpom.
Tomas Eisfeld is not featured due to UEFA regulations, while there is no place for Serge Gnabry either.
Exciting young attacker Chuba Akpom is featured, while Martin Angha could follow up his Capital One Cup start against Coventry earlier in the season with another.
Here is our predicted XI:
Jenkinson Angha Squillaci Vermaelen
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"'Well, the one thing we do know about is that undelivered speech of yours from November 1963.'"
Interviewed by Senate historian Kate Scott, Baker recalls how Senator Mike Mansfield finally came to deliver his classic 1963 Senate speech.
BAKER: There is a wonderful story about a speech that Mike Mansfield prepared, with some help from Frank Valeo, in November 1963 in response to the pushback that he was getting from some Democratic senators like Thomas Dodd who said "you should be more like Lyndon Johnson." Mansfield in this great speech said, "I am who I am and you have to take me or leave me. I'm fully prepared to step aside." That speech he planned to give on Friday afternoon November 22, 1963. News of Kennedy's shooting reached the Senate Chamber so he dropped it in the Record and he never actually spoke it on the floor. So then in 1998 when the then-Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott set up a program, a so-called leader's lecture series, to bring back former leaders, he was the kick-off speaker. He called me one day, out of the blue. He said, "I'm not sure what I should be saying to this group. You're close to the planning, what do you think?" The last thing I wanted to do was write a speech for him. I said, "Well, the one thing we do know about is that undelivered speech of yours from November 1963. We would be happy to go through it and take out a lot of the references that no one would focus on today that were just for that moment and turn it into a speech for you." He said, "That sounds like a great idea." And so we did and he did. He gave it and it really kicked off that series very, very well. It also became sort of a foundational document, or at least a major document in trying to understand the limits of the majority leadership in the United States Senate.


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Mike Gundy isn't backing down from his belief that Oklahoma State deserved to be in the title game.
The Cowboys coach was interviewed Monday on the Dan Patrick Show and offered his opinion on whether his team could beat No. 1 LSU.
"Yes. Yes. … What I was really looking forward to, and this is just my opinion, this is nothing personal — and my media guys here are holding their breath whenever I talk — … but my honest opinion is, the best way to beat a team of the caliber of LSU … you need to have a big-time quarterback to beat a team like that. And we're fortunate that we have a guy on our team … that most people would consider a big-time quarterback. … That's a long answer for yes, I think that we certainly had a chance to win that game."
Gundy was also critical of the selection process of the BCS that left Oklahoma State out despite being the champions of the Big 12 and included Alabama, which did not win its division in the SEC.
He threw his support behind a model that would have four teams play in a short-form playoff.
"The way to do it, in my opinion, is you take the next game, which one would be LSU versus Stanford and it would be Alabama versus Oklahoma State and that game has to take place in one week, this coming Saturday. We play those games and if you're the higher ranked team, you get to play at home. ... We play that game this week and then we go play the championship game at the same time because, I kind of joke about it, but the championship game's not basically until March Madness anyway. … People say, 'Well then the team that's fifth in the poll will complain.' But, for the most part, if you've gotten into the top four, if you look back over the history of the BCS, people across the country would be OK with it."
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|The bones were found in northern Chemung County, just south of Watkins
Glen, about 30 miles from Ithaca, in September 1999. The site was excavated
by a team headed by John Chiment, a paleontologist with Cornell's Department
of Geological Sciences. The group included more than 60 scientists, students,
and volunteers throughout the fall.
The find actually includes the remains of at least one mastodon and
possibly a less-complete mammoth. The known mastodon is, estimated to
be a 35-year-old male animal, and is more than 80% complete. Altogether,
more than 200 bones were recovered from the site. Preliminary dating indicates
that the animals lived betwen 10,000 and 14,000 years ago.
"Chemung" is the name of a river that flows through the area. It was apparently named by the region's most recent Native American residents, the Cayuga Nation of the Iroquois Confederacy, after a fossil tusk they found in the riverbank.
The bones were purchased by Cornell from the landowners and moved to Ithaca on December 30, 1999. The fossils are being housed for study, preparation, and public display at PRI. Work on the bones has been organized cooperatively by Cornell and PRI, and the process is visible to the public in PRI's public exhibit facility as an ongoing exhibit.
Educational programs for elementary and secondary schools using material from the discovery have been made a priority. Known as the Mastodon Matrix Project, samples of the mud collected from the dig site have been sent to school groups and other interested parties as far away as Alaska and Europe. This material has been exhausted, but due to the overwhelming demand, a similar project has been set up with material from the Hyde Park Mastodon excavation site.
Mastodons are extinct relatives of living elephants. Learn more about it! They roamed much of North America until about 10,000 years ago. Native Americans are known to have hunted mastodons. Preliminary inspection of the bones from Chemung County suggest that they were not butchered by tools of Native Americans. Marks on the bones appear to indicate having been trampled by other animals living at the time.
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Kanye West's Artistic "Power" Video
Treating fans to a brand new music video, Kanye West has released a stylized creation for his new tune "Power".
With the lovely Irina Shayk taking part, Kanye's latest offering is directed by artist Marco Brambilla in hopes of producing a video like none other.
Talking to MTV News, Brambilla said, "I instantly connected to the themes on the album. The whole idea of celebrity, the idea of power, the idea of sensuality in it, there's sexuality in it as well, and those were all kind of themes that I've explored in my work before. Once I heard the album, that was what clinched it, and I felt very much in tune with the message behind the music."
Marco continued, "I've always wanted to do something that would visualize power, to do a portrait of what power would look like in a sort of timeless way and being able to have him framed in that portrait. Essentially doing a video portrait of Kanye as a symbol of power was very consistent with my art practice and what I explore in my artwork."
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BATAVIA – The Albright Theatre has much to celebrate as it gets ready to open its 40th season this weekend.
The nonprofit theater will unveil its newly created lobby as it presents its production of "Harvey," starting Friday, Sept. 6, at its third-floor space in the Batavia Government Center at 100 N. Island Ave. in downtown Batavia.
"We are real excited to show it off for 'Harvey,'" said Jennifer Ring, president of the Albright Theatre Board of Directors. "Before the lobby was put in, people could wander back stage. Having it creates a better experience."
Albright Theatre has a rich history of presenting community theater. The theater's first show, "Star Spangled Girl," opened to eight people in April 1974 in a former church in Warrenville.
The theater had been in the Batavia Government Center for several years in the late '80s and early '90s before moving to the Batavia Park District's Eastside Community Center. The theater returned to the Batavia Government Center in 2001.
Albright Theater now attracts an average of 50 to 60 people to its performances, but crowds have swelled to as many as 140 people for a single performance, Ring said. The theater has 80 permanent seats, but that can be expanded to accommodate larger crowds, she said.
People who come to the Albright Theatre this season also will notice other changes. Starting this season, Aliano's Ristorante will serve wine and beer in the theater's lobby for Friday and Saturday evening performances.
"We always want to offer our audience members options and make them feel at home," Ring said. "It is just something else we can offer so people can make an evening of it. Our priority is first and foremost to provide a good experience for audience members."
Before Saturday's performance of "Harvey," there will be a gala starting at 7 p.m. at the Albright Theatre, including food, drinks, a display of the Albright Theatre's history and a toast after the show.
Founding member and box office manager Jeannine Collins has been a part of that history.
"We wanted to bring creativity to the stage, so audiences would come and enjoy what we do," Collins said. "I can't believe it has been 40 years. I'm so very proud of what The Albright has done. It's grown beyond our expectations."
Collins said Albright is dedicated to presenting quality theater to the community.
"Community theater groups do it because they love it," she said. "They are not getting paid for it. People are invested in community theater."
Tickets to "Harvey," which runs through Saturday, Sept. 21, are $15 for adults and $12 for adults and seniors. They are available at www.albrighttheatre.com. Reservations to "Harvey" and the gala can be made by calling 630-406-8838.


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Why Ashton Kutcher Was Hospitalized During Preparations For Steve Jobs Role
Sometimes, too much research is a bad thing. Just ask Ashton Kutcher, who portrays the late Steve Jobs in the upcoming flick jOBS.
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