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Nomad Surf Resorts organizes a package that includes surfing and yoga on the east coast of Bali. No need for driving to do the yoga or surf lessons as they are provided right there, only few meters away from the rooms.
The retreat will be held in Sanur Hotel. Sanur Hotel provides a range and variety of different facilities depending individual preferences.
Huge indoor playroom, clean, and full of toys. For those families, with young children Nomad Surf Resorts can also recommend a very good daycare, which is close to the hotel where you can leave your children for a few hours so they can play with other children under a supervised and safe environment.
This surf and yoga retreat is a package with daily yoga sessions combined with surf lessons in front of the hotel or surf guiding to best surf spots on the east coast of Bali. Total beginners are all welcome. This is available all year round.
The yoga studio is 50 meters from the hotel and offers a range of classes to suit all levels of competency from beginners to teachers. The studio is eco-friendly and 100% bamboo. You will have classes every day both morning and in the evening so you can chose when to do the class. The teachers are all qualified and experienced. They are a mix of Indonesian and Western teachers, male and female and vary in styles and philosophies so there is a something for everyone.
The lovely air studio is cooled by overhead fans and has a very inspiring and peaceful view. It is made by natural materials and it is very conductive to a wonderfully rewarding yoga session. There will be different classes and styles - Vinyasa flow, Hatha, Yin yoga, Restorative, and Kids.
The spectacular 5 stars Sanur Hotel is located on the sandy beach of the east coast of Bali. It offers easy access to the city's must-see destinations and ideally connected by a new toll road across the Benoa bay. It is the perfect gateway for those who seek to explore Bali, the famed island of the gods and their friendly people, known for its colorful and vibrant temple festivals, sun-drenched beaches, constant surf, rustic villages and sculptured rice terraces.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Funeral services were held Saturday for Ezell Ford, a black man fatally shot by Los Angeles police officers more than two weeks ago.
Mourners wore white to pay respect to the 25-year-old man whose death brought protests and calls for action from black community leaders.
The Los Angeles Times reports (http://lat.ms/1nM3hfz ) speakers at the funeral linked Ford's death to other violent encounters between police and unarmed black men, including Michael Brown in the St. Louis, Missouri, suburb of Ferguson.
There are conflicting accounts about the Aug. 11 killing of Ford.
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Sir, I am surprised that Lucy Powell, the Shadow Minister for Childcare and Children, considers it a "waste of talent" when mothers are not at a distant place of work, but actually at home looking after their own children (letter, Mar 18). Parents should be being encouraged to look after their children in the crucial early years of childhood and then helped back into work when their children are ready for that separation.
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ELYRIA — The Lorain County commissioners said Friday they will likely begin notifying other county departments about personnel policy changes they implement and create an electronic version of their personnel policy handbook.
The move comes after county Auditor Craig Snodgrass complained that he was never given a copy of changes made earlier this year to policies governing how employees cash out their unused sick time when they leave their jobs.
Snodgrass has said he never saw the policy, updated earlier this year, until Wednesday morning.
Because he didn't have the policy Snodgrass has said didn't know that his predecessor, Mark Stewart, was entitled to cash out only 250 hours of unused sick time left over from his time as county employee before he became auditor in 1995.
Instead, Snodgrass allowed Stewart to cash out 1,000 of the 1,208.24 hours Stewart had in his sick leave bank at a rate of $18.08 an hour after Stewart worked four hours reviewing case files for the county Board of Revision on a Saturday in April.
But county officials have said that Snodgrass, who didn't return a call seeking comment Friday, should have known not to pay out more than 250 hours because the commissioners implemented the cap in 2005 for employees who started with the county after Nov. 15, 2005. Assistant County Prosecutor Gerald Innes has said Stewart was considered a new hire under county rules and subject to the 250-hour sick time payout.
Snodgrass has said Stewart has agreed to repay the county for the 750 hours of sick time he improperly received, which works out to $13,560.
Commissioner Lori Kokoski said she doesn't mind improving the notification policy, but doesn't think Snodgrass' argument that he didn't have the most recent policy update absolves him from knowing about the earlier rules, which he did have.
"It doesn't matter," Kokoski said. "I think they're trying to deflect the situation so they don't look so bad, but I'm sorry, they look bad."
Snodgrass initially denied that Stewart had worked for him when asked in August and county Treasurer Dan Talarek has said Snodgrass asked him to hire Stewart to work for him earlier this year.
Snodgrass has said he was joking when he asked Talarek to hire Stewart and offered to pay his former boss' wages out of funds controlled by the auditor's office.
Theresa Upton, who serves as the commissioner's clerk, said she doesn't routinely send out commissioners' resolutions to other county departments unless it's something that a particular department has requested. But she noted that the commissioners' agenda is available online and she provides copies of resolutions to anyone who asks for them.
Upton also said that she sends out the weekly agenda via either fax or email to anyone who requests it. Snodgrass' office has never asked to receive an agenda, she said.
County Administrator Jim Cordes said while it's not a requirement that departments run by other elected county officials follow all of the policies the commissioners put in place, the 250-hour cap is one that does apply across county government.
Commissioner Ted Kalo also said that while most county departments and elected officials send a representative to attend commissioners' meetings, it's rare to see someone from the auditor's office.
Kalo said he has no problem making the commissioners' policies more accessible.
"We'll do it without a doubt," he said of the changes that were first proposed by Innes this week.
Innes said other departments have also told him they are unaware of some changes made by the commissioners.
"Any time there's a problem created by lack of communication I think that communication should be improved," he said.
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Rachel Podger, violin; Jane Rogers, viola - Mozart & M. Haydn: Duo Sonatas (SACD) (Music CD)
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The Duos for Violin and Viola by Mozart have long been favourite pieces of ours pieces we'd take out and play when there wasn't a keyboard player or cellist to hand, or busk as teenagers to earn extra pocket money. Back then, the audience's response clearly indicated how appealing these pieces were as our takings always doubled when we played them! These works never cease to amaze Mozart uses the two instruments so effectively and with such exquisite craftsmanship that he never leaves one wondering where the rest of the string quartet might have gone.They are also hugely engaging to play and so endlessly rich and interesting that the appeal to the listener is guaranteed. Mozart's reference to other genres is always fascinating. In this case the writing is dramatic, operatic even (the violin taking the role as soprano diva (!) and the viola as the heroic tenor?!). One could perhaps go as far to say that these duos are distillations of the art of chamber music as in the Haydn quartets, but more naturally recreational and less self-conscious. For a violist they are about as exposed as you can be; hitherto very few sonatas or con certi had been written for solo viola - and the accompaniment would seldom have been as scant as a single violin. The conversational and imitative nature of the writing allows for freedom and characterization, and it was refreshing and rewarding to be as spon taneous as possible in the recording sessions. It was also a diverting and enjoyable experience to record two of the Michael Haydn duos, previously unknown to us both. The character of these pieces is often reminiscent of Austrian folk music and it really seems as if you can hear the yodelling vernacular bouncing off the mountains in timely echoes. The challenges in these works are quite different to those of his friend Wolfgang the demands placed on the violinist are obvious as the writing is busy, yet in need of a casual fluidity, whereas the violist has the task of being constantly inventive with material which is largely accompanimental (melody and bass, in effect). Who knows? Maybe Wolfgang and Michael tried these out during Mozart's visit to Salzburg when he helped his friend complete a set of six Sonatas in 1783.
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LOVE Give Kids The World. Our son Ayden was granted his make a wish trip back in 2010 . We came from Cincinnati Ohio with Ayden and our daughter Faith both suffer from a Mitochondrial disease Leighs in which theres NO cure. As soon as we walked into the main room we were lost in the make believe. TRULY the entire week I didnt think of anything Medical for either Faith or Ayden. truly a magical place. So many wonderful caring volunteers. We are coming back for Faiths Wish hopefully soon. She's been granted hers. During Aydens 2010 trip Faith was going through her bad spell and didnt get to enjoy anything her vision was nt there for her and she had no muscle tone to look around or hold her hed up. But thankfully with the new drug trial they both have been on this past year she has improved. We've lost her twice now and hopefully it doesnt happen again but I want her to get to Give Kids The World and give her and her family all the wonderful memories that Ayden got to bring back to Cincinnati with. God bless all the volunteers and especially Mr. Landwirth for making this beautiful place happen. I will forever be greatful to such a wonderful man.
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Bereavement Group Forming in Rockland
Coastal Family Hospice Volunteers is forming a peer support group for anyone experiencing the loss of a loved one. The group is open to the community at large as well as families of hospice patients. Many people find that gathering together in this way can be helpful and healing.
The 8-week group will meet in Rockland from 4 to 6 p.m. on Tuesdays, April 22 through June 10. There is no charge for participation, but preregistration is required. For more information about the group and the location, please contact Sandy Yakovenko, 372-6322, or Barbara Spalding, 236-3056.
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I us my Stohlquist Fisherman PFD 3 or 4 times a week. I put it on before I step into my Kayak and don't take it off untill I get out 5 or 6 hours later. I'm 5'10" weigh 175 lbs and have the SM/MED and it fits perfect with plenty of adjustments for fit and comfort.


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Another one of Cuba's best players has left the island, the latest in a wave of defections that isn't expected to slow down.
Rusney Castillo, a 26-year-old center fielder who had been one of the top players in Cuba, has left the country to pursue a contract with a major league team, Baseball America has learned.
Castillo has played five seasons for Ciego de Avila in Cuba's top league, Serie Nacional, so he will be able to sign as a free agent exempt from the international signing bonus pools.
That process could still take several months, since Castillo will have to establish residency in another country, have Major League Baseball declare him a free agent and the U.S. government's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) clear him to sign. Once that process is complete, Castillo should draw interest as a free agent who could either go straight to the majors or get a tuneup in Triple-A before moving up.
Castillo is short but has a strong, athletic frame at 5-foot-9, 185 pounds. His best tool is his speed, as he's an above-average runner and one of the better base stealers in Cuba. More of a doubles hitter than a big home run threat, Castillo puts a charge into the ball with a line-drive righthanded swing, though he can get long to the ball at times and some scouts think he's prone to chasing pitches off the plate. Primarily a center fielder in Cuba, Castillo has also played some second and third base, so his versatility could be a draw for some teams. He's an aggressive, high-energy player, though some teams see him as a fourth outfielder.
When Yoenis Cespedes was in Cuba, Cespedes was the star center fielder on the Cuban national team, with Leonys Martin the up-and-comer. With Cespedes and Martin gone, Castillo stepped in as Cuba's national team center fielder at the World Cup in October 2011 in Panama. Castillo was a standout at the tournament, hitting .512/.524/.854 in 10 games, going 21-for-41 with two home runs, two triples, four doubles, one walk and two strikeouts. He made the tournament's all-star team after leading the World Cup in batting average and slugging while ranking fourth in on-base percentage.
Castillo was coming off an excellent year in Serie Nacional in 2010-11 in which he led the league with 29 stolen bases in 35 attempts and hit .324/.373/.555 with 18 home runs in 400 plate appearances.
In 2011-12, Castillo hit .332/.395/.545 in 420 plate appearances, belting 16 home runs with 32 walks, 42 strikeouts and 22 stolen bases in 29 attempts. He led the league with 28 doubles, ranked 13th in batting average and tied for third in the league in steals. Last season was a down year for Castillo, however, as he hit .274/.377/.399 in 68 games.
The last time scouts could have seen Castillo outside of Cuba was in November 2012, when Castillo traveled to Taiwan and Japan for some exhibition games with the team that Cuba ended up sending to the World Baseball Classic in March. When the final WBC rosters were released, Castillo was a notable omission, with Cuba opting to bring 22-year-old Guillermo Heredia as its center fielder instead.
Before Castillo left the island, a statement released by Cuba's National Information Agency from Victor Cuesta, the baseball commissioner of Ciego de Avila, noted that Castillo was suspended from the national team for a "violation of the code of ethics of revolutionary baseball." In other words, Castillo was likely suspended for trying to defect. He was not playing in Serie Nacional this season due to his suspension, so his decision to leave Cuba wasn't a surprise to international scouts.
Scouts would have been able to see Castillo and the rest of his teammates at the World Baseball Challenge in Canada in August, but Castillo wasn't allowed to travel with the team. Scouts did see Castillo in July 2012 at Haarlem Baseball Week in the Netherlands, where he hit .333 (9-for-27) with no extra-base hits, one walk and no strikeouts.
Castillo also played in a five-game exhibition series in Nicaragua in June 2012. Castillo also faced the U.S. college national team in July 2012, although American scouts weren't able to evaluate him in person because the games were in Cuba. Against a team that included N.C. State lefthander Carlos Rodon along with 2013 first-rounders Marco Gonzales (Cardinals) and Jonathon Crawford (Tigers), Castillo went 4-for-24 with a home run, no walks and five strikeouts for a .167/.167/.292 slash line.
In October 2011, Castillo played in the Pan American Games in Mexico, where he hit .273/.333/.318 by going 6-for-22 with a double, two walks and three strikeouts. Castillo also played in the World Port Tournament in the Netherlands in June 2011.
The word in international circles is that Castillo is in the Dominican Republic and will be represented by Adam Katz of Wasserman Media Group.


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Drake Created 'Hold On, We're Going Home' to Play at Weddings
Drake has everyone swooning over his just-released single, 'Hold On, Going Home.' Drizzy hopes the soul-drenched love ballad becomes a mainstay at future June weddings.
"It's not a rap record. It's not 'Versace,' it's not 'Started From the Bottom,'" Drake tells MTV News about the song, which will appear on his third album, 'Nothing Was the Same.' "In approaching this album I was like man, it would be great if we had a record that was played at weddings in 10 years or that people that are away from their families in the Army could listen to."
"Something that just [has] timeless writing, timeless melody. So I did it with the group that we signed to OVO called Majid Jordan," he adds.
Undoubtedly, the song has the potential to become a Drake fan favorite if not his next chart-topping hit single.
The Noah "40" Shebib-produced track sounds lush and melodic with the Young Money superstar's light falsetto caressing every romantic lyric about his one true love.
"It's me and 40 just channeling our Quincy Jones-Michael Jackson production duo," says Drake. "Obviously no offense to the greats, I know we're not anywhere near that — it's just us kinda doing our thing, humbly attempting."
"It's a great record. I'm nervous and excited and all these things about it," he continues. "I've never really put out a record like this before, so we'll see how it goes."
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Young entrepreneurs rewarded for their enterprising spirit
Pupils from Hazlehead School, who turned £1 into £6,000 in just 30 days have received an award from the charity which set the challenge.
The school took first place in the Schools Challenge category and came overall 3rd in the combined business/schools category in the Micro-Tyco competition set by Wildhearts, a charity which aims to tackle economic injustice by funding micro-loans and business training for people in 24 countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America. It helps them work their way out of poverty with dignity. As all loans are repaid the money raised is recycled to help more and more people.
The school's business partner Anderson Anderson & Brown which raised the same amount as the children won the Small & Medium Enterprise category. By working together about £12,000 was raised for the charity.
Micro-Tyco, which is the product of over ten years experience in enterprise education and entrepreneurial success, aims to inspire schools and companies to excel and encourage, to believe and to create compassionate global citizens.
Each team was given a micro-loan of £1 from WildHearts with one month [November 2013] to turn their money into as much cash as possible. Many entrepreneurial skills are developed during the challenge, including leadership, problem solving, thinking and enterprise and employability skills.
Hazlehead School worked with Anderson Anderson & Brown Chartered Accountants throughout the challenge. Although teams in both establishments remained separate, they exchanged knowledge and ideas and provided mutual encouragement. The school team checked-in with the firm every Friday during November to discuss progress and share running totals of how their £1 had increased.
Colin Downie, director, Wildhearts Charity presented Micro-Tyco awards to the school and its partners Anderson Anderson & Brown at a special ceremony at the school on Thursday 06 March.
Headteacher Barbara Jones, said: "The pupils thoroughly enjoyed being part of this challenge and raised a phenomenal amount of money through initiative, creativity and hard work by the pupils. It was also a great opportunity for the pupils to exchange ideas and knowledge with business people and in doing so they inspired each other."
During the competition, teams were regularly sent videos from the global Micro-Tyco Mentors including Sir Tom Hunter with tips and advice for the challenge, which can also be applied to everyday life and business.


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Police, Shin Bet to Bolster Coordination
Following an upsurge of threats from far-right extremists on government officials, police will tighten its coordination with the Knesset Guard and Shin Bet's personal security wing, Police Commissioner Chief Moshe Karadi announced Sunday.
During an urgent meeting between Karadi and representatives of the Shin Bet and the Knesset security, it was decided however that the current security patterns will not be revised.
According Karadi?s decision, police district commanders will be informed ahead of time of events where ministers and MKs will take part. Police officers will hold special evaluation meeting before such events, to decide if it was needed to bolster security to prevent violent incidents.
Earlier on Monday, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon expressed his outrage at the threatening letters sent by far-right extremists to government officials, and called for "practical steps" to be taken to counter the phenomenon.
He instructed Justice Minister Tzipi Livni and Attorney General Menachem Mazuz to formulate steps to prevent threats against ministers and elected officials, and said he intends to discuss the issue in the Knesset plenum this week, Israel Radio reported.
Sharon also intends to hold a special meeting on the matter in two weeks with the participation of Mazuz and the head of the Shin Bet security service.
Infrastructure Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer warned during the weekly cabinet meeting Sunday of the potential for an assassination attempt on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon by right-wing extremists.
"A month before the murder of [slain former prime minister Yitzahk] Rabin I clarified, exactly as I am doing now, the importance of holding an organized discussion of the issue - as we do for every other issue - but Rabin shut my mouth and no one else listened to me," Ben-Eliezer said.
Rabin was shot dead by far-right extremist Yigal Amir during a peace rally in Tel Aviv in 1995. Amir was opposed to Rabin's policies on negotiations with the Palestinians.
A few hours after the cabinet meeting, senior police officials met to discuss the threats, Israel Radio reported. They had previously decided to increase security for government officials at public events, and Knesset security will also be upgraded this week, the radio said.
Ben-Eliezer, who was born in Iraq, presented to the cabinet a threatening letter that read: "Arab blood is flowing through your veins, and for this you must leave Israel and return to Iraq to defend Saddam Hussein. You are contemptible. You are a miserable Iraqi with Arab-Nazi blood flowing through your veins."
He said such letters cannot be ignored.
"I am telling you: They will try to kill the prime minister. It starts with attacking soldiers. We are a country of law and we must examine this matter thoroughly," Ben-Eliezer said.
Sharon said the threats constitute "an extremely serious situation."
"I was ashamed to read the threatening letters that were sent to you," the prime minister told Ben-Eliezer. "This is an extremely serious situation. It's not an option that such letters are sent and nothing is done about it. I am shocked by this savagery. We need to take practical steps."
"It is not possible that such threatening letter can be sent to ministers and law enforcement bodies ignores the matter," he added to Livni.
Minister without Portfolio Haim Ramon criticized Mazuz, who was not present at the discussion. He argued that the failure of the State Attorney's Office to deal with incitement reminded him of the period preceding Rabin's assassination.
Likud MK Meir Sheetrit said that he had received dozens of letters with threats to his life because of his support for the disengagement plan, but had not publicized the matter because he did not want to worry his family.
Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told about how he had been attacked last week while visiting Kfar Chabad, where he was verbally insulted and had his tires slashed.
"Netanyahu is a friend of Chabad," commented Communications Minister Dalia Itzik (Labor). "If they attack him this way, they will completely tear me apart."
Shin Bet personal security unit chief resignsThe head of the Shin Bet's personal security wing, "D," will leave his post in May despite the agency's prediction that threats against senior government and defense figures will increase in the period leading up to disengagement from Gaza and the northern Gaza Strip.
The internal security service expects these threats to focus on Sharon.
The incoming head of the personal security wing, "T," has already begun studying the various aspects of his new position, including the security arrangements surrounding Israeli representatives overseas.
T, from a kibbutz in the south of the country and a former senior officer in the Shayetet 13 naval commando unit, headed a Shin Bet personal protection unit in the late 1990s.
Outgoing Shin Bet director Avi Dichter decided upon T's nomination to the post. Dichter headed the unit in the period following the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995.
Responsibility for Sharon's security is shared by the Shin Bet's Jewish division in the non-Arab affairs wing and the personal security division. General responsibility, however, is carried by the Shin Bet director.
According to defense establishment figures, Dichter's decision to nominate a new chief for personal security was unrelated to the disengagement plan and the increase in threats to Sharon, other government ministers and Israel Defense Forces officers.
D served as unit head for four years. In addition to T's nomination, new appointments have been made to the heads of the Shin Bet's southern district responsible for the Gaza Strip and to the Arab affairs division.
D's full name has been published overseas in information pamphlets and in internet sites associated with professional conferences dealing with security issues. Even though D's identity has been revealed outside of Israel, the Shin Bet is forbidden to publicize his identifying details inside the country.
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Editorial: Congress needs to prepare for cyberwarfare
The hits just keep on coming. Practically every day now another big brand company reveals its computers have been hacked. Apple, Facebook, The New York Times, Coca-Cola and Twitter have all been recent targets. While some of these cyber attacks may be mischief and others more mercenary theft of company secrets, the defenselessness of these major companies makes real the vulnerability of our nation to cyberwarfare.
Aggressive attacks by foreign nations or hostile groups targeting defense contractors and critical infrastructure -- such as electrical grids, oil and gas pipelines, and banking and financial systems -- soared 17-fold from 2009 to 2011, according to the head of the U.S. Cyber Command. China especially appears to be aggressively involved, and there are even more sophisticated invasions coming out of Russia; the potential for nonstate organizations, such as al-Qaida, is clear. There are extraordinary risks of deliberate harm to life and property.
That makes preventing, detecting and responding to cyberattacks an urgent matter of national security.
But for three years, Congress has tried and failed to enact legislation to facilitate the cooperation needed between the government and companies that operate critical infrastructure to give the nation its best shot at countering the mushrooming threat. Recent attempts to legislate were stymied by the valid concern of burdensome government regulation.
President Barack Obama stepped into the void Feb. 12 with an executive order allowing critical infrastructure companies to join a program that gives government contractors near real-time information on cyberattacks. He also ordered officials to develop recommendations that companies could adopt, if they choose, to better secure their computer systems. That's a decent start, but just a start.
Congress should enact a more muscular program with mandatory, two-way information sharing. Companies operating essential services need to know the nature of the attacks directed at others and share with one another how to prevent or counter them. Government officials need a view of the big picture in order to discern patterns in attacks against the United States that could help identify the culprits.
Some companies will be reluctant to disclose they've been hacked because it could undermine confidence in their businesses and lead to lawsuits by customers if private information is compromised. Congress should give those who share cybersecurity information some protection against liability.
What Congress should not do is impose mandatory standards for companies operating critical infrastructure. Technology changes quickly, and so do the methods of creative hackers. It would be difficult for government regulation to keep pace. So rather than burdening companies with cybersecurity mandates, Congress should free companies to do it their own way. Insisting on mandates ensures continued failure in Congress, when it's imperative to get something done.
This threat is so serious that the administration recently created a "Distinguished Warfare Medal" reserved for people who greatly assist the war effort by piloting drones or devising computer defenses or creating digital code to attack an enemy's networks. This is 21st century warfare and we must be ready.


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Check out these Angora bunnies.
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Check out these Angora bunnies.
Some of them definitely look like things I find under my bed!
Good gracious, they certainly need a good trim! You can only barely see even a face on several of them! There's half a sweater worth of wool on just one bunny, I bet!
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That's a first for me, never heard of Angora rabbits before. I'm not sure what to make of them either....cute in a way I guess if I could see more face.
Well, there are French Angora and English Angora rabbits......And they do NOT all look like that! These have an extreeme amount of hair (just like a good coated show dog (a Pekingese, for example) would probably have more hair than a pet of the same breed)
I showed rabbits MANY years ago, and I have never seen any with such hair.
Are there really rabbits in there? That's insane, it must be a major pain for the rabbits.
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Something makes me feel sorry for them.
Those don't even look like rabbits...very strange looking...almost doesn't look right...
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I don't feel sorry for them but even the rabbit Lucy is something I've never seen. The only rabbits I've ever spotted were the wild ones in the bush and they don't come close to looking like these.
Does the bunny's coat grow like that (in the link Jen posted)? Or is it fluffed / teased for photos? Lucy the bunny's coat looks sooooooo soft!
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Aaahh, I have been defrosted! Thank you, Bonny and Asiel!
Brrrr, I've been Frosted! Thank you, Asiel and Pomtzu!
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Angora bunnies NEED to be brushed, or their coat will tangle. I suspect those bunnies were fluffed extra high for the show, and trimmed down once show season ended, and the trimming used to make wonderfully soft yarn!
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WAAAY too much maintenance for me, thanks! I'll stick with my Netherland Dwarfs.
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Breakfast King has finally completed its promised remodel -- but if you didn't know what to look for, you could miss it, easy. The 24-hour hash joint that's squatted for decades in the shadow of the old Gates Rubber plant still has the same funk -- that weird, one-two punch of old grease and fresh coffee that's always smelled like home to me. It still draws the same crowds (mostly older folk, friends of the house and dedicated diner junkies who know the real McCoy when they find it); it has that same lazy Sunday vibe whenever the sun is up and the same slightly creepy dead-ender's truck-stop feel after dark. The heart of the place has been left untouched by the recent rounds of facelift, nose job, tummy tuck and dermabrasion, and although I'll admit that I liked the King just fine in its previous, slightly worn and rumpled state, the cosmetic changes are simply that: purely cosmetic.
On a recent Monday, owner Terry Moore (one of three chiefs currently in command of the King) was working the floor at 300 West Mississippi Avenue, pressing the flesh and accepting compliments now that the dust has settled back into its proper place and things have returned more or less to normal. This is a man who knew how dangerous it could be to try and clean up a diner, who got that the life of a place sometimes exists in the scars and historic grime that it's picked up over long years of service. He understood that the temptation of the dark side -- that urge to clean an honest diner so much that it becomes a quasi-fern bar, or to remodel it straight into Gunther Toody's-land -- is powerful. We'd talked about this a couple of months back ("Travelin' Man," April 15), so I knew how carefully Moore was approaching the process.
And it shows in the finished product: The King now looks like a better, younger version of itself. The walls are still hung with that wonderfully awful 1970s rumpus-room paneling; the brown glass lights still dangle from the ceiling. There are new tabletops, and the booths have been recovered, but someone must've loaned Moore a time machine so he could go back and find just the right shade of Creamsicle Vegas orange vinyl, a color that hasn't existed since Debbie Reynolds packed it in at Caesars, since the last scrap of deep-pile shag was pulled out of the back of the last High Times party van. And while the King is now a little heavy on brushed aluminum -- with long, burnished sheets of it pinned up by the kitchen, the service area and all over the back-bar -- a good diner can wear its chrome and stainless like an old general wears his medals: proudly, knowing that every inch of decoration has been earned. Plus, this stuff ages well, and the constant grind of 'round-the-clock service will take the edge off the shiny newness of all that is shiny and new, wearing away a bit of that bright luster.
And then the King will be right back where it started. All it takes is time, and time is one thing this diner has plenty of.
Speaking of diners, one of my perennial guilty-pleasure faves, Johnny's Diner-- a pure outpost of Americana at 2323 South Havana Street, smack in the middle of Aurora's Little Asia, where I was hanging out for this week's review -- has jumped its class. What was once a straight-up, car-cult, fast-and-greasy breakfast bar, with service starting early in the morning and ending sometime around three in the afternoon, is now a full-fledged restaurant with hours extending until eight in the pee-em. And folks are lining up at the long counter for cheeseburgers and fries the same way they always have for ham-and-egg sandwiches and watery coffees-to-go.
For me, though, these new hours are a mixed blessing. Yes, I can now get cherry milkshakes on my way home from Bite Me HQ, provided I have a couple of bucks in my pocket. (It's cash on the barrelhead here, no credit, no excuses.) But Johnny's is no longer a breakfast bar, and being a breakfast bar is a noble thing -- cramming a full day's business into a few short hours guarantees that the service will be fast, the grub good and the menu narrowly focused on those things that the kitchen can do quickly and well. Denver has always been woefully short of these bastard diner-cafe hybrids, and now we've got one less.
Ask the critic, redux: In the August 5 Bite Me, I burned up a lot of space with my grumpy-old-man shtick about culinary schools and my distrust of the toqued and tassled graduates they keep pumping out, damn snot-nosed punks wearing the whites and blah blah blah.
And while I still feel that way (and grow grumpier about the situation with each passing minute), I did leave out an important part of the culinary school equation: What about an already blooded chef going back to school? That's what Michael, a pro with nearly twenty years in the galley behind him, e-mailed me about last week. "I had my first job at Mustard's Last Stand when I was 15," he wrote. "My next job was as breakfast cook/lunch prep at Green's. The chef there, a CIA grad, told me not to go to school but to work, that I would learn more in two years working and reading on my own than in two years at school."
Matter of fact, you'd probably learn more in two years of cooking than in ten at any C-school out there, but back to Michael: "I took his advice. By '93 I was a sous chef. In '97, I was an exec chef. Since then, I've chased the money at a corporate steakhouse, moved to Florida and worked as a sous in Palm Beach, returned to Denver, and have since been passed over for at least two jobs that I know of for someone with less experience, but with that degree. Anyway, to make a long story longer, I bit the bullet and applied to Johnson & Wales for the fall term (at the last moment), and was accepted (the only pre-requisite being that I was breathing, I'm sure). My questions to you are: Do you think I will be the oldest guy in school (I'm 33), and do you think there are a lot of guys in my same situation who feel as helpless as I do to the whims of restaurant owners and HR people who think that without a degree, no matter how much time in the biz, you aren't qualified to run their kitchens?"
First, Michael, I don't think you'll be the oldest guy there because you'll be surrounded by investment bankers and former dot-commers trying to make a midlife career change, all sweating through their schoolboy whites and chopping their fingers off in knife skills class. What you'll be is a veteran, and being the one standing at the end of the day -- no matter the age of the rookies on the floor all around you -- should feel pretty good.
Unfortunately, there are probably plenty of guys like you right now being passed over and sidelined by dumbass owners and bean-counting front-office types who haven't the foggiest idea what the difference is between a gunny sergeant with a decade in the field and some West Point Second Lieutenant so fresh from the parade ground that you can still see the shine on his buttons and brass from fifty yards away. There was a time (here I go with the old-man thing again) when cooking was a blue-collar gig. It was something people fell into almost by accident when they were young, then stayed in because they liked the life and the opportunities it presented. It was a trade you learned from the ground up from the guys who'd been doing it their entire lives, and if you learned good, you could really make something of yourself.
What it wasn't was a white-collar job. What it wasn't was something you could learn from a book. And I never thought it would become a job that kids aspired to, one that could potentially get your ass on TV.
But times are changing, and Michael, you are exactly the kind of guy who should be going to C-school. If more people did it the way you are -- hitting the books to brush up only after learning your trade the hard way -- the industry would be in much better shape. So best of luck to you.
Meanwhile, for any of you restaurant owners of the type that Michael described, anyone who still believes that a diploma makes someone more qualified than ten years of service, here's a phone number that you'll probably be needing someday soon: 303-844-4045. That'll get you to a clerk at bankruptcy court. Tell 'em I said hi.
You oughtta be in pictures: Several local guys and gals are making a splash in the glossies. Melinda King, mix mistress at The Hornet, will be featured in a Grey Goose Vodka tear-out showing up in the September issues of a slew of Condé Nast mags (Vogue, GQ, Vanity Fair, Gourmet and the like). Granted, this is a not-so-cheap ploy by the good people at Grey Goose to make all of us drink more vodka, but King's recipe for L'Lemonade, her signature drink, did beat out the efforts of about 2,000 other bartenders, all mixing their best vodka cocktails, to make her one of the top 48 "Tastemakers" nationwide.
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In the issue of Bon Appétit on the shelves right now, not one, not two, but three Denver hot spots get a little ink. The "Wine and Spirits" section cites Richard Sandoval's Zengo for its bartenders' excellent and prodigious use of the muddling technique (squishing up herbs or fruits in the bottom of a glass with a blunt stick -- a move performed on no fewer than fifteen of Zengo's cocktails) and for its fifty-label-deep tequila list. Adega is featured in a two-page spread on small plates; chef Bryan Moscatello's artichoke, shallot and Camembert fonduta (that's an Italian fondue to you and me) plays a starring role. And under "Casual Chic," Luca d'Italia receives both a plug and a picture for its cheese-and-Italian-sausage rigatoni. Both the fonduta and the rigatoni come with recipes attached: If you're gonna steal, steal from the best.
Finally, Food Arts magazine just handed its monthly "Silver Spoon" award, which honors those who've made a significant impact on the world of food and wine, to Mel and Jane Master of Mel's. With all they've done, the Masters deserve a whole silver service.
Leftovers: The saga continues at the Fourth Story, which recently lost both chef Chris Reap and general manager Terry Hanifen. Former beverage fella and current sommelier Jerry Payne is taking over Hanifen's spot and doing his best to keep things on an even keel until early September, when Tim Opiel (currently of the Rialto Cafe) comes on board as the new chef. "There will be a new menu," Payne says. "But it won't be like a whole new format or layout. The Fourth Story is a contemporary American restaurant, so we will have certain menu requirements. But it will be Tim's menu, for sure."
And it will be the third new menu in a year at the restaurant, which will have seen three chefs in that time. The crew in the kitchen has remained nearly constant through all the tumult, though, so if you've been to the Fourth recently and had a decent meal, those are the guys to thank.


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SINGER Alistair Griffin joined in with the launch of a charity fundraising challenge.
The Middlesbrough-based star, who is writing the official song of the Tour de France Grand Depart, is also taking part in Marie Curie's coast to coast challenge.
He took part in the charity's launch event for the coast to coast, at Redcar's vertical pier, on Tuesday (January 28).
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Marie Curie is the official charity of the Grand Depart, which will be held in July.
The coast to coast takes place in June and runs from Cumbria to the North Yorkshire coast.


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Join us for Brittany's Book Adventures on Friday, May 3, 11am-noon. We'll start with a story which will take us on an adventure though outer space and inspire us to create some out of this world crafts and activities.The Museum is located in the Old Fire Station on Sullivan Avenue in North Easton Village. Admission is $7.50 per person, members and children under 1 are free. For more information call The Children's Museum in Easton at (508) 230-3789 or check our website, www.childrensmuseumineaston.org.
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The St. Patty's Weekend Pub Golf Classic
Do you like to golf? Do you like to drink? Do you like to drink and golf? Then we've got a cool event coming up for you next month.
Polish up your putter and get ready to party with the Hawk Saturday March 15th at the St. Patty's Weejebd Pub Golf Classic. We'll be bar hopping all over Billings, sinking putts, drinking beer and raising money for a great local charity.
It's only $25 to enter your 5 person team and we'll be handing out cash prizes for the best Pub Golfers. Save the date and get your team together.


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Sri Lanka Travel Guide
For generations of travellers Sri Lanka has conjured up often dreamlike images. White dagobas curving sky-ward create a starting skyline, serene carved stone buddhas lying in permanent silence and elephants in parades glittering in gold. The islands wonderful landscape is invitingly lined with pure white sand. Diving, snorkelling, or just soaking up the seemingly endless warmth and sun are reward in themselves. But beyond the beaches and their waving coconut palms there is much to explore. The ancient temples, shrines and palaces of the northern kingdoms, the tea estates and hill stations of the central hill ranges - culturally rich and scenically beautiful, Sri Lanka's diversity is all within easy reach.
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I remember as a youngster getting to go to Grandma and Grandpa's house. What a treat. Grandma would always have something baked up and there would be sweets out on the table. She always greeted me with a big bear hug.
Claysville Christian Church will host Three Nights of Hope Oct. 27-29 from 6-7:30 p.m. nightly. Guest speaker will be Sammy Harris, lead minister at Leesburg Christian Church. Praise and worship time each night.
For more information call the church at 859-234-5482.
On Sunday, Oct. 26 at 5:30 p.m., Cynthiana Presbyterian Church will host a potluck supper and entertainment will follow.
On Sunday, Oct. 26 at 5:30 p.m., Cynthiana Presbyterian Church will host a potluck supper and entertainment will follow.
Marvin Sullivan of Falmouth, Ky. will bring his talents as a humorist, storyteller and harmonica player to make for an evening of fun. Everyone is welcome.
The church is located at 103 N. Main St (across from the library). Parking is in the rear of the church. For more information call the church office at 234-2961.
"Daddy, Daddy," were the words I heard seconds before I felt a tightening grip on my legs as my frightened 2-year-old son, David, wanted me to save him from his shadow.
You know what really irks me? When people at work don't turn off the bathroom light when they're done.
Our company is trying to reduce expenses and one of the easiest things to do is Turn. Off. The. Light!
Years ago I did a funeral for a 4-week-old baby girl. It was difficult. The family had started attending our church prior to the baby being born. We had a baby shower for the mother. She really felt loved and embraced by our church.
When the baby died, she was devastated. She had questions about God allowing this to happen.
Boyers Chapel and Whitson Road, Sadieville, will be holding a weekend revival Oct. 10-12. Special singing on Friday and Saturday at 6:30 p.m., Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
Major and Mrs. Edward Tutewiler of Skokie, Ill., will be the evangelist. A pitch in dinner to follow the program.
Alan Crabtree is the pastor.
I know for me as a young girl in middle school and high school, I tried to find my comfort in things and people.
I put my hope in guys and thought that they would make me feel safe, happy, wanted and loved. What I found was that they didn't and couldn't fill the gaping hole in my heart.
A camp meeting style revival will be held at Benson United Methodist Church Oct. 5-9. Sunday at 6 p.m. and Monday through Thursday at 7 p.m. Special singing each evening.
Sunday speaker will be Jeff Jackson; Monday, Bill Henry; Tuesday, Tim Thompson; Wednesday, Megan Crouse Reed; and Thursday, Paul Hammond.
Editor's note: Nancy Kennedy is on vacation this week. Her husband requested this column from 2004 about his 1968 Ford Falcon station wagon be rerun. He still misses that car. Nancy doesn't.
Although a brand new Ford F-150 "Lightning" pickup truck tops my husband's list of dream vehicles, his eyes still mist whenever anyone mentions 'the limo."
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The wife of Enron Corp.'s former chief financial officer and six former executives of the fallen company's defunct broadband unit surrendered to federal authorities early Thursday to face criminal charges involving the failed energy trading giant.
Lea Fastow, 41, wife of Andrew Fastow, was named in an indictment charging her with six counts, including money laundering conspiracy, filing false tax returns and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
In addition, her husband was charged Thursday with 31 more counts, meaning he now faces at least 109 charges related to Enron's collapse in 2001.
Also, more charges were filed against two other former Enron officials who were indicted in March.
"Today's indictments are a significant milestone in our unabated efforts to expose and punish the vast array of criminal conduct related to the collapse of Enron Corporation," Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson, who heads the Justice Department's Corporate Fraud Task Force, said in Washington.
Prosecutors contend Enron Broadband Services never generated any revenue and was abandoned by Enron shortly before the company filed for bankruptcy in December 2001.
Besides the Fastows, named are former Enron Broadband Services chairman and co-chief executive Kenneth Rice, former president and co-chief executive Joseph Hirko, former chief operating officer Kevin Hannon, and former senior vice presidents Scott Yeager and Rex Shelby. They are charged with securities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering.
Two other previously indicted executives, Kevin Howard and Michael Krautz, were named in new counts.
The indictments allege Rice, Hirko, Hannon, Yeager and Shelby sold large amounts of Enron stock while they knew the broadband unit was failing, bringing themselves some $186 million in profits. The government is seeking forfeiture of more than $100 million of those profits.
The new Fastow indictment also brings charges of securities fraud, insider trading, falsification of accounting records and tax fraud against two other Enron executives, former treasurer Ben Glisan and former finance executive Dan Boyle.
Mrs. Fastow is charged with conspiring to reap profits from Enron wind farms in a partnership known as RADR and, along with her husband, failing to report income to the Internal Revenue Service.
Lea Fastow and six of the former executives were taken to federal court in handcuffs after surrendering to authorities in Houston just after daybreak.
Rice, Hirko, Hannon and Yeager all entered innocent pleas in an appearance before U.S. Magistrate Marcia Crone. Bond for Rice and Hirko was set at $3 million each. Bond for Hannon and Yeager was set at $1 million. All were in the process of posting bond late Thursday morning.
Lea Fastow, Boyle and Glisan were scheduled to appear before Crone later in the day.
Fastow walked into the Internal Revenue Service office in Houston accompanied by her lawyer, Nanci Clarence. Her husband and his lawyer drove the women to the federal office, where Fastow hugged his wife, then drove away. He and his attorney later joined them at the courthouse.
At the same time, Rice, Hirko, Hannon, Boyle, Glisan and Yeaeger surrendered at an FBI office in Houston.
Enron's broadband venture, touted to analysts in 2000 as the company's next big moneymaker, fizzled in 2001 and laid off hundreds of workers about six months before the parent company went bankrupt.
Lea Fastow was paid $54,000 to administer one of the partnerships at the center of the Justice Department's investigation into Enron's 2001 collapse.
She and her husband, who was charged Oct. 31 with 78 counts of fraud, conspiracy, money laundering and obstruction of justice, met in college, got married, and worked at a Chicago bank before joining Enron in 1990. She was assistant treasurer when she left the company in 1997.
Names of the Fastows and and their family foundation are on several bank accounts frozen by federal prosecutors before he was indicted initially as part of their investigation into ill-gotten gains from partnerships that lined their pockets while helping Enron hide debt and inflate profits.
Andrew Fastow is free on $5 million bond. A status hearing in his case is scheduled for May 19.
The Houston Chronicle, citing unidentified sources, reported Lea Fastow could be tried separately from her husband.
Shelby did not appear in court because of a family emergency Thursday but was expected to turn himself in later.
On Wednesday, Crone received the charges from the foreman of the Enron grand jury and Enron Task Force prosecutor Andrew Weissmann, who is handling the case against Andrew Fastow. Crone excluded reporters from the hearing.
The six men who surrendered at an FBI office in Houston early Thursday all arrived separately.
Boyle, accompanied by an attorney, drove up in a silver Porsche.
"Prosecuting this guy is like prosecuting the piano player in a whorehouse," Boyle's lawyer, Bill Rosch, said.
Rice came by pickup truck with two lawyers. Hirko was accompanied by three men. Yeager walked in alone, carrying a cup of coffee. Glisan had three attorneys and Hannon had one.
Rice, known at Enron for his love of fast, expensive cars, quit the company months before it went bankrupt in 2001 after selling $1.2 million shares of company stock for more than $76 million. He served as CEO of Enron's trading unit, then called Enron Capital and Trade, from June 1996-June 1999 when he took the helm of the heavily touted broadband unit that never earned the millions in profits Enron claimed it did.
Hirko was chairman and CEO of Enron Broadband before Rice. He left Enron in 2000 and is alleged to have sold 473,837 shares for $35.1 million from June 1996 to November 2001.
Hannon, 42, operating officer at Enron Broadband, quit Enron in August 2001. Previously he was president of Enron's trading and commodities business. He is named in lawsuits that allege he profited from the sale of millions of dollars worth of stock.
Glisan became Enron treasurer in March 2000 and earned $1 million in May 2000 on a March 2000 $5,826 investment in Fastow's Southampton Place partnership. He was fired from Enron in November 2001 and prosecutors have frozen $916,137 in a bank account in his name.
The two other former broadband executives, Howard and Krautz, were indicted March 26 for allegedly using accounting tricks to generate $111 million in fake earnings from the unit's failed Internet movie-on-demand service.
Prosecutors allege the men secretly promised investors they would make money off the highly publicized deal with Dallas-based Blockbuster Inc., and concealed those pledges from Enron's accountant, Arthur Andersen LLP.
Howard and Krautz have pleaded innocent and are free on $500,000 bond. Each is charged with 18 counts of securities fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy and lying to the FBI.
Enron's stock rose sharply after executives, including former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling, talked up the venture. Shares reached a high of $90 in August 2000, and Enron was No. 7 on the Fortune 500 that year.
Skilling has not been charged with any crime, and he has consistently said he did nothing improper at Enron. He quit the company in August 2001, more than three months before the company failed, citing personal reasons.


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A SERGEANT Major was electrocuted after he touched a faulty lamp in a hotel room in Kenya.
Sergeant Major John 'Bob' Marley might have survived had he received better treatment from Kenyan medics, an inquest heard
The 42-year-old, from Horden, was serving with the British Army Training Unit in Kenya when he died on April 26 last year.
The inquest at the Coroner's Court in Crook was told he and two colleagues took a long weekend of leave in Mombasa.
Staff Sergeant Steve Gillian said they shared a large hotel room and were preparing to go out for the evening when the accident happened.
He said: "I was in the bathroom when I heard Bob scream.
"I rushed back into the room and saw Bob on top of the lamp.
"He was in a bad way, but breathing, so me and my colleague commenced CPR."
Colour Sergeant Chris Woods rushed to the hotel reception to ask them to call an ambulance, but due to language problems, the receptionist called a taxi.
Another officer who was present found a telephone number for an ambulance on the internet. Sgt Mjr Marley was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later.
Sgt Woods, who went with him in the ambulance, told the hearing: "They just put an oxygen mask on Bob, they didn't try to shock him which is what I was expecting.
"I told them they needed to get some air inside him, but the same thing happened at the hospital.
"Had he received the treatment I like to think he would have received in the UK, I believe he may have survived."
The inquest heard the lamp switch was found to have exposed live wires, and the wall socket on/off switch did not work.
A post-mortem examination found electric current burns on one of Sgt Mjr Marley's fingers.
Deputy Durham Coroner Crispin Oliver said the death was both tragic and poignant.
"It was also very unlucky," the coroner added.
"I cannot comment on the treatment Bob received from the Kenyan medical people. But there is no doubt his comrades did everything they possibly could to save him."
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The parish of Trinity Church, New York City, announces that the parish's vestry had called the Rev. Dr. James H. Cooper as its next rector. Cooper is the present rector of Christ Episcopal Church, Ponte Vedra Beach. He will become the 17th rector in the parish's 307-year history on May 2. The parish was chartered in 1697. Services in the first church, at the head of Wall Street in lower Manhattan, began in 1698.
The vestry's decision to call Cooper as successor to the current rector, the Rev. Dr. Daniel P. Matthews, and his acceptance of the call, were announced by the parish's church-wardens, Lawrence S. Huntington and Peter Y. Gevalt. Matthews announced in May 2003 that he would retire this year.
Cooper earned his bachelor's degree from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va. He completed his master of divinity degree at Virginia Theological Seminary in 1970 and earned his doctor of ministry degree, also at Virginia seminary, in 1993.
His ordained ministry began in 1970, when he was appointed assistant rector at St. Peter's Church, Albany, N.Y. During his tenure, he performed chaplaincy services for the New York State Assembly.
In 1972, he was called as assistant rector of Christ Episcopal Church, Ponte Vedra Beach, which had a Sunday congregation of about 75 worshipers in what was, at the time, a small retirement and vacation community. He was called to be rector of the congregation in 1979.Today, Christ Episcopal Church is the third largest Episcopal Church in the United States, with more than 5,900 members in what has become a thriving bedroom suburb of Jacksonville. Cooper has founded two not-for-profit life care facilities to assure quality of life and health care for the community's aging population: Vicar's Landing, a $52-million facility which opened in 1988, and Glenmoor, an $82-million facility which has opened more recently. He also founded the Christ Church Foundation to endow the parish for outreach. Cooper is on numerous boards of directors and has served the Diocese of Florida in a range of capacities, including president of the standing committee. He has been a deputy to the Episcopal Church's general convention and a member of the national church's standing committee on domestic mission. He has also been a trustee of the University of the South.
Under his leadership, the parish planted a congregation in western Ponte Vedra Beach and helped establish a congregation in the city's sister city, Pontevedra, Spain. The parish has helped congregations in Nigeria and Kenya establish health clinics, and has rehabilitated retreat and seminary facilities in Kenya and Tanzania.
Globally, Cooper has also been involved with the Compass Rose Society, a companion parish in Cuba and with Scripture Union South Africa and missions in Bolivia and the Bahamas.
Cooper's wife, Tay, serves on the national board of the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge (SPCK), and is an artist and an architectural ceramist. They have a daughter and son-in-law, who live in Brooklyn, N.Y., and a son, who lives in Orlando.
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Gharyān, also spelled Garyān, or Garian, town, in the Tripolitania region of northwestern Libya. It lies at the foot of the plateau Jabal Nafūsah, 50 miles (80 km) south of Tripoli, and was a major centre of Italian colonization in the early 1910s. After the Turko-Italian war (1911–12) and the defeat of Turkey, the Gebel, Berber, and Fezzanese peoples in Libya continued to fight but could not stem the Italian advance. Gharyān fell to the Italians in December 1912 but was recaptured in a counterattack by local peoples in July 1913. Olive-oil processing, flour milling, carpet weaving, and pottery making are the main occupations. It is linked by road with Tripoli and Mizdah. Pop. (2005 est.) 178,380.
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Union League Club of Chicago65 West Jackson BoulevardChicago, Illinois
Driving Directions:Chicago Loop at Jackson between Dearborn and Clark. Indoor self parking and valet parking is available.
Most of us believe that the best way to motivate ourselves and others is with external rewards like money —- carrot-and-stick approach. That's a mistake, Daniel H. Pink says in, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, his provocative and persuasive new book. The secret to high performance and satisfaction—at work, at school, and at home—is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world.
Drawing on four decades of scientific research on human motivation, Pink exposes the mismatch between what science knows and what business does—and how that affects every aspect of life. He demonstrates that while carrots and sticks worked successfully in the twentieth century, that's precisely the wrong way to motivate people for today's challenges. In Drive, he examines the three elements of true motivation—autonomy, mastery, and purpose—and offers smart and surprising techniques for putting these into action. Along the way, he takes us to companies that are enlisting new approaches to motivation and introduces us to the scientists and entrepreneurs who are pointing a bold way forward.
Drive is bursting with big ideas—the rare book that will change how you think and transform how you live.
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Daniel H. Pink is the author of a trio of provocative, bestselling books on the changing world of work.
A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future charts the rise of right-brain thinking in modern economies and describes the six abilities individuals and organizations must master in an outsourced, automated age.
Dan's newest work is The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need, the first American business book in the Japanese comic format known as manga. (In 2007, he won a Japan Society Media Fellowship that took him to Tokyo to study the manga industry.) The Adventures of Johnny Bunko was one of the bestselling graphic novels of 2008 and the only graphic novel ever to become a BusinessWeek bestseller.
His first book, Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself, was a Washington Post bestseller that Publishers Weekly says "has become a cornerstone of employee-management relations."
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One for Sorrow
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Graphic interpretation of a Folk Song
As of late, I have been searching for sources of inspiration for a great Typography and Illustration piece. I recently came across a classic folk song One for Sorrow and felt really inspired by the verses. I have created typographic illustrations for some of the verses. Enjoy!
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News Around the District for Small Business
Community Health Advocates RFP
Potential Bidders Call
Wednesday, March 7 @ 4:00 PM
Community Health Advocates (CHA), an initiative of the Community Service Society (CSS), is New York's nationally-acclaimed health consumer assistance project. CSS has been at the forefront of public policy innovations supporting low-and moderate-income New Yorkers for more than 160 years.
CHA's Request For Proposals invites mission-driven business service organizations throughout New York State to apply for grants of $20,000 to $60,000 to provide outreach and assistance to small businesses in their communities about health insurance coverage, health reform and small business health insurance tax credits. CHA seeks to establish a small business assistance program ("SBAP") to educate small businesses about the Affordable Care Act (ACA), provide assistance to small businesses about health insurance and help inform the design and development of the State's SHOP Exchange.
Possible applicant organizations would include Chambers, Business Improvement Districts, local and economic development councils, and other groups that provide services and support to small businesses at the local level - as well as those who serve hard to reach populations such as immigrant and ethnic business owners.
There will be a Bidders Call on Wednesday, March 7th at 4:00 PM for interested organizations. The call-in number and pin are as follows:
Number - (559) 546-1000
Pin - 397385#
Participation in a Bidders' Call is not mandatory. You can also find answers to your queries by viewing CHA's already-posted Q & A at: http://communityhealthadvocates.org/2012-small-business-assistance-program-rfp.
CHA has also extended the deadline for written questions to Wednesday, March 7, at 6:00 p.m. Questions may be emailed to Marva Kalish at email@example.com. CHA will post a final Q & A to its website by Thursday, March 8, at 5:00 p.m.
RFP Applications are due on Monday, March 12. The Request For Proposal may be accessed by clicking on the following link: http://communityhealthadvocates.org/2012-small-business-assistance-program-rfp.


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ISIS and al-Qaeda: Same Ideology, Different Methodology
17 Nov 2016
Our data indicates that ISIS affiliates around the world tend to cause a greater percentage of civilian deaths than al-Qaeda's. This extract from the Global Extremism Monitor quarterly analyses the trend.
This is an extract from the Global Extremism Monitor quarterly. Click here for the full report.
This year, there has been much discussion of which group poses more of a threat: al-Qaeda and its global affiliates or ISIS. Some have suggested that the former poses a greater long-term danger than the latter.
While this subject is still a matter of debate, the Monitor's data for the quarter points to a significant trend concerning ISIS and al-Qaeda targets around the world. Our figures both reflect each group's approach to entrenching itself, and the effect their militancy has in countries where they operate.
Jabhat Fatah al-Sham (JFS) in Syria, the rebranded Jabhat al-Nusra that disassociated itself from the al-Qaeda network of Ayman al-Zawahiri, is part of the group's broader agenda to secure 'hearts and minds' against the backdrop of ISIS' indiscriminate barbarism. Al-Qaeda has done this by ingratiating itself with populations and issuing propaganda presenting itself as 'moderate.'
Our data indicates a tendency by ISIS affiliates around the world to cause a greater percentage of civilian deaths. All of the 80 people killed by ISIS' Afghan affiliate in the quarter were civilians, while for ISIS-linked groups in Bangladesh and Egypt the figures were 92 per cent and 65 per cent respectively.
By comparison, affiliates with links to al-Qaeda, like JFS, have mostly targeted security personnel, rather than civilians. According to our data, all victims of attacks by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) were security forces personnel. For Ansar Dine, an affiliate operating in the Sahel, security forces accounted for 96 per cent of its victims.
Somalia's al-Shabaab, one of the globe's most active al-Qaeda affiliates, has a number far lower than this, around 60 per cent. This nevertheless still indicates a focus on security personnel, as does the group's targeting of military and government facilities in most attacks.
Boko Haram is somewhat of an anomaly, both according to the data, but also in light of its troubled relationship with ISIS' central command and brand. An ISIS propaganda magazine revealed the appointment of a new commander for the group in August. The appointment of Abu Musab al-Barnawi was disputed by former leader Abubakar Shekau, and the group appears to have split. Boko Haram's victims were more evenly divided between civilians and security forces. Around 55 per cent of the deaths it caused were from security forces personnel working to defeat Boko Haram in the Lake Chad basin.
Al-Qaeda's leadership has made no secret of its modus operandi. Securing popular support is essential for its global longevity and influence, an objective that cannot be achieved if civilians suffer. ISIS has a far more brutal approach both in practice, and in terms of its rhetoric and propaganda. As a result, it has been responsible for a higher rate of civilian deaths.
Whatever tactics these groups employ, the extreme ideology both adhere to permits their followers to kill those who do not agree with them, even if they are other Muslims. These groups do not tolerate others' views; they disregard opposing, or even minutely differing, beliefs. Just as JFS presents itself as a bulwark against supposedly more dangerous enemies in Syria, al-Qaeda affiliates are aware of the opportunity to solidify their support, as ISIS-linked groups continue to try and break into new territories. As ISIS terrorises civilians, al-Qaeda presents itself as being on their side.
There is a pressing need to understand the dynamics between the two groups and their affiliates. In the short term, this will help better inform counter-extremism efforts. In the long term, attention should be paid to the lessons learnt from fighting al-Qaeda since the 1980s. This will give insight into the tactics ISIS may adopt as it incurs territorial losses. Furthermore, al-Qaeda's 'hearts and minds' strategy could see the jihadi group enduring for years to come. Despite al-Qaeda's staying power, however, our data on government statements shows that the group has not been discussed anywhere near as much as ISIS. Only ISIS appears in a 'top ten' of what governments have been talking about this quarter. ISIS' violence and domination of the news cycle must not lull governments into a false sense of security when it comes to other groups that believe in transnational, violent jihad.


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If I had a _______ tomorrow, their name(s) would be:
a) girl - Chloe Janea
b) boy - Micah James
c) G/G twins - Francine Anne and Felicity Jane
d) B/B twins - Sebastian Shane and Samuel Sloane
e) G/B twins - Amelia Rene and Aiden Ramsay
f) G/G/G triplets - Jade Ivy, Julia Ida and Jovie Isla
g) B/B/B triplets - Colin Michael, Connor Matthew and Cooper Milo
h) G/B/G triplets - Star Ria, Samson Raliegh, and Summer Rose
i) B/G/B triplets - Tomas Philip, Tessa Pheobe, and Trey Peregrine
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a) Anastasia Reese
b) Frank Hugo
c) Anastasia Reese and Aurora Alice
d) Frank Hugo and Antoine Maxim
e) Ivan Christopher and Anastasia Reese
f) Anastasia Reese, Aurora Alice and Angelika Lise
g) Frank Hugo, Denver Ignacio and Antoine Maxim
h) Anastasia Reese, Antoine Maxim and Antonia Juliette
i) Frank Hugo, Angelika Lise and Antoine Maxim
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a) girl: Olivia Joy
b) boy: Samuel James Lee
c) G/G twins: Olivia Joy & Miranda Isabel
d) B/B twins: Samuel James & Isaac Lee
e) G/B twins: Olivia Isabel Joy & Samuel James Lee
f) G/G/G triplets: Olivia Joy, Miranda Isabel, Victoria Lee
g) B/B/B triplets: Samuel James, Isaac Raymond, Jaxton Lee
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g) B/B/B triplets
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i) B/G/B triplets
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c) Arabella Faith and Aurora Grace
d) Jacob Benjamin and Josiah Alexander
e) Rebecca Anne and Jacob Benjamin
f) Calliope Primrose, Cassandra Laurel, and Calypso Magnolia
g) Jacob Benjamin, Josiah Alexander and Jeremiah Charles
h) Rebecca Anne, Jacob Benjamin, and Sarah Elizabeth
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