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Our Massachusetts employment discrimination lawyers represent employees who have been subjected to sex and gender discrimination in their workplaces. While most gender discrimination claims are brought on behalf of women who face discrimination or sexual harassment, state and federal laws related to gender discrimination may also apply to protect men facing discrimination based on sex and to protect lesbian, gay, or transgender employees.
An employer engages in unlawful discrimination when it when it takes an adverse action against an employee because of that employee's sex. An adverse action may include decisions regarding hiring, promotion, salary, benefits, work responsibilities, or any other action that affects the terms and conditions of employment. Gender discrimination and sexual harassment permeate many professions. Gender discrimination claims are routinely brought by women working in the service industry, state and municipal government, and traditionally male-dominated fields such as aviation, construction, and engineering. Workplaces that involve highly-educated professionals and are managed by sophisticated human resources departments, such as employers in technology, law, finance and banking, healthcare, and higher education, are not immune to gender discrimination, particularly as women advance up the corporate ladder.
Although severe forms of sexual harassment, including rape, sexual assault, and improper sexual touching make the news headlines, it is important to recognize that gender-based discrimination, on its own, without any sexual component to it, is no less damaging. Gender-based harassment in the form of actions and comments that unfairly criticize or single out individuals on the basis of their sex create a hostile climate that impedes workers' abilities to progress in their careers and affect their day-to-day working conditions. Both men and women may experience gender-based harassment or discrimination in the workplace.
To win a discrimination claim, an employee does not need smoking gun evidence in the form of a document or witness testimony that shows that an employer refuses to hire or promote employees due to their gender. Instead, an employee can show that an employer relied on gendered stereotypes about the skills or capabilities of applicants or employees. For example, an employer is not permitted to assume that a female employee is not be committed to her job or is not able to handle new responsibilities or a promotion because she is married, pregnant, breastfeeding, or has childcare responsibilities. An employer also cannot punish a male employee for taking an active parenting role in defiance of traditional gender stereotypes. Likewise, an employer is not allowed to make adverse employment decisions based on gendered assumptions about a woman's capabilities and management style, i.e., assigning leadership responsibilities to male employees while assigning clerical work to female employees, or disciplining and criticizing a female manager for being too assertive while praising male managers for similar behavior. Circumstantial evidence can also include evidence about how an employer treats similarly-situated employees of the opposite sex and statistical evidence related to hiring and promotion decisions by gender.
Some of our most hard-fought cases involve claims of gender discrimination and sexual harassment. Employers often minimize or attempt to conceal the misconduct to protect the bad actors or their own reputations, and they tend to fight these types of claims because they do not want to admit that they have somehow allowed a discriminatory environment to persist. Public accusations of gender discrimination and sexual harassment impact companies' abilities to recruit and retain talent and may result in public backlash by their client or customer base. Employers may also retaliate against employees making discrimination complaints in an attempt to discourage them from filing complaints, which may give employees further legal claims under state or federal law.
Our Boston gender discrimination lawyers have settled or litigated many cases involving serious claims of gender and sex discrimination, sexual harassment, and sexually hostile work environments. We have won substantial jury verdicts involving gender discrimination, including a $7.6 million jury verdict involving race and gender discrimination and retaliation claims against the MBTA and a $2.2 million jury verdict on behalf of a female police officer in a gender discrimination and retaliation case against a police union. We have also settled many cases for six- and even seven-figure amounts involving claims of sexual harassment, pregnancy discrimination, equal pay, and gender discrimination in a variety of sectors, including banking and finance, higher education, law, municipal and state government, technology, and healthcare.
If you believe you have been discriminated against due to your gender, please contact our Boston sex discrimination lawyers as soon as possible at (617) 742-6020 or by filling out the online contact form.


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Everyone's heard of hunting dogs, show dogs, therapy dogs and service dogs.
But no one ever talks about beach dogs. The very best kind of canine.
A good beach dog possesses qualities that simply cannot be taught. They're dogs that can be unleashed on the beach and not ruin anyone's good time.
That's because they understand the three unwritten rules of good beach behavior: Never jump on children or strangers, don't steal another dog's tennis ball, and stay close to your human.
Oh, and a fourth: Don't do your business in the ocean.
I lost my beach buddy a few years ago when my 15-year-old miniature poodle, Taffy, had to be put to sleep. In truth, she'd lost the energy for a sandy romp two years earlier.
Ever since, there's been something missing from my walks on the beach. I watch with envy as people throw balls for their wet Labs and Frisbees for their terriers or who just sit and enjoy the waves with a German shepherd's head in their laps.
My backups, two toy poodles, are pampered house dogs. They're yappy, skittish, and the only pleasure they derive from a trip to the beach involves sniffing the city garbage cans where other dogs have tinkled.
After a few minutes in the sand, they look at me mournfully and beg to be carried. Home.
They're cute, yet pathetic.
But yesterday morning, on the warmest winter solstice in memory, I found myself in the company of a natural-born beach dog. An energetic, odd-looking, little tan mutt with crazy sprouts of hair on each ear - part Jack Russell, part Pomeranian perhaps - named Maebe. Pronounced "maybe."
Even though she lives in Mississippi and is just visiting Virginia Beach, she instinctively knew what was expected when we reached the sand.
She knew that the best way to travel along the ocean is to skirt the edge of the surf and dodge waves. She deduced that 40 feet was about the limit of how far she should wander from me. She twirled happily in sandy circles, chased seagulls and sniffed fragrant balls of seaweed as if she'd been doing it her whole life.
Then she sat by my feet, tail wagging in the sand, when I stopped to watch a pod of about a dozen dolphins leaping in the surf near the Wyndham Hotel at 57th Street.
When we came upon kids digging in the sand, she left them unmolested. When we saw sunbathers sleeping on their blankets, she gave them a wide berth. When we passed two surf fishermen around 67th Street, she followed me behind their poles and resisted the urge to stick her muzzle in their pungent bait box.
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Best of all, she checked in with me every minute or so, making sure we were traveling in the same direction at about the same speed.
I may kidnap her.
With temperatures in the 70s and the sun shining, Saturday was the kind of day that makes up for all those raw, wintry ones we know are coming. It was a little lagniappe from Mother Nature, intended to make you happy that you call Hampton Roads home.
Sharing it with a beach dog? Simply superb.
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The film industry awards season is just reaching its peak, but the software industry's own Oscars for 2010 have been handed out and VMware finished up with another great year. Here's a sampling of the recognition VMware received from the IT trade press in 2010:
- InfoWorld 2011 Technology of the Year – Best Virtualization Platform: vSphere 4.1 (7th year running!)
- WindowsITPro Best of TechEd, Virtualization & Attendees Pick for Best of Show: vSphere 4 [The Attendees Pick award was especially notable since TechEd attracts exclusively hard-core Microsoft users.]
- CRN Virtualization Product of the Year: vSphere 4.1 and vCenter 4.1
- Network World Best of the Tests 2010, Server Virtualization: vSphere 4
- eWeek Top Products of 2010: VMware View 4.5
- Channel Insider Product of the Year: VMware View 4
Those same members of the technical press had some very nice things to say about VMware and our products in 2010:
- "Microsoft won't come anywhere close to leapfrogging VMware in 2010" – Redmondmag.com
- "VMware is in fact leaps and bounds ahead of competitors" – InfoWorld
- "…the ESX feature set is substantially more mature…VMware remains the champ." – InformationWeek
and my favorite…
- "VMware is the king of virtualization. There is none higher." – TechTarget
The analysts also directed much praise our way in 2010. Gartner came out with their eagerly anticipated Magic Quadrant for x86 server virtualization and one look at the upper right corner of the chart would warm the heart of any IT manager who selected vSphere to be the foundation of his company's virtualization and cloud efforts. In December, I was in attendance at Gartner's annual Data Center Conference where audience polls showed 87% of attendees were using VMware as their primary x86 virtual machine solution in 2010 – only 2% were using the nearest competitor. Even better, when asked which virtualization provider they would be using in 2015, the Gartner attendees picked VMware by a 5:1 margin over the nearest alternative.
One thing our customers can find especially satisfying from this recognition is it points out how they made the right choice with VMware. Whenever a customer invests in enterprise software, they want assurance that they will see steady improvements – big and small – in their chosen product. In the case of VMware vSphere, our users have really won the lottery. For almost ten years, each update and major release of our vSphere product family has rewarded our customers with improvements in performance and scalability as well as a steady stream of new capabilities – things like Storage vMotion, Fault Tolerance and Distributed Switches. I imagine our early adopters who selected ESX or VMware Infrastructure are feeling pretty good about how their decision was rewarded.
But 2010 is behind us and we're now focused on investments in upcoming waves of VMware products. Our current customers and customers-to-be can feel assured that we're working to keep up our pace of innovation (and recognition!) on into 2011 and beyond.


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Face Unlock has become a necessity these days in smartphones. Probably the most accurate face unlock is available on the iPhone X as it uses 3D scanning technology. In 2018, a number of devices are there that are offering a similar face detection hardware like Xiaomi Mi 8, Oppo Find X, etc. This time a step further has taken by the Korean giant Samsung. As per the latest details, Samsung is working on a 3D Face-scanning technology for its upcoming smartphones.
Recently a patent from U.S patent office has appeared according to which Samsung has patented a 3D face scanning technology. At present Samsung's flagship, Galaxy S9 Plus offers Face Unlock functionality and to make it more accurate Samsung uses Iris scanning technology. Maybe with this new 3D face scanning, they will try to capture the market as this year Apple's flagship was the bestseller. This time Samsung will leave no stone unturned and they might offer the most accurate face-scanning technology in the 2019 devices.
This 3D face scanning technology will involve the role of NIR lighting which we have seen on other devices as well. It will help a user to unlock the device using face unlock in extreme dark lighting conditions. As suggested by patent the sensor will be able to do: eye tracking, motion detection, night-vision, etc. We might see some similar tech in the forthcoming Galaxy Note 9, however, no leaks have suggested something similar yet. Most probably Samsung Galaxy S10 and S10 Plus will become the first handsets to sport this technology. For more Android stuff stay tuned to GoAndroid.


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All Saints Place, Leicester
New build 72 Unit private residential project. The aim once completed is to provide a mix of high quality one, two and three bedroom apartments for the private sale market. CMC were appointed pre-planning to provide cost advice to the ...View Project
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Part new build, part refurbishment retired servicemen accommodation. Once completed this former public house will provide a total of 20 bedroom units within the existing building and 5no. new build 4 bedroom houses. CMC were appointed during the planning process ...View Project
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New build 110 bedroom care home. Once completed it will provide high quality care for nursing care, specialist dementia care and residential care for the local area. CMC were appointed to undertake the commercial management following the client's acquisition of ...View Project
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New build mixed use hotel lead development including 131 bed Hampton by Hilton hotel, 2 ground floor retail units, and separate rooftop restaurant with spectacular views of Canterbury Cathedral. Once completed it will provide Canterbury with a high quality large ...View Project
Heathervale House, Tunbridge Wells
Extensive refurbishment, re-model and extension to an existing commercial property in Tunbridge Wells. The project includes the complete strip out and de-construction of the building back to the existing concrete frame and subsequent re-build and Cat A fit-out of new ...View Project
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Super prime residential refurbishment of a 4 bed apartment within the iconic Candy & Candy development. This project comprises the re-modelling of the internal layouts as well as the full refurbishment and interior design of this high-end property. CMC were ...View Project
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New build mixed use development including 366 high quality apartments, 1500m2 of commercial space, 36 private moorings, and 393 underground parking spaces. Once completed it will provide a very high quality residential lead development, but in addition it will provide ...View Project
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New build of a 5 storey residential development comprising 9nr apartments and external finishes. Once completed it will provide high quality one, two and three bedroom apartments for the private sale market. CMC were appointed to undertake the Quantity Surveying ...View Project
Ogle Street, London
Refurbishment, re-model and extension to a terraced commercial property in the heart of Fitzrovia, London. The project included the complete strip out of all internal wall, floor and roof structure and subsequent re-build and high-end fit-out of new office space. ...View Project
Brooksby's Walk, London
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Klaipėda Destination Guide
Explore Klaipėda in Lithuania.
Klaipėda in the region of Klaipėdos Apskritis with it's 192,307 inhabitants is located in Lithuania - some 179 mi (or 288 km) North-West of Vilnius, the country's capital city.
Time in Klaipėda is now 08:03 AM (Friday). The local timezone is named "Europe / Vilnius" with an UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Riga, Liepāja, Aizpute, Kaliningrad, Ziobriai or Bydgoszcz. Since you are here already, consider visiting Virkuciai, Tauralaukis, Smiltyne, Smiltyne, Slapzemiai and Klaipėda. We saw some hobby films in the internet. Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation.
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Upcomming Local Events
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Interesting facts about this location
Central stadium of Klaipėda
Žalgiris Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Klaipėda, Lithuania. It is currently used mostly for football matches by FK Atlantas competing in A Lyga. FK Šilutė had used the stadium for few years till 2005. In the past the stadium had a capacity of 9,000 and now holds only 5,000.
Klaipėda Revolt
The Klaipėda Revolt took place in January 1923 in the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory, Memelland). The region, located north of the Neman River, was detached from the East Prussia of the German Empire by the Treaty of Versailles and became a mandate of the League of Nations. It was placed under provisional French administration until a more permanent solution could be worked out.
Smiltynė is a part of Klaipėda city municipality in Lithuania. It is located on the northern tip of the Curonian Spit, next to a narrow strait which connects the Curonian Lagoon to the Baltic Sea. Across the 0.5 km wide strait, on the Lithuanian mainland, is the port city of Klaipėda. Ferries transport vehicles and people daily between the two cities across the strait, as there is no connecting bridge.
LCC International University
LCC International University (LCC), formerly known as Lithuania Christian Fund College, is a private liberal arts university in Lithuania.
Klaipėda County
Klaipėda County is one of ten counties in Lithuania. It lies in the west of the country and is the only county to have a coastline. Its capital is Klaipėda. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished, and since that date, Klaipėda County remains as the territorial and statistical unit.
Located at 55.72, 21.12 (Lat. / Lng.), less than 2 mi away.
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take part in the exploration of several oil blocks in South Sudan.
The investment is said to include the building of a refinery and pave a way for collaboration in the creation of a pipeline for fields located in south of the country.
The ministry added that the money injected by South Africa will assist in the refining and processing of oil and gas, research and development and the transfer of technology.
However, other sources hold that the MoU does not go beyond the call for partnership between both countries who intend the review the possibility of building an oil refinery.
According to Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth what was signed is mainly a cooperation agreement between the two national oil companies, Nilepet and South Africa Energy Fund though funding is expected from Central Energy Fund (CEF) of South Africa.
The recent accord was arrived at after the East African nation recently hosted the second Africa Oil & Power Conference which was a major attempt by the government to attract investors in the sector. The current moves comes as a result of the fact that authorities are hoping to increase oil production and hopes it will help the state to recover since the economy is largely dependent on oil revenues.
After the ratification of the peace deal in September between the government and opposition, the state is increasing efforts to improve production up to 350,000 bpd, which was the production level recorded in 2011 before the country went into civil war.
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The statistics are horrifying and something has to be done. There is no known cause or cure. The number of people that have surgery removing bowel, small intestine or colon and sometimes more than one of the organs listed is beyond upsetting. The stories I have read on line along with the pictures and videos I have seen make me want to solve this issue and figure out what causes Crohns and Colitis. I am lucky in that I found a way to treat my Crohns and Colitis with Homeopathy, Biofeedback and a drastic change in my diet. I'm so grateful that I didn't have to endure more than what these horrible diseases do to the body.
I'm showing my invisible diseases by being #ibdvisible
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Mortgage & Finance
In many cases, overseas buyers choose to purchase their US property with cash reserves. However, if needed, there are many banks and other financial institutions in the US willing to lend funds to overseas buyers to enable them to purchase US-based property. The terms of loans afforded to US buyers tend to differ from those offered to US nationals, and this is mainly based upon the perceived increased risk the banks face when lending to clients based thousands of miles away, and who may have little in the way of a track record with US lenders.
Lending institutions normally compensate for this perceived risk in a few different ways, such as by limiting the Loan-to-Value (LTV), increasing the interest rate charged, or requiring the borrower to provide cash reserves equal to specific number of monthly repayments.
In typical market conditions, LTV's can range from 50% to 70%, interest rates can range from 4% to 7%, and cash reserve requirements can range from 3 repayments to 12 repayments. Of course, these amounts vary from bank to bank, and also upon changes in market conditions.
The best way to establish what terms of mortgage you can qualify for is to meet with a mortgage specialist who will be able to do a pre-approval for you. A pre-approval is not a loan commitment, but it does give a very strong indication as to what amount and terms of loan you can qualify for, and as a result is often used by buyers to demonstrate to sellers that they are credit-worthy. In fact, in certain market conditions, sellers will ask to see a loan pre-approval before they will enter into a contract with them.
In most cases, if a buyer is ultimately unable to get a loan, as long as they made a concerted effort to obtain one, and abided by all other aspects of the contract, they will be released from the contract without penalty.
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Astoria 2
I participated in a xerography show a couple days ago in The Lab, a gallery in SF's Mission district. The show, Astoria 2, had photocopy art from over 20 artists. I used copies of my photos with typewritten messages, an example of a personal archive resurfaced and recycled. Below is one of the pieces included in the show.
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Arms in Space
A couple of weeks ago I heard the artist Mungo Thomson speak at SFAI. He talked about numerous performative and installation pieces. He talked about making an orchestra play cricket sounds for far too long, and making chimes on coat racks in a museum to annoy and charm the guests. But what interested me the most was how he possibly was given loads of money to create magnificently large museum murals of inverted Hubble Telescope images he found for free on the internet. I was a little bothered by this but intrigued to pursue my own appropriated work in correspondence with my personal archive of photographs.
So I chose an arm photo I made recently and composited it with a number of (not inverted, I like the original colors) images of space. Here are a few, starting with the Carina Nebula Pillar (and arm), the Butterfly Nebula (and arm), and a globular star cluster omega cantauri (and arm), and last but not least, bok globules in star forming region (and arm). Maybe like Mungo, I am drawn to what is at the farthest expanses of our reality, beyond our understanding: sometimes curious, sometimes breathtaking, and always rather incomprehensible.
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Then and Now.
Yesterday, October 23rd, was the Opening Reception for Then and Now: Photography at the San Francisco Art Institute 1945- Present. "In celebration of the pioneering spirit, rich history, and current energy of fine art photography at the San Francisco Art Institute, 24 current graduate photography students created work in response to alumni work made during the early years of the school's photography program. Primary source materials, including several original silver gelatin prints, held in the Anne Bremer Memorial Library were consulted. Current student work and selected alumni work from the library's collection will be displayed in the gallery together. As a whole, the exhibition meditates on the continuities and differences in the conceptualization and practice of fine art photography from the beginnings of the country's first fine art photography program to today, and the potential for visual archives to inform and inspire contemporary image making." The show was a success. We brought snacks, wine, live ragtime music with a lovely voice and guitar (Toni's Berkeley friends), and a number of alumni and faculty and students wandering in and out between and after classes. The Diego Rivera gallery itself is a sight to behold. The wall on the right as you enter is a painting of a painting, extremely large mural made by Diego himself several decades ago, probably before Ansel Adams even came to initiate the photography program here. The loveliest things about it is the woman that may have been his ode to Frieda, the only one in the mural and also the draftsman for the "mural" plans in the mural. Anyway, back to the show. My piece was a photograph I took in 2006 when I was a senior at the University of Oregon studying Literature. I had just moved into the Florence Apartments where my coworker (now my ex boyfriend) lived on the 3rd floor and I was on the 2nd, and we would repeatedly run into each other in the halls, until I invited him over for something I was baking in the oven, and between that and a very old algebra book, well things happened. And then many years later I have some good times and many miserable ones, but there are these photographs, and since he was (is) quite handsome, many of the photographs, especially from this initial good stage, are just beautiful. This photo was in response to one I found in the library archives by an unknown student. I chose it for its mood. A face, covered half in shadow, playing jazz on a bass. We assume it is jazz. The portrait has that mood- that in-between, melancholy, spiritual and slightly out of this world mood that I trace in many of my photographs. When I saw it I knew it would converse best with my work, and then I went home, uncovered my chest of photographs, and with a beer traced my hands and eyes over each and every one of them until I had a small pile, and a smaller pile, and finally had chosen the one photograph that I felt carried that emotion I was looking for: something...something...untitled.
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I am.
While I don't plan to do this every time I want to incorporate text into a photo, it was necessary here. I have a weakness for good poetry:
T.S. Eliot. e. e. cummings. John Keats. Sylvia Plath. "I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am." These words by Plath stuck in my head so long, and kept reappearing in my own poetry that I made them stick forever to my skin in the form of a tattoo. Just a small one, a reminder to myself. "I am."
Always finding random old things to put into art projects from SCRAP in SF and Urban Ore in Berkeley.
This is a recent side project from of course more of my writing and these old small photo papers that are getting increasingly dark in the light. At first I thought it was just glossy paper and then I realized that they hadn't been "fixed", and they were turning from off white to yellow to light tan and gray as I kept them in the sun.
Initially when I typed words from my old typewriter and hung them on my studio walls, they were patterned from my fingerprints and small creases which added a tinge of yellow or pink here and there. Now they are growing muddy and eventually they will turn black. I'm not sure if the ink will rub off and leave lines of words I can then fix, but just in case they do disappear, I'm recording what I typed here:
What really caught my attention later on that I didn't notice while initially making these was that the "I'm sorry for being sorry..." page had light indents from something had written with a pen (before I knew I might use it) and then rubbed off with my thumb. So what I had written was a hexagram from the I-ching that I had thrown while thinking about my ex boyfriend, who's initials are visible underneath the hexagram Chien Kun.
I have a typewriter I found recently and have been making lots of art with it::) I like the vague impression of something beyond the surface with this somewhat see through letter paper.
I typed on both sides of several sheets, hung as a long horizontal looping line across a room. Each page I chose the side I wanted... I guess this is my form of concrete poetry. Always reading poetry, recently dipping into Mark Danielewski and Ernesto Santiago.
There is nothing quite as peaceful as going out into nature with your dog and camera. I can respond to my environment in physical movement the way I subsequently respond with internal dialogue via writing.
This photograph is from Tilden Park by Berkeley and north Oakland. There were no clouds, no people, and no distractions despite a blazing hot autumn sun.
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Southern style cooking
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~ with a great taste
Southerners eat a lot of pork, probably from a time when every farm raised hogs and beef was mainly for the rich folks. Ain't nuttin' finer than a plate of chops smothered in a delicious buttermilk gravy.
Smothered Pork Chops
1 cup all purpose flour
2 tablespoons onion powder
2 tablespoons garlic powder
1 teaspoon cayenne
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
4 bone in pork chops -3/4" thick
1/4 cup cooking oil
1 cup chicken broth
1/2 cup buttermilk
Parsley -to garnish
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Due to Covid-19 health safety issues and international travel restrictions, NHPBS has postponed the Discover Ireland with Willem Lange.
We are waiting for certainty before we announce potential dates for the Ireland excursion. We will be contacting confirmed travelers about their options.
From the rugged coast of the Dingle Peninsula to the pubs of Dublin, discover Ireland's beautiful natural landscapes, rich musical traditions, and fascinating history together with New England's favorite storyteller, Willem Lange.
Visit medieval Bunratty Castle and travel through beautiful County Kerry to Killarney. Get a lesson in the traditional Irish language and experience the culinary offerings of popular— and hidden — Irish restaurants on Galway's Irish Food Trail. Watch sheepdogs work their flocks, and top off your day with a visit to the farm that produces milk for Baileys Irish Cream with tastings, of course!


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A New Orleans police officer who shot and killed a 20-year-old man last year during a marijuana raid has pleaded guilty to manslaughter; he'll be serving a 4-year sentence.
The man who committed the shooting, Joshua Colclough, resigned from the force the day before his guilty plea.
According to officials, Wendell Allen, the victim, was standing at the top of the stairs in his New Orleans home when police began a drug raid. Allen, who was shirtless and entirely unarmed, was quickly shot to death by then-officer Colclough. Colclough's attorney says that he made a split-second decision that he'll have to live with "until the day he dies".
Despite the tragedy of this event, Wendell Allen's mother, Natasha Allen, says that shes forgiven her son's shooter, staying that; "What I'm doing for you Mr. Colclaugh, is what my son would have done for you".
This shooting is yet another tragic example of the devastation that can come from the war on drugs; a war which arms police with military equipment and encourages them to harass and persecute nonviolent individuals.
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Extreme Skiing and Psychedelic Mushrooms: The Art of Chasing Fear
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Extreme skiing and psychedelic mushrooms don't normally go together, but after Josh agrees to join Sam and Rudy on a backcountry adventure, he quickly realizes the trek is more than he bargained for. When the guys are joined by Tess, a ski instructor and the girl of Josh's dreams, he knows he'll do anything to impress her, even losing his wits on mind-altering drugs as he seeks to ski The Edge, the longest and steepest backcountry slope he'll ever find.
Extreme Skiing and Psychedelic Mushrooms: The Art of Chasing Fear is a short story of 8,522 words by Jason Matthews, author of the novels, The Little Universe and Jim's Life.


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Coach Soichi Sakamoto
Soichi Sakamoto is the great coach responsible for modern Hawaiian swimming success. Hawaiian swimmers dominated the sport from 1912, but Buster Crabbe, in the 1932 Olympics was their last champion of that long illustrious era.
Then came a drought and Coach Sakamoto, starting with children in an irrigation ditch, was developing new ideas of pace and rhythm with a metronome. His young swimmers were a new breed of public school swimmers going on to Ohio State and Indiana - Hirose, Nakama, Smith, Konno, Oyakawa, Onekea, Cleveland, Woolsey, Tanabe, Miki and the girls Kalama, Klein-Schmidt, Kawamoto and Hoe. All became National Champions, most make the Olympic teams of 1948, 1952 and 1956.
During this period, Sakamoto was sought out by swimmers all over the world, Journeying to Hawaii in search of the magic touch. They found technique, method dedication and conditioning which produced champions at all strokes and distances, but as the coach told all those swimmers, "It's not magic!"
"The swimming stroke is a ~ working tool", says this master coach, "and therefore it must be one which must be sound in its practical use - to get the most out of a given effort. It must be simple and efficient, and one which can be controlled at will by the individual...Swimming with and not against the water."
"Patience, above all, is tantamount and a rule," Sakamoto continues, "as improvement, growth, speed and success come only at a snails pace. First, it is learning to swim, training and conditioning, competing and going through the bitter experiences of defeat and chagrin. The light of success comes only when everything seems hopeless and wasted."
Coach Michael Peppe
Mike Peppe is known around the world as the coach of more Olympic divers than any other man. During one long period, 20 divers who studied under this master coach bagged 96 of 125 available National Titles, including two gold, four silver and three bronze Olympic medals in the four Games, 1948, 1952, 1956 and 1960.
Mike Peppe was graduated from Ohio State in 1927. He took a Masters from Columbia in 1928 and returned again to Ohio State where he became the University's first swimming coach in 1931 and the only head swimming coach until his retirement in 1962. During those 33 years, Peppe and Ohio State won 33 major championships, 12 Big Ten, 11 NCAA and 10 NAAU. In dual meets, Ohio State 173 and lost 37. Peppe's teams went undefeated in 12 different seasons.
During these years, Peppe coached swimmers and divers, won 312 individual and relay championships, 5 Olympic gold medals and 19 Olympic team berths. Twice (in 1947 and 1956) Peppe's Ohio State divers swept the boards 1,2,3,4 in the NCAA diving finals.
No swimming and diving coach had a better record in the 1959's than did Mike Peppe, the bantam master of the boards and the water at Ohio State. Peppe was U.S. Olympic diving coach at London in 1948, and again in 1952 at Helsinki. He was swimming and diving coach of the U.S. team at the first official Pan American Games in 1951 at Buenos Aires. In the four Olympic Games from World War II until Peppe retired, Ohio State contributed 19 of the 92 members, The 1952 team of 25 members had nine Buckeyes.


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7 Ways to Find Current Remote Job Opportunities at Google
Let's face it: everyone would like to work with Google. Even just an internship would look great on your CV, and long-term relationships are even better. But not everyone is able (or willing) to relocate to work in one of Google's offices, and there's also no shortage of freelancers and remote workers thanks to the rise of the gig economy.
The good news is that Google is known for its flexibility and for the way that it offers support to its employees, and that includes remote workers as well as those who work from its offices. Of course, remote workers can't just pop into the canteen for some of the free food, but there are plenty of other perks to make up for it.
You probably don't need persuading that Google is a great place to work, remote or otherwise. Instead, we're going to give you the help you need to get out there and to find yourself a position. Let's get started.
1.) Be proactive
Google loves employees who are proactive. A little initiative goes a long way, so consider taking the time to research different team leaders and hiring managers and to introduce yourself. Follow them on social networking sites and interact with them so that they get to know your name. Don't make the mistake of trying to be super salesy, though. Instead, focus on building relationships and adding value where you can. You can even consider doing little bits of work for free in the hope that it will help to raise your profile and bring in more work in the future.
2.) Show some personality
A big part of Google's brand comes from the fact that it has personality. It's a fun place to work, even if it's also challenging and often high-pressure. If you want to become a true Googler and to be adopted as a part of the organisation, you'll have to be unafraid to show your own personality, even when it comes to resumes, cover letters, interviews and more. Don't take yourself too seriously, and talk freely about whatever your passions are. It's a great way to be remembered.
3.) Find clients who are already working with Google
Nothing beats a personal introduction. I've made connections at Google in the past by working for a multinational client that was running a campaign in conjunction with YouTube. By working on the campaign for my client, I was able to meet a half dozen Googlers and ultimately to get that all-important "in".
4.) Never stop learning
Technology and the internet have brought the world closer together, but they've also rapidly increased the pace of development. That means that no matter which field you work in, it's never been more important – and more difficult – to stay relevant and up-to-date. Google is known for being on the cutting edge, which means you'll need to be cutting edge too if you want to fit in. You need to constantly focus on improving your skills, your logical thinking and your overall knowledge.
5.) Improve your resume
Google's recruitment process is a little less traditional than the approach that other companies follow, but you'll still need a decent resume if you expect to make it through the screening process. It's worth spending a little cash to hire writers, graphic designers or whoever else you need to create the perfect resume. You can also find specialist companies like ResumesPlanet, CareersBooster.com and UK Careers Booster who'll be more than happy to help you out.
6.) Use their Jobs Portal
Google makes the job search a little easier for you by posting vacancies on their official job portal. Even though many of these are full-time roles that are based in their offices, it helps you to get a feel for what they're hiring for and there may be opportunities for you to fill in on a short-term basis while they find someone to fill the gap full-time. Besides, you never know what you might find, and if your resume is impressive enough then they may be willing to make an exception.
7.) Browse Indeed
It's worth keeping an eye on different job sites and setting up alerts if possible because different recruiters use different tools to get their jobs done. Indeed is particularly worth looking at because as well as simply listing vacancies, it also allows people to post reviews. There's even a category specifically for remote work, which allows you to easily see which positions have hired remote workers in the past.
The same concepts apply at Google as they do everywhere else. In other words, you'll want to spend time researching the company, the job role and the people you'll be working with as much as possible. Go out of your way to demonstrate both your knowledge and experience, and don't be afraid to have an opinion. Make sure that you stand out of the crowd because you can bet you won't be the only person who wants to do the work.
Another way to give yourself an edge is to read Work Rules! by Laszlo Bock. That's because Bock used to be the Senior Vice President of People Operations at Google and in the book, he explains the Google approach to people management, as well as hiring and firing. Getting to understand how Google approaches HR will stand you in good stead when you're looking for employment.
In the meantime, remember that perseverance is key. Google knows that its jobs are in high demand and so they only hire the very best. It can be difficult to find your way in, but once you start to prove your worth and to pick up work from the company, it can be the start of a long, productive relationship. Good luck.
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That is a very subjective question I hear you say. And you would, of course, be right. What I find beautiful you may find repellent, unsightly, maybe even disturbing.
Let me put something to you. Beauty is not necessarily something we see, touch, taste, smell or hear. In other words, it's not necessarily something we perceive with our senses, though of course it can be. However, if we rely only on our physical senses to perceive beauty, we risk our perception becoming shallow and we can miss out on so much pleasure in our lives.
Beauty must be something we experience with our souls. It must be something we allow to overwhelm us even if we are not really sure why it moves us the way it does. Hopefully, we have all enjoyed the surge of warmth we feel when someone is kind to us. At that point we have experienced beauty as an action – as a selfless gesture. What about the feel of a warm summer breeze on our skin? Yes, that is a physical sensation but think, for a moment, about exactly how that makes us feel. We gain a sense of contentment and calm. This is beauty reaching deep within us and settling into our core.
There can also be occasions when we are surprised by a feeling of beauty. We see an image that, ostensibly, we should find sinister or disconcerting. However, for reasons we do not understand, our reaction is one of delight. This is beauty at its most enigmatic – proof that we do not really understand what should qualify as beautiful. Perhaps, when we see a sinister image or we hear of something sad or frightening, what we are actually enjoying is our own sense of security. The knowledge that although what we are experiencing is unsettling, we know that we have people in our lives and around us who love us and keep us safe – those to whom we can always return for comfort.
Open your life to the diversity of beauty. There is nothing wrong in going in search of beauty, but we should also allow it to find us.


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PATH is an international nonprofit organization that transforms global health through innovation.
We take an entrepreneurial approach to developing and delivering high-impact, low-cost solutions, from lifesaving vaccines and devices to collaborative programs with communities.
PATH is seeking to recruit for several positions as follows:
1. Senior Gender Advisor:
The position will provide technical guidance to the APHIAplus Western Kenya project's technical and mentoring teams to support the mainstreaming of gender activities into the range of community interventions in the provinces, counties and districts in zone one.
2. Gender Officer:
Gender Officer will support the Senior Gender Advisor to ensure smooth operation of gender programs, by implementing and monitoring ongoing gender-related activities; monitor project activities.
3. Senior Grants Officer:
The position will work in the APHIAplus Western Kenya project to ensure timely and accurate reporting on grants expenditures to both internal and external stakeholders.
S/he will oversee the review of budgets with Community Based Organizations (CBOs), prepare sub-agreements for the CBOs and supervise the grants officers.
4. Finance Assistant:
Based in Embu the position will be responsible for day to day processing of transactions to ensure timely financial processing and reporting of field activity costs.
5. Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Advisor:
Based in Kisumu
The M&E Advisor will provide strategic and technical leadership to the APHIAplus Zone 1 project.
S/he will oversee the implementation of the project's M and E activities and build capacity of the project stakeholders in Nyanza on HMIS and CBHIS.
Ensure that reliable and high quality data is collected, analyzed and disseminated to all users including project staff.
6. Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Associates:
They will assist with the management and application of an M & E plan for project, offer assistance to help build capacity of the project stakeholders on M&E and assist with the maintenance of project databases.
This position will be based Western province.
For a detailed job description, visit http://www.path.org/employment.php.
Submit your application not later than 5th September, 2012.
We appreciate your application but would like to notify you that only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted.
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ST. LOUIS (STL.News) – Ameren Missouri, a subsidiary of Ameren Corporation (NYSE: AEE), announced today that customers are expected to see a second decrease in electric rates since last summer. Ameren Missouri filed a request with the Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) to decrease electric rates for all customers. If approved, the typical residential customer would see a slight rate decrease on monthly bills.
Ameren Missouri requested the approximately $1 million decrease in line with its focus to keep rates stable and predictable as part of the company's Smart Energy Plan. That plan, announced in August 2018, was enabled by progressive energy legislation enacted in 2018 following widespread support from the Missouri General Assembly.
The rate review request comes as Ameren Missouri is embarking on the largest infrastructure upgrade plan in the company's 100-year history. The plan includes a $5.3 billion investment in more than 2,000 electric projects over the next five years and is designed to improve the reliability of Missouri's aging energy grid. The projects will create a smarter, more secure and storm-resilient system to reduce the length and likelihood of outages. The plan also includes an additional $1 billion investment in wind energy.
"We are delivering on the promises in our Smart Energy Plan as we remain focused on improving reliability by investing in our system while keeping rates stable and predictable," said Michael Moehn, chairman and president of Ameren Missouri. "These investments are providing real value for our customers, creating an energy grid that is more reliable and more resilient to severe weather. These upgrades also allow for the integration of more solar and wind energy as we transition to cleaner energy."
The rate decrease filing is one step in the 11-month regulatory process to adjust rates. Customers could see rate adjustments in May 2020.
This proposed rate reduction would follow a 6% decrease that customers received in August 2018. Overall, residential electric rates for Ameren Missouri customers remain 21% lower than the national average.
Other proposed features of the rate review request include:
New rate options, including a "Smart Savers" rate: Customers can save if they use energy during non-peak times.
A new "EV Savers" rate: Electric vehicle owners can save by charging their vehicles overnight.
Customer incentives for switching to paperless billing.
"We continue to offer new products and services for our customers, such as a recently launched mobile-friendly website, new proposed specialized rate options and paperless billing incentives," said Tara Oglesby, vice president, customer experience, Ameren Missouri. "These new offerings, combined with the Smart Energy Plan and the largest energy efficiency plan in our company's history, provide our customers with more ways to manage and reduce their energy usage for many years."
The rate decrease is one of the customer-focused initiatives tied to the Smart Energy Plan. The filing comes at a time when Ameren Missouri is making headway in its transition to cleaner energy through wind and solar generation, efforts that will help the company reduce carbon emissions by 80% by 2050, from 2005 levels. The company also plans to roll out the first of its new generation of smart meters starting in 2020.
For additional information on Ameren Missouri's Smart Energy Plan, visit https://www.ameren.com/Missouri/company/smart-energy-plan
Ameren Missouri has been providing electric and gas service for more than 100 years, and the company's electric rates are among the lowest in the nation. Ameren Missouri's mission is to power the quality of life for its 1.2 million electric and 127,000 natural gas customers in central and eastern Missouri. The company's service area covers 64 counties and more than 500 communities, including the greater St. Louis area. For more information, visit Ameren.com/Missouri or follow us on Twitter at @AmerenMissouri or Facebook.com/AmerenMissouri.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this release not based on historical facts are considered "forward-looking" and, accordingly, involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed. Although such forward-looking statements have been made in good faith and are based on reasonable assumptions, there is no assurance that the expected results will be achieved. These statements include (without limitation) statements as to future expectations, beliefs, plans, strategies, objectives, events, conditions, and financial performance. In connection with the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, we are providing this cautionary statement to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. The following factors, in addition to those discussed under Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, and elsewhere in this release and in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, could cause actual results to differ materially from management expectations suggested in such forward-looking statements:
regulatory, judicial, or legislative actions, and any changes in regulatory policies and ratemaking determinations, such as those that may result from Ameren Missouri's natural gas regulatory rate review filed with the Missouri Public Service Commission in December 2018, an appeal filed by the Missouri Office of Public Counsel in January 2019 in Ameren Missouri's renewable energy standard rate adjustment mechanism case, and future regulatory, judicial, or legislative actions that change regulatory recovery mechanisms;
the effect of Missouri Senate Bill 564 on Ameren Missouri, including as a result of Ameren Missouri's election to use plant-in-service accounting and the resulting customer rate caps;
the effects of changes in federal, state, or local laws and other governmental actions, including monetary, fiscal, and energy policies;
the effects on demand for our services resulting from technological advances, including advances in customer energy efficiency, energy storage, and private generation sources, which generate electricity at the site of consumption and are becoming more cost-competitive;
the effectiveness of Ameren Missouri's customer energy-efficiency programs and the related revenues and performance incentives earned under its Missouri Energy Efficiency Investment Act programs;
our ability to align overall spending, both operating and capital, with frameworks established by our regulators and to recover these costs in a timely manner in our attempt to earn our allowed returns on equity;
the cost and availability of fuel, such as ultra-low-sulfur coal, natural gas, and enriched uranium used to produce electricity; the cost and availability of purchased power and renewable energy credits; and the level and volatility of future market prices for such commodities and credits, including our ability to recover the costs for such commodities and credits and our customers' tolerance for any related price increases;
disruptions in the delivery of fuel, failure of our fuel suppliers to provide adequate quantities or quality of fuel, or lack of adequate inventories of fuel, including nuclear fuel assemblies from the one Nuclear Regulatory Commission-licensed supplier of Ameren Missouri's Callaway energy center's assemblies;
the cost and availability of transmission capacity for the energy generated by Ameren Missouri's energy centers or required to satisfy Ameren Missouri's energy sales;
the effectiveness of our risk management strategies and our use of financial and derivative instruments;
the ability to obtain sufficient insurance, including insurance for Ameren Missouri's Callaway energy center, or, in the absence of insurance, the ability to recover uninsured losses from our customers;
the impact of cyberattacks on us or our suppliers, which could, among other things, result in the loss of operational control of energy centers and electric and natural gas transmission and distribution systems and/or the loss of data, such as customer, employee, financial, and operating system information;
business and economic conditions, including their impact on interest rates, collection of our receivable balances, and demand for our products;
disruptions of the capital markets, deterioration in our credit metrics, including as a result of the implementation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, or other events that may have an adverse effect on the cost or availability of capital, including short-term credit and liquidity;
the actions of credit rating agencies and the effects of such actions;
the inability of our counterparties to meet their obligations with respect to contracts, credit agreements, and financial instruments;
the impact of weather conditions and other natural phenomena on us and our customers, including the impact of system outages;
the construction, installation, performance, and cost recovery of generation, transmission, and distribution assets;
the effects of breakdowns or failures of electric generation, transmission, or distribution equipment or facilities, which could result in unanticipated liabilities or unplanned outages;
the operation of Ameren Missouri's Callaway energy center, including planned and unplanned outages, and decommissioning costs;
the impact of current environmental laws and new, more stringent, or changing requirements, including those related to carbon dioxide and the Affordable Clean Energy Rule, other emissions and discharges, cooling water intake structures, coal combustion residuals, and energy efficiency, that could limit or terminate the operation of certain of Ameren Missouri's energy centers, increase our operating costs or investment requirements, result in an impairment of our assets, cause us to sell our assets, reduce our customers' demand for electricity or natural gas, or otherwise have a negative financial effect;
the impact of complying with renewable energy requirements in Missouri;
labor disputes, work force reductions, changes in future wage and employee benefits costs, including those resulting from changes in discount rates, mortality tables, returns on benefit plan assets, and other assumptions;
the impact of negative opinions of us or our utility services that our customers, legislators, or regulators may have or develop, which could result from a variety of factors, including failures in system reliability, failure to implement our investment plans or to protect sensitive customer information, increases in rates, or negative media coverage;
the impact of adopting new accounting guidance;
the effects of strategic initiatives, including mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures;
legal and administrative proceedings; and
acts of sabotage, war, terrorism, or other intentionally disruptive acts.
New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for management to predict all of such factors, nor can it assess the impact of each such factor on the business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained or implied in any forward-looking statement. Given these uncertainties, undue reliance should not be placed on these forward-looking statements. Except to the extent required by the federal securities laws, we undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or future events.


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Utah IFMA Spring Conference 2019 in Provo, Utah on March 8, 2019
Every year, the Utah IFMA Chapter hosts a Spring Conference for IFMA members with speaking presentations on cutting-edge topics in the facility management industry. A few exhibitors will also be on-site, providing information about industry-related services, technology, and products.
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We were at lessons earlier tonight.
The instructor had a heck of a time controlling the class. She never said "two hands on the wall" "eyes on me" or "sit on the edge, hands in your lap" rookie. I mean' come on…
So at one point she walks over and says "Jack seems to be able to do it but needs reminding about all the steps" -because, like me, he is a natural on his back and looks like a hot mess trying to do freestyle.
So in response to her comment I say: "Yes with constant reminding he can swim the crawl, but he probably has ADHD so, it doesn't surprise me."
Now I, as his mother, can give him a fake-diagnosis because both Mommy and Daddy have a real diagnosis. And I , as his mother, realize that it's entirely possible that it's not ADHD but that he suffers from being a five year old boy. Also, as his mother, this is my veiled way of saying 'pay better attention to the class you're teaching and instead of just yelling at them when they aren't doing something try praising them when they do a skill so they know to keep doing it.' Apparently I should have gone with the direct approach. Because her response to me left me floored:
Instructor: Eyes get wide- and also judgy, "Isn't he on medication?"
Me: "He is too young." (Just how I feel about it.)
Instructor: "Who told you that?!?!"
Me: Judgy eyebrows raised.
Instructor: "I used to work in that field."
Me: In my head, 'I see you were asked to leave…' What I really said, "I feel he is too young." And I don't have a degree in child psychiatry, so there is also that….
Instructor: "Ohhh…"
I…. I don't….. I can't even….. My brain hurts. It must be because it's LIQUIFYING INSIDE MY HEAD.
This little stunt of hers came after her big speech about how she loves to teach beginning swimmers….
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He's SO close to crawling, it's cute! I also love having "blah, blah, blah" "blah, blah, blah" conversations with him.
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He's totally close! RR was doing that hands and feet thing too and then bam! crawling. Fortunately for us, she's in no rush to get anywhere and can be diverted from naughtiness with a mirror...
He is SO cute! Love those little rests he takes on his head. Essie is nowhere NEAR this, but I can't wait for her to build her little muscles back up and get there.
Also, your carpet is mad clean.
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Thanks! Essie is super cute too! By the way, our carpet is nowhere near clean as you think!


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Several of Wright's favorite things were purchased and placed in his bedroom for his birthday.
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WARREN — May 9 was definitely a happy birthday for Lincoln Elementary School second-grade student Aaron Wright when he turned 11.
Many of Wright's birthday wishes came true when the national children's charity organization Kids Wish Network visited his house to give him a birthday celebration he'll always cherish.
Lincoln is part of Van Dyke Public Schools.
Wright has hydrocephalus — also known as liquid on the brain — which was caused by a traumatic brain injury he sustained when he fell out of a second-story window when he was 2 years old.
The Warren resident has grown up loving the Dr. Seuss character the Grinch, Transformers, SpongeBob SquarePants and race cars. So for his birthday, Wright received a surprise bedroom makeover with all his favorite things through the Kids Wish Network. He knew nothing about the secret celebration until he came home from school.
When Wright was at school, representatives came to the family home to paint the young boy's bedroom and set it up with new furniture, a television set, a video game system, a new rug, and a new bed comforter and bed. Other birthday presents included "Star Wars" merchandise, Spider-Man headphones, stuffed animals and a collection of birthday cards.
After school, Wright rode home in style when he was picked up in a Chevrolet Camaro and brought to his house, where family and friends waited. Those who shared in his joy included mom Christina Wright, dad Michael Wright, older brother Steven, older sister Madeline, Value City Furniture representative Jimmy Sergeant, and Kids Wish Network spokesperson Don Tanner.
VDPS staff members and the Grinch were there too, and the Lincoln High School marching band came by the house to play "Happy Birthday."
Donors who helped make the wishes come true include Value City Furniture, Sam's Club, Hamilton Chevrolet, Walmart, Kroger, and Top Notch Party Bus & Limousine. The birthday surprises left Wright speechless.
"I like my room," he said while checking things out.
The Kids Wish Network, based in Florida, is dedicated to creating happy memories and improving the quality of life for children with life-threatening conditions and struggling with life-altering situations. The organization offers a number of programs, and donors and sponsors are welcome to help support the organization.
"(Wright's) family reached out to us with Aaron's story," said Tanner, a founding partner of Tanner Friedman Strategic Communications, based in Farmington Hills. "It really touched our hearts. They've gone through so much adversity since he had his accident. It's heartwarming. It's hard not to get a little emotional."
"He had no idea this was going on behind the scenes," Lincoln Principal Stephanie LaBelle said. "He's such a great kid and so deserving. It's a day he won't forget. We're just really thrilled for him and his family."
Wright's teacher, Taylor Coppola, and VDPS Special Services Supervisor Tricia Huey-Rocheleau reportedly organized the birthday event with the Kids Wish Network.
"It's exciting for him," Lincoln paraprofessional Mary Grace said. "I feel very happy for him."
At school, Wright is known for being a friend to others and for making personal cards for staff members.
"Kids Wish Network went above and beyond," Christina Wright said. "I am overwhelmed by all of this. Everyone came together to do this for him."
For more information on the Kids Wish Network, visit www.kidswishnetwork.org.


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Kerry Washington's husband Nnamdi Asomugha has received some bad news. The 32-year-old NFL cornerback was waived by the San Francisco 49ers on Monday, Nov. 4.
ESPN reports that cornerback Eric Wright will take Asomugha's place after coming off the non-football injury list. According to the 49ers' website, Asomugha signed a one-year contract with the team in April after being released by the Philadelphia Eagles in 2012. Asomugha played in three games and recorded three tackles and two passes defensed with the team.
While his professional life may have just had a setback, Asomugha has a lot to look forward to in his personal life. Us Weekly exclusively revealed last week that he is expecting his first child with wife Washington.
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By Hollis Wormsby, Jr.
Back in prehistoric times, before the birth of or even the thought of man, huge creatures roamed this earth and sat at the top of the food chain. These creatures varied greatly in size and form, or for that matter even in diet, but collectively they formed a life form known as dinosaurs. For much of their reign these dinosaurs were the absolute terror for other life forms because of their size and, in many cases, because of their predatory nature, they were the absolute top of the food chain. While I have seen a lot of movies that portray humans in conflict with dinosaurs the research I have done on the topic says that for the most part dinosaurs became extinct before there was much of a human presence on earth. Even some stories I've read say it is probable that the decline of the dinosaurs was one of the signature historical moments that made evolution of human life possible.
It is widely believed — and I say it this way because there is no one who was really around 60 million years ago to say exactly what happened — that dinosaurs were wiped out as the result of a large meteor that hit the earth with such size and velocity to create a dust storm that blocked out all light and heat from the sun. Some articles suggest that the temperature of the earth dropped by more than 27 degrees Celsius, causing much of the world to stay below freezing for decades if not centuries.
Dinosaurs were not able to adjust to these climate changes and the loss of plant life the animals used for food and their inability to adjust to the changing life conditions is what led them to become extinct. Based on their history, anyone perceived to be unable or unwilling to adjust to the changing times may be referred to as a dinosaur.
The changes that the dinosaurs could not adjust to were environmental, but the changes I am having trouble adjusting to are historical and cultural. Somehow, as a man born in 1956, and raised with the values of the time, some of the behaviors being suggested as progress just do not make sense to me. And I understand this makes me a dinosaur.
I was born into an era where there were boys and girls, men and women, and marriage was a union of a man and a woman. I will use the "I have had friends from all walks of life" defense to say that I have had friends from all walks of life, and based on that I can grow to the point of acknowledging that loves may come in all forms, but for me marriage is still the union of a man and a woman. And I know, that makes me a dinosaur.
I was raised in a time when parents taught their children discipline and in my household my dad had the philosophy that the teacher was always right, and if the teacher called we weren't even allowed to have an opinion. Now we have parents wanting to sue if not fight teachers for trying to discipline the child they did not teach discipline at home.
Just a couple of weeks ago here in Jefferson County, a student admitted that they struck their teacher with a closed fist, and the teacher was suspended and had charges files against them for taking the child to the floor. In spite of the knowledge that their child threw the first punch the parents announced the next day that they were suing the school and the teacher. In my time, my dad would have beaten the living crap out of me, if I had so much as back talked a teacher and brought me and his belt to the school the next day to see if the teacher wanted their turn. Did I like it? No. But did I ever think of hitting a teacher? Hell no. Thinking this way, I know, makes me a dinosaur.
When I was young if you were accused of murder, you probably didn't get bond before your trial, and the only likely sentences were going to be the death penalty or life without parole if you were convicted. Some people say those kinds of sentences did not deter crime, but one thing is for sure you cannot rob or murder someone else from inside a jail cell. In today's Birmingham, and I think in much of the nation, we have a revolving door of justice, where depending on who the victim is, and who is willing to testify, you can murder someone in cold blood, even with an existing record of violence, and you just might walk away with 20 years with three to serve, with credit for time served awaiting trial. So, you took the life of another human being and wind up serving only three years. I know some people think this is progress, as they don't want our young men disproportionately behind bars, but for me, if these young men are disproportionately creating havoc in the community. Asked about the inmates he experienced in making the movie with Gene Wilder about life in prison, Richard Pryor said: "I think for some people, prison is exactly where they need to be." And I know thinking we need to hold people accountable for violent crime, especially for repeated violent crimes makes me a dinosaur.
Well, I also tried to do some research on what if anything the dinosaurs created toward greater humanity as they made their slow trek to extinction and I couldn't really find anything. This was really important to me as I wanted to parallel that with what I should do with my old dinosaur self as I move closer towards the end of my own journey. Unfortunately, for me, no matter how you look at or what you read, once you can't adjust to the changing conditions, you are doomed. Or at least that's the way I see it.
Hollis Wormsby has served as a featured columnist for the Birmingham Times for more than 29 years. He is the former host of Talkback on 98.7 KISS FM and of Real Talk on WAGG AM. If you would like to comment on this column you can email him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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I spent half of my Sunday trail ride muttering swear words under my breath.
Usually, that means I'm picking bad lines and riding with about as much grace as that chubby kid in high school who had his glasses taped together and sprayed a lot of spit when he played the trombone. On the Moose Drewl course, however, it mostly meant I was kicking myself for leaving my camera on the workbench in my garage. All that new scenery, all those new riders, and I couldn't get a shot of anything.
Ah, what the hell. I hadn't ridden in so long, I should consider myself lucky for showing up with a bike and a helmet. Fortunately, The Grillmeister got a few photos showing the nice turnout at the start line. Three o'clock on a Sunday afternoon in Palmer, Alaska, and 39 people showed up for a winter bike race. There were fat bikes all over the place. Sweet.
Seventeen people raced the "advanced" course, two raced the beginner loop, and 20 of us "toured" the advanced course, so we were free of the clock. That means that when I finally arrive back at the parking lot and three-quarters of the cars have already left and headed for the bonfire and beer, I don't have to worry about somebody saying, "Uh, sorry dude, we lost your time because the clock's batteries froze up a half-hour ago."
Good job by Mark Gronewald and the Valley Mountain Bikers and Hikers, who put on a fun event. It was a good course and a great crowd.


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WJCS Salutes Volunteers, Shares Some Experiences
Published Tuesday, April 18, 2017
WJCS salutes the nearly 200 volunteers who work in over 15 WJCS programs throughout Westchester. This week you will hear from volunteers from WJCS Kids' Kloset, their fun and moving experiences and the incredible support they offer to vulnerable Westchester children and families in need of clothing and other essential items. Learn more about volunteering at WJCS!