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Let me start off by saying how much I love being outside. It's fantastic and offers me the motivation to be more conscious of my choices, and being connected to earth is truly a beautiful thing. The lake, the river, the beaches, the parks, and the forest preserves all scattered about the city are what I love about it here, and living in a booming city of almost 3 million people makes it easy to forget that I could immerse myself in those spaces.
While the focus of this blog project is to highlight efforts in lessening waste impact, I also possess a proactive nature and want to talk about my experience in joining efforts with the Friends of the Forest Preserves. I was in search of an activity that I felt was going to be a valuable use of my time for my community, while also serving to my interests.
In January, I made the bold decision to sign up for a Stewardship Day in LaBagh Woods in 6°F weather. Though those I told about it thought I was crazy (and maybe I am), it was probably one of the best decisions I could have made at the time. I've stuck with it, and am more than excited to start becoming involved in their education and leadership opportunities and also seeing the noticeable impact of the time and labor donated by all the volunteers, especially as the weather starts to warm.
Earth Day 2018 was the first Earth Day I celebrated with such dedication. Here, I would like to share more on that experience, and what Stewardship Days are about. They are generally geared toward restoration of the forest preserves, and often that involves eradicating invasive species, seeding or planting native shrubs, and this most recent day I attended I had the wonderful opportunity to continue work on a trail staircase. This means that not only do these stewardship days renew the native ecology, they also make the woods more accessible to people who want to appreciate it.
Above is a shot of the staircase before we went to work on it. You can barely see it, right? Maybe a few slats here and there, but it's otherwise been used and covered with leaves over the two years since it was originally put into place. Below shows some stairs close up after they've been repaired.
When the stairs were first built, leaves were used with the idea that they would eventually form a soil between the wooden slats. They did, and now the steps were ready for some maintenance. We cleared the extra leaves, made the steps more visible, graded them, and reinforced them, all using materials from the invasive species we cut down.
And wow, what a feeling of accomplishment after a day like that! I was put in charge of creating the reinforcements for the stairs, which were in the form of spikes that anchored the stair edges into the dirt. The spikes were created using a hatchet to sharpen the ends of felled buckthorn (the invasive species) branches. I had my own station set up, and I got a great workout from using that hatchet over the three hours we put into this.
Because it was Earth Day, the turnout for the stewardship workday was impressive as other organizations sent their own groups to join the Friends of the Forest Preserves efforts. We ended up splitting into two groups: one to take care of cutting down buckthorn, and the other took over the staircase work. The staircase team ended up being almost entirely filled by the Chicago chapter of community group called Gay For Good (check them out here) and we really got so much done in such a short amount of time!
The most satisfying part, though? Sticking a hatchet into a tree trunk.


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An amazing blog has come within my radar and I feel moved to share just one of the many fascinating posts from 'Symbol Reader'. Capturing the depth of insight and inspiration that is possible when the symbolic aspects of life are delved into, this post on protean fluidity is particularly mesmerising. I hope you enjoy it and get as much out of it as I have. Thank you Symbol Reader 🙂
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Proteus was a wise Greek sea god, a shape changer and a prophet. Pictured as fish-tailed, he was able to change himself into a lion, a serpent, a panther, a wild boar, a tree and flowing water. In order to get answers from him concerning the future, it was necessary to wrestle him and bind him, then wait patiently through all the transformations for the voice of prophecy. He is an image of something elusive, flickering and ineffable that wriggles shakes and transforms many times before it stabilizes as an image that can be comprehended by consciousness.
Proteus is a great metaphor of working with archetypes and symbols. They are creatures of the deep ocean of the collective unconscious and this is where they feel best. They do not fare well in the world of hard matter or clear-cut mental distinctions. Out of water they may get…
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"Learning opportunities will be designed with, and for, learners based on their interests and the skills they bring in the context of both local and national economic and social drivers."
(Adult Learning in Scotland, Statement of Ambition).
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The second project was our Photo Album project for the New Year's Celebration Gift. Each Myko kid received a personalized photo album containing several photos of themselves. There are many empty pages that we can continue to send them photos and sponsors can send photos and they will have a special place to keep these photos. Each photo album was placed in a ziplock bag with a pair of socks, a pair of undewear, a pen and pencil, fruit snacks, winter hats for the girls, and some of the boys got gloves, some got little footballs, and everyone got a Candy Cane.
HUGE THANK YOU to Kelly and her team of scrapbook artists for making ALL the albums!!!! Those that helped Kelly included Grace, Tara, Dan, Maggie and the "Scarlet Sweethearts" Red Hat Club!!! HUGE undertaking to design over 100 albums! Each album had the child's name in both English and Russian. No two albums were alike and both the front and back were done. Really Amazing!!


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Polish first lady snubs Trump's handshake
WARSAW: US President Donald Trump's handshake was "snubbed" by Polish President Andrzej Duda's wife Agata Kornhauser-Duda in a hilarious way.
The videos of the moment have taken the social media by storm when the first lady of Poland darts her hand towards US first lady Melania Trump, while inadvertently rejecting Trump's hand extended for her.
After shaking hand with Duda, Trump almost leaned towards the Polish first lady which went unnoticed.
Read More: Trump calls out Russia, cites efforts to subvert Western civilization
Though after shaking hand and exchanging greetings with Melania, Kornhauser-Duda turned towards Trump.
Both the first families were on stage to perform official greetings in front of the media on Thursday.
It is Trump's second trip to Europe as president and shortly before leaving for a potentially fractious G20 meeting in Germany, Trump appeared at pains to soothe US allies after unnerving them in May by failing to endorse the principle of collective defence enshrined in Article Five of the NATO treaty.
In his speech near a monument that commemorates the 1944 Warsaw Uprising against Nazi Germany, the president painted the fight against terrorism, illegal immigration and excessive government powers as an existential one.
Here is how twitterites reacted:
Rejected first #Trump #handshake pic.twitter.com/XO6N9i9HYj
— Prosper (@HighwayDrive717) July 6, 2017
Girl, are you a Donald Trump handshake? Because I miss you a lot.
— Dan (@ThatConnArtist) July 6, 2017
No one wants to touch tiny hands. https://t.co/iBdA9lSkaM
— Susan Mitchell (@susandtom) July 6, 2017
Who is she? such a great lady😂
Trump & handshake 😂😂😂 lol #Trump#میں_اِن_کو_رُلاؤں_گا#OurHeavenPakistan #MaryamNawaz #BurhanAndFacebook pic.twitter.com/gltFgBI7Ik
— Farooq Afridi (@FaryAfridi) July 6, 2017
When you're trying to pose yourself smart but actually you're not. Trump's handshake ignored by Polish president's wife. 😃 pic.twitter.com/3rEVWEh4AC
— Raza Mehdi (@SyedRezaMehdi) July 6, 2017
First lady of Poland laughs as she briefly skips over Donald Trump's handshake pic.twitter.com/ZHhJJ4Easr
— Donald J Schmuck (@Warzone_Maniac) July 6, 2017
Watch as Trump assumes the handshake by the Polish first lady is for him but she goes for Melania instead. pic.twitter.com/OvWDaKoJ0I
— HawaiiDelilah (@HawaiiDelilah) July 6, 2017
Donald #Trump lost the handshake.
Hillary #Clinton lost the election. #MAGA pic.twitter.com/THMys7RBVw
— Kevin (@49erfan202) July 6, 2017
😂😂😂Just look at Donald Trump's face when the first lady of Poland ignores his handshake! #POTUSinPoland #MAGA #TheResistance pic.twitter.com/76lVVRdF7O
— ReallyRick (@ReallyRicks) July 6, 2017
Poland media showing failed handshake view full video on YouTube she shakes Melania first then trump so why is it a slam?
— LibSlayer (@Winning17Trump) July 6, 2017
#Handshakesmiss 😍 #trumphandshake
— Heidi Bradley (@HeidiJbradl10) July 6, 2017
Donald Trump was hilariously – and brutally – snubbed as he went in for a handshake with Poland's first lady today.
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One of my favourite times of year, on the fashion calender, is when the new spring/summer collections start arriving in the shops. Now that we are approaching the end of the January sales these are starting to pop up on the high street. One particular item that has come under my radar is brilliantly white skinny jeans. Highly impractical, particularly as a mum I know, but boy do I want a pair. I shall just have to keep them for best or failing that stock up on vanish he, he.
I have spent a fair bit of time scouring various retailers on-line just to see what styles are available, prior to me taking a shopping trip and trying my favourites on. Let's just hope I find that perfectly fitting pair. I thought it would be fun to share with you some of my favourites so far.
Ripped Leigh jeans £40 Topshop.
1969 skinny skimmer jean £49.50 Gap
High waisted skinny £24.99 Newlook
Ralph Lauren @ Asos
Well there you have it, some of the white jeans that have been catching my eye. When I find my perfect pair I will report back with an OOTD post.
What's top of your clothing wishlist? Have you got a fab pair of white jeans, I would love to know where you got them from.
Bye for now, Katy 🙂


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1860 (dated) 14 x 11.5 in (35.56 x 29.21 cm) 1 : 6500000
Map is color coded according to political boundaries with elevation rendered by hachure. The whole is surrounded by the attractive floral border common to Mitchell atlases between 1860 and 1866. One of the most attractive American atlas maps of this region to appear in the mid-19th century. Prepared by S. A. Mitchell Jr. for inclusion as plate 59 in the 1860 issue of Mitchell's New General Atlas. 'Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1860 by S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.'
Samuel Augustus Mitchell (March 20, 1792 - December 20, 1868) began his map publishing career in the early 1830s. Having worked as a school teacher, Mitchell was frustrated with the low quality and inaccuracy of school texts of the period. His first maps were an attempt to rectify this problem. In the next 20 years Mitchell would become the most prominent American map publisher of the mid-19th century. Mitchell worked with prominent engravers J. H. Young, H. S. Tanner, and H. N. Burroughs before attaining the full copyright on his maps in 1847. In 1849 Mitchell either partnered with or sold his plates to Thomas, Cowperthwait and Company who continued to publish the Mitchell's Universal Atlas. By about 1856 most of the Mitchell plates and copyrights were acquired by Charles Desilver who continued to publish the maps, many with modified borders and color schemes, until Mitchell's son, Samuel Augustus Mitchell Junior, entered the picture. In 1859, S.A. Mitchell Jr. purchased most of the plates back from Desilver and introduced his own floral motif border. From 1860 on, he published his own editions of the New General Atlas. The younger Mitchell became as prominent as his father, publishing maps and atlases until 1887, when most of the copyrights were again sold and the Mitchell firm closed its doors for the final time.


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Hey guys!
If you haven't got the hint from my previous post, we are moving to California! Hubs got the job. Yay! Congratulations, honey! I'm so proud of you. :*
To be brutally honest, I am a bit nervous about moving to California.
Obviously cost of living would be much higher there.
And we wont be experiencing 4 seasons anymore. Boo!
I am originally from Malaysia so I didn't get to experience four seasons until I moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana.
I am not a big fan of snow and brutally cold weather like here in FW but heck, it would be nice to have some snow, you know. I guess I better pray hard that whenever we go back to visit A's parents in Missouri, snow would be falling for me!
So anyways, I have packed most of my precious stuff (ie food from Malaysia!!) and I'm still not sure when the moving company would be scheduled to be here to pack our stuff. A said I shouldn't worry about any of the things but the Asian in me loves to take control of things. Aiya!
The cats? They are coming with us! Duh! It's been a chaotic process trying to get the cats ready for the big move. They don't get on car rides aside from going to the vet for their yearly check up. Which is like once a year. And the journey is like 15 mins max each way.
I have taken the cats out for drives everyday for the past two weeks. It was kind of a hassle at first especially the first week coz I took the cats out separately just to see how each cat reacts to the drive. Clinton clearly aces the ride while Kitty howls most of the time.
We will be taking some pills from their vet to sedate them, just in case they are needed. I'm not gambling on a 37 hour (AT LEAST) car journey.
I will keep you posted on our moving journey. Wish us luck!
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My Masters of Letters (M.Litt) degree in Environmental History covered modern history c.1800-2000 primarily in a UK and North American context. I wrote papers on the Love Canal toxic waste spill in Niagara Falls, New York state in the late 1970s and early 1980s; hunting in nineteenth century Africa; and the uses of Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs and Steel to the historian. I also took a course on 1960s America which covered civil rights, folk music, student protests, liberal presidents and social reforms (including environmentalism) and feminism.
My thesis, 'To what extent was the British reaction to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring indicative of a tradition of top-down environmentalism?' investigated the top-down governmental response to Silent Spring in Britain and compared it to the botton-up response in the United States.
The book was mentioned in two debates in both Houses of Parliament which asked about the problems of pesticides and debated the importance of the book. In Britain as well pesticides were already regulated with a voluntary code (which worked well) that had any new pestcide being analyised by two different governmental committees, on which there was no member of the pesticide community.
The thesis also offered an analysis of the criticism of Carson and the book, and the relationship between criticism and gender.
I recorded a podcast of this in December 2011 for the website Environmental History Resources – Podcast 44: Silent Spring at fifty – a comparison perspective (scroll down to bottom of page).


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Which economies within the emerging market pack look more attractive and why?
Marc Faber : I am not yet sure what I will buy. As mentioned earlier, I would prefer
to wait and see how economic developments and policies shape up. In
fact, investors should pay much more attention to the economic
developments in China rather than focus on what Ben Bernanke says. - in business standard
Marc Faber is an international investor known for his uncanny predictions of the stock market and futures markets around the world.


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The appalling ecological disaster currently unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico is not a one-off event. It calls into question the future of life itself, not only in the American Mediterranean Sea, but also throughout the entire planet. Read on to find out why.
An oil slick every year
While the oil spill off the coast of the USA is reported globally the media doesn't give the true global picture, failing to report what is going on off the coast of Somalia, in the Niger Delta and elsewhere. Working conditions and drilling standards in these places are generally below acceptable safety standards. Oil pours into the environment without anyone paying attention, creating what Time magazine calls 'an Exxon Valdez every year'. But what is Exxon Valdez? On 23 March 1989, an oil tanker owned by Exxon set sail from Valdez oil terminal, with full tanks. It struck Bligh Reef off the coast of Alaska at around midnight on 24 March, spilling 100,000 tons of crude oil into the sea. Just by checking the history of these events it becomes plain to see that the phenomena of oil pollution is nothing new and that it has global significance. Oil spills can happen anywhere and at anytime.
How can the scale of oil pollution be measured ?
On 20 April 2010 an explosion engulfed the platform of the oilrig Deepwater Horizon. The rig was on lease to BP (British Petroleum) and had been carrying out drilling in the oil-rich reserves about 40 miles off the Louisiana coast. Accurately judging the scale of the oil spill was hampered by repeated lies and misleading information coming from BP, and at the beginning it was estimated at between 2 to 3 million litres (1800 to 2700 tons) per day. Scientists and ecologists are able to use special computer software to measure levels of pollution; sadly, they are obliged to employ these programs more than ever these days. Aerial photographs are used to measure the surface area affected by the pollution. The affected area is then assessed in the following way: silvery reflections indicate a relatively low level of pollution (around 30 tons per hectare) while a darker colour is the sign of more serious pollution (up to 1700 tons per hectare). In the Gulf of Mexico, the colour of the affected area is extremely dark.
Is it possible to save birds that have been covered in oil ?
'Oiled birds? We have them coming in all year round.' The official from the Centre de revalidation pour oiseaux et animaux sauvages (Rehabilitation centre for birds and wild animals) in Ostend, Belgium, doesn't mince his words. 'It isn't only birds that fall victim to disasters like the one in the Gulf of Mexico. There are also many factors that contribute to pollution: every day the North Sea is polluted by ships that empty their tanks into the sea for various reasons, sometimes linked to smuggling. It is also important to realise that oil slicks don't just disappear by magic. Traces of the spills are still there to see years later. An oil slick floats and spreads with the current of the sea. It is not out of the question to imagine that in a few months a slick could appear off the coast of Holland, Belgium or France...' The rehabilitation centre takes in and looks after some 2000 birds every year, but it is not only oiled birds that are brought in: wild animals that have been hurt in road accidents or other calamities are also welcomed. To find out more, click www.vogelopvangcentrum.be. Despite the best efforts of the centre, the proportion of oiled birds that are actually rescued, cleaned up and then released back into the wild, remains low. Once a slick has spread it is already too late for most birds, which dive into the water to find food.
A major catastrophe for life on Earth
As an official representative of GAIA (Global Action in the Interest of Animals), Michel Vandenbosch is just as forthright as his assessment of the situation : 'The scandalous negligence of BP is already causing a global catastrophe. It is difficult to weigh the consequences for the long term. It is the whole question of our dependence on oil that should be posed (www.gaia.be).' 'And don't forget that off the coast of Europe there are some 400 oilrigs, roughly 200 of which are near Great Britain,' adds Arnaud Collignon of Greenpeace. 'The risk of major pollution along our coastline isn't just science fiction: it could happen at any moment. The real problem is that the oil companies (BP today, but yesterday it was Exxon, Shell and others) sacrifice the safety of their workers and the security of the entire World to make big profits straight away.' For more from Greenpeace, see 'www.greenpeace.org'. Oil slicks don't only affect birds. At this very moment hundreds of dolphins are dying in the Gulf of Mexico. Oil that sticks to the seabed kills plankton, the staple diet of many fish, which in turn die of hunger. The depletion of fish in the sea poses a serious risk to human life. BP is risking life on Earth !
Should mankind take all the blame ?
Between 1859 and 1968, the total oil consumed in the whole world was around 200 billion barrels. In 2010, the world is consuming just over 30 billion barrels of oil per year. In 1859, oil was mainly used as a source of light (oil lamps). The internal combustion engine, a major oil guzzler, had still not been invented. Today oil has myriad uses beyond the manufacture of petrol: it is used in the production of plastics, medicines and many other materials. For terrorists or armies at war, the temptation to sabotage oil wells is often too much. As previously mentioned, in the 1991 Gulf War the Iraqi army destroyed oil installations on purpose. They sabotaged a Kuwaiti oil terminal, Mina al Ahmadi, and set fire to 732 oil wells, resulting in over million tons of oil spilling into the ground and the sea. Many other things can cause these disasters including accidents at sea, damaged oilrigs, ships refilling and cleaning their tanks, and industrial accidents.
Tintin follows the oil story
The Adventures of Tintin reflect the importance of oil in the twentieth century. In the USA, Tintin witnesses first-hand the forced evacuation (backed by oil companies) of the Native American Indians from their land. He even gets showered in oil after unwittingly unleashing the pressure of a hidden oil well ! In the 1930s, cars and aeroplanes were being developed at an extraordinary rate. At the end of the 1940s, and during the 1950s, a new material - plastic - was taking the world by storm. The production of plastic relies on oil. Oil companies became immensely powerful. The adventure Land of Black Gold, with the sequence showing Müller sabotaging a pipeline, is an extremely topical story. At the time Hergé wrote it, there were already many pipelines sending oil from the Middle East or Russia towards the West, and various acts of sabotage made world headlines. Hergé's story paints a bleak picture of the collapse of the global economy, overly dependent on oil. Yet when we look back, who could have imagined that oil, so fundamental to human progress, would become our worst enemy ?
Tintin in the Land of the Soviets
The Crab with the Golden Claws
Explorers on the Moon
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A Typical Day at Fieldstone Academy Boarding School
We have many parents ask us about what a typical day at our boarding school is like. We would claim that we don't have very many typical days, but here is the schedule for our weekdays!
|8:30 a.m.
|9:30 a.m. -12:00 p.m.
|Morning classes. Our decision to start at 9:30 a.m. is driven by both industry research and our own experience. We believe our success with morning classes supports our decision!
|12:00-1:00 p.m.
|Lunch time
|1:00-3:30 or 5:30 p.m.
|Afternoon classes. Depending on what they are working on, their classes can go to 3:30 or to 5:30.
|Between classes and dinner
|Ranch Activities, Equine classes, Ag Science, electives
|5:30-6:00 p.m.
|6:00-10:00 p.m.
|Homework, study hall, evening classes, and free time
|10:00-11:00 p.m.
|Quiet time, preparing for bed, finishing up homework if needed. Lights out at 11


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UPDATE: It seems like last night might have been too wild even for Rihanna:
PREVIOUSLY: Rihanna just wants to have fun and she wants you to know how much fun she's having.
The 24-year-old singer hit the strip club and she didn't hesitate to post racy photos of herself partying with some dancers on Tuesday night.
"Best stress reliever = $tripper$. Kill it Tip it #Cake," Rihanna unabashedly tweeted to her 18.2 million followers. An hour later she posted a photo in which she's throwing money at a pair of women who are simulating oral sex.
"#ROCstarshit my daddy would be proud," she wrote.
The "We Found Love" singer then posted another photo from her wild night, in which she's grinding with a dancer and holding her drink with her mouth so that she can count a wad of cash. "#RoleModelShit #NaviShit," she tweeted with the photo.
Don't worry Rihanna, we guarantee you that no one will ever mistake you for a role model.
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July, 2017
At the National Association of Public Health Statistics and
Information Systems Annual Meeting in Memphis in June, Krista Bauer,
Registration and Amendments Supervisor for the Office of Vital Records (OVR)
presented, "Adjudication Trifecta—Collaboration Across Agencies to Improve the
Completeness and Accuracy of Birth Records." The national audience of more than
300 vital statistics professionals was eager to hear how Minnesota is working
to assure that legal parents are listed on their children's birth records.
Krista's presentation emphasized the significance of three
separate and very different state agencies coming together to strengthen
families—a trifecta that provides a win for everyone. Krista explained how OVR,
the Minnesota Department of Human Services, Child Support Division, and the
Minnesota Courts initiated a pilot project in 2015, to improve data on birth
Each year in Minnesota, about 22,440 (33%) infants are born
to unmarried mothers. A large percentage of unmarried parents establish
paternity at the hospital at the time of birth registration by voluntarily
signing the Minnesota
Recognition of Parentage Form (PDF). When this happens, both the mother who gave
birth and the man who is the biological father are recorded on the child's
birth certificate. For families who wait to establish paternity, only one
parent, the woman who gave birth, is on the birth record.
Later, some parents establish parentage in court through a
paternity adjudication. Annually about 4,500 petitions are heard and determined
in Minnesota courts. Some of these actions are through family court, but most
are initiated through the child support system. The problem is that birth
records aren't automatically updated when this happens. Someone has to file the
court order with the vital record office in the state where the child was born,
request that the record be updated, and pay a fee. When no one takes these
steps, both legal parents do not show on their child's birth record. Confidence
in the accuracy of vital records is important. Unreliable records can lead to
other problems and frustration felt by the public, child support, vital
records, the legal system and others.
Two years ago, Minnesota initiated a pilot project to solve
this problem. OVR proposed a simple solution to eliminate barriers and
streamline the process. OVR introduced a "Certificate
of Adjudication" (PDF) form similar to a form used for adoptions, to provide
information to vital records. The three state agencies worked together to
develop a process to complete and file the form so that birth records would be
Initially five counties piloted the form which requires the
court administrator to complete sections and forward it to OVR. OVR updates the
child's birth record and bills the county child support office for the fee. Immediately
the agencies saw improvements. More birth records were updated by OVR, fewer
requests were rejected (from nearly 50% to 1%) because OVR had all the
information it needed, and the processing time to file these and update the
birth record was reduced from about four months to a few days.
Last fall OVR, Child Support, and the courts agreed to
expand the pilot project statewide. Today 34 counties and tribes are
participating with others expected to join soon. Further, because of the
success of the pilot project and the importance of having complete birth
records, the Minnesota Department of Human Services proposed legislation last
session to cover the fee for all court-ordered adjudications for Minnesota born
children even when the actions were initiated outside of child support.
The pilot project continues and the agencies hope that it
expands to all 87 counties. The early process improvements have been sustained
and continuous improvements are sought. It's likely that similar legislation
will be put forward next session establishing the certificate of adjudication
in law.
Accuracy is
a priority for the Office of Vital Records (OVR). Having data tables in the
MR&C System that are complete and up-to-date is important for timely vital
records registration. When registering the fact of death, funeral staff need to
select the name of the medical certifier who agrees to provide cause of death from
the search results drop-down menu. If you cannot find the medical certifier by
entering the first few letters of each name, OVR prefers that you contact the OVR
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certifier's name. Provide OVR with the medical certifier's full name,
credentials (MD, DO, CNP etc.), license number, and medical facility name if
they are associated with one. The Help Desk will confirm that the medical
certifier is not in the table and get the table updated, or will help you find
the medical certifier in MR&C.
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notifies OVR to add the medical certifier to the MR&C medical certifier table
and prompts OVR to recruit the medical certifier as an MR&C user to
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in the medical certifier table. Please collaborate with OVR to recruit these
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registration. Email medical certifiers the Medical Certifier and Designated Staff User Agreement (PDF) instead of perpetuating inefficient
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Certification (MR&C) on July 1, 2017. The Midwest Medical Examiner's Office
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(representing 53 of 87 Minnesota counties) in reviewing cause of death
information and approving cremation authorization requests electronically in
MR&C. Paper/faxed cremation authorization requests are no longer accepted
at these ME offices for many reasons.
In recent letters to funeral directors and medical
certifiers, Dr. Strobl, Chief Medical Examiner at the Midwest ME Office,
affirmed that "Online death certification and cremation approvals will benefit
all by improving turnaround time, preventing errors due to [il]legibility, and
helping providers by prompting contact with the medical examiner when invoking
injury to prevent unnecessary delays in filing. Using the electronic process
has many benefits for everyone involved."
Dr. Strobl, Chief Medical Examiner for Midwest, recounted
the story of an avoidable problem of a faxed paper cremation authorization that
demonstrates why paper is not an efficient process in today's electronic
world. Not only was it frustrating for
the funeral home and ME's office, but the paper process delayed the death
registration for the family. Read more about Dr.
Strobel's commentary here.
The transition from paper to electronic death certification
aligns well with the Minnesota Paper Cut Project, a two-year project to improve
the timeliness and quality of death registration. As part of the Paper Cut
project, the Office of Vital Records (OVR) is implementing a no paper policy on
October 1, 2017. The no paper policy means that medical certifiers (or their
designated staff) enter the cause of death information into MR&C. OVR will
no longer enter cause of death information from paper worksheets faxed to OVR. Tell
your colleagues who may not receive Vital Records News.
OVR invites medical certifiers not yet participating in
electronic cause of death filing to come on board with the rest of our
partners. Learn how to become an MR&C user and designate staff to enter
cause of death on your behalf by visiting the Death
Registration for Medical Certifiers page. By completing and submitting the Medical Certifier and Designated Staff User Agreement (PDF) , you
will be ready to comply with electronic only filing on October 1, 2017.
Last month we wrote about changes to branding and Minnesota's
new look. We mentioned that the Office of Vital Records (OVR) is reviewing,
revising and replacing the forms that our customers use to request vital
records documents and services. You may have noticed that OVR has some forms back
to the early 2000's — two logos ago! Not only do the logos need updating, so does
the content of the forms. In addition, the old forms do not adhere to federal
standards for accessible documents. Three good reasons to review, revise and
OVR is filling in the gaps related to our customer forms.
Our goal is to provide customers with forms that are understandable and with
instructions and information about tangible interest requirements that are
clear. We want to reduce the number of rejected applications and encourage more
uniformity in the services we deliver.
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5 Reasons to Organize your Kitchenposted by Andrea | 10/19/2011
Not everyone has their dream kitchen…I certianly don't! But no matter if you love, like, or even hate your kitchen, I guarantee you'll enjoy it more if it's organized.
I originally wrote this blog post back in March, but I've recently been weeding through my kitchen — purging, organizing, cleaning, etc. and was thinking about how awesome it will be once we do finally renovate our kitchen and dinning room area {which probably won't be for a few years}.
Then I reminded myself that even though we don't have our dream kitchen yet; our current kitchen is still clean, organized, and functional, which makes it an enjoyable space for me to spend time in… and I do spend a lot of time in there. We have a place for everything and everyone in our house knows where everything goes. So even though I don't love my kitchen design {see photo below}, I do love how organized it is.
And just in case you're searching for a few more reasons to organize your kitchen {besides the obvious fact that it looks so much nicer}, I'll give you FIVE really good ones — plus a chance to drool over some of the gorgeous kitchen designs from my Ideas Book!
1. Save Time:
An organized kitchen means less searching to find what you need.
dream kitchen from House Beautiful
2. Save Money:
An organized kitchen means you know what you have and are less likely to buy duplicates or waste food.
dream kitchen from Joyful Mom of Many
3. Save Stress:
An organized kitchen means order and a sense of calm in the heart of your home.
dream kitchen from Better Homes & Garden
4. Save Sanity:
Like I said before, an organized kitchen will help you to enjoy your kitchen — even if you don't like the style, the appliances, the light fixtures, the floor, etc.
dream kitchen from IkeaFans.com
5. Save Space:
An organized kitchen will give you more counter space, more cabinet space, more floor space, more table space, and even more space in the refrigerator…and who can't use a little more space in the kitchen?
Is that enough to motivate you?
Organizing your kitchen does NOT have to be a huge project. Start with a few minutes today — focus on one drawer, one shelf, one area of the fridge. Then tomorrow, tackle another drawer.
You can even read about how I organizing our…
Now set your timer for 15 minutes — then come back and let me know how much you accomplished!
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I love the ikeafans kitchen. Beautiful. AndI think your kitchen is adorable!
Wow, what a great post! I love your tips and ideas.
I would love for you to share this on my link party this week. I know my readers will love this too! http://thriftmeblog.com/lets-organize-2012-kitchen-countertops-recap-link-party/
Did you build your island? It looks like exactly what I am seaching for and would fit in my small kitchen.
Mrs. Bridges @ Crossing Bridges10/20/2011
I loooove the ikeafans kitchen. Beautiful. AndI think your kitchen is adorable! One question though–where's your oven??
Deanna Reply:
March 20th, 2012 at 8:39 am
Yes, I was wondering about the oven, too.
I have to admit that I like "some" of the pics.. but mostly I find these kitchens too crowded.. ESP Pic #2.. I idea that i have to dust those cubbie holes/shelves.. NO WAY.. and there is no room on the counter to work. it is all cake savers..
I guess I just hate to clean. So anything that makes it a small amount of time I have to spend cleaning the kitchen instead of cooking in the kitchen that is the kitchen for me ! I would rather be cooking ! :o)
Sue in NJ
Lea Stormhammer Reply:
October 20th, 2011 at 8:54 am
I totally hear you! I decided quite a while ago, that if it isn't in an enclosed cupboard (my china hutch has glass doors so I can enjoy the beauty but don't have to dust!), I'm not putting much out. I don't want to have to dust so much! At one point I really wanted one of those exposed plate racks to put my plates in and enjoy and then my mom commented that I would have to rinse the dust off them every time I used them. Guess how much that changed my mind!?
I'm much more of a prairie style girl myself and hubby likes Victorian-type things, so I think our dream kitchen would probably be a hybrid – with clear counters and no cubbies!
Great minds think alike – or something like that!
Too funny! I just sat down after spending the last hour or so organizing our storage area and all my spices. I buy in bulk and store them in jars. I had the cool idea to use the labels that my mountain rose herbs have on the bags they come in on my jars! I love to type up labels and such, but this looks so cool!
anyway, happy organizing!
Love it!!
I had a kitchen dream folder for 10 years. When my father passed away I remodeled my kitchen. it only took me 2 days to design and order everything I wanted.
This January I did a complete pantry clean out. I found enough ingredients to make 48 nice meals and 28 quick meals. http://bit.ly/eAFZLa


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San Diego To Receive Energy Boost
Update 3/29 11pm: Energy 103.7 debuted at 5pm local time.
Listen to the debut of Energy on FormatChange.com.
Update 3/29 2pm: CBS confirms that CHR "Energy 103.7" will debut this afternoon. Sophie PD Charese Fruge will remain in place with the new format with oversight from Kevin Weatherly, CBS' SVP/Programming. CBS describes the new station as
Featuring today's Top 40 hits, Energy 103.7 will combine the power of its on-air position with myriad online and digital applications creating a full 360 degree audio and visual experience for teens and Adults 18-34.
Available on-air at 103.7 and online at www.energy1037.com , Energy 103.7 will debut with artists such as Katy Perry, Jay-Z, Rihanna, Drake, LMFAO, Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce, Kanye West, Usher, Britney, and Adele among others.
Meanwhile, Sophie has gone jockless and is running teasers for listeners to tune in today at 5pm.
Original Report 3/28: CBS Modern AC "Sophie 103.7" KSCF San Diego is on the verge of a format change to "Energy 103.7"
The company has applied for a call letter change to KEGY for the station. Additionally, a protected website at Energy1037.cbslocal.com and a blank Twitter account @Energy1037SD are in place.
Energy1037.com was registered anonymously on December 1 along with Z1037.com, 1037KHits.com, and NewsRadio1037.com.
In the February PPM's 103.7 registered a 2.2 share well behind Clear Channel Hot AC "Star 94.1" KMYI's 5.4. A flip to something CHR oriented as the Energy name would appear to indicate would place it in more direct competition with Clear Channel's market leading "Channel 93.3" KHTS and Local Media of San Diego's Rhythmic CHR "Z90.3" XHITZ.
Thanks to SDRadio.net for first tipping us off about a pending change.


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I hear coyotes howl and yap often and very close by, especially at night, but in the daytime too. I've seen them many times on my property, sometimes just one, often more than one. They have become very plentiful all over California, even in densely populated areas. My brother, who lives in San Clemente, told me one day, while he was walking his small dog, people kept honking and waving at him as they drove by on the fairly busy street. Finally a man pulled up next to him with his window rolled down and yelled for my brother to pick up his dog because there was a coyote following him about 10 feet behind! M brother looked back and was surprised to see that a coyote was stalking them. His little dog was about to be snatched, leash and all, for a meal in broad daylight! It had happened to others in the area, he later learned.
Years ago, his wife returned from the grocery store and let the dogs out in the front yard to pee while she unloaded the car in the driveway. Suddenly she heard her toy poodle scream and turned around to see a coyote had the dog in it's mouth (by the butt, hahaha!) and was headed across the street with it. Of course, she screamed and went chasing after it. The coyote dropped the dog and ran off.
Many more coyote experiences, but I've bored you enough already. Some day I'll bore you with my bear experiences or our recent mountain lion tales. Unnerving!
The coyote sound is more high pitched than a dog . . . a large dog. Two coyote can sound like ten when they get yipping and howling. We have someone who lives nearby who apparently has a couple of hound dogs. They howl and howl when they hear a siren of any kind. They sound very different than the coyotes.
Here is what they sound like when there is only one, at least here in CA: https://www.trutechinc.com/services/...sounds/coyote/
They're probably all over your town too.


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How loyal are your customers?
Any strategy that doubles your business is remarkable. But a strategy that sees your business multiply by 10 times? That's phenomenal.
David Hall, the owner of Sydney's The Clean Plumber, came up with a simple strategy that did just that. Within six months his business, which was 18 years old, grew from a business of four employees to forty.
His strategy? He changed the business's name, he started giving customers what they want, and he created a customer loyalty program that keeps the customers he already has coming back. The whole rethink took him three days to brainstorm and six months to implement.
What's in a name?
Back in 2002, Hall's business had an image problem. Customers were calling to complain that his plumbers were dirty and late. "We were typical Sydney tradesmen. We didn't care when we turned up, we were flannelette-wearing, dirty tradies. I demanded more from the people I did business with," Hall says.
Hall sat down with his team and asked a big question: what was it that his customers actually wanted? Punctuality, respect and cleanliness were lacking. It was this customer insight that inspired a dramatic shift in the company: "The Clean Plumber" was born. Months later the local paper announced the new business name, with David's business offering $30 cash if his plumbers were late. He also promised customers homes would be left fragrant and spotless.
It's all about the reward
With 10 times more business after the name change, Hall's confidence in marketing had paid off. Six years later, he has a list of customer rewards and direct marketing campaigns longer than most big businesses. Here are a few:
- he sends letters to customers with The Clean Plumber currency attached. The 'dollars' can be exchanged for services (for 'wow' factor he uses actual coins he had minted);
- each plumber leaves a bag of mints behind when they finish a job (so that the house is left in "mint condition");
- customers who refer their friends are often awarded $50 in cash and a bunch of flowers personally delivered; and,
- 'Priority Customers' (previous clients) are offered free home plumbing inspections to ensure minor plumbing problems don't become major catastrophes.
This innovation is my favourite: because he promises to be on time or do the job for free, he has bought a motorbike to make sure his employees are never stuck in traffic jam.
"I don't understand businesses who do a $2000-$3000 job and walk out the door thinking they're never going to see that customer again. Why not look at each customer as an opportunity to get repeat jobs?"
"Consider customers not as dollars, but as long term friends," Hall says.
This sounds twee but Hall is spot on. It makes sense to fight to keep the customers you've already got. So how can you do this? By establishing your own loyalty and referral scheme that works.
Define your objectives
For Hall, the first step was to decide what he wanted to achieve. He wanted to retain customers and encourage customer referrals. You might decide to focus on retaining the most profitable customers.
What motivates your customer?
Customer motivations vary enormously. Try to drill down to what motivates the customers you are trying to influence. Hall, for example, has figured out that a great freebie is cleaning the gutters for free (he's got apprentices at each job, why not put them to work?!). It may be that you also have something in your business that is easy to offer, but of high value to your customers - an express service for repeat customers? A $3 latte for the client you're about to charge $90 for a haircut?
Use customer insights
Any loyalty scheme represents an opportunity to create a huge database of customer information. Woolworths Rewards makes their customers register online - this data will presumably be used to collate buying patterns and allow for more targeted marketing. Collect as much information about your customers so you can tailor your rewards and your products and services.
Knowing why your customers came to you in the first place - or why they're considering leaving you - might change your business model for the better.
How novel to stand out by simply doing what you are in business to do. Congratulations, David, for showing other tradies that all customers want is to be respected as a customer and be able to count on your service.
I hope you have inspired other tradies to do the same.
- Posted by: Janelle on July 25, 2008 6:58 PM
I live in Vancouver, canada and was very surprised to see such a clean but also smart plumber in Sydney. I always wonder why the plumbers spent so much time doing ads but ignored their existing customers, even shockinig is some plumbers take a one-time business attitude and think they perhaps never going to see the customers any way.
Wow! a smart and clean plumber in deed.
- Posted by: Frank Ho on July 21, 2008 3:05 PM


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Printable forms (these will also be emailed to you as part of your member form packet):
- H&W Program: Pre-Participation Physical Examination
- H&W Program: Pre-Participation Physical Evaluation Questionnaire
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BD Performing Arts is committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for every person who participates in our organization. The following pages outline our policies surrounding harassment and misconduct.
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- The exact participation fees vary from year to year, but generally the cost for participating in the Diablo Wind Symphony is approximately $475 (high school students and younger) and $325 (for college students). Payment can be made in installments. Installment due dates are sent out to members upon acceptance.
- Is there any financial aid available?
- There are a variety of scholarships that members can apply for.
- Do I need to be in a school music program?
- All DWS members MUST be in their school music programs unless their school does not have a program. There are no exceptions to this requirement.
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Wooooooooooop, my third restaurant has gone live.
Check it out here.
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Welcome to my blog! I'm a Sr. Software Development Engineer in the Seattle area, who has been performing C++/C#/Java development for over 20 years, but have definitely learned that there is always more to learn!
All thoughts and opinions expressed in my blog and my comments are my own and do not represent the thoughts of my employer.
Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the .NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can help improve your code by making it easier to write and maintain. The index of all my past little wonders posts can be found here.
There are many times in .NET where we have an instance of a value type that we need to treat as optional. That is, we may want to consider its value as being supplied or missing.
The System.Nullable<T> structure in the .NET Framework can be used to represent these situations in a consistent and meaningful way.
With instances of reference types, you can easily denote an optional item by simply leaving the reference as null, but this isn't really possible with a value type (that is, not directly), because the instance of a value type always has a value.
For example, if you had an Person class with some basic data:
1: public class Person
2: {
3: public string FirstName { get; set; }
4: public string LastName { get; set; }
5: public int YearsRetired { get; set; }
7: // ...
8: }
We could have a person with no first name (Sting, Madonna, etc… or is that no last name?), simply by setting the string property FirstName to null:
1: aPerson.FirstName = null;
But in the case of YearsRetired, if the person hasn't retired yet, we can't set a simple int to null, because an int is a value type, which must always have a value (strictly speaking):
1: // compiler error
2: aPerson.YearsRetired = null;
That said, we could use a sentinel value (-1), or have a separate bool field (IsRetired) to say whether we should use this field or not, but these get messy and harder to maintain. Consider that if you use a sentinel value, everyone who uses this field must know what that value would be and to test for it.
Alternatively, if you use a bool field to tell you if the value field is usable, they aren't encapsulated, so again there could be usage issues or consistency issues in naming, etc.
This is why Nullable<T> exists, to allow you to easily mark value type instances as optional ("nullable") by providing a mechanism that gives values types something like null semantics in an encapsulated and uniform way.
In this way, anyone who looks at your interface and sees Nullable<int> (can also be abbreviated int?) will know how to test whether it has a valid value or not.
When you have a Nullable<T> wrapped type in the .NET Framework, it doesn't give you a reference which you can make null. It actually is a simple struct (value type) that wraps your value type. This is an important distinction because it clears up some common misconceptions on what the Nullable<T> type does and does not do.
For example, let's say you have:
1: // or int? for short…
2: Nullable<int> yearsRetired = null;
What really is yearsRetired? Is it a reference that points to nothing? No, it's actually an instance of a value type with two fields: HasValue, and Value. Note: for you C++ boost library users out there, this is much like how boost::optional<T> works.
The HasValue field is a bool that tells you whether or not Value contains a valid value, and the Value field contains the value set by the user. Also, to make sure that you use the type correctly, if you attempt to access Value directly when HasValue is false, you will get an InvalidOperationException.
So as you can see, this mimics the behavior of a reference type in some ways, but not others. For example, you won't save any space having an "empty" Nullable<BigHonkingStruct>. The Value field still has the space for a BigHonkingStruct, it's just inaccessible (that is, it always has a value, it just may not be a valid – i.e. user assigned -- value).
This may be confusing, because while you think you are setting a field to a null, it's really just compiler magic. For example, you can do this:
1: int? yearsRetired = null;
3: if (yearsRetired == null)
4: {
5: Console.WriteLine("Active Employee");
6: }
But this is just syntactical sugar that actually just converts the usage of null to mimic calls against HasValue and Value:
1: int? yearsRetired = default(int?); // creates with HasValue = false, Value = default(int)
3: if (yearsRetired.HasValue == false)
So don't be fooled into thinking Nullable<T> magically saves space for "null" instances of large value types. In fact, if you have a struct so large that you are worried about wasted space, consider a class instead (see C# Fundamentals: The Differences between Struct and Class for more details).
Many times while you are using a Nullable<T> instance, you may find yourself writing code like this:
1: int cost = 0;
3: if (contractSize.HasValue)
5: // you can do math on Nullable<int> directly, with caveats…
6: cost = contractSize * price;
7: }
1: int cost = (contractSize.HasValue ? contractSize.Value : 100) * price;
That is, you want to use the value of a Nullable<T> in an expression, or a stand-in if the instance is "null". Either way so far, it looks a wee bit ugly, but there are a few ways we can clean this code up.
Nullable<T> has a method GetValueOrDefault() that allows you to retrieve the value if it exists, or the default specified if not. It has two forms:
Thus, the code we wrote above could more concisely be written as:
1: int cost = contractSize.GetValueOrDefault(100) * price;
Ah, much cleaner! In addition, if you want the defaultValue to be whatever the default is for the given type, you can just call it without any parameter.
1: // these evaluate to same value, because 0 is default for int.
2: int cost1 = contractSize.GetValueOrDefault(0) * price;
3: int cost2 = contractSize.GetValueOrDefault() * price;
Another nice thing C# did in .NET 2.0 was to add a null-coalescing operator (??) to get the value of a reference type if non-null, or a stand-in value if null. They also performed some syntactical candy to allow this to work with Nullable<T> as well. Basically, this behaves very similarly to using GetValueOrDefault():
1: Console.WriteLine(" The contract size is: {0}", contractSize ?? 100);
The main thing to note here is that ?? is very low on the operator precedence, so if instead you had typed this:
1: // compiler error, thinks you are trying to ?? between string and int
2: Console.WriteLine("The contract size is: " + contractSize ?? 100);
You'd get an error, because it first tries to concatenate the string and contractSize, which results in a string, and then attempts to null-coalesce a string with an int value, which is invalid. That is, it thought you wanted this:
1: // + has higher precedence than ??
2: Console.WriteLine(("The contract size is: " + contractSize) ?? 100);
So when you use ?? in an expression, make sure you surround it in parenthesis where appropriate to make sure it is performed in the order you really mean:
1: Console.WriteLine("The contract size is: " + (contractSize ?? 100));
Finally, there are some interesting results when you attempt to use an arithmetic or logical comparison operator overload on a Nullable<T> wrapping a T that has those operators. That is, if you have:
1: int? x = null;
3: if ((x * 5) < 100)
5: // ...
What will the result be? It turns out false because the operator * between null and 5 returns null, and null has no meaningful order so < returns false. In essence, this is modeled to behave much like SQL expressions with null values. The long and the short of the matter is that math with a null numeric type yields null, and an ordered logical comparison with a null yields false.
For more details, I have a post titled C#/.NET Little Pitfalls: Nullable Math Doesn't Always Add Up which you can dig into for more information on why this happens.
The Nullable<T> is a handy structure that was created to give us a consistent way to handle "optional" instances of value types. Nullable<T> instances can be assigned to null or compared with null, which really is syntactical sugar which creates a default instance or checks the HasValue property respectively.
In addition, you can use the GetValueOrDefault() method or the null-coalescing operator (??) to query the value, or provide a substitute if the value was never set.
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The true story behind the writing of 'Silent Night'
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During this time of year, we hear a lot of Christmas music, much of which we are very familiar with and many of which are our favorites.
One Christmas song in particular comes to mind - "Silent Night." It is safe to say "Silent Night" is one of if not the most favored of all Christmas carols. Just about everybody knows the tune and many of us even know the words.
The words, which portray the beautiful message of Christmas, bear the message of the true history of Christmas, a message gently escorted in a beautiful melody.
The song originated on Christmas Eve back in 1818 in a village church in Oberndorf, Austria. It was originally entitled "Stille Nicht! Heilige Nacht."
History tells us that the song was written by Father Joseph Mohr, who presented his classic work at the midnight Mass in St. Nicholas Church. They say that Father Mohr and Franz Xavier Gruber, the choir director, sang the carol to the accompaniment of music by Father Mohr with his guitar.
One story tells that the organ in the church was not working, so Father Mohr and Gruber created the song for guitar accompaniment. Others say Father Mohr simply wanted a carol which could be accompanied with his guitar.
Some records indicate Father Mohr wrote the words for the song in 1816 while he was assigned to a pilgrim church in Mariapfarr, Austria, with Gruber composing the music two years later. There are no records indicating what inspired Father Mohr to write his inspiring song, depicting the birth of the Christ child.
The song has become an international favorite over the years and has been translated into more than 44 languages and is sometimes sung without accompaniment. The song has been recorded by more than 300 artists including such greats as Bing Crosby and Mahali Jackson.
John Freeman, the second Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese in Florida, published the English translation in 1859. It is the most frequently sung version today.
The version of the melody which is sung today differs slightly from Gruber's original melody which was a sprightly, dance-like tune compared to the slower meditative lullaby version popular today. The lyrics and the melody are now in the public domain.
"Silent Night" was sung simultaneously in French, English and German by troops during the Christmas truce of 1914 since it was one of the few carols that soldiers on both sides of the front lines knew.
It is interesting to note that the words of "Silent Night" were composed by a modest parish curate and the music provided by an unknown musician and yet, the song "Silent Night" has evolved into what is considered one of if not the most popular of all Christmas carols, sung widely throughout the world. Its beautiful message of peace has reached the hearts of people worldwide.
Father Mohr's final resting place is a tiny Alpine ski resort, Wagrain. Born into poverty in Salzburg in 1792, he died penniless in Wagrain in 1848. He had dedicated his earnings for use for eldercare and the education of the children of the area. He was described as a reliable friend of mankind, and toward the poor, a gentle, helping father.
So whether we are singing "Silent Night," a true tribute to the Infant's birth, or "Adeste Fidelis," more commonly known as "Come All Ye Faithful," all true representations of the Christmas season, we are in fact, proclaiming to those who hear us, let us celebrate Christmas in its true spiritual sense by wishing each other a "very, merry Christmas."
"I doubt if there is in the world a single problem, whether social, political or economic, which would not find a ready solution if men and nations would rule their lives according to the plain teaching of the Sermon on the Mount." Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945).
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It is not quite winter, but some days are ice cold and I hate running in the cold. Forty and above, I can tolerate. Below that, it depends on the conditions. Wind, snow, rain, ice, I hate them all, but am getting better. Last week I ran in the snow and wind, and guess what, I survived. Performing a dynamic warm-up has helped me adjust to the colder weather better than just going out and running. No that it is a part of my routine, I don't leave the house without doing it.
Another successful week, here is the breakdown:
Monday 12/8/14: Total body strength workout
- Tuesday 12/9/14: Foam rolling and dynamic stretching
- Wednesday 12/10/14: Easy run-4.02 miles, 39:39, 9:51/mile
- Thursday 12/11/14: Total body strength workout
- Friday 12/12/14: Pickups-10 minute warm-up, 1-min hard alternating with 1-min easy x 5, 10 minute cool-down, 10 minute cool-down. Mile 1: 9:19, Mile 2: 8:37, Mile 3: 10:06, Mile 4: 10:26 (.23), total: 3.23 miles
- Saturday 12/13/14: Foam rolling and stretching
- Sunday 12/14/14: 45 minute long run, 1st mile 9:26, rest was unrecorded but effort level was the same throughout, approx. 4.5 miles
- Total Miles: 11.75 miles
I am ready to tackle a new week!! This quote inspires me to forge ahead and continue after my BQ goal:
What dreams do you want to accomplish in your life?


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5 Biggest Mistakes Made By Online Merchants
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TweetShare0 SharesIf you have an online store but only have a few visitors who actually purchase items, there might be […]
If you have an online store but only have a few visitors who actually purchase items, there might be something fundamentally wrong with your site or marketplace. There are many ways to make your online market a better and safer place for potential shoppers online. Here are 5 of the biggest mistakes online merchants can make and how to fix them:
1. Not organising your marketplace
How your e-commerce website is organised is a huge factor in whether visitors stay on your site, let alone, buy your products or not. If your online store is unorganised, providing little method to the marketplace madness with unrelated products grouped together, visitors will find it hard to search for the products they really want. To fix this, set up your online store with categories and products in mind so visitors can search for related items on the same page or next pages.
2. Not working with a web designer
It is tempting to cut corners and build your site without working directly with a web designer but this can cost you. Web design is crucial in how a site directs its visitors to important elements such as your products and services. For online businesses, site visitors must be able to navigate through your marketplace without any trouble. Working with a web designer closely in building your site will help make site navigation for visitors simpler.
3. Not using search engine optimization
Incorporating SEO into your website is one of the best things you can do to grow your business. You have an expensive flashy website but does it actually exist if people cannot find it? Research SEO and its relevance to your business needs. If you sell a high priced product online SEO is absolutely essential. Although you may have a reasonably sized band of customers that purhcase from your site there is a much greater number of potential customers who are looking for your products but don't even know that your e-commerce website exists. This is the key fundamental of Search Engine Optimisation and E-commerce SEO.
4. Not using web analytics
For online merchants, web analytics is extremely effective in evaluating the needs of customers and how they interact with your online store. Not using web analytics means a loss of data about leads and customers that would have been valuable in assessing your store. Sign up for free web analytics software like Google Analytics to evaluate your website such as which product pages are the most visited, which products are the most popular, and other useful metrics.
5. Not giving your customer several different payment choices
After signing up for an e-commerce hosting package, sign up for a merchant account to process online purchases. Diversify your payment methods to give customers enough choices at check out, including major credit cards, PayPal or through their bank account.
Don't make the same mistakes online merchants make and grow your online store with these tips.


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Archive for April 2015
IIO ignores truth to get prosecutions of cops
When statements made by the female hostage in the November, 2012 hostage taking / standoff at the Starlight Casino first appeared in this space on Sunday, much attention followed. What Tetiana Piltsina said in support of Delta Police Constable Jordan MacWilliams is important. And fair enough. He deserves support from the woman whose life he and two other officers saved.
But lost within the media coverage is a stunning admission by Kellie Kirkpatrick, spokesperson for the Independent Investigations Office (IIO).
When asked by Province reporter Dan Fumano whether the IIO had interviewed the female hostage at the centre of things on that fateful day, she provided this: "Our focus is on the actions of the police officers, not of the affected people, who in this case is Mr. Bayrami," Kilpatrick said. She added that while the matter was before the court she was "not able to provide a comment specifically on what investigative steps were taken."
Without saying so, she admitted that it doesn't matter what happened before police took lethal action, it only matters what police did.
So, according to Richard Rosenthal, the Chief Civilian Director of the IIO, context doesn't matter. Events that lead up to an officer-involved shooting don't matter? Whatever contributed to the taking of a life is incidental?
What is this, Ted Mack's Amateur Hour?
Bob Cooper, a former Sergeant in Vancouver Police Department's Homicide Squad and who retired as an acting Inspector in Internal Affairs, was exceptionally critical of the IIO's lack of competence in this matter. (Read his piece here)
Cooper refers to inexperience, poor leadership, short-staffing and bad morale as contributing factors to shoddy investigation practices. All of which is true. But, with all due respect to Cooper, I suspect it has more to do with Rosenthal's philosophical view on what his role is.
Rosenthal is an American lawyer. He worked for a while as an assistant District Attorney in Los Angeles. It was when he was there that the LAPD Internal investigators began unravelling what would become known as the Rampart scandal. Rosenthal portrays himself as the slayer of cop corruption using his involvement in that particular affair. He even has a mug shot of the only person convicted of anything in that, Rafael Perez, on his wall at his IIO office.
Well, here's the reality. Perez was a corrupt cop. LAPD determined this without any help from Rosenthal. When investigators confronted him, Perez, like all criminal rats, tried to help himself by fingering others. Rosenthal was assigned to take a statement in which Perez made a whole lot of fabricated allegations against other Rampart officers. It was all bullshit but Rosenthal swallowed it all, hook, line and sinker.
All the officers fingered by Perez were either not charged, charged and later not convicted or convicted and overturned on appeal. Perez is the only person left standing when the music stopped in the Rampart affair. The widespread corruption existed only in the fabrication of a bad cop whose nuts were in a vice .
That's Rosenthal's claim to fame.
And so he is now on our doorstep, hired in part under the authority of Deputy Attorney General Richard Fyfe, the same person who, coincidently, signed the Direct Indictment of Cst. Jordan MacWilliams. Not to suggest any ulterior motives, but one does wonder.
He was part of the process to hire an American with no knowledge of Canadian law to oversee the investigation of the actions of police officers involved in serious injury or fatal events.
So, I'm sure due diligence was done and determined that Rosenthal actually knew about major case management in serious investigations right? Well, no, one suspects not actually.
Rosenthal has zero experience in major case investigation. In Portland, Oregon his job was, what the RCMP would call a 'reader.' He read reports for quality control and flagged potential 'issues.'
In Denver, he oversaw a staff of four. And that ended in complaints and lawsuits. He has never in his life been responsible for a staff of 50 as he is now and has been the subject of so many complaints and problems that his staff is turning over faster than a flapjack.
As a leader he is, well, he just isn't. As an investigator, well, he isn't that either.
So, what is he? Well, it seems clear he doesn't like police. It also seems clear he believes his mandate is to prosecute cops. Where, from my perspective, I would think the mandate of a civilian oversight agency would be to find the truth. It's an important distinction.
For a bit of delicious irony, when Rosenthal was the 'Independent Police Monitor' in Denver, he got into a pissing contest with Denver's Manager of Safety, Alex Martinez. Rosenthal said in his report examining Denver's Internal Affairs Bureau, they had a bias because they didn't ask the right questions, did not interview the right people, and did not investigate quickly enough.
A good cop is charged with murder and Rosenthal's so-called investigators haven't spoken to casino security who called 9-1-1 that morning, were watching events unfold live and in real time on their CCTV monitors, let alone asked for a copy of their video footage. New West PD has a copy. As does the Coroner's office. They haven't spoken to the hostage at the centre of this whole thing to try and understand what actually happened. And who actually had information that speaks to the suspect's state of mind.
Had they done that, they might have actually understood that the suspect in this movie knew he was going to die that day. He was the author of his own misfortune. That should be the end of this discussion. But it isn't.
The end of this discussion will occur when the provincial government realizes what a mistake they have made and they send Rosenthal packing back from whence he came.
Leo Knight
IIO investigation flawed but cop still charged with murder
The Independent Investigations Office (IIO), who investigated the police shooting of 48-yr.-old Mehrdad Bayrami on Nov. 8th, 2012 at the Starlight Casino in New Westminster likely didn't know that Bayrami knew he was going to die that day, whether by his own hand or 'suicide by cop.'
Bayrami laid in wait for a woman who was employed at the Casino and when she arrived, he kidnapped her at gunpoint. She fought back and he fired his weapon three times grazing the woman twice, once in the head and once on her back. He then dragged her nearly 500 metres toward the highway at the casino entrance. There he was met by New Westminster police who were responding to a 9-1-1 call from casino security who had witnessed the whole event on CCTV.
NWPD contained the armed assailant who still held his female hostage and called for the Municipal Integrated Emergency Response Team (MIERT). A five-hour stand-off ensued which only ended when Delta Police Constable Jordan MacWilliams, a member of the MIERT, fired one shot.
MacWilliams was designated 'lethal' in his position as the covering sniper officer while the designated 'non-lethal' officers broke cover with ARWEN guns which fire so-called 'plastic bullets.' MacWilliams fired the lethal shot when Bayrami pointed his weapon at police. It all happened very fast in real time. And yet the IIO has charged this officer with second degree murder for doing his job.
But, in doing their investigation they didn't know that Bayrami intended to die that fateful morning. Why not you might ask? Because they never interviewed the woman at the centre of all of this, the hostage.
Tetiana Piltsina, who at the time was a supervisor at the casino and the woman who was attacked, shot at and kidnapped by Bayrami told me in an extended interview what happened that morning from her viewpoint.
She also told me what he said to her as the police held him in containment. "When we were standing there close to the highway, he said to me, I am going to leave here in a plastic bag, I am not going to jail."
Shortly thereafter, MacWilliams and two of his colleagues affected a rescue of Piltsina when she pushed away and created some separation between herself and Bayrami. MacWilliams and New Westminster Cst. Cliff Kusch instinctively and courageously broke cover and positioned themselves between Bayrami and Piltsina with their weapons pointed directly at Bayrami. Another officer, Cst. Mo Parry of Delta PD, spirited her to safety and MacWilliams and Kusch withdrew back to cover.
The stand-off continued for several more hours as the MIERT tried everything from negotiators to the non-lethal attempt to disarm Bayrami using the ARWEN guns. It still ended with the fatal shot fired by MacWilliams when Bayrami pointed his weapon at police.
The statement made by Bayrami to Piltsina is critical. It shows the state of mind of Bayrami and corroborates what MacWilliams said in his statement that he fired because the suspect pointed his weapon at police as the ARWEN operators fired their weapons – projectiles which missed by the way.
But the IIO never got that information because they never interviewed Piltsina. And Crown, who approved the charge of murder, never got the information either and for the same reason.
It's stunning really. When she heard from friends that MacWilliams had been charged she was outraged. She went to Delta PD headquarters and spoke to a police officer at the front counter. She said, "I went to the Delta police to see how I could help. It's not right that he was charged. He was just doing his job. The policeman was trying to defend me."
She left her name and number with that officer who gave the info to Chief Jim Cessford. He called the head of the IIO, Richard Rosenthal, and suggested, politely I'm sure, that Rosenthal have one of his investigators contact the woman.
I asked if the IIO had called her. Apparently even after the Cessford call they did not. Said Piltsina, "I called them. I called them the day I went to Delta police. They promised that someone would be in touch with me but I haven't heard from them."
Had the IIO actually done their job, they would have discovered that Bayrami had been stalking Piltsina for three months. He was calling her upwards of 60 times a day. She told me about him installing a GPS locator on her car and how, one day, when she got into her car she found a knife on her seat.
The Richmond RCMP were investigating the file as criminal harassment and Bayrami had been arrested three times as a result, the last time he was held for five days and released just days prior to that fateful day in November.
Piltsina has been through hell since the stalking started. It didn't end with Bayrami's death. She is still trying to come to grips with everything and feels guilty that MacWilliams has been charged with murder after saving her life. "Just because of me that guy is charged with murder."
"That young boy, he doesn't deserve it all, that's awful," she said. "My whole family is for this policeman, it's a joke what is happening to him."
Awful indeed. Made worse because the IIO did an incompetent investigation. And that is on Rosenthal.
Leo Knight


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"Yesterday was a monumental day of recognition for EIM. This is our first ever ranking in the 50 fastest-growing companies and I am extremely proud of it,'' said EIM Principal Larry Benz DPT, OCS, MBA. "We thank our staff, students and faculty from across the country for the opportunity to continue our mission to move the physical therapy profession forward."
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Virtual Oases
A quick round-up of Mormon women's voices around the web (and other interesting links):
- A great article about the makings of a Catholic-Mormon marriage, and what it means to show respect for religion both directions. I have a vested interested in hearing people's interfaith marriage stories.
- Congratulations to Jana . . . may good things continue to travel your way.
- A vintage FMH Lisa story.
- I love Tracy, but I may love her little boy even more.
- Vada: "How Presiding Works in My Marriage"
- SLTrib: "Mormon Author Tells of her Trip to Heaven"
- Curtains up on Margaret Young's "I Am Jane"
- University of Chicago Professor Catherine Brekus explores portrayal of LDS women in history
- Californians: Go hear Kristine Haglund and Sheila Taylor next weekend . . .
- And stay tuned on this site for some exciting news about the Exponent Magazine!


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