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If you like Lost Girl then you will most likely like some or all of the following recommended TV-shows, Movies and Books. I find them to have some degree of similarity with Lost Girl.
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Sookie Stackhouse works as a waitress at Merlotte's, a bar in a Bon Temps a southern town in the states. On day she meats Bill Compton, a 173-year old vampire. Vampires are outed to the world, and they try to be accepted as regular humans by drinking True Blood, a synthetic blood. Sookie`s life gets seriously complicated when she gets involved with the supernatural world, but Sookie is not an ordinary person herself either. She has the ability to read thoughts. True Blood is loosely based on the book series Southern Vampire Mysteries.
This is an excellent TV show. Te story separates it self from the books after the first season, but that's OK. You should watch this show.
Based on the excellent book series; Women of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong. We follow Elena Michaels a werewolf that abandoned her pack to take refuge in the new city with where she got a successful photography career. But trouble is brewing at the packs home, and her alpha is calling her back to help out. What will come of her peaceful life, and will the pack survive.
I hope this series is going to last for a long time. It is excellent show and they have plenty of material to build on from the books.
HARRY DRESDEN — WIZARD Lost Items Found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable Rates. No Love Potions, Endless Purses, Parties, or Other Entertainment.
Harry Dresden is a wizard from Chicago that works as a private investigator. He actually advertises in the Chicago yellow pages, with the add written above. He also works as a consultant to the Chicago police with Detective Murphy on those cases considered bizarre.
I was at first a little put off because it differs from the stories told in the books, but after I come over that I started to really like it. The essence of the show is the same as the books, and you get a similar feeling. It is worth watching even if you have not read the books.
Vicki Nelson is a Private Investigator that teams up with Henry Fitzroy, a vampire. Together they investigating odd paranormal crimes around Toronto. In between all the crime solving a love triangle drama is slowly growing between her former partner and ex-lover Detective Mike and her new vampire partner.
Mick St. John is a private eye and a vampire. He was turned into a vampire over fifty years ago. A case he is working leads him to Beth Turner, a reporter and a human woman. Mick feels romantically attracted to this woman, but no matter how tempting, he knows that a vampire-human romantic relation is to dangerous.
This is a truly excellent series. I cant fathom why it got cancelled after only one season. Some of the higher ups in the TV business must have a screw loose.
A war has been raging between the Vampires and Werewolfs for centuries.
Selene, a vampire warrior, is mixed up in this ancient war. She is fighting for the vampires but she finds herself falling in love with Michael, a werewolf, and he might hold the key to end this war.
This is the first of many action packet Underworld movies. If you like action and supernatural stuff, then this series of movies is definitely for you.
Anita Blake is a necromancer and vampire hunter. Vampires are protected by law, but when some of them gets out of hand, then you call Anita Blake, the Executioner. Guilty Pleasures, the first book in the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series, starts out with someone killing innocent vampires. Anita is approached by Jean Claude, the second strongest vampire in the city to help figur out who is killing vampires. Anita agrees to help out after a bit of vampiric arm-twisting.
This is the start of an excellent vampire series. Well, the beginning of it is excellent. I stooped reading around book 10, it had started to go downhill a little before that. But the first books are absolutely worth reading.
- Amazon Reviews: Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake Vampire Hunter #1) by Laurell K. Hamilton
- Review: Guilty Pleasures
- Review: Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K Hamilton, Book 1 of the Anita Blake Series
Georgina Kincaid is a Succubus, and she works for Hell. Oh, and she can shapeshift into anything she want, she can even shapeshift her clothes to. Her boss is a middle-management demon is constantly harassing her to drain more life force from people. At least there's her day job at a local bookstore to keep her happy. Free books, all the white chocolate mochas she can drink and friends, what more can a girl dream after. But all this might come to a stop, because something dangerous is at work in Seattle's supernatural underground. Georgina discovers that there are some creatures out there that both heaven and hell want to deny.
Succubus Blues is the first book where we follow Georgina Kincaid. This is an thrilling and sexy book. Absolutly worth reading.
- Amazon Reviews: Succubus Blues (Georgina Kincaid #1) by Richelle Mead
- Review: Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead (Audio)
- Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead
Harry Dresden, a Chicago bound professional wizard, and the only one with an add in the yellow pages. Business is sadly dreadful, so he jumps on it when the local police bring him in as a consultant on a strange double murder.
The Dresden Files is a must read for anyone with the slightest interest in this gangrene.
- Amazon Reviews: Storm Front (The Dresden Files #1) by Jim Butcher
- Review: Storm Front
Kate Daniels is a mercenary who makes her living cleaning up magical messes left behind from by others.When her guardian is murdered, she gets dragged into a power struggle between two of the stronger factions within Atlanta's magic community. The Masters of the Dead, necromancers who controls vampires, and the Pack, a clan of shifters, blame each other for a series of bizarre murders. Kate finds herself the counterpoint in the struggle to normalize their relationship and to stop the murders.
This is a good read, and the start of a great series. I have only read a few of the first books, I kind of forgot them when I was waiting for the next in the series, but I plan to read them.
- Amazon Reviews: Magic Bites (Kate Daniels #1) by Ilona Andrews
- Audio Review: Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
- REVIEW: Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
Meredith Gentry is a fae and princess of the high court that is hiding in the human world. She is posing as a human and working as a P.I. focusing on supernatural crime. Meredith aunt, the Queen of Air and Darkness, has finally found her, and she has sent out some of the most powerful and beautiful men in the world to get her back.
A Kiss of Shadows is a fine paranormal romance book, the first in the Meredith Gentry series. It could have bean a really good book, but for me it was to much focus on all the sex. It got kind of boring, and I found my self wanting to skip huge chunks of the book. I do not mind explicit sex descriptions in books, but it should not take up to much of the space.
So there you have it, 11 ideas for what to do after finishing Lost Girl. What do you recommend, please mention why you recommend it to?


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Cooper Way has loved baseball, ever since he first picked up a bat at age 6. As a catcher for his high school team, his skills and impressive batting average seemed to position him well for an admirably levelheaded ambition: to reduce college expenses with an athletic scholarship.
That goal was jeopardized about three years ago, during a tournament game. He was returning the ball to the pitcher, when a bolt of excruciating pain shot through his right arm.
"After that, it even hurt to hold a pen," says Cooper. "Suddenly, I'd pretty much lost the use of that arm."
Thus began two years of frustration — starting with six months of being unable to play — as Cooper visited doctor after doctor, while seeking an answer. "The first doctor said nothing was wrong with me," Cooper says. "He sent me to physical therapy for six months to strengthen the arm. After that, I went back to playing, but I still had problems." He was still performing well enough to get top rankings in successive tournaments, including making it to final tryouts for the United States national baseball team — all while playing in severe pain.
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A neurologist referred him to an orthopaedic surgeon, who referred him to another neurologist, and so on. Multiple tests for nerve damage followed, and he had so many X-rays, he thought he was "going to glow in the dark." The unsatisfying conclusion was always the same: "It's just a strain."
Finally, as the pain was becoming unbearable, and Cooper began to fear that a college scholarship was about to be rained out, he was referred to Alexander E. Weber, MD, assistant professor of clinical orthopaedic surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, who saw Cooper at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital.
The problem was a little more serious than a strain, Weber found. In addition to tearing his ulnar collateral ligament, Cooper was suffering from irritation of his ulnar nerve. The ligament is particularly important for high-performance overhead throwing athletes, according to Weber.
"In most cases, the ligament becomes partly or completely torn from overuse," Weber says. "Cooper's situation was even more advanced — the ligament was not only torn badly, but the continued attempt to play baseball following the injury caused irritation to the ulnar nerve." Both the ligament and the nerve would have to be surgically addressed, which would involve reconstructing the ulnar collateral ligament, using a strand of tendon from Cooper's arm, and actually relocating the nerve to eliminate further irritation.
High-performance injuries call for high-performance solutions. Fortunately, Weber is adept at performing ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction, also known as Tommy John surgery in recognition of the legendary major-league baseball pitcher and former Dodger whose career it saved.
As advanced as the surgery is, it is an outpatient procedure. Cooper was back at school the next day. However, there were restrictions to his athletic activities for nine months, while he rehabilitated and returned to throwing.
"While Cooper may seem young to need such advanced surgery, overuse and repetitive overhead athletics injuries are increasingly common in young athletes," Weber says. Not too long ago, "There were no pitch counts or restrictions," he says. "Kids were going from one tournament to the next and pitching in multiple games in a weekend." In 2007, however, the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine spearheaded the Sports Trauma and Overuse Prevention Sports Injuries initiative, a national campaign to prevent overuse injuries in young athletes.
Cooper blames his injury on poor form. "I was a pitcher and outfielder for seven years, so when I went to catching, my arm motion was way too long," he says. "So, that just strained my arm."
Weber, a former student athlete himself, works with many young athletes at high schools in the area that surrounds USC-VHH. But, the USC Epstein Family Center for Sports Medicine is not just for young athletes, like Cooper. "We treat everything, from the weekend warrior who plays pick-up basketball to the 85-year-old who has arthritis of the shoulder," Weber says. "We are a great first call for anything related to an achy joint."
Meanwhile, Cooper has experienced a complete recovery. The arm pain and nerve irritation he was having prior to his surgery are gone, and his elbow motion is back to what it should be. After graduating from high school, he joined the California Baseball Academy collegiate team. He plans to become a teacher and coach baseball at the high school level.
by Martin Booe

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Polyphony has confirmed plans for a PlayStation 4 version of Gran Turismo 6.
CEO Kazunori Yamauchi has said that the company is planning for the racing game to progress "naturally" to the next generation console, reports Eurogamer.
The latest instalment of the franchise was announced this week for PlayStation 3.
"We actually do have a PlayStation 4 version in mind," Yamauchi revealed at Silverstone. "So for this holiday season, we thought that it would be best for users to release the PlayStation 3 version.
"I thought the best scenario would be to have the game come out, to have new content and new DLCs every month, and updates coming in for the game; and once players have thoroughly played out the system and played out the game, if the PlayStation 4 version just came out naturally in the progress, I think that's the best scenario."
President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Jim Ryan said that Polyphony has a tradition of developing the technology of the franchise over different versions of the console.
"If you look at the difference between GT and GT2, and GT3 and GT4, the change is not incremental. It's absolutely massive," he said.
"We're very confident that you'll see the steep change between GT5 and GT6 as on the previous platform iterations. So there's that - a sense of very much unfinished business on PS3."
When asked whether progress on GT6 would be transferable between PS3 and PS4, Yamauchi said: "Probably."
Gran Turismo 6 will arrive on PS3 in time for Christmas. Watch the game's announcement trailer below:


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Three Years, $4 Trillion, and 'All the Right Choices' Later
On October 14 (a Friday, naturally), Tim Geithner's bunch released the final Monthly Treasury Statement of the 2011 fiscal year. It showed that for the third consecutive year, the federal government's reported deficit was well over $1 trillion -- $1.298614 trillion, to be exact.
That brought the three-year deficit total to just over $4 trillion. Less than $400 billion of that occurred while George W. Bush was still president. Since Barack Obama entered the White House bound and determined to "stimulate" the economy with dramatic -- and, it's now clear, intended to be permanent -- increases in federal spending, the rest is largely on him, with unfortunate recent assists from a too-timid House GOP majority.
The reported deficits don't even tell the whole story. From Inauguration Day 2009 through September 30, 2011, the national debt increased by $4.16 trillion to almost $14.8 trillion. In the first 19 days of October alone, we've seen another $141 billion piled on. Almost $600 billion has been added since the conclusion of the debt-ceiling melodramatics on August 1.
As has been the case since Obama became community-organizer-in-chief, we must continue to question whether the damage he and his team have wrought, which has brought us from economic peril to the brink of economic calamity, is the result of incompetence or intention. The evidence in support of the latter continues to grow.
Obama recently told ABC's Jake Tapper, "the economy is not where it wants to be and even though I believe all the choices we've made have been the right ones, we're still going through difficult circumstances."
Those who believe that economic improvement is not paramount on the president's priority list pick up plenty of ammo from this revealing sentence. Obama spoke as if the economy is a living, breathing animal with its own wishes and desires separate from the rest of us. It seems that he didn't want to tell Tapper that "it isn't where we want it to be," because to do so would have been an admission that meaningful economic improvement is a really important goal. That gambit left the next phrase wide open, giving the president free rein to express a belief about all of the administration's "choices we've made" being right, without specifically saying what they have been right for.
If the goal really is to bankrupt the country, Obama, his administration, and his party (again on their own, until very recently) could hardly be going at it more effectively. From an already ridiculous $2.73 trillion in fiscal 2007, annual spending has increased by 32% to $3.60 trillion in the fiscal year just ended. The "stimulus" was far more than a failed initiative by any reasonable measurement; it was also used as a vehicle to move the "you can't cut anything from this without being labeled a heartless meanie" baseline to an absolutely unsustainable level. The baseline continues moving ever upward: While Washington whined about austerity and making supposedly tough choices, fiscal 2011 spending came in 4% ahead of last year.
On October 19, Harry Reid perhaps inadvertently gave away the likelihood that the economic well-being of all Americans is not uppermost in the minds of the POR Economy's architects (Nancy Pelosi, Obama, and Reid) when he asserted on the Senate floor: "It's very clear that private-sector jobs have been doing just fine; it's the public-sector jobs where we've lost huge numbers, and that's what this legislation is all about."
If the economy could talk, it would have vocally objected (all employment figures are seasonally adjusted):
- The private sector is still down 6.2 million jobs from its January 2008 peak.
- Non-postal federal government employment has increased by 339,000 in the past four years.
- Employment in primary and secondary public education, which unjustifiably leaped by 290,000, or 3.7%, from January 2005 through September 2008, while enrollment barely budged (up by less than 0.2%), is now back to where it was.
Yet in the legislation to which Reid refers, he and his Democratic colleagues want to "save 400,000 teacher jobs and thousands of first-responder jobs that have either been cut or could soon be cut." What's really behind this, as Rush Limbaugh accurately discerned on October 20, is Reid's need to fund his party's 2012 election campaigns with public-sector union dues -- the private sector be damned. The prospect that the campaign money well won't be sufficiently deep has Joe Biden babbling, and doubling down with full White House support, about how rapes will increase and it will all be the fault of Republicans if the bill doesn't pass.
Oh, and I almost forgot to note that this $35 billion boondoggle, suddenly more important than building roads and bridges, which was supposedly the big priority just a month ago, is supposed to be funded by a surtax on "millionaires" -- y'know, the people who would likely be creating jobs by growing their businesses or investing more aggressively if they weren't already so intimidated by the administration's regulatory and authoritarian overhang.
The placement of public-sector jobs over private, even though without the private sector's taxes the public sector can't exist, is only the latest evidence that Obama's "choices we've made" -- he, his administration, and his party -- are about something other than economic growth and the country's fiscal well-being. Meanwhile, real incomes have fallen dramatically, and millions of former jobholders are slowly but surely becoming virtually unemployable beyond entry level through no fault of their own. The government's "investment" choices could hardly be more corrupt or crony-driven. Its green-obsessive determination to stifle domestic energy exploration and development could hardly be more immovable. The hostility of labor, environmental, and other regulators could hardly be more obvious.
Presidential candidate Herman Cain is largely right when he says that the mostly misguided Occupy Wall Street crowd should relocate its primary headquarters to just outside 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. I would also suggest deploying a contingent to the Capitol. Far more important are the required deployments of sensible citizens to the voting booths in 2012 to give Obama, Reid, Pelosi, and so many others who are ruining the futures of so many a chance to join the ranks of those who have lost their jobs. Whether we can hold out that long -- or until January 20, 2013, given potential for last-minute presidential mischief -- remains highly problematic.


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Highlands Latin School would like to congratulate our Highlanders on their performance at the Louisville Regional Science Olympiad Tournament. The high school team also qualified for the state tournament this weekend.
Special congratulations go to these students:
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Richard McCann, AIA
As the curtain closes on 2010, issues, programs and events of the past year join the Chapter archive in a chorus of books on the shelf in the Chapter office. Not to be forgotten, those archives of the past are relevant to the vision of the future.
Throughout the year each passing week has involved ways that AIA can and should uphold the professional lives of its members. Concurrent with advancing the profession and industries that support the creation of architecture, economic struggles have demonstrated the need for new methods and strategies to ensure continuity of Chapter offerings in the years ahead. The challenge has been to mold a model of Chapter leadership and operation for the future with values and benefits that attract member participation.
Considering how the Chapter contributes to practice, I am reminded that architectural product is inverse to practice. Design purely for the purpose of architecture is disingenuous, design for purposes related to people is credible. Over the years AIA has nurtured and elevated local and regional architectural efforts throughout America by focusing attention on purpose and people. This continues today through AIA Pasadena and Foothill's educational offerings for practitioners and public about value in architecture, planning and environmental science.
I acknowledge in closing, as your President over the past year, a Chapter model in transition to be fulfilled partly by 2011-President John Luttrell, AIA and the Board and in part by successive presidents and boards with collective visions for continuity and growth of AIA P&F as the informative and authoritative leader in architectural thought in the Pasadena and Foothill region.
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John B. Luttrell, AIA, NCARB
As the curtain closes for Richard McCann, AIA and the 2010 AIAPF Board of Directors, we initiate a changing of the guard. These new overseers will receive the mantle of leadership at the 2010 Fall Gala and Installation. With the support of our Members and Board, I am confident in my ability to lead the Chapter and fulfill its mission.
The incoming Board will renew the pledge to be Architects that are stewards of the built Environment and possess goals consistent with those of AIA National and the State Council. We will achieve this community outreach in the following ways:
In the year ahead, our profession and related building industries will be faced with national and regional issues upon which no old methods or models can properly address. My presidential leadership will focus on the following objectives:
We must have the courage to improve upon existing programs. "If it ain't broke, fix it anyway!" McCann and the 2010 Board have already begun this process, with great success, and this sentiment will carry over to the new Board. My quarterly President's Message and newsletter will inform the membership of our progress, and I encourage you to become engaged and respond.
Forty-five years ago, graduating from John Muir High School, I would have never imagined that I was to become the President of our respected Chapter. Pasadena, the San Gabriel Valley, and the AIAPF are very important to me, as they are my heritage. Our Chapter has always been the civic leader and champion of the built environment and design.
However, speaking with the experience of being a chapter member for the past , my observation is that our storied position has been diminished due to a lack of membership involvement. It is paramount be active in the Chapter. Joe Catalano defined three years ago the following principal for the Chapter to diminish its "Armchair Fellows" as follows:
In closing, my ultimate Presidential Mission is to reinforce the Chapter as the local branch of the Institute and AIA California Council. I call on you to assist my Board and I in strengthening this goal. Be good stewards, and support the AIA as it continues to support you.
John B. Luttrell, AIA, NCARB
2011 President
Pasadena & Foothill AIA
Hosted at the lovely One Colorado in Old Town, Pasadena, the 2010 Design Awards were an incredible success. With the award-winning images projected onto the plaza walls, this venue allowed for the general public to witness our recognition of the 9 award winners. They are as follows:
To see all the photos from the evening, visit our online Photo Gallery or our Facebook photo album.
The Pasadena and Foothill Chapter of the AIA would like to formally acknowledge the architects that have been members of our Chapter for thirty years or more. They are the leaders of our architecture community and they have helped shape our perception of design, business, and success. Our chapter would not be where it is today without their incredible influence. We will acknowledge them on an annual basis at the Fall Gala. To see the full list, click here.
In recognition of his 2010 Board of Directors Service to the chapter, profession, and community, the Pasadena & Foothill Chapter of the American Institute of Architects presents the 2010 Annual Joseph F. Thomas Founders Award to
Joseph F. Thomas, AIA
Recognizing AIA Member distinguished service to the profession and community.
Given by 2010 Chapter president Richard McCann, AIA and the 2010 Board of Directors.
Future recipients of this annual reward will be selected from the AIAPF members that have been with the chapter for 30 years or more.
With a West Virginia accent as 'smooth as well-aged bourbon', Joe Thomas has an inspiring story to tell about his life and career. He is being honored by the Pasadena and Foothill Chapter, AIA, as the 'last one standing' – our last charter member. This became so after the passing last December of his long time business partner and fellow chapter founder, Donald E Neptune, FAIA.
In 1948 when our chapter was founded, Joe and Don were the "young guys" – so named by the other founders. Yet from today's perspective, they created one of the chapter's most enduring and successful architectural practices. NTD Architecture of today is directly descended from Joe and Don's practice begun in 1953.
Joe started in architecture well before the 1950's. As a child of 7, he remembers first wanting to become an architect; he still has his childhood watercolors illustrating his earliest fantasy designs of buildings and bridges. Perhaps the only detour from that goal came when he began college at Duke University in North Carolina – only to discover to his dismay that it didn't have an architecture program. So he transferred in his sophomore year to Carnegie Technical Institute --today's Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburg -- and graduated five years later in 1938. As president of his fraternity, Joe was a leader and also active in college affairs as editor in chief of the Tartan, the college newspaper.
He earned his first architecture license in West Virginia in 1941 and his California license in 1947. He initially joined the AIA in 1944 (Tennessee Chapter) and actually transferred to the Southern California Chapter (today's LA Chapter) before earning his California license. Those were the depression and war years, so opportunities for architects were thin. Yet it would prove a blessing in disguise. Many of the dominant firms of the 1920's and 1930's had waned, creating an opportunity for a new postwar generation of architects. Neptune and Thomas was certainly one of those. In today's hard times, it is a situation that may repeat itself.
Joe went into his own practice in 1952 after hearing of a newly passed bond issue in West Virginia and where he returned to be selected as architect and prepare the preliminary designs. But his 'real' office was established in Pasadena where the working drawings were ultimately produced. A year later Joe merged his practice with Don who had also gone on his own in order that they go after another school project. What followed of course is history.
Joe was president of our chapter in 1967 and elected to the AIA College of Fellows in 1970. He was elected to the AIA National Board in 1974 and served as our National Treasurer from 1977-1979. Joe is one of perhaps a handful of surviving California architects with a three digit license (#938) and he has witnessed enormous changes to our profession – from hand drawing on linen to CAD and the almost ubiquitous use of computers. Yet the lessons learned from his architectural career are still relevant.
Asked for his opinion on what a fledgling architect should do in opening his or her own office today, he noted "The path I took is universal:
At age 95, Joe has had a remarkably long life and he still retains his amazing memory. Asked for advice on longevity, he replied without hesitation "get the right genes". He qualified that by noting that given his family history of heart disease, he would have had a much shorter life. "But I follow rigidly the advice of my doctor and I watch my diet. I read two newspapers every day, the Wall Street Journal and the Star News." He added, "The only thing that bothers me about growing old is my back and my legs. I have difficulty now working in my garden and I can't play tennis anymore. But I feel lucky; my mind is as active as it ever was. And I think I've kept my sense of humor". He added with a twinkle that he keeps himself surrounded by younger people --"just to keep you on your toes."
Finally asked whether he regretted retiring at age 62, he responded: "I could have gone on. But we had hand picked our successors and when they were ready to takeover, it was time to go." Yet he added "Even today I still practice architecture in my dreams".
In 1971, The JRD Scholarship was established in the name of the first woman Chapter President, Jean Roth Driskel, FAIA, to honor her great love for and dedication to the profession of architecture.
The JRD scholarships are annually awarded to two students: one a Community College student and one a University student in recognition of their dedication, enthusiasm and ability in the field of architecture. Nominated by their schools, the Community College student candidate must have been accepted to a university level architectural program offering a four or five-year degree. The university student candidate must be in their third, fourth or fifth year of undergraduate architectural study.
Since April 1990, the funds for this scholarship program have been held and administered by the California Community Foundation (CCF), an established and well-respected 501 C-3 organization (www.calfund.org).
The winning student is the Chapter's guest at the Installation Gala s/he is recognized in the Chapter's monthly newsletter.
The California Architectural Foundation is the link between the profession and academia. By enhancing the standards of architectural education, training and practice through education and public awareness activities, the Foundation is making a positive difference in people's lives and the built and natural environments that surround them. All programs are funded through donations and contributions from architects, allied professionals, and other benevolent organizations.
Aron Carcamo – student
East Los Angeles College, Los Angeles, CA
Goals with precise measures and deadlines ensure we are maximizing our productivity and experiences throughout our lifetime. As an aspiring architect, goals are very important to set and execute. Goals present your success mechanism with apparent targets of your own choosing based on what is most imperative to you. I have made short term as well as long term goals that will help me reach an architectural enlightenment. To reach an architectural enlightenment, my design goals include creating dwellings and structures that are not only cost efficient, but environmentally friendly as well. My career goals are to obtain a bachelors degree from Woodbury University, a master's degree from the University of Southern California, have my own firm, and become a teacher.
A crucial part in the creation of environmentally conscious design techniques in the field of architecture is having the proper motivation, passion, and dedication. This way of design not only needs to be set from an individual standpoint, but from a global scale as well. Sustainable design techniques need to be a part of the norm to pave the way to the next generation of civilization. The more humanity pushes for sustainability, the future will be more promising versus being hoped for. I believe that the ideas behind sustainable architecture will rub off and inspire other parts of the world to create such building strategies that will in due time, lead to a brighter future. I would like to be a part of such events that will help the world in general. Furthermore, in the near future, I want to design my mother a pleasant house to let her have as a gift. This would be one of my life goals. No one in my family has ever owned a home. I would like my mother to be the first. In order to conduct this way of design, my career goals must be achieved.
Even though architecture is a very demanding and challenging field, I see myself in three years having a Bachelors degree in Architecture from the Woodbury University. Meanwhile I would like to be working at a firm to get me a head start in the design field. At the same time I would be working on my Masters Degree from the University of Southern California. In order to achieve such goals, I have built a discipline upon myself to dedicate my focus on my career. The instructors in the Architecture Department at East Los Angeles College are more than qualified to provide the students essential knowledge of what to anticipate in a highly demanding field. In addition, several of the professors are active practicing architects. As a result, students get a pragmatic view of what issues are currently affecting the world as well as potential design concepts. Eventually, I would like to become a teacher to help the next generation of students to be the best architects they can be.
In closing, goals are very important because it gives clarity on your desired endpoint, keeps you motivated, makes you accountable, and helps you live a lustrous life. The conscious human mind stretches further than the body, therefore our intellectual, emotional, and sacred actions implement a broader influence than our visible external activities. As individuals, we need to take the initiative to make a conscious effort to make a difference . It would inspire hope as well as change to people who doubt the power of one.
Paul F. Cambon – student
SCI-Arc, Los Angeles, CA
It is the through the built environment that we relate to the world, to each other, to the past and the future. It separates us from nature and makes us human. Architecture's ability to both consciously and unconsciously give meaning to our lives is what makes it so powerful to me. I am interested in Architecture as opposed to other building practices because Architecture not only has to solve problems, but it has to give meaning.
It is the making of architecture that I love because it is a creative process that involves qualities that cannot be reduced to functional or practical needs. Intuition and intention are some of the most important parts of the process of making because they challenge what is given rather than simply solve. Making something involves creation, it causes change, and it makes what was different. Making architecture gives meaning to architecture because through the process something deeper about our relationship to the world is revealed.
As my career as an architecture student continues and as I think about my career as an Architect of the profession, this commitment to mak¬ing becomes increasingly important to me. My goal as an Architect is to constantly challenge the idea of Architecture through making it and this will persist through my career.
The Citizen Architect Committee was formed at AIA Pasadena & Foothill to:
The Citizen Architects committee creates a forum within the chapter, allowing members to readily engage in public service for architecture. The outcome is outreach and advocacy, demonstrating to the community the value of the AIA Architects.
This committee succeeds by using its member's skills as its greatest resource. Any AIAPF member can become involved or introduce a new focus topic by joining the committee, allowing such Citizen Architects to become leaders in the Chapter. AIA National has set up a share point site for the chapter, allowing us to keep the board and members informed. This also allows us to tap into the collective experience of other components. Click here to visit the AIA National share point site.
AIA National has surveyed all Chapters in the US and found that the number of Citizen Architects make up over 1% of the membership. By increasing Citizen Architect membership, we can fully engage the issues that face the architecture community. What is a Citizen Architect? A Citizen Architect:
These are the issues of concern to a Citizen Architect:
I am a Citizen Architect in my service for the Supervisors of LA County on the LA Department of Public Works, Architectural Evaluation Board (AEB). This AEB creates a short list of architects for qualification, recommendation, and equal distribution to County Projects. I also consider myself a Citizen Architect for my work in forming the Citizen Architect Committee at AIAPF. AIA National recognizes our program in their 'best practices.'
I have participated in the 2010 National convention in Miami at a session titled Citizen Architect Exchange. For 2011, I am on a panel for Citizen Architect at the AIA National grassroots conference in Washington D.C. This program is titled 'Living your Life as a Citizen Architect'. It's focus will be on creating a Citizen Architect Committee in your Component, becoming an elected official, and promoting the AIA publication, 'Living your Life as a Leader'. The Grassroots conference serves the Leadership of each AIA Component.
We have also been asked by several other chapters to provide information on how they can set up a Citizen Architect Committee.
I also serve on a National Committee, which for 2010 was called the AIA Civic Engagement/Leadership Network, and for 2011 will become the AIA Center for Civic Leadership. The work with National AIA will help strengthen our committee locally as we move into 2011 and begin task forces. For information on how to become involved in the AIAPF Citizen Architect Committee, please contact Executive Director, Jill Nicholson, or Mark Gangi, AIA, or come to one of our meetings, in which we will be announcing to the entire membership in 2011.
Thank you,
Mark Gangi, AIA
Credible scientists give us ten years before we are well on our way toward catastrophic climate change as a result of our global greenhouse gas emissions. Fifty percent of those gas emissions can be traced to buildings. With proper tools and training, architects can help make a difference.
Pasadena & Foothill AIA is taking steps to help architects address and eliminate fossil fuel consumption. The Chapter will present a 10-part Series of intermediate-level professional development courses that will address such items as Waste Heat Recovery, Energy Modeling, Active Solar Systems, and other emerging techniques and strategies specific to efficient energy use. The Educational Series is for architects, engineers and allied professionals. Essential to the series is AIA's public goal for achieving reduction of fossil fuel consumption in buildings leading to carbon neutrality (zero-fossil fuel gas emissions) by year 2030.
Action items for critical, focused, measurable, and achievable carbon reduction have been prioritized according when entrusted to the hands of architects'. The spectrum of strategies to be addressed in the P&F AIA Series range from broader site and planning strategies to specific building concepts. The primary focus remains on carbon reduction, with the additional goal of providing the necessary tools for a comprehensive approach to sustainability.
The 10-part series complies with AIA Learning Credit requirements. Objectives for each session have been developed by the Series' author: AIA Seattle working in conjunction with the National AIA+2030 Steering Committee. The AIA+2030 program is copyrighted and based on The 2030 Challenge strategy adopted by National AIA in May 2006. The challenge is scientifically credentialed and formulated by "Architecture 2030©" a non-profit, non-partisan and independent organization established to address the global-warming crisis.
With much talk about pursuing "sustainability" and "green" practices, it is even more important to follow up with credible action. The AIA+2030 Education Series provides tools that have been shown to make positive and direct impacts. This is the first program in the nation that teaches the architectural profession specific ways to reduce carbon emissions.
The Chapter's leadership has been working on an idea that will be a big step toward future improvement of our organization. It is the creation of an architectural foundation that will provide new opportunities and benefits for both our members and the public.
The new foundation will go hand-in-glove with AIA Pasadena & Foothill Chapter, our professional organization. A number of AIA chapters have already done this, ranging from New York AIA's Center for Architecture, with 1000 programs and 20 exhibitions a year, to the Asheville (North Carolina) Design Center, which has been broadcasting public discussions live from their gallery space regarding urban and regional design activist issues. Additionally, the Portland, San Francisco and Dallas Chapters have all created their own foundations.
A professional organization like the AIA and an educational foundation have clear distinctions based upon their funding and capabilities, as outlined in the Tax Code. This will allow us to address the following important issues:
1. How do we create office, meeting and program space that will facilitate a broader range of programs, including gallery space for our members?
2. How do we create a better financial strategy, and what purposes are seen as worthwhile to sponsors?
3. How do we keep our local AIA Chapter relevant to both the members and the public, given changes that are taking place?
This all circulates around the idea of what purpose our local chapter will provide in the coming years. The most visible change is going to be in our Chapter location. A much larger and more active shared program space will be necessary to include the foundation's needs, including an exhibit space for our members, students and affiliated organizations. It is important to note that funding for this space will be available from different sources because of the foundation status. The foundation's finances will be independent from our Chapter's dues-based finances.
Specifics are still developing about the new space, the foundation's mission statement, the main funding sources, and so forth. We will continue to inform the membership on the progress we make. The bottom line is that we will be increasing the AIA's branding to the public and members alike. Rumor has it that the new space will have plenty of parking, with a good bar and restaurant right next door as well. Cheers!
My first impression of Leonard Kersey was that he was from a generation of proud, dignified architects who had paid their dues with hard work and dedication. I was first introduced to him at a picnic sponsored by the AIA Pasadena Foothill Chapter and NOMA in 2008, and I felt there was need for another voice to contribute to his legacy.
The following is based on an article written by Jan Threlkeld AIA, Contributing Editor.
Quiet and polite, Leonard Kersey was born in Ypsilanti, Michigan in 1926. When he was 12 years old, he was standing across the street from a rehabilitation project when the builder called him over and placed a wallpaper scraper in his hand. With that act, his career was launched.
Kersey graduated from high school in Ypsilanti, and with twenty dollars loaned from his aunt, started his first year of college at Michigan State Normal before going into the service in 1945. When he got out he reentered and transferred to University of Michigan and graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture in 1951. Due to the lack of work in Ypsilanti, he moved thirty miles east of Detroit where he worked four years as a junior architectural engineer with the Housing Commission and later with the Department of Building and Safety inspector. It is during this period he met and married Jean, who worked as a cartographic draftsperson for the federal government. In 1956, they moved to Los Angeles, and took a position at the Ralph M. Parson Company. He stayed for twenty-seven years, becoming a Principal Architect in 1972.
At Parsons, Kersey's projects included industrial and commercial installations all over the world. He was field consultant or construction manager on projects in Hawaii, New York, and Saudi Arabia. The globe is dotted with his air terminals, hospitals, laboratories, space launching facilities, chemical plants and petroleum facilities.
Kersey's experiences have given him a deep respect for the environment, as well as concern over its rapid pollution. Kersey had been a member of the Los Angeles Chapter of AIA, but when Parsons moved to Pasadena, he joined the Pasadena & Foothill Chapter where he finds it more like "family". He and Jean attend all the Chapter events.
In 1983 Leonard retired from Parsons and has since been designing and building local projects, including custom homes, condominiums and apartment buildings. The AIAPF is most fortunate to be able to include Leonard amongst its ranks.
Please respond by noon, March 11, 2011.
The AIA Fellowship program honors architects who significantly contributed to architecture and society on a national level in a specific category and achieved a standard of excellence in the profession.
Eligible AIA architect members may be nominated either 1) by their local Chapter, or 2) by a petition signed by any five Fellows in good standing or any ten AIA members in good standing. Once nominated, Nominees are required to submit their portfolio online through AIA National's website, with a submittal fee, mid-October (date to be announced). Visit the AIA website for additional information and useful resources. The following link is from 2010 and should be updated shortly.
For Chapter consideration, interested members are required to submit the following information no later than noon, March 11, 2011 to AIA P&F's Fellowship Committee, attention to Lance Bird, FAIA, Fellowship Committee Chair at email@example.com.
Our Fellowship Committee has scheduled several meetings over the next few months to help the nominees prepare their submittal. We expect AIA/LA will also invite AIA P&F nominees to participate in their fine Fellowship candidate program. We can help you prepare a successful submittal.
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in the last days I talked about the active need to ground and balance your energies well, in our process of integrating the new energies of the divine masculine and the divine feminine. So it was a pleasure to receive this piece today, another authors few on the same topic. I hope you enjoy it just as much as I did and, that your day will include an loving encounter with one of our nature brothers!! May your day be blessed and your connections resonate loud and clear!!
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We greet each other: "How's life?" Do we really expect an answer? In a way, perhaps, there is no answer. For rarely do we lead our lives consciously. A mechanical and programmed, life is a rut. So much so that there is no life in living. That is the ultimate irony. T S Eliot wondered:
"Where is the life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? And where is the knowledge we have lost in information?"
When was the last time you did something spontaneously? Make an effort to recall what was the last occasion when you stopped by to look at a tree. Not to observe it as a botanist and divide it into its trunk, branches, flowers and fruits. Or subdivide the flowers further into sepals, petals, stamens and pistils. But to live and experience the sublime wholeness of the ethereal being of the tree. To marvel for a moment as to how the tree is able to stay rooted to a spot for years on end. Derive its sustenance with contentment and a peace that passes understanding. Lead a life of profound fulfillment, without frittering away its energy in the restless pursuit of pleasure. In spite of being endowed with only the ability to perceive the sense of touch.Feel the coarse trunk of the tree, firm, erect and rooted. See the nerves of the roots fanning out with their tentacles into the soil, embedding themselves firmly underground. The roots are like an umbilical cord, strongly binding and bonding the tree to the womb of mother earth. Like the tree itself, you then begin to resonate with the hum of the earth. Pulsate with the stately rhythm of the celestial symphony. Deep down feel a sense of profound belonging and oneness with the cosmos. With the drama of existence. With the cosmic web of reality. With all that there is. Look at the resplendent full moon on a languorous summer night.
Now and then the moon pulls aside the curtains of clouds, looks all around to make sure that all's well with the world, and then quickly disappears behind the curtains once again. When you are fully absorbed in the sky and the clouds, when you are in communion with the tree, then you cease to be a cog that is out of whack with the wheel of the universe. You cease to exist as a being separate from the universe, there is a distinct sense of identity. When the illusion of separateness and distinctness peels off like false skin, then you are in a state of selfless self-awareness. William James testifies to this numinous state of being.
"I have on a number of occasions felt the enjoyment of a period of intimate communion with the divine. These meetings came unasked and unexpected, and seemed to consist merely in the temporary obliteration of the conventionality which usually surround and cover my life. What was felt on these occasions was a temporary loss of my own identity."Our body-mind-brain complex is a system whose very existence depends on its continuous interface and interaction with a larger universal system that it seamlessly integrates with and is an inextricable part of. It is only our sense of identity that blinds us to this unity. When the sense of self gets removed, we remember that we belong to the cosmic ensemble. Or rather, we are the cosmic ensemble. When your self-consciousness, the sense of 'i' disappears, then your soul radiates the effulgence of the divine with an intense luminosity.
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Cooking the pizza is easy, just take it out of the packaging and throw in the already heated oven. You don't need a tray, you can just put them on the oven shelf (although I hate doing that as I always get the pizza stuck to the oven shelf) and other than turning the pizza half way through the cooking time to ensure a more even bake you pretty much ignore the pizza for twenty minutes... although I kind of forgot about that and the pizzas cooked anyway.
Top Ender, Big Boy and I shared the pizzas for dinner (and I got the leftovers for lunch) last night and there were mixed reviews. Big Boy was pleased at the pizzas, citing that the deep pan crust was crusty on the outside and soft and chewy on the inside and that is his favourite. Top Ender liked that there was plenty of topping (there did seem to be a lot of cheese) but that she is a thin pan fan so there was too much dough for her.
I was comparing the pizzas to the ones that I make for the family, after all Daddy can't eat frozen pizzas other than maybe two gluten free brands and so I have some experience in making pizza. I loved the bases, I love proper deep pan that is thick and soft and chewy, and in my opinion it's the only way to eat a pizza. The sauces didn't seem as flavourful as the ones that I make, but then maybe I'm so used to my own heavily seasoned sauce nothing else compares.
There was a lot of topping and it was flavourful too, the pizzas were nicely balanced between the different flavours and to be honest these were nice frozen pizzas BUT we won't be buying them again. The pizzas were so high in carbs, that it just isn't practical for us with Big Boy's diabetes and trying to keep his carb count balanced. If we didn't have to worry about his diabetes then we'd more than likely choose these instead of a take away pizza.
We were sent two pizzas to review, we had them for dinner and this is honestly what we thought.
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In 2017, North Carolina had a population of 10.3M people with a median age of 38.8 and a median household income of $52,752. Between 2016 and 2017 the population of North Carolina grew from 10.1M to 10.3M, a 1.25% increase and its median household income grew from $50,584 to $52,752, a 4.29% increase.
The population of North Carolina is 63% White Alone, 21.2% Black or African American Alone, and 9.37% Hispanic or Latino. 11.8% of the people in North Carolina speak a non-English language, and 95% are U.S. citizens.
The largest universities in North Carolina are University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (9,252 degrees awarded in 2016), North Carolina State University at Raleigh (8,924 degrees), and University of North Carolina at Charlotte (7,129 degrees).
The median property value in North Carolina is $171,200, and the homeownership rate is 65.4%. Most people in North Carolina commute by Drove Alone, and the average commute time is 23.4 minutes. The average car ownership in North Carolina is 2 cars per household.
North Carolina borders Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Virginia.


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Who this is for: product managers and owners.
What you'll learn: how to use Asana and Unito to build a roadmap thats stays in sync with actual progress.
As Product Manager, you are the CEO of your product: you need to lead cross-functional teams from the product's conception to its launch.
You need to maintain a roadmap of major upcoming changes and communicate it to everyone involved. But sadly, the moment work actually begins, your roadmap is outdated and you need to manually update it constantly.
This guide will show you how to create a roadmap in Asana and use Unito to keep it in sync with progress made by technical teams in Github.
1) Synchronize your Github projects
For each Github repository, you wish to track from Asana, create a Sync in Unito. This will create a new project in Asana for each of your Github repositories, and in it you'll find all the open issues.
2) Create a Roadmap project in Asana
Now as a Product Manager you'll want to have a clear overview of who is working on what and where the product is heading. For that you can create a project in Asana that will gather together all the tasks related to your product.
At Unito, we have a "Roadmap" project that feeds on several backlog projects (dev backlog, marketing backlog, etc.). We periodically review these backlogs and fill in the roadmap with upcoming tasks. We use sections to separate periods (upcoming months in our case).
3) Coordinate the projects together
It is now time to fill in this Roadmap project. Asana makes it very easy to add a task to different projects.
Let's say you have some tasks in the newly created projects synced with Github that you want to add to your roadmap.
You just have to open the task (or group of tasks) and add it/them to your project from there (see the screenshot below as it's a bit tricky the first time).
This way your task will live in two separate projects: the Roadmap and the one that is synced with Github. Every new action on Github or Asana will be synced in the other tool!
You now have a live roadmap and can monitor how your projects are moving forward: closed tasks, comments, attachments, etc. Everything will be updated automatically!
4) Tips to better manage your roadmap
Asana has several features that can greatly improve your experience as a project manager.
Custom fields
Asana custom fields
The newly arrived custom fields in Asana multiply possibilities. You can now fully adapt your favorite tool to your company's workflow. Adding priority, importance, and workload to tasks has never been easier!
A good use of these custom fields when syncing with Github is to bring Github milestones to your Asana projects.
Create a "Milestone" custom field in Asana and in your Sync Settings (in Unito) map it to the Milestone field in Github.
This way you will have a better sense of what your dev team is focused on and when they plan to release it.
Asana dependency
Asana also added a dependency option to their tasks, making it easier for you to set priorities. Lets say a large number of tasks in your roadmap depends on the completion of another task; you can mark them as dependent on the latter task and you will receive a notification once this task is completed.
To add a dependency, expand the task that depends on another one, click on the "More Actions" icon (last round one) and click on MARK AS WAITING ON...
Calendar view
Asana Calendar view
Asana offers a calendar view for each project. It is very handy for everyone who wants to see how the tasks are planned during the month (tasks need to have a due date to appear on the calendar).
Drag and drop a task in the calendar and it will automatically change the due date in Asana, but also in the other tool the task is synced to!
Progress view
Asana Progress view
Those who want an even more visual interpretation of their project should take a look at the Progress view.
There you can see a nice graph showing tasks still open and ones that are already completed. This is useful to quickly see if your project is on track or if it's time to panic!
Recommended Unito Settings
Try out these settings to get the most out of your syncs:
- You can filter the issues by label. Say that you don't want all the bugs in your Asana roadmap: add "Bug" in the labels to exclude field.
- Map the different Asana and Github users so you can easily see who is working on what, even people in the dev team.
- Enable subtask sync, and sync higher-level tasks to your roadmap.


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Neighborhood Overview
Just over 4 miles to the North of downtown San Antonio lies the City of Alamo Heights. Alamo Heights, which sits adjacent to Terrell Hills and Olmos Park started in the 1890's and became a municipality in 1922.
From it's beginning, Alamo Heights restricted building codes to control the height of buildings, defined business districts, and architectural styles which is why there is so much character today. Plenty of parks, open spaces, and mature trees make this quaint city stand out. Many locals refer to living in Alamo Heights as staying in the bubble, that is to say they are very close to downtown, but in a completely residential area.
Alamo Heights real estate will range widely, from historic properties built in the early 1900's to newly constructed homes, and even luxury condos, such as The Broadway. Prices will run the gamut as well, ranging from the mid $200's to over $5 Million.
Schools in Alamo Heights are part of the Alamo Heights Independent School District. Over half of the schools in Alamo Heights are considered "Recognized" and students have the advantage of having small class sizes, typically with only 14-15 students. Two highly regarded universities, The University of Incarnate Word and Trinity University, lie within the boundaries of Alamo Heights.
Shopping and Dining
Alamo Heights real estate offers an abundance of shopping, entertainment, and dining options. Places like Brackenridge Park, an 343 acre public park, San Antonio Zoo, The Japanese Sunken Gardens are just a few of the treasures found near Alamo Heights homes for sale.
In close proximity you will also find the Alamo Quarry Market and North Star Mall, both are sure to satisfy your shopping urges. Some of my favorite places to eat in Alamo Heights include restaurants in the Quarry like Max's Wine Dive, Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, and Piatti's Italian Ristorante. Another hot spot for a discerning palate is the Shops at Lincoln Heights.
Some things you should definitely do beside Brackenridge Park, include checking out the McNay Art Museum, the Witte Museum, the Botanical Gardens, or even playing a round of golf at The Quarry Golf Club.


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Selvage Giveaway
So, selvages aren't much to some people, but to the right person, they are worth their weight in gold. I saved my selvages for years thinking I would start getting excited about selvages. After all, I love scrap quilting! But I am having to get real about the 10,000 projects waiting in the wings. I have more fabric than I think I can use in my lifetime, and umm, I'm in my thirties.
So, I've been destashing like crazy, and decided to give away my selvages as a thank you to all the awesome folks on instagram who make destashing possible and profitable. It's so much easier sending off a beloved piece of fabric to a "good home." And making a little money in the process, even if i don't always get my costs back, it's better than the pretty fabric moldering on the shelf? I don't know. But it's getting easier to find what I want when I do get time to sew with a new (and apparently teething, yikes!) baby, so I'm seeing some success for my efforts.
Anyway, if you are a selvage person (you know who you are!) Head on over to @DanaWaterPenny on instagram.


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Foundation for the Third Millennium - Our MissionThe Stiftung Drittes Millennium (Foundation for the Third Millennium) promotes sustainability in all sectors of society. More specifically, it promotes action that places equal emphasis on responsible behavior in relationship to environmental, economic and social activities. Such behavior has as its source the awareness that all of us live on one planet and that this planets resources are finite. We are challenged to use fewer non-renewable resources, to develop renewable ones, to use both kinds more efficiently and to make them available to everyone.
Our society must examine our economic system, our relationship to the natural world, and our ideas about religion more critically. We must learn to resolve our conflicts without resorting to violence.
Our foundation works to help as many people as possible achieve the awareness and the freedom they need in order to discover the values that will enable them to live in a just and peaceful world.
The foundations board is convinced that the process of dialogue and reflection is an effective way of working towards this goal. Our activities emphasize consciousness-building, education, and practical training. The knowledge and experience we gain will be used in concrete projects and programs.
Sustainability for our own and future generations requires that we achieve
- social justice
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- an intact, life-supporting environment


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When Amazon decided to allow independent authors the choice of offering their books for pre-order, I decided I'd try it with Stacked to Death. Why not, right? 🙂 I didn't realize until I signed up that I'd have to have the final version of my book uploaded ten full days before the publication date, or that I'd have to upload a complete rough draft at the time I signed up.
No problem, right? I pushed the date out far enough and signed up.
I just uploaded the final version, ready for publishing, this morning, six days ahead of schedule. BUT it was a nerve-wracking experience. First, my editor's laptop developed issues which Macs are not supposed to have. On top of that, my own laptop is an elderly Toshiba that runs Vista, and doesn't reliably recognize the wireless signal in my house.
So the book is uploaded and ready to go. If you pre-ordered it, it will appear on schedule on 10/15 in your Kindles or apps.
But I'm not sure I'll do this again. Too many things can go wrong with technology! It's advantageous to me, because the book has the potential to make the Top 100 Gay Mystery list twice – once at the time of pre-order (which it did, getting to number 7, thank you!!) and once at the time of actual purchase.
But I don't enjoy having my nerves wracked. 😀