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These class photos from 1973 and 1974 were recently shared by Jan Dilley who, along with Jan Knote, is a founding mother of the Montessori School of Greater Lafayette. MSGL opened in 1972 with one preprimary class. Unfortunately we are unable to find a class photo from that first year. These two photos represent the second and third years that MSGL was in operation inside the Temple Israel in West Lafayette.
1973 - MSGL preprimary class
1974 - MSGL preprimary class
Do you know anyone in these photos? We would love to hear from you in the comments section.
Here are some very familiar faces from around 2000. They are posing with Miss Terri, former ADP assistant teacher in classroom A at the Morton Community Center.
Chloe Garwood, Molly ?, Grace Harvey, Miss Terri C, Melina Pajor, Cami Brown, Nikolas Gamarra, Roxanne Harvey
Montessori School of Greater Lafayette - 1981
This is the oldest available photo from the Montessori School of Greater Lafayette.
Notes on the photo list some of the names. 1st Row: Cristy Belz, Andruzca Rukhin?, Cristy Welch, Jensen Douglas, Ben Pealman, Gretchen Behnke, A.J. Marks, J.P. Rowe, Rolf Friedlaender. 2nd Row: Ila Ela, Luke Murphy, Sara Williams, Cristopher Armstrong, Catherine ?, Yoshi Furata. 3rd Row: MaryBeth Meyer, Niki Plante, Tony Hwang, David Bluestein, Kwesi Coleman, Nina Garza.
If you know more about these photos, please comment and share.
Thanks to the timeless quality of Montessori materials, it seems that only the faces have changed in these photos from MSGL classrooms in 2000.
It's a genuine Polaroid photo and the genuine Mr. Jeff presenting abstract computations with the Stamp Game.
We still use the same dishwashing stands in the classroom today.
Miss Chloe has been preparing the environment at MSGL for a long time.
The Unifix Cubes are not a Montessori material but they allow for counting, sorting, color recognition, and provide a clear control of error.
It just feels good to put the colored pencils in their matching holders.
Taking the spindles out of the boxes reinforces the counting activity used to put them in - and it builds concentration.
Two friends can work together on the Teen Boards. They are matching the quantity with the symbol and witing the numerals.
Using scissors is classified as a language activity because it builds hand-eye coordination and strengthens the hand muscles required for writing.
A comfy chair is better when it's big enough for two.
And finally, what is Steve building?
I hope that was as fun for you as it was for me! Have a warm and wonderful Wednesday. ~Heather
Let's recap our Building MSGL series on Wayback Wednesday. Montessori Parents, Inc. purchased the Calvary Baptist Church on Soldiers Home Road in 1999. Demolition of the interior began in September, 2000. Now it's December, 2000 and the stud walls are in place so that wiring, plumbing, and drywall work can begin.
Looking toward the Oak Room in Building B.
Standing in Catalpa looking through the wall into the Oak Room.
Looking out the door of the Maple Room into the office hallway.
Here's the view walking in the office door.
Here's that same view just a couple of months later.
This is the Maple Room looking toward the stairs.
This is the Willow Room looking toward the kitchen area.
And here is the Spruce Room filled with drywall supplies.
The Harvey & Son Construction crew. Steve, Don, Nolan, and Tony working over Thanksgiving Break.
That's all for this week. Have a terrific Wednesday!
It's been a long week for everyone at MSGL and it's only Wednesday. The roots of our beloved river birch tree, which shaded the sandbox for more than 10 years, finally overtook the sewage pipe coming from Building A. The tree was cut down, the sandbox was dug up, and the lovely pergola that Ron Stier designed and built to shade the children has been dismantled. This is the sight today as workers remove roots and begin to repair the pipe. As luck would have it, we received 3 inches of snow this morning so classes were cancelled.
It's not a pretty sight right now on the playground. (Photo by Tony Harvey)
Yesterday, we said goodbye to the river birch tree.
The river birch comes down, one limb at a time. (Photo by Lena Atkinson)
But this is Wayback Wednesday and we have to go way back. So let's take a look back at how we got here. This is the sandbox under construction in 2001. The river birch was planted later that year. It probably seemed like a really good idea at the time.
2001 - Sandbox under construction.
Two years later the children are enjoying the new sandbox. The birch tree is wrapped in black at top left.
Miss Sherry and friends enjoy the shade of the river birch and the pergola during summer camp in 2010.
And here is a nice photo of the whole area from Summer, 2011.
Certainly one of the most popular areas in our outdoor classroom, the sandbox is going to be sorely missed until it can be reconstructed. But even as we lament this loss, it's good to remember that things could be worse. Back in September, 2007, this was the view outside of Building A.
2007 - Old toilets being removed during demolition of Building A.
Take heart, friends. The water will soon be flowing in Building A and children will once again play in a shady sandbox. And Spring is only eight days away. Have the best possible Wednesday!
~ Heather
This week's installment of Building MSGL focuses on the work of the jackhammer, a tool that was put to much use during the first few months of the construction project. Lots of concrete had to be broken up and hauled away so we could remodel the buildings and install new steps and sidewalks.
Tony Harvey breaks up concrete in Building B to make space for new plumbing for sinks and bathrooms. This was one of his least favorite days of the entire 6-month project.
Looking at Building A as the concrete demolition gets underway.
Later that day, it looked like this. Watch that first step - it's a doozy.
Don Harvey and Craig Lamb prepare to take out the upstairs landing.
As the demolition continued, it became apparent that the light-duty jackhammer they had been using was not going to cut through some of the steps. One parent volunteer took a look at the slow progress they were making and set off to find a better solution. Half and hour later he pulled in with a trailer-mounted mobile air compressor and a much more powerful jackhammer. Tony Harvey said that was a real game-changer for this phase of the project.
"We had a little jackhammer that you could plug into an outlet in an airplane bathroom," he joked. "This parent came back with a rig that looked like Iron Man built it. When we flipped the switch on the big one you could see lights flicker in the apartments across the street," he said, once again, joking. "We had been working all day on those steps and in just 20 minutes with the big hammer, they were dust."
The old steps are broken up to make way for the new stairs/ramp that will lead into the upstairs hallway in Building A.
Just for fun, I am including before, during, and after photos from Building A so we can admire the progress from an old church basment entry to a modern, ADA-compliant school entrance.
During demolition.
Here it is with the concrete walls freshly poured.
Here, the railings are being installed.
And here it is that first summer, looking quite lovely.
Thanks for joining me in the wayback. Have a super Wednesday!
"No matter what we touch, an atom, or a cell, we cannot explain it without knowledge of the wide universe."
- Maria Montessori, 1948, To Educate the Human Potential
The Elementary students present their space projects in these photos from 2000 - 2001.
Stay warm out there and have a terrific Wednesday!
If there truly is a flashback movie that plays in our heads just before we die, the remodeling of the MSGL buildings will certainly be a part of mine. And the sweaty people covered in dust will be in it too, smiling (mostly) like they were in these photos from the first week of demolition.
The following pictures represent some of my favorite memories of the building project because we were all so young and optimistic. We didn't truly grasp what working for six months through the winter with no electricity and no toilets and no babysitters would be like. So many parents, teachers, spouses, and extended family members gave their days off and their nights and weekends to prepare this space to be our new and improved Montessori School of Greater Lafayette. They did it for free and, most importantly, they did it with a sense of humor.
Dragging the folding partitions out of the basement.
The above photo brings to mind a particularly disheartening day. The church basement was divided up into classrooms by these heavy, orange, folding partitions. Before we could start cutting into the concrete floors and tearing out the ceilng, we had to remove all of these partitions. Did I mention that they were extremely heavy? So heavy, in fact, that we couldn't move them once we got them detached and rolled up on the floor. I recall seeing Craig Lamb, Beth Nichols, and Tony Harvey pushing on them with all of their might and they just weren't budging. The wise, manly men in our group decided to drag them out of the basement using the Bobcat. Don Harvey did just that. As Tony, project manager, recalled, "That part of the demolition was really brutal. You would go in and see what was going to beat the heck out of you that day."
Just like in a Montessori classroom, every volunteer found a niche. Some of the parents didn't want to see anything go to waste, so they took out the light fixtures and the doors and anything that might be of value and marked it for a remodeling sale we had a few weeks later.
Ellie's mom is organizing the salvaged items in the future toddler room.
One of the reasons we had such a dedicated group of volunteers is that demolition work is really fun! After a long day we could put on our grubby clothes and work gloves, grab a Wonder Bar and tear into the drywall and studs.
Ron and Cathy Stier.
Brian Berndt.
Beth working in the future River Birch room.
Beth and Cathy take out nails so we could re-use the studs.
Tools like the Sawzall made the job a lot more fun. This volunteer is standing in what is now the Willow room.
Tony unloads another wheelbarrow of debris.
Water girls, Gaia and Grace.
The author was concerned about lawn maintenance.
I was really worried that the lawn would grow too long and we would look like bad neighbors. This was the first and last time I mowed the entire campus with a push mower.
That week was lots of fun, but I'm glad it's done. Have a great Wednesday!
The weather forecast calls for all of this snow to be melting in about a week. In case you think you just can't wait that long, here are some photos of MSGL summers past to see you through.
1994 - Digging in the tiny sandbox at Morton Center.
2000 - Hula hooping at Morton Center.
2001 - Hi Cathy!
2002 - The Parent/Infant class posing by the sandbox.
2003 - Waiting for a wagon ride.
2009 - Sack racing at the family picnic at Happy Hollow Park.
2010 - Releasing a newly-emerged Monarch butterfly.
2011 - Summer camp besties.
2012 - Shoveling in the shady sandbox.
2013 - Gardening at summer camp.
It will only be a few more days until warmer, friendlier weather arrives. Until then, take heart! Spring never fails to arrive.
Have a terrific Wednesday.
1996 - Atlanta hosted the Summer Olympics this year and Prince Charles and Princess Diana were divorced. Dolly the sheep became the first mammal to be cloned. The first version of the Java programming language was released, HotMail started providing free email service, and just over 10 million people were using the internet.
Do you know someone who attended MSGL in 1996? You just might find them here.
Parent/Infant Class
Toddler Class
Preprimary Class A
Preprimary Class B
Preprimary Class D
Preprimary Class E
Extended Day Kindergarten
Thanks for reading. I hope you have been able to go sledding in all this snow. Have a terrific Wednesday!
One full year before MSGL acquired the property that is now our campus, the Calvary Baptist Church invited us to hold an open house for our families. These photos, from September 24, 1999, show lots of familiar faces and a campus without ramps, fences, or the 10 inches of snow that is on the ground today.
I can't bear to throw away a good opportunity for a photo comparison, but we don't have a current photo taken from the same perspective. Here are two beautiful photos that offer an idea of what this view looks like today.
I hope you were able to enjoy seeing some green grass and leaves on the trees. And I promise that Spring will come exactly when it's supposed to. Until then, thanks for reading and have your best possible Wednesday!
On September 21, 2000, Montessori Parents, Inc. officially closed on the purchase of the property at 2552 Soldiers Home Road that would become the new campus of the Montessori School of Greater Lafayette. To celebrate and prepare for the next step, the board of directors and some staff and parents met that evening in the sanctuary of what was the former Calvary Baptist Church. Board president Craig Lamb offered a toast with champagne served in paper cups.
The next morning, demolition of the buildings began. MSGL parent Tony Harvey coordinated the building project. His father, Donald Harvey, was the general contractor.
These are photos of the front of the sanctuary that is now the northwest corner of the Catalpa Room. When asked about these photos, Tony said that the gold walls on the left were part of the room that lead to the baptistry. "If you came to Calvary Baptist Church and you wanted to be saved," he explained, "you had to go through that room."
This was just the beginning of 5 months of hard and dirty work by many dedicated staff and parent volunteers. Three generations of families came together for one common goal. True friendships were forged. A lot of those people are still involved with MSGL today. I look forward to sharing the few photos and many stories of that time here on Wayback Wednesdays. If you were part of this amazing project and wish to share your stories, please add them as comments to the bottom of these posts or emaill me and I will be so happy to include them in an upcoming post. Of course, any photos you share will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for reading! Have a terrific Wednesday.
January of 2000 saw the beginning of the beginning for our current location on Soldiers Home Road. The architects at Schwarz Associates in Lafayette began designing our new space. This is the architect's rendering of the exterior of both buildings.
The photos below were taken over a year later in October, 2001.
Here is the current head-on view from 2013.
Thanks to non-acrophobic parent and board member Mary Mckay for taking those aerial photos in 2001. Parenting is not for the faint of heart.
Happy Wednesday! Thanks for reading.
Winter is upon us and the staff of the Wayback Wednesday department is preparing to head south for the season. (The staff certainly wishes this was true.) Okay, we're not really going anywhere but we have discovered a treasure trove of awesome photos. We will be scanning them and organizing them over winter break. When everyone returns in January you can look forward to the beginning of "Building MSGL." It's the story of how our families built the MSGL campus that we know and love today.
To whet your appetites I am posting one photo from that winter of 2000. Look at this photo and see if you can figure out where in the school it is. The first commenter to get it correct wins a free Wayback Wednesday t-shirt. (The staff certainly wishes this was true.) Okay, no t-shirt but you can still be first. Have fun guessing!
Have a terrific Wednesday and an awesome winter break!
This week we look back at some photos from 1998.
Anita McKinney, our first executive director, was leaving MSGL to live closer to her family in Florida. Her MSGL family held a farewell reception in her honor just before the winter break. These are photos of some of the children wishing her well.
Anita started working at MSGL in July, 1991 when the parent-owned school decided it needed a full-time. Up to then, the office staff coordinated with the Board of Directors. This next photo is actually from about 1996. It shows Anita with Beth Nichols, who was then the office manager, in the teeny, tiny office at Morton Center.
Beth is still with us and now works as our accountant. Anita has been working with Florida's Duval County Extension office since 1998. She is currently teaching personal financial management in Jacksonville. She is retiring in January and will start another "job" taking care of her twin grandchildren Dominic and Danica. She is excited about this new chapter in her life and told me, "They will be three by then , so I will start my own little Montessori home-school with them. I am looking forward to this next step!"
Best wishes, Anita! And happy Wednesday to you, faithful readers.
Today's Wayback Wednesday comes from March, 2000. The children in Room B were treated to a science presentation by a group of MSGL parents.
These parents must have been SO COOL! We are thankful for all of the Montessori parents and grandparents who have shared their interests and their time with our children over the past 41 years. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
We're keeping things simple on Wayback Wednesday this week with a short and sweet little collection of photos from October, 2002. Teacher Judy West took the children of the Red Oak class on a nature hike to Purdue's Horticulture Park to enjoy the crisp morning, collect leaves, and hug some very deserving trees.
Do you have favorite photos you would like to share on Wayback Wednesday? Please contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com. Have an outstanding Wednesday!
Today is school picture day!
When Harriet and "the ducky" show up to take our pictures, you can bet that the children are well-dressed, the snack is no-mess, and the staff is slightly stressed - for two whole days. Sometimes there are tears and pouty faces, but never in front of the children :)
These teachers from 2004 look pretty happy. Enjoy this week's Wayback Wednesday photos from 2004.
Smile, silly ducky! And have a terrific Wednesday.
The MSGL photo archives are a bit disorganized and I usually have to sift through them to come up with a Wayback Wednesday post, but this week the work was already done. After leading the toddler families on this field trip to Lafayette's Columbian Park Zoo in the Spring of 1998, teacher Suman Harshvardhan put together this little photo album for the children.
These kiddos are college freshmen (or nearly) now. Thanks for reading and have a great Wednesday!


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The recent Bank Holiday gave me the opportunity to catch up on some reading, one particular book stands out as being of great interest to visitors of GenPals.com
We receive numerous enquiries from genealogists in Australia looking for their ancestors' burial places in the UK. This book sheds another light on the lives of those transported to Australia and what provisions were made for the families they were forced to leave behind.
'From one end of the earth to the other' The London Bet Din, 1805 – 1855, and the Jewish convicts transported to Australia by Jeremy I. Pfeffer ISBN: 9781845193669 (p/b) 9781845192938 (h/b) click here for more info.
The Jews has been specifically exempted from the provisions of the 1753 Marriage Act. The effect of this exemption was to put the matrimonial causes of the Jews of England exclusively in the hands of their Rabbis and Dayanim for the next hundred years. No Bet Din (Jewish ecclesiastical court) anywhere in the world has left such a complete record of its transactions – matrimonial and proselytical – as that contained in the extant Pinkas (minute – book) of the London Bet Din from 1805 to 1855.
In all other matters, including the offences punishable by transportation, Jews were subject to the civil courts. Of the estimated 150,000 convict transportees shipped to the Australian penal colonies, some seven hundred were Jews. Matrimonial and related matters involving twenty of these miscreants are recorded in the Pinkas. Jeremy Pfeffer recounts the history of the London Bet Din during these years as revealed in the Pinkas record and relates the previously untold stories of this group of Jewish convict transportees and their families.
Jeremy Pfeffer writes in the preface 'I set out to discover eveything I could about convict transportees whose names appeared in the Bet Din records, the circumstances that led to their trials and convictions and the stories of their first years in their new Australian home'. He has succeeded in producing an account that is both scholarly and accessible and which brings the past to life through the true stories of ordinary people.

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Brandi likes hanging out with her family and friends. Here are a few more things she likes:
foreign accents, singing, knee boarding, eating sherbert in bed, dancing and working out. Her ambition is to become successful, travel the world and live in a city with a more eclectic atmosphere. To learn more about Brandi listen to her interview video.


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WINDSOR, Wis. - Krystal Lynn Wiesenberg and Eric Lawrence Caron, both of Minnetonka, Minn., were wed on May 22 at the Lake Windsor Golf Club in Windsor, Wis., near the bride's hometown, with the Rev. Michelle Hall officiating.
Parents of the couple are Glen and Lori Caron of Estherville and Keith and Vicki Wiesenberg of Monroe, Wis.
The matron of honor was Rachel Wiesenberg, sister of the bride. Bridesmaids were Michelle Wiesenberg, sister of the bride and Nicole Caron, sister of the groom. Best maid was Jenny Senden, friend of the groom.
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Krystal and Eric
Groomsman was Joel Nelson, cousin of the groom.
Ushers were Jacob Faessler and Bandon LeBeau.
Flower girl was Lauren Hasson, cousin of the groom. Ring bearer was Dean DeVoe, cousin of the bride.
Soloist was Michelle Wiesenberg, the bride's sister. Reader was Kari Nelson, cousin of the groom.
The couple honeymooned to the Mediterranean where they spent several days in Spain and took a cruise to France, Italy and Corsica. They now live and work in the Twin Cities. Eric is employed at LinkUp.com, an employment website, as a IT Architect and Krystal is employed at the Minnesota Agri-Growth Council, a nonprofit trade group for the food and ag industry, as the Communications Director.


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Famous last words
Seven prominent religious and community leaders from different Christian traditions reflect on Jesus' Seven Last Words from the cross.
The final words of a dying person are precious to those left behind. When time is short, one has a chance to speak only of the most important things--love, forgiveness, faith. The last words are often the summation of a life, cherished and pondered long after the loved one has died. The final testament of a human life can be known in these words.
That is why the church has a long tradition of meditating on the last words of Jesus from the cross. The blending of these sayings from all four gospels became part of the church's Lenten tradition. The Seven Words have been set to music, used in sacred dramas, and pondered in Good Friday observances in churches around the world. In this last testament of Jesus, all Christians find a pearl of great price.
-Alice Camille
"Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing."
(Mary Gonzales)
When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified Jesus there with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing. And they cast lots to divide his clothing. (Luke 23:33-34)
These words, spoken at this moment, are perhaps the most profound revelation of God's love for us-for us human beings.
It is in this moment--suffering, betrayed, spat upon, reviled, made a laughing stock; nails driven through flesh, bones and tendons; a failure to friends, family, and foes--that Jesus utters this utterly unimaginable statement.
These are not the words of a person scourged and humiliated. These are the words of a strong mother protecting a small child from a stern father. These are the words of a loving father protecting a son from a righteous judge. These are words of unquestioning and unqualified love for others.
How can Jesus love his tormentors in this manner? He looks past their rage; past their foolishness and folly; past their cruelty, brutality, and depravity; past all their ugliness, and sees a humanness worthy of love.
What a rebuke to those of us who cannot see humanness past a person's color, past a person's ethnic origin, past a person's gender, past a person's lifestyle, past a person's disability. How far we are as parents, as spouses, as citizens, as a country from loving in the Jesus way.
"Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise."
(Peter J. Gomes)
Then [the criminal] said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom. "He replied, "Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise." (Luke 23:42-43)
I am notorious for getting lost while driving, and for not asking for directions--a man thing, I have been told. I may be lost, but I always know where I am. It is where I am going that is the problem.
The thief on the cross knew where he was. He was on the cross, hanging there as the just reward for his deeds. He did not offer alibi or apology. He did not explain himself a victim of circumstances. He was what he was, he knew what he was, and he knew where he was. He was, you might say, past all illusions. His coconspirator understood that, and with an irreverence that shocks even now, he mocked Jesus with the cry we all know and use: "If you're so smart, how come you're up here with us?"
These crucified felons are not uninformed. They know who Jesus is supposed to be. They had heard of his mighty wonder-working. Perhaps they had even heard of his raising Lazarus from the dead. Compared to that, getting them all down from the cross would be a piece of cake: "If thou art the Christ, save thyself, and us, then." Don't just stand there. Do something!
They know where they are, but that "good thief" is like you and like me. He's lost, not because he doesn't know where he is. He's lost because he doesn't know where he is going. So--very much unlike me, at least--he stops and asks for directions: "Lord, remember me when you come into your kingly power."
This is an act of faith: He places himself in the care of one who would appear to be no better off than he, and asks to be delivered to a place of kingly power the very thought of which is mocked by the reality of the cross itself. He can see beyond that, he has what we call insight, a light that transcends what one can literally see. He moves not by sight, but by faith.
It seems too good to be true, too uncomplicated. But at death's door, things get pretty simple, pretty clear, pretty uncomplicated. The words belong to Jesus, but the future belongs to the thief, and for that we praise God.
"Woman, here is your son. Here is your mother."
(Gregory Dell)
When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her, he said to his mother, "Woman, here is your son." Then he said to the disciple, "Here is your mother."And from that hour the disciple took her into his own home. (John 19:26-27)
The 18-year-old young man already had attempted suicide twice. The torment and isolation were simply too great. Now, away from home for the first time, he wrote the careful letter to his parents. "Dear Mom and Dad. There is no easy way to say this. I am gay--what you call 'homosexual.' I need your help and love. Who else could understand me?"
He waited. Five days later the envelope came. With fear on the edge of terror, and hope that he dared not admit, he opened the paper and found its only contents:his birth certificate torn in pieces.
The word of Christ at the moment of his greatest agony was a radical word of love and grace.
His message: "You belong to a family that not even death can destroy. Earthly fear or ignorance, weakness or bigotry or even violence may tear into pieces the world's affirmation of your value and goodness. But I say to you, there is a God who surrounds you with the true love of a mother and the faithfulness of a true child.
"That love and faithfulness may not be where you had hoped or yearned. But it is there. I give it to you--without conditions.
"Woman behold your son. Son or daughter, behold your mother."
"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
(Martin E. Marty)
From noon on, darkness came over the whole land until 3 in the afternoon. And about three o'clock, Jesus cried with a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" that is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" (Matt. 27:45-46)
That is a cry of abandonment. Many believers since have tried to explain it away by saying that Jesus was only quoting Psalm 22, which ends on a note of confidence. No, that doesn't work.
This quoted cry became his own statement of his own condition, in that eerie darkness of that afternoon. He may have been ready for an innocent death, he was sure of his purpose, but in that pain, and in that chaos, and in that hour, he had nothing left but a cry of godforsakenness.
That cry, of course, belongs to the larger plot of the gospel story, of faith in Jesus and the one he called Eli--my God. If he had not felt abandoned, his dying would have been only an uncomfortable charade on the way to a resurrection.
Here instead is the note of realism that has led believers ever since to have confidence that he was the last one who needed to feel utterly abandoned by God. In their view, full of faith, thanks to the love he showed the world, he effected a new relation to God. And so they are confident that they will live and die in divine company--never forsaken as he felt he was and, at that moment, as he truly was.
"I thirst."
(John Shea)
After this, when Jesus knew that all was now finished, he said (in order to fulfill the scripture), "I thirst."Ajar full of sour wine was standing there. So they put a sponge full of the wine on a branch of hyssop and held it to his mouth. (John 19:28-29)
"I thirst," Jesus said.
It was not the first time. Once before in John's gospel he thirsted.
"Give me a drink," he asked the Samaritan woman. But by the end he had given her a drink and told his disciples that his food and drink was to do the will of his Father. And the will of the divine source is to connect all there is to divine love.
And so he thirsts to make that connection, to be that channel, to become a flow of grace to every moment of crucifixion. His thirst is to become water to our parched throats, wine to the failing weddings of our lives.
When we are at our end, when our resources seem depleted, when our energies are wasted, when our opportunities are gone, when we reach in the air for we know not what, then he cries again, "I thirst."
And his unquenched thirst brings him to us. We are no longer alone. The connection is made, the channel is open.
Love, invisible yet real, flows. Until the end of history he cries "I thirst," and becomes the companion of every emptiness, the secret fullness of every lack, brother to our suffering, peace in our pain, love where least expected.
"It is finished."
(Andrew M. Greeley)
When Jesus had received the wine, he said, "It is finished." Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. (John 19:30)
There comes a time when we must let go. We must give up being a baby to become a kid. We must abandon being a kid so that we might be a teen. We must relinquish high school so that we can go to college. We must some day eventually stop being a student and get a job.
We must give up the freedom of the single state to marry, to adjust to a spouse, and then to adjust to children. We must some day permit the children to be free so that they can be adults on their terms, not ours. We must give up health and perhaps independence as we grow older. Eventually we must give up life itself.
At each of these times of surrender in our lives we must trust. We must trust God, other human beings, and ourselves. Dying is not only the end of living; it is part of living. Each new yielding opens up the possibility of something new that is both frightening and appealing. We have no choice in the matter.
Every day we must yield our spirit to graces. We can do so stubbornly, reluctantly, with protests and complaints. We can curse the dimming of the light. Or we can go gracefully into the night as Jesus did, firm in the knowledge that it is safe to say, "It is finished."
"Father, into your hands I commed my spirit."
(Alison Boden)
Then Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I commend my spirit." Having said this, he breathed his last. (Luke 23:46)
These were the last words of a dying man: Into your hands, gracious God, I place my spirit. They were the words of a man dying not of disease or accident, but premeditated murder, execution. Betrayed, convicted on the flimsiest of evidence, abandoned by his friends, and left absolutely alone--under such circumstances, how did he dare to say, "Into your hands I commend my spirit"?
I think it was possible for him only because he had been saying it every day of his life. Jesus had trusted God with his very spirit every day that he had drawn breath.
When the crowds around him were growing and were adoring, when everyone in the region wanted just to touch the fringe of his cloak, he placed all of himself in the hands of God.
When the people of his own hometown, the folks he'd grown up with, who'd known him since he was a boy, wouldn't accept what he had become and drove him from town in a murderous mob, Jesus placed all of himself in the hands of God.
When his killers circled closer and closer around him in the garden and he prayed to be spared, he placed all of himself in the hands of God.
With his last, suffocating breath on the cross, he knew he could place all of himself in the hands of God.
Good ole Monday, boring lunch meeting; Tuesday, dentist appointment; Wednesday, spreadsheets beyond number; Thursday, challenge from a colleague to a decision painfully arrived at; Friday, fight over breakfast that clouds the day. "Into your hands I commend my spirit."
Monday, spiritual epiphany in a lunch meeting; Tuesday, noticed first buds on tulip tree; Wednesday, felt the strongest, gentlest, holy accompaniment while walking down the street; Thursday, was privileged to be taken into the deepest confidence of an acquaintance; Friday, figured out that being the perfect lover, parent, student, friend is not what matters. "Into your hands I commend my spirit."
Let us learn from the last words of a dying man that in every minute we live--and in the moment when we will die--the open hands of love are waiting to receive our spirits, waiting to receive the whole of our lives.
This article appeared in the April 2001 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 66, No. 4, page 18).


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Despite being known for his openness with the media, Jamie Dimon might be a little fed up with some news coverage surrounding his company—or at least his comments yesterday lashing out at newspapers and journalists at JPMorgan's investor day seem to suggest so.
During his talk yesterday at the JPM investor day, the bank CEO mocked newspapers' coverage of the compensation-to-revenue ratio at banks.
Apparently, he pulled the same statistic—"just for fun"—for newspapers, and found that the newspapers have a 42 percent compensation ratio, which he said was "damned outrageous," according to Bloomberg.
To Dimon's credit—JPM does have one of the lowest compensation ratios out of all the banks at around 35 percent, trailing behind Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, where the ratio ranged between 52 percent to 42 percent, so the topic is something he might be able to brag about... to other banks.
But as if to rub salt to the wound, Dimon then made fun of the low pay for journalists, mocking newspapers and their inability to make a profit—a very touchy topic for the media these days. From Bloomberg:
"Worse than that, you don't even make any money!" Dimon said, directing his comments to those in the media covering the company's investor day and drawing laughter from his audience. "We pay 35 percent. We make a lot of money." JPMorgan posted $19 billion in profit last year.
Although it seems like the salary comment was made in jest, Dimon's other actions continue to suggest he's not very happy with the media. David Benoit at DealJournal notes that the executive spent most of his talk asking the reporters if they were "paying attention, awake and listening clearly."
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Men may be limiting their partner's financial success without realizing it, a study released Tuesday by Fidelity found.
Just 42% of couples interact equally with their financial advisor, and men are 58% more likely to be the primary contact.
The 2013 Couples Retirement Study surveyed more than 800 couples who work with a financial advisor. Respondents were at least 25 years old and, if not married, in a long-term committed relationship living with their significant other.
Women, especially young women, were more than twice as likely as men to say they were not the primary contact in their advisor relationship. More than 30% of all women said their significant other drove the advisor relationship; 41% of Gen Y women agreed, compared with 33% of Gen X women and 28% of boomer women.
"Men reported that they are afraid of leaving their partners financially unprepared should they need to manage the finances themselves," Jylanne Dunne, senior vice president of practice management and consulting for Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services, said in a statement. "What they may not realize is that by driving their households' relationship with their financial advisors, they could be unintentionally turning this fear into reality. The good news is that there are simple steps couples can take to attempt to align their financial future and prepare for a smooth transition – and advisors can play a critical role in that process."
According to Brian Nelson, vice president of practice management for National Financial, Fidelity's clearing division, women aren't unwilling to take the lead in their family's financial strategy. Indeed, only 15% of women said they weren't interested in interacting with their advisor.
"According to the study, women are interested in working with an advisor, but they say they hand over the reins because they trust their partner," he said in a statement.
The study found 53% of women said trust in their significant other was their reason for letting them lead the relationship with their advisor. However, a third of women said it was because their partner had a personal relationship with their advisor.
"This may not only create instability for the family, but also for the advisor-client relationship," Nelson said. "While our study found that eight in 10 women do not intend to fire their advisor upon their partner's death, when reality hits and there is no relationship in place, many do. An advisor's bond with both members of a couple can be key to bridging this gap between intent and reality."
Another reason men are taking the lead in financial relationships, inadvertently or not, is a lack of confidence in their partner's ability to make sound financial decisions. More than half of women said they were confident their significant other could handle the responsibility, while just 43% of men agreed.
When asked about their own confidence in their ability to handle financial decisions, Fidelity found respondents' concerns weren't unwarranted. Just 45% of women said they were confident they could assume full financial control.
Interestingly, despite most respondents saying they communicate well on financial issues, the study found couples were more comfortable talking to their advisor about financial matters than they were talking to each other. Forty-three percent, in fact, said they would rather talk to their advisor about long-term planning issues, like retirement and estate planning and wills, than to their partner.
Women are less likely to be involved in long-term planning issues overall. Although the percentage of women who say they are the primary decision maker in long-term retirement decisions has doubled since 2011, just 19% of women said they fill this role. About a quarter said they were the primary decision maker for day-to-day financial decisions.
According to Fidelity, a good number of couples need help aligning their long-term goals. Almost 40% of pre-retiree couples disagree about what they want in retirement, and 36% don't agree or haven't talked about where they'll live in retirement. Thirty percent don't even agree on the primary beneficiary on life insurance and retirement accounts.
Advisors should pay especially close attention to female partners who don't work. Those clients are significantly more likely to have financial concerns, the study found. Nonworking women were significantly more likely than working women to worry about building an emergency savings account and covering day-to-day expenses. Their biggest concern was saving for retirement, an issue 70% of nonworking women said they worried about, compared with 57% of working women.
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So very often I am asked about the Woodhaven Business Improvement District (WBID). The WBID was formed 22 years ago, an outgrowth of the Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation because of the deteriorating appearance of our Woodhaven's Jamaica Avenue from Dexter Court to 100th Street.
Our avenue was dirty with graffiti vandalized gates and storefronts appearing dark and dangerous. The Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation prior to the inception of the WBID had proposed new lighting for our Woodhaven's Jamaica Avenue. This project was funded and our new unique lighting was installed, facing the sidewalk instead of the street.
With this new lighting it lifted our residents sense of security. Then a small group of property owners and community leaders explored a new concept to improve our Avenue. It was the formation of a Business Improvement District. This BID consisted of property owners along 25 blocks of our Jamaica Avenue voluntarily paying into a fund which would be used to improve the avenue.
It took this small group of volunteers seven years to gain approvals and to progress to the point that it was signed into law by Mayor David Dinkins at City Hall. A picture from that event published in the Leader/Observer can be viewed on our Facebook page. More history of our WBID and the Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation and what they do for Woodhaven in my future articles.
The Woodhaven Richmond Hill Ambulance Corps is now in jeopardy because of the collapsed building at 78-19 Jamaica Avenue. This building was on its way to being torn down, but now the owner is playing games, stating he will pay all fines and rebuild. Now the demolition has been placed on hold. I hope that we can get this done before school starts.
This Tuesday, August 5, is "Night Out Against Crime," so come out to Buddy Memorial Monument Corner of Park Lane South and Myrtle Avenue from 6 to 9 p.m.
Since the Make Music NY was such a success, the WBID will sponsor another night of music on Saturday, August 16, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Forest Parkway Plaza. Come out and enjoy the music.
May God bless our armed forces and disabled veterans and may God bless our America.


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Robin Haglund: FREE Native Plant Walk & Talks
Speaker: Robin Haglund
Date: 06/17/2018
Time: 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Location: Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve10441 Bay View-Edison Rd Mount Vernon, Washington 98273
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Curious about native plants growing in natural spaces? Can't distinguish a pine from a fir? Wondering what's blooming in the forest and meadows of the Padilla Bay region seasonally? Wondering if adding these natives to your home garden makes sense?
Join Certified Professional Horticulturist Robin Haglund and other plant-curious cohorts each month this spring and summer for a series of informal walks through the upland forests and meadows of the Padilla Bay Reserve and Breazeale Interpretive Center. Together we will expand our understanding of the flora and fauna that inhabit and contribute to the delicate balance here where the land meets the Salish sea. Each month nature will reveal new wonders, so ink all of these FREE explorations into your calendar now.
Volunteer walk leader Robin Haglund is a recent transplant to the Bay View community from Seattle. She is the founder and president of pioneering garden coaching firm Garden Mentors®. Robin is an award-winning designer, a down-to-earth speaker, a popular writer and a frequent garden television expert guest and contributor.
All ages welcome. Friendly leashed dogs encouraged. Each walk will gather and begin under the arbor at the beginning of the upland trail by the parking lot. No registration needed.


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Days before Mafia II launched, Unico National made its way into the gaming headlines by demanding 2K Games and parent company Take-Two scrap the project. The 90-year-old Italian-American charity and service group labeled the game as "racist nonsense" and claimed Mafia II would continue to perpetuate the myth of Italians as violent criminals associated with organized crime.
"Take-Two is directly, blatantly and unfairly discriminating and demeaning one group to the exclusion of all others," the group said in a statement. "We are demanding they halt release of the game and cleanse it of all references to Italians and Italian-Americans."
2K called the allegations of racism nonsense and opted not to eat the tens of millions of dollars it invested in the project. The game was released as planned on August 24, but not without a fight from Unico. The group staged a protest outside of of 2K's launch party event in New York City, going so far as to claim a "satisfying" victory in its battle to oppose Mafia II.
"When we first heard about this marketing event only recently, we went into action, using our resolve to challenge an event whose purpose was to mock the Italian-American community by promoting the new videogame Mafia II," Unico said in a statement. Claiming low attendance at the event, the group called the protest a win.
"For us, this is one small, satisfying victory in a much longer, more sophisticated campaign within the Italian-American community opposed to Mafia II specifically, and the continued misrepresentation of the Italian-American community, generally. Take-Two and its major investors, and the entertainment industry in general, will be hearing further and forcefully from us."
Official sales -- the true barometer of the title's success -- have yet to be released in the U.S., but according to GFK Chart Track, Mafia II experienced the best game launch in the UK since Red Dead Redemption.
"Mafia was originally launched as a PC game eight years ago, with PS2 and Xbox versions following in early 2004," GFK said in a statement. "The combined launch weeks of the PC, PS2 and Xbox versions of the original game only account for 29% of its successor's first week sales (PC, XB360 & PS3)."
And despite Unico's so-called victory, 2K's plans for Mafia II proceed as planned. The first DLC add-on for the game, Jimmy's Vendetta, is set to launch next week, bringing with it a collection of arcade-style assassination and car chase missions. Jimmy's Vendetta will be available on September 7 on PlayStation Network, Xbox Live, and Windows Live for $9.99/800 MS Points.
Sharkey says: Every time I read a quote from Unico, I hear the voice of The Simpson's mobster Fat Tony in my head, particularly when the group stated, "[Take-Two] will be hearing further and forcefully from us." Way to play down the stereotype, wise guys. Also: early word is Mafia II sales in the U.S. are lower than expected. Chalk up another win for Unico!


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product has been linked to
heart attacks,
strokes, and some deaths.
Ephedra—also known as ma huang
and by its scientific name, Ephedra sinica—is an herbal
product that comes from an evergreen plant. The Chinese used these plants 5,000
years ago, possibly for the treatment of
asthma and hay fever. But they used plant preparations
unlike the modern ephedra supplements that are now banned.
stimulates the brain, causing nervousness and making the heart beat faster. It
temporarily expands the tubes that carry air to the lungs (bronchial tubes),
which makes breathing easier in people who have asthma and other respiratory
Serious problems are associated with ephedra. There
have been some reports of heart attacks and deaths after its use. Do not take
ephedra or anything that contains ephedra.
Ephedra was used in
traditional Chinese medicine to treat asthma.
More recently,
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of ephedra.
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Other Works Consulted Murray MT, Pizzorno JE Jr (2006). Ephedra species. In
JE Pizzorno Jr, MT Murray, eds., Textbook of Natural Medicine, 3rd ed., pp. 925–929. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
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FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas senior Coty Clarke was named Southeastern Conference Player of the Week on Monday.
FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas senior Coty Clarke was named Southeastern Conference Player of the Week on Monday.
The forward was recognized by the conference after leading Arkansas to wins against Kentucky and Georgia. Clarke averaged 17 points and 5 rebounds in the victories, helping Arkansas (20-9, 9-7 in SEC) extend its win streak to five games.
Clarke scored 11 points at Kentucky last Thursday, including seven of Arkansas' 11 points in overtime. He also grabbed a team-high 7 rebounds in the win, which was Arkansas' first in Rupp Arena since 1994.
The Birmingham, Ala., native followed it with a career-high, 23-point performance against the Bulldogs. Clarke went 11-for-13 from the free-throw line in the victory, helping Arkansas reach the 20-win mark for the first time since the 2007-08 season.
"He does so many things for our basketball team," Arkansas coach Mike Anderson said Monday morning. "He has taken a leadership role and now we see him doing a lot more things offensively playing explosive. There is a reason why we recruited this young man coming out of junior college. He is one of the better rebounders in the country. He has a nose for the ball and for the game.
"For him to have the opportunity to be recognized as the player of the week just tells you how good he is playing at this point and juncture with our basketball team."
Clarke ranks fourth on the team in scoring (9.5 points) this season. He also leads Arkansas in assists (2.4) steals (1.4) and is second in rebounding (6 a game).
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The platform embraces best practices, meets transparency requirements and provides sound control over investment policy, regulatory compliance, fund operations, risk management and governance.
GENEVA- April 22, 2013 -- (BUSINESS WIRE/ME NewsWire)-- Following the acquisition and integration of Nexar, Union BancairePrivée, UBP SA has launched an alternatives division that offers clients broad alternative investment expertise, as well as innovative solutions. As part of this strategy, it has selected Guggenheim Fund Solutions (GFS) as its partner to provide clients with a state-of-the-art platform that combines carefully sourced, dynamic, high-potential hedge fund managers with a next-generation solution that delivers the transparency, governance, and structural risk mitigation required by investors.
Within this framework, UBP utilizes its extensive hedge fund investing experience to identify, select and monitor performing managers that operate on the GFS managed account platform. Fourteen accounts have been launched and UBP plans to have thirty operating by year end.
UBP selected Guggenheim in light of its experience operating managed accounts across the full spectrum of hedge fund strategies, which it has done for more than a decade. GFS client portal technology delivers market-leading transparency that supports UBP's portfolio construction, risk-management and on-going monitoring processes. Independent valuation, administration and custody facilitate daily risk transparency which in turn supports the regulation-compliant investment formats – which are increasingly important to UBP's clients – such as AIFMD, Basel III & Solvency II.
The platform has been designed to accommodate the regulatory and reporting requirements of a wide array of investors, across both geographical locations and client types. All clients enjoy comprehensive investment transparency on a daily basis, including valuations and position-based aggregated risk reporting that are accessible through a secure web-based portal. UBP and Guggenheim have combined their price scales to provide competitive fee arrangements and cost-efficiency at all levels.
AriéAssayag, CEO of UBP Alternative Investments, said: "We are convinced that hedge fund managers are best positioned to deliver absolute or asymmetric returns and to implement tail hedging strategies that are increasingly sought-after by our clients. After much research, we found GFS to have the best solution in the market and a truly un-conflicted platform that avoids all liquidity transfer. We view this service as a new approach to alternative investments, which will enable clients to see their investments perform in a more secure manner."
Diego Winegardner, Head of Guggenheim Fund Solutions, added: "We are delighted to have been selected as partner to UBP, an industry thought-leader in the alternatives arena who understands the value of transparency and how it can drive investment performance. We share a common vision of the power in this investment approach, which can reinforce investor confidence by solving current issues within the alternative industry. We are confident that our combined expertise will be of significant benefit to investors seeking to increase their allocations to alternatives."
About Union BancairePrivée (UBP)UBP is a leading private bank in Switzerland and is one of the country's best-capitalised banks, with a Tier 1 ratio of 25.7%. The Bank specialises in wealth management for both private and institutional clients. It is based in Geneva and employs around 1,300 staff in some twenty locations worldwide. The Bank had CHF 80 billion (USD 87 billion) in assets under management as at 31 December 2012.www.ubp.com
About Guggenheim PartnersGuggenheim Partners, LLC is a privately held global financial services firm with more than USD 170 billion in assets under management, including consulting services for clients with assets of approximately USD 37 billion. The firm provides asset management, investment banking and capital markets services, insurance, institutional finance and investment advisory solutions to institutions, governments and agencies, corporations, investment advisors, family offices and individuals. Guggenheim Partners is headquartered in New York and Chicago and serves clients around the world from more than 25 offices in eight countries.www.guggenheimpartners.com
Source: ME NewsWire
The release can be viewed online: http://me-newswire.net/news/7295/en


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Golfer's errant drive knocks diamond off ring
Sergio Garcia combed through the grass at the Ohio tournament
Pro golfer Sergio Garcia hit an errant drive that actually knocked the diamond off a woman's ring at a tournament in Ohio over the weekend.
Garcia's drive on the par-4 third hole at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in Akron landed in the gallery on Sunday.
Garcia walked over, and it turns out the ball somehow hit the woman's ring and knocked the diamond right out of the setting.
Garcia gave her a signed golf ball and asked for information to replace the ring.
He even looked through the grass for a while. Eventually, the diamond was found.
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Golden syrup chocolate cupcakes
These cupcakes have an amazing consistency all-over: the cupcake is moist and rich, and the icing is delicious, smooth and creamy. I used the swiss-meringue buttercream for the icing, and it was a hit! :-)
Cream-cheese strawberry cupcakes
Nothing compliments the strawberries like the cream-cheese icing, and you can enjoy this taste even off-season with strawberry jam! :-) You can skip limit the calories in this recipe by using lighter strawberry jam, or pulverized strawberries, and using half of the sugar in the cupcake part if you want the cupcakes less sweet.
Baked cake doughnuts
Traditional-made doughnuts are made with yeast dough, and deep-fried to make a fluffy, delicious spongy cake. It requires a lot of work to cook them, though, but for quick snacks (Sunday breakfast maybe?) the easier way are the baked cake doughnuts—which are spongy, fluffy and delicious too! You can enjoy them bare (like cakes), or glazed (like traditional yeast doughnuts), or stuffed if you overfill the form by any chance! :-)
Shepherd's pie
This one is a real pickle — it's extremely simple, and doesn't look spectacular, but packs a serious punch of flavor and deliciousness. You can easily upgrade or downgrade the recipe based on your liking, use different ingredients, but as long as you make ground meat under a blanket of mashed potatoes, it's gonna be fine ;-)
Coffee cake
My first real cake, made with delicious coffee-flavored buttercream. It was really good, and simple! Because this cake doesn't require leveling, you can simply bake two layers separately, then stack them — a perfect recipe for beginners! :-)
I made my cake with normal instant coffee, but you can also use decaf coffee for same taste, but caffeine-free cake! :-)


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Buddina is a thriving suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. A notable feature of Buddina is the Kawana Shoppingworld shopping centre, which is one of the largest shopping centres on the Sunshine Coast and features over 100 stores and a cinema.
The eastern half of Buddina fronts the Pacific Ocean with a long stretch of beach that's perfect for many activities. The Coastal Pathway runs adjacent to the beach and is great for walking, jogging and cycling. the Kawana Surf Life Savers Club patrols the beach on weekends and public holidays from the September School holidays through to the end of the Easter school holidays. The crystal clear water, fresh ocean breezes and the beautiful long stretch of golden sand make for an unforgettable experience.
Visitor accommodation can be found in Buddina, especially self-contained apartments opposite the beach and holiday houses.
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Goldschmidt facing 'new era' of being pitched around
PITTSBURGH -- With 14 walks in his last 33 plate appearances, it's becoming clear that opposing pitchers are being awfully careful when facing D-backs first baseman Paul Goldschmidt.
"I think we're entering a new era for Paul," D-backs manager Kirk Gibson said. "He's getting pitched very selectively. They're not giving in to him. It's a challenge to him to remain selective, which he has been. We'll see if it continues. It hasn't been going on that long. Frankly, I'm a little surprised it hasn't started earlier. "
Starting with the second game of the Giants series on June 21, Goldschmidt is 1-for-19 at the plate to go with those 14 walks. The Giants and then the Padres made it clear that someone else in the lineup would have to beat them and not Goldschmidt.
In the three games this past weekend against the Padres, Goldschmidt drew seven walks in 12 plate appearances, which tied a franchise record for walks in a series. Goldschmidt said after the game that he wasn't sure he was being pitched around.
"I think I've done a better job of not swinging out of the zone and then at times being aggressive in the zone," Goldschmidt said. "I think that's led to some of it. There's been some other times where there have been some intentional walks and stuff like that. It's just part of it. I think walks, like anything, kind of come in streaks.
"Same thing with homers, hits, or wins, or whatever it is. You may not do it for a couple weeks and then all of a sudden they come in a wave and they can't really be explained, but that's just something that I've noticed."
Gibson said the players hitting behind Goldschmidt will need to make opposing teams pay for the strategy if Goldschmidt is to start getting pitched to more.
"It can be frustrating for hitters, from what I've known throughout the years, but he's done well in all situations for us and I think he'll figure it out," Gibson said of Goldschmidt. "Also, it puts a lot of pressure on the guys behind him. They're going to have to pick up the pace for the team."


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ACA acquires in Alabama
Smooth. That's how Alarm Capital Alliance described a recent transaction that added more than 1,000 accounts to its existing account base in Alabama.
ACA, a Media, Pa.-based independently-owned company that acquires and manages security alarm contracts, acquired the accounts through an asset purchase transaction with Ultimate Security of Scottboro, Ala., according to a news release issued last week.
Ultimate Security will stay in business and continue to service ACA customers, according to the Aug. 7 release.
In the release, Kelly Bond, VP of sales and marketing for ACA, remarked, "This was one of the smoothest transactions that we've entered into."
Ultimate President Richie Burns said in a prepared statement that this is a "tremendous transaction that allows us to remain in business, continue to sell accounts and provide service for all of our friends and customers."
Bond said, "Richie has a great staff and quality accounts, and we're looking forward to a prosperous relationship."
Terms were not disclosed. Ron Davis, of Davis Mergers and Acquisitions Group, represented the seller.


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Some time back, my website became too slow and I started getting timeout response for quite a lot of my pages. When I analyzed things, I found the issue was with the DB queries taking a lot of time. So, I thought of getting my hands dirty and started with installing the plugin "Debug Queries". Just in case, you don't know about the plugin, it lists all the queries to DB along with the time taken for the query when a Admin user visits any page.
The output of the plugin is below the whole page and looks something like this:
45. Time: 0.0030910968780518
Query: SELECT * FROM <> WHERE <>
Call from: require
Note: The list contains the actual complete query and also all the calls to the query. But as I had more than 40 odd queries, looking at .00 something time was tiresome to find the highest time. So, I copied this text into a text file called "test" and wrote this one line to get me the highest time.
sed -n '/.*Time:/ s/.*://p' test |sort -n
Once you have the time, simply search or grep for this values and you know the highest time taking query.
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Sugurus necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 19 diseños de 3 diseñadores freelance.
WorldJumper.net is a multilingual world community. The user's post is auto-translated into 10 languages and the people can communicate without language barriers globally.
The current main topics are "Anime", "Cosplay", "Manga/drawing", etc.
The majority of the users speak Spanish now, but we are redesigning it to attract different language people especially from Asia.
The new concept of the website is "To focus on more images than texts".
The users upload photos, artworks, and movie with simple comments, they will be auto-translated, and people from the world see it and put a comment on each image in different languages.
For example, when the topic title is "Show me your NARUTO" cosplay", people in the world upload their NARUTO cosplay pictures and they put a comment each other.
Ex: http://worldjumper.net/topic.php?id=93821786307
Anime or Japanese culture fans in the world (10's to 30's)
1. We need 2 pages: Home and Topic.
2. Layout:
You can choose either 2 or 3 columns, depending on what you think is better. Also, you can change the layout especially for the navigation.
3. Look and feel:
Simple and universe! Our users are from all over the world including Europe, America and Asia, so the design should be so universal that everybody with different backgrounds can get the site concept and how to use very easily.
4. The color:
Orange. Please use orange as we use for the logo, but you can change the orange color code and other colors, too.
5. We are from Japan:
Please add one point meaning "Japan". In fact, our office is located in center of Tokyo and we think it is our strength. It can be small though. It depends on your preference.
Ex: FlutterScape http://www.flutterscape.com/ (You can see Tokyo illustration at the bottom)
Home - http://www.worldjumper.net
The difference from current page is to have "global navigation on the top", "top banner of how to use" and "separation of photos and artwork in galleries".
The menus on global navigation will be Topics where people put their several images and enjoy the difference, Gallery where people upload them and make their own, My page where they check the update and manage personal info, and Store which is linked to worldjumper store(http://store.worldjumper.net)
* We need all of the content in the attached document.
Topic - http://worldjumper.net/topic.php?id=33569282758
The difference from current page is that users put comments on each image.
In current system, the images and comments are displayed in the same level and it is hard to understand which comment is for which image. The other difference is "Follow this topic" button. Once they click it, they can check the update on their "My Page".
* We need all of the content in the attached document and call to action buttons on the site
Followings are our favorite websites.
http://www.99designs.com (Of course, we like this site)
(Gallery of Japanese portal sites)http://www.ikesai.com/cat/info/index.html


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Industries Licensing
Identifying Appropriate Agencies and Stakeholders
The Commission requires all applicants to follow the consultation procedures in section 4.38 of our regulations. This information informs the Commission that the applicant has notified all relevant federal and state agencies, and other interested stakeholders, of the applicant's proposed project. Consultation provides tribes, non-governmental organizations, and stakeholders an opportunity to voice any concerns or request any studies that may be relevant to the proposed project. Consulting with the relevant federal and state agencies also ensures the applicant complies with other federal statutes, such as the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), and Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Act (Essential Fish Habitat). The applicant must document that all three stages of the consultation process has been fully satisfied.
Applicants should consult with the following agencies and stakeholders. Depending on the scope of the project, others may need to be consulted.
- Water resource and water quality agencies
- State fish and wildlife agencies
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- National Marine Fisheries Service (if migratory fish are in the project vicinity);
- Land or facility managing agencies (such as the Forest Service, Bureau of Reclamation, or the Army Corps of Engineers if the project occupies or affects federal lands or facilities)
- National Park Service
- Environmental Protection Agency
- State Historic Preservation Officer;
- Indian tribes and county and local municipalities in the project vicinity; and
- Private property owners on or bordering the project;
Non-governmental organizations also may have an interest in the project. For contact information for the potential stakeholders listed above and others you may consider contacting by state, see: Initial Consultation Contact List.
The applicant may request the Commission waive any or all of the consultation requirements. A waiver request must provide the following information:
- Documentation that the applicant has informed the agencies of its proposed project and its intent to request waiver of consultation requirements. Proof may be in the form of copies of the letters sent to the agencies.
- Documentation of agency concurrence that it supports waiver of consultation.
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TAKEAWAY: It is the end of the year and a good occasion to review these pages from The Washington Post, representing textbook case studies of examples when good stories happened to be packaged just the right way, with superbly written stories and visuals. The designers of these pages share the background stories in today's blog.
It all began with a remake of the Sunday front page
These are all recent A1 pages from The Washington Post, which underwent changes January 2011, most visibly the promos above the nameplate, with a soft pastel color palette
My year 2011 began with a visit to The Washington Post, invited by editor Marcus Brauchli, to work with him and his team of editors and designers on a series of assignments geared to facilitate the newspaper's navigation plus the concept for a tabloid version of the Sunday Style section, one of the newspaper's best read (see new pages below). Now, almost a year later, my last blog post of the year picks up where we started.
During the past 11 months, I have kept in touch with Marcus, and, especially, with Jon Wile, senior news designer, who shares his work on the Sunday Page A1 with me often, since that was the mainstay of my work with the WaPo team.
It is through those contacts that I have been able to see the magnificent work that the design team has done with some very special packages. I asked Jon to send me pages to show you here, and to offer us the designer's insight as to how the design came together.
Jon has sent three big projects that have rolled out in the last two weeks at the Post, along with a few more of the Sunday A-1s and Sunday Styles;
Project 1: Arab Winter Pages
Following are Jon Wile's own comments about this special package:
Why this project worked well: As a designer, I think one of the most crucial—and often overlooked—facets of the job is relationship building with reporters, photographers, graphic artists and editors. This particular project was a follow-up from an earlier piece on Arab Spring. Marc Fisher (reporter) and Nikki Kahn (Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer) left the day after Thanksgiving for two weeks of reporting. They came back and both immediately reached out to me since I had worked on the first story. After reading the story and seeing the initial photo edit, I was overjoyed to see how the visuals and the words married perfectly together.
Heading into the weekend I worked on a rough draft of the pages with Visuals Editor David Griffin. We pushed the design to be more about the user, that is, Marc's narrative had three distinctive parts that we tried to break evenly across three inside pages, which made the 135-inch story (about 5,300 words) more easy to digest. Marc and I worked on a front-page headline, trying to parallel the head treatment we used for the Arab Spring piece. I came up with an initial offering, then we emailed back and forth to smooth it out. The all-caps headline is a tool we usually reserve for the Sunday paper to identify our best piece of enterprise on the front page, but we used it on this piece to tell readers that this wasn't an every day type of centerpiece.
The day of production (Tuesday night for the Wednesday paper) was seamless because of the legwork that had been done ahead of time. We informed our photo engravers about the project so the top person in the department could tone the pictures (on his day off no less!). Being ahead also allowed us a chance to focus on the detail work of the pages, like the country capsules at the bottom. I worked with Foreign Editor Doug Jehl on the government rankings to remind the casual reader what happened over the past year, spending most of my day building those bottom graphics and printing out the pages to check spacing/kern widows/etc. As Griffin reminded in an email after the project was over, "The attention to the minutia is what takes us up a notch."
For those interested, read Marc's story here:
Some tips from Jon Wile about building successful projects in a big newsroom full of layers and opinions
- Know what your boss likes and dislikes: Don't be afraid to push the envelope and push your supervisor on something, but also have a fallback plan. And version, version, version. When you are done, version some more!
- Know the expectations: Don't design something in four pages that only needs a page. Try to engage top editors early to see how they feel about the project, when it could run and how much real estate they want to give it.
- Work with your colleagues: This is very crucial. I feel that a lot of designers work in a vacuum, which can be dangerous. Talk with reporters and photographers. Ask to see some of the photos that didn't get submitted, suggest a different size/shape on a graphic or work on photo crops together. Build a relationship your co-workers so you can engage them in dialog about the project on a level that is higher than just a production worker. Good design can elevate any type of content.
Project 2: The Seat Pleasant
News Designer Katie Myrick worked on a recent 3-part project and shares details of a big design challenge—what happens when the photos don't match the text.
Katie explains the process:
The Seat Pleasant project focused on a group of 59 people who, in 1988, as 5th graders at a poverty-stricken school, received the gift of four years of college tuition, provided that they make it through high school. When I got the first draft of the text, it was three 120-inch stories focused on about 10 main characters and 6 secondary characters. We had beautiful photographs by Bonnie Jo Mount to go with most of the main and secondary characters. My boss, Greg Manifold, and I thought we would try using blocks of photos—taking a couple of Bonnie Jo's current photos and put them together with a historical photo of that particular student. We also decided to give each of the students nicknames as identifiers, because after reading about so many people in one sitting, the names start to lose meaning or jumble together. After about four days of photo edits and rearranging the photo blocks to match with the story, we got word that our managing editor thought the draft had too many characters in it—how about going down to four main characters?
That threw quite a wrench into our plans, but in the end, it made it possible for us to tell an even better story. We kept our photo blocks and used the extended captions to bring back some of the reporting that had been lost in the final version of the story. The project editor loved being able to include more information about the students and the photographer and photo editor were equally happy that we were still able to display some of the best photos, even though those characters were ultimately eliminated from the text. In a way, it made the story more complete. It was a way for us to marry the visuals and the words together to give the reader a better experience overall.
Read the 3-part series here:
Project 3: Candidates' Profiles
Here Jon Wile explains this project:
Every four years we profile the top presidential candidates. This year we focused on the top seven GOP contenders (Romney, Perry, Bachmann, Gingrich, Paul, Huntsman and Santorum). The problem is that we have to give the same play to all the candidates on the front page, so we have to design a secondary A-1 element that pops. We also get a photo opp with each candidate, usually playing that image small on the front. However, this time around we came up with a different solution—use an illustration of each candidate on the front and then play our staff portrait larger on the inside. Joe Ciaradello did all of the illustrations for us.
Lots of hands involved on this project, mainly designer Tim Ball who sketched out the entire project and worked for a solid week before leaving on vacation to get these pages ready. Notice the slightly more aggressive use of white space and the 10-column grid on the inside pages, neither of which are staples at The Washington Post. Visuals Editor David Griffin, Design Director Janet Michaud, Deputy Design Director for News Greg Manifold, Photo Editor Michel du Cille and staff photographer Melina Mara also dove in head first to make the project a success.
4. Sunday Style
One of the most fun aspects of my work with the WaPo team earlier this year, was the transformation of the Sunday Style section from broadsheet to compact format. Working closely with Design Director Janet Michaud, we set out to create a product that would be visually bold and colorful, while allowing for the great storytelling that appears in the section, to find its own place.
The result? A combination of well chosen images, a grid that allows for white space, and a clear navigation, makes it all possible for Sunday Style. Content here ranges from entertainment, movies, TV and even advice and weddings. Art director Kim Vu is keeping these Style pages going strong.
The digital WaPo
The Washington Post offers a robust digital platform variety of choices for its readers. Managing Editor Raju Narisetti send us this link to Post's most innovative journalism as it played out on the web.
"In addition to listing, we are going one step more in terms of engaging our readers by actually asking them to vote on what they thought was really good for them from this list," Raju wrote to me in an email.
"As a single newsroom that uses multiple platforms, the web allows us to create much more dynamic experiences for our readers well beyond what we can do in print with all of the same projects," Raju said.
Related blog posts:
The Washington Post: introducing lots of new changes this Sunday
Revisiting Dubai, Washington projects


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Monthly markets review: January 2016
- It was a turbulent start to 2016 as renewed instability in the Chinese equity market and a further deterioration in the oil price saw global stockmarkets post steep negative returns.
- In bond markets, perceived safe havens rallied with Treasury, gilt and Bund yields declining.
- In the US, the S&P 500 returned -5%, negatively affected by fears of slowing global and domestic growth, the latter underlined by news that GDP had expanded by a disappointing 0.7% in Q4 2015.
- In the eurozone, global growth concerns combined with worries over the banks, particularly non-performing loans in the Italian banking sector, resulting in the MSCI EMU index returning -6.3%.
- On the final day of the month the Bank of Japan surprised markets by announcing a negative interest rate policy on excess reserves held at the central bank.
- Emerging markets lagged their developed counterparts. China underperformed amid a series of headwinds including ongoing yuan weakness versus the US dollar, weak economic growth, and the spill-over effect from the removal of selling restrictions in mainland stockmarkets.
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I've read countless times how you north americans get a 100 pounds out of a hive on a bad year.
I've read countless times how you north americans get a 100 pounds out of a hive on a bad year. now..as much as i was astonished by it, it got me thinking, why do we get only 20 pounds, if it's a good year 40
there also is a lot of migratory beekeeping going round, but..an average per hive can't be that big if you bring 120 hives on one location, can it?
Also, to get a good crop you need a lot of bees per hive. Two hives with 50,000 bees will not make NEARLY the total honey that one hive with 100,000 bees will.
i know this (now that a friend reminded me of this issue)but do we have any voulenteers to convince 10.000 beeks with around 15.000 hives to at least half the number?a hive can cover roughly 90km2slovenia is about 25.000km2if i take away the empty areas which can be seen on that map (pasture, mountain areas) you end up with 1hive/km2talk about over grazing...


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The cadet who claimed to be quitting West Point as a public protest over proselytizing and religious favoritism at the academy was already disqualified from receiving a commission because of clinical depression and anxiety.
Cadet Blake Page said West Point had told him he could graduate on time in 2013 with an academy degree, but he could not serve in the military.
"They said you've got a lot of opportunity, just stick with it. Just get out of here [as a graduate] and be a civilian," Page told Military.com on Thursday. But Page said he wanted to bring attention to the influence of evangelical Christian faculty, staff and students at the historic school. He said he made his decision after talking through his choices and his views with counselors who work for the school.
He said he was also advised by Mikey Weinstein, president and founder of the watchdog group Military Religious Freedom Foundation, to complete his degree program at West Point. Blake headed up a campus branch of the MRFF and also was president of the West Point Secular Student Alliance.
"When I first told him [I was going to quit] he said that's stupid, why throw away your degree?" Page recalled. "He didn't want me to do anything. He opposed my decision. But when I said I was going to do it anyway he said, okay."
Blake, a former Army enlisted man, said he was interested in being an officer and did not care about a West Point degree. He said today that once he found he would not be commissioned there was no reason to stay on and graduate.
Blake submitted his resignation about a month ago, but wrote about it in a column that ran on Tuesday at The Huffington Post. That he was disqualified by reason of a medical diagnosis from receiving a commission was reported Wednesday by The Associated Press.
West Point spokesman Frank DeMaro confirmed Thursday that Page was meeting academic standards at the school, was not having any disciplinary problems, and would have graduated with his class on time. DeMaro also confirmed the school would not to seek reimbursement for the cost of Page's education.
In an interview with Military.com on Tuesday Page said he began having some academic problems in his second year after his father committed suicide but made no mention of having been clinically diagnosed with depression and that it disqualified him from receiving a commission.
Page said he has no regrets about his decision because it is important to focus attention on the influence of religion at the school. West Point, as well as the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs and the Naval Academy in Annapolis have been the subject of reports and investigations into evangelical Christian faculty and staff exercising undue influence on the campus and attempting to proselytize.
The schools and the Defense Department officially reject illegal proselytizing and religious favoritism.


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