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Only when Miriam leads the women in exuberant praise do we learn her name and her position as a prophetess in Israel. Thus the Torah underscores the importance of zerizut—enthusiasm or zeal.
It is one thing to experience God's mercy and deliverance, quite another to recognize them and respond with the zeal they deserve. This zeal often shows up as something extra, something added to the normal and expected response. So Moses and b'nei Yisrael, the sons of Israel, sing Shirat HaYam, the song at the sea, in praise of God's deliverance, which of course is fitting and appropriate and the least they should do after witnessing his outstretched hand and mighty arm. And then Miriam leads the women, who might be considered exempt at this moment since their fathers and husbands—the sons of Israel—have already done a good job of praising the Lord, and ramps up the praise. They repeat the first line of the song at the sea and they add timbrels and dancing and their own female voices to magnify the praise that Hashem receives.
Upon this display of enthusiasm, Miriam is recognized as a prophetess in Israel, one of only seven throughout the whole Tanakh (Meg. 14a–b).
My work with the UMJC includes coordinating the efforts of our committee chairs and regional directors. Everyone in these positions serves as a volunteer out of dedication to Messiah and the Messianic Jewish community, and I appreciate them all. But it is especially encouraging when someone tackles his or her assignment with zeal. It's one thing to get the job done, but quite another to get it done with enthusiasm—practicing this middah elevates the climate for everyone.
Perhaps as a prophetess Miriam foresees that her fellow Israelites are going to be less than enthusiastic throughout most of their time in the wilderness. Indeed, before the chapter of the song at the sea, Exodus 15, closes, our ancestors start kvetching—"they traveled three days in the wilderness and found no water. . . And the people grumbled against Moses" (Ex. 15:22–24)—and they rarely stop kvetching for long after that. Miriam's over-the-top enthusiasm provides the antidote to kvetching, however, and is surely an encouragement to the heart of Hashem. It's a middah we do well to learn ourselves.


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4-Year-Old "Citizens Right to Know' Law Finally to be Implemented
May 22, 2002
Madison - The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign and Wisconsin Citizen Action applauded the emergency rule adopted today by the State Elections Board requiring candidates to file their campaign finance reports electronically to give citizens quicker access to information about donations candidates receive.
The Elections Board acted in response to the threat of a lawsuit by the two groups to seek a court order forcing the agency to implement the "Citizens Right to Know" law. The electronic disclosure law was enacted in 1998 and was supposed to be implemented by July 1999. The Elections Board never implemented it, however, leaving Wisconsin as one of only a few states without a system of electronic disclosure of campaign information.
"This is another victory for the public's right to know," WDC executive director Mike McCabe said, noting that the Elections Board action comes on the heels of the court ruling that opened to public inspection records of legal fee payments for lawmakers and legislative staffers under criminal investigation in the caucus scandal.
"A law is only effective if it is implemented," said WCA legislative director Carolyn Castore. "This solution is basic and it will take effect immediately."
The new rule will require an estimated 300 candidates who have received or spent $20,000 or more in the campaign period to file their upcoming July reports and subsequent reports on a computer disk using specified software.
WDC and WCA worked for implementation of the law since its enactment four years ago, but in January hired a law firm to pursue a court order. In a March 22 meeting, the groups secured a commitment from Elections Board executive director Kevin Kennedy that the Board would act on an emergency rule implementing the law. In early April, the law firm representing WDC and WCA submitted a draft rule to Kennedy. The rule proposed by the two groups was adopted today with only minor technical revisions.
Castore noted that the two groups had tried a number of avenues to speed implementation of the law. "When it became clear that the money was not in the budget for a grand solution, we asked the Board to consider a simpler approach or face a lawsuit. We were prepared to go to court to ensure Wisconsin citizens have the access to information they need to make decisions."

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Microsoft filed a patent infringement lawsuit against TiVo on January 19, 2010. What does this filing mean for TiVo and its meteoric litigation campaign?
As Core Business Fades, TiVo is Turning to IP Licensing
People love their DVRs. More specifically, they love their TiVo DVRs. TiVo was one of the first DVR providers (RIP Replay TV and one-click commercial skipping) and holds broad pioneer patents. It's a practicing plaintiff, not a naked patent troll. And despite some gripes, its products have consistently won accolades for usability, especially compared to competitors' DVRs.
TiVo was the first company to deliver on the promise of easy-to-use time-shifted television. But TiVo has been a victim of the success of its own technology. It has languished for the last decade as cable and satellite companies deployed their own (usually mediocre, occasionally execrable) set-top box DVR recorders to a captive customer base. TiVo's subscriber base is way off its highs. Its third quarter 2009 revenues were an anemic $56.9 million. And TiVo's share price has been flat for a decade, hovering around $1 billion market cap.
But while TiVo's own products and services founder, its IP posture is increasingly puissant. TiVo has partnerships with DirecTV, Comcast, Cox, and Virgin Media, and has patent licensing agreements with Pioneer, Sony, and Toshiba. In its second incarnation as an IP holding company, TiVo wants to get patent licensing rents from all of the players in the DVR/set-top box market. However, those revenue streams aren't as profitable as having a larger base of customers: TiVo averages 93¢ a month from licensed subscribers and $7.65 from its own customers. To survive, it needs to bend the DVR market to its will and get all of the major players to join its harem of captive patent licensees.
TiVo Does Patent Trolling Right
TiVo is in a uniquely sympathetic position as a practicing pioneer facing seemingly undeserved losses at the hands of patent infringers. As a result, TiVo has been spectacularly successful in a grueling six-year patent fight with EchoStar and Dish Network.
TiVo's legal Death Star is U.S Patent No. 6,233,389 ("Multimedia time warping system"), issued on May 15, 2001. The '389 patent covers fundamental DVR technologies for recording video from TV. TiVo scored an initial $73.9 million win and permanent injunction against EchoStar for infringement of the '389 patent by EchoStar's Dish Network DVR. On appeal at the Federal Circuit, the case was argued by appellate heavyweights Seth Waxman and Donald Dunner, and the lower court verdict was upheld. Then, TiVo got $200 million more in damages, contempt sanctions, and attorney fees for violation of the injunction when EchoStar unsuccessfully attempted to design around the patent. TiVo pegs the total litigation revenues from EchoStar at $400 million plus attorney fees.
The '389 patent has also been upheld on ex parte re-examination by the PTO, and is now on its second re-examination. Although the PTO has preliminarily rejected two important claims in an office action, TiVo characterizes the rejection as simply a procedural matter pending full re-examination; indeed, in the prior reexamination, claims were initially held invalid and then ultimately upheld.
If TiVo comes out of the second reexamination with the '389 patent mostly intact, it will have a gold-plated patent that has been repeatedly validated in District Court, the Federal Circuit, and the PTO. The patent will be a license for TiVo to print money, and will form the keystone of TiVo's strategy to extract licensing revenues from the entire DVR industry.
A Challenger Appears
Perhaps sensing blood, TiVo opened a new litigation front by suing AT&T and Verizon in the Eastern District of Texas on August 26, 2009, alleging that AT&T's U-verse service infringed on TiVo's DVR patents. This dragged Microsoft into the DVR wars: AT&T uses Microsoft's Mediaroom system in its U-Verse TV service. If TiVo were able to crush AT&T like it whelmed EchoStar, the U-Verse venture could be in jeopardy – a permanent injunction is still a normal remedy in patent litigation for practicing plaintiffs, even post-eBay v. MercExchange.
Microsoft intervened in the case and separately sued TiVo on January 19, 2010, for infringing a different set of DVR patents. Microsoft's complaint alleges infringement of U.S. Patents No. 6,008,803 ("System for displaying programming information") and 6,055,314 ("System and method for secure purchase and delivery of video content programs"). Microsoft admits it is asserting these two patents to force a settlement with a cross-licensing agreement: "We remain open to resolving this situation through an intellectual property licensing agreement, and we have initiated discussions to engage TiVo in negotiations".
Should TiVo be concerned about Microsoft's patents? Are they enough to force TiVo to the table?
From an admittedly cursory look, they are about as threatening as a limp noodle. Neither of the patents has been tested in court. The PTO patent application system is ex parte; patents issue without being tested adversarially. Although there is a presumption of patent validity once issued, the presumption may be overcome in court in a variety of ways.
The '803 Patent
The '803 patent ("System for displaying programming information") was filed on August 7, 1998 and issued December 28, 1999.
It immediately loses brownie points for mentioning the "information superhighway" in a non-ironic manner in the specification. It also misspells "information" "informaton" in Claim 1. We're not off to a very good start!
Claims 1-21, 23, and 25-32 cover sundry variations on two- or three-pane information displays, all clearly anticipated in the prior art by myriad computer displays dating from the dawn of windowing systems (or even from text displays).
Claims 22 and 24 are where the meat is. Claim 22 claims a "system" with an "information display" and a "category display." Claim 24 claims "[t]he system recited in claim 22, wherein each of the information tiles comprises at least a program name, program date and start time, and program channel." Claim 24 is the only claim mentioning TV programming data. As there are innumerable prior art information displays with generic data in a format that would anticipate the other claims, Claim 24 is the only claim that could realistically be asserted against TiVo.
Even if there is no prior art with TV programming data displayed in a format like Claim 24 (doubtful), the '803 patent faces other enforcement obstacles. An exact prior art reference will invalidate a patent for lack of novelty. But even if there is no exact single prior art reference that practices the claim, two or more prior art references may be combined to void a patent for obviousness. Here, a prior art reference teaching the compilation and organization of TV programming data (e.g. TV Guide magazine) can be combined with the prior art screen data formats to show that Claim 24 was obvious and therefore not patentable.
Even if the '803 patent survives what will surely be a searching obviousness inquiry, it may encounter an issue of patentable subject matter under the currently-valid (pending a Supreme Court decision expected in Spring 2010) machine-or-transformation test articulated by the Federal Circuit in In re Bilski.
§ 101 of the Patent Act enumerates four types of statutory (that is, eligible) subject matter: processes, machines, manufactures, and compositions of matter. Claims are supposed to indicate in their preamble what category they fall under. Generally, "system" is susceptible to interpretation as a machine or as a process. If the claimed system doesn't clearly describe a machine or apparatus, then it may be interpreted as a process claim. A process must be implemented with a particular machine or transform an article from one thing or state to another. Clearly, there is no transformation happening in Claim 24. Is there a particular machine? The claim language may be too vague – there is no context for "category display" or "information display." Furthermore, reference to a generic computer or set-top box may be insufficient.
The '314 Patent
The '314 patent ("System and method for secure purchase and delivery of video content programs") was filed on March 22, 1996, and issued April 25, 2000.
On its face, the '314 patent appears to be on much more solid ground than the '803 patent. It's bigger: 74 claims. It actually appears to deal with technology! There are method, device, and several varieties of system claims: "video content delivery system," "interactive entertainment network system," "system for purchasing video content programs," etc. Overall, the patent covers video decryption technologies for set-top boxes. It has a bit tacked on at the end concerning the use of the encrypted network to purchase video-on-demand. Without having more technical knowledge of TiVo's encryption setup it's hard to get a feel for how well the claims map to TiVo's devices. The analysis is on shakier ground here due to the increased complexity of the '314 patent. However, a few issues do stand out.
Claims 27-33, covering an "integrated circuit card for use in decryption of video content programs" or "a video decryption device" arguably cover the now-standard cable TV decryption standard CableCARD. The CableCARD decryption approach for digital cable was a product of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and has been blessed by the FCC. TiVo DVRs use it. To the extent that TiVo infringes because it implements support for CableCARD, it may have a claim that the CableCARD system pre-empts the '314 patent – not because CableCARD is prior art, but because it is a specific technological industry mandate from a regulatory agency and should therefore not become a vector for a patent infringement suit.
Claims 34-41 are method (process) claims. Claim 34 is the only independent claim. The rest are dependent on 34. Unfortunately for Microsoft, Claim 34 ("method for delivering video content programs") appears to violate the rule of BMC v. Paymentech: a single entity must directly or vicariously (i.e. by ordering a minion) carry out all of the steps of a process claim in order to infringe. Claim 34 describes a series of operations involving encrypted video streams, including 1) encrypting and decrypting a program key, 2) encrypting and decrypting the video stream, and 3) transmission of an encrypted video stream. But TiVo doesn't transmit video from the cable company: the cable company does. And consumers typically lease their CableCARD from the cable company; any decryption that the card performed couldn't be attributed to TiVo. On the other hand, if TiVo stores data encrypted on hard disk and uses a non-CableCARD means of decrypting it prior to viewing, it may arguably infringe.
Claims 43-53, covering the purchase of video streams, again run into the Paymentech issue because the claim steps purport to cover both the actions of the video purchaser (i.e. the viewer) and the "video merchant" (e.g. Amazon, Netflix, etc.).
A few, more broadly written claims (e.g. Claim 42 and 54-58) appear to recognize this limitation. These claims only cover decryption of a video data stream. However, their extremely wide claim scope may run into prior art novelty anticipation from other TV decryption technologies – of which there are many.
Is Microsoft's Suit Credible?
The '803 patent is clearly a non-starter, but it's much harder to evaluate the '314 patent. Neither patent has been tested in court, so they'll initially have discounted bargaining weight compared to the battle-tested, blood-spattered '389 patent. If the '314 patent proves valid, it may be enough to parry TiVo's attack on U-Verse, which, with barely 2 million subscribers, is nowhere near the mother lode that EchoStar was. This wouldn't affect TiVo's ability to take on other targets (Time Warner may be especially tempting), but it may blunt the strong momentum that TiVo has built up with its string of EchoStar victories.


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Film on Tap: Pass the Bubbly
Film on Tap is a column about the many ways that beer (or sometimes booze) and cinema intersect in Austin.
Pursuing multiple and consecutive careers in film, water and craft beer can be quite challenging to juggle more often than not, so I'm extremely appreciative for the patience, understanding and support that Slackerwood founder Jette Kernion has given me over the last six years. One of the columns that I've been most proud of is "Film on Tap," launched during Austin Craft Beer Week in October 2011.
Born out of Slackerwood's "How to Drink Like an Austinite" guides, I've enjoyed sharing memorable experiences of well-crafted beer and film -- as well as skillfully mixed cocktails and film curation.
While waiting out the torrential rains last Saturday evening, I enjoyed a delectable cherry-infused bourbon Old-Fashioned at The Highball and observed the crack bar staff as they served theatergoers, bar patrons and karaoke enthusiasts. Of all the bars and restaurants in town, there's probably no crew that can match the high frenetic pace and demands of a diverse crowd in the skillful manner that The Highball team handles nightly.
Fantastic Fest 2014 Guide: Boozin' It Up
A lot has changed since Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar last hosted Fantastic Fest, in 2012. The craft beer scene across the nation continues to grow, and both Austin and the Alamo Drafthouse offer fabulous selections to demonstrate the dedication and passion that brewers and beer enthusiasts have for a good brew.
Texas has experienced a welcome growth of local craft breweries along with an influx of world-renowned breweries from across the United States -- Firestone Walker Brewing Company, Epic Brewing, Founders Brewing, Odell Brewing are just a few on local tap walls.
Alamo Drafthouse recently announced the launch of a new beer program, featuring a new style every month. This month's offering is Octoberfest, a deep gold to copper-colored lager that typically features bright clarity and a solid, off-white head. This style is composed of Vienna and Munich malts that contributes a toasty caramel and rich melanoidin character with some moderate hop bitterness and mild sweetness. Current Octoberfest selections on tap at Alamo South Lamar include the traditional Ayinger Oktober Fest-Märzen as well as Texas favorites -- Real Ale Brewing Company's Oktoberfest, Houston's Karbach Brewing Company Karbachtoberfest and Port Spiral Oktoberfest.
Film on Tap: The Craft Beer Explosion Continues
It's difficult to even begin to describe the phenomenal growth and activity in the craft beer industry this year, but it's evident from the number of selections on tap and on retailers' shelves that craft brewing is booming. As the number of Texas craft breweries increases, existing ones are prospering with brewery expansions and new beer offerings.
Filmmaker Mike Mann (Brewed) and host Greg Zeschuk have been documenting and sharing stories from many of these Texas breweries through their ongoing web series, The Beer Diaries. Zeschuk recently visited the brewers of Kamala Brewing at the Whip In (pictured at top), an award-winning brewpub here in Austin.
Another recent episode features the first cooperatively owned and managed brewpub in the world, Black Star Co-op Pub and Brewery, and an upcoming show takes viewers behind the scenes of the Spoetzl Brewery in Shiner. Check out one of my favorites below featuring Live Oak Brewing Company founder Chip McElroy.
Stuntin' with the Off-Centered Film Fest 2014
Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery returns to Austin for the seventh annual Off-Centered Film Fest at Alamo Drafthouse. This year's theme for the multi-day event is "Stuntin'," dedicated to the daredevil spirit. The opening celebration will be held at Fiesta Gardens on Thursday, April 24 at 6 pm, with an outdoor 35mm screening of the comedy Hot Rod, starring Andy Samberg.
Special guests for the evening event's include The Lonely Island -- Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone, as well as Calagione and representatives of the Central Texas brewing community. Ticket sales will also include an option to donate to the Texas Craft Brewers Guild (TCBG).
"We are extremely pleased to have the support of Alamo Drafthouse and Sam Calagione, and this tangibly demonstrates of the collaborative nature of American craft brewers," said Charles Vallhonrat, TCBG executive director. "This event is a great opportunity to showcase some of the wonderful craft beers that are available in Texas from both Dogfish and our Texas brewers, while supporting the work of the Guild to educate, advocate and promote for Texas craft beer."
Film on Tap: Repeal, Cinema Six and A Very Bad Santa
Film on Tap is a column about the many ways that beer (or sometimes booze) and cinema intersect in Austin.
The 80th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition was marked earlier this month with special events at local bars and brewpubs. Local PBS station KLRU re-aired the 2011 Ken Burns three-part documentary Prohibition. Directed by Burns and Lynn Novick, this fascinating series documents the contributing factors of Victorian-age morality and events that led to the passage of the 18th Amendment that prohibited alcohol.
If you missed the rebroadcast of Prohibition, you can watch this well-crafted documentary on Netflix or iTunes. Prohibition is also available to rent at both locations of Vulcan Video.
Rogness Brewing Company offers a monthly film event at the brewery, and the featured film on Saturday, December 21 is indie comedy Cinema Six, which was filmed in Central Texas. Mark Potts wrote and directed this humorous film, and I'm sure some local cast (seen at top) and crew will be in attendance at this free event. The screening starts at 7 pm, and pints of Rogness Brewing craft beer will be available for purchase in the tasting room.
Film on Tap: Austin Takes the Gold and Beer Week Begins
Film on Tap is a column about the many ways that beer (or sometimes booze) and cinema intersect in Austin.
Over 49,000 beer enthusiasts descended upon Denver, Colorado for the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) earlier this month, and Texas craft beer was well-represented. This year's festival competition featured 732 breweries from around the United States entering 4,809 brews to be judged and distinguished as the best of American craft ales, lagers and specialty libations. Texas brewers received 10 awards this year with four gold, two silver and four bronze medals, including a gold to Austin Beerworks (seen at top with Brewers Association President Charlie Papazian) for their Black Thunder German-style schwarz beer.
In addition to Texas brewers, several Austin film-related projects and businesses took part in the festivities surrounding GABF. Alamo Drafthouse's Beverage Director Bill Norris and Creative Director John Gross made the trip to Denver, with Gross moderating "The Business of Fun: Beyond The Beer" panel. North by Northwest founder Davis Tucker was on the panel along with representatives from Odell's Brewing and Oskar Blues, discussing how craft beer goes beyond just drinking and brewing and supports many other business sectors including marketing and design.
Film on Tap: More Drafthouses Equals More Beer, Plus 'Saison de Walt'
It's been a busy month for Alamo Drafthouse founder and CEO Tim League with new locations opening across the "Magnited States of America," from north Austin to Dallas/Fort Worth and even Yonkers, New York. I was most excited by the new location at Lakeline, the largest Drafthouse location to date with ten screens and a craft beer-themed bar. Glass Half Full offers a 32 craft beer lineup, including 9 rotating taps of special and season beer selections comprised mostly of Texas brews.
The intriguing beer cocktails and mixes concocted by Drafthouse beverage director Bill Norris are a refreshing re-imagining of craft beer libations. My personal favorites so far include the "Elderflower Snake Bite" made up of Pearlsnap Pils and Ace Cider with a hint of St. Germain, and the "Hopalong Cassidy" made of Old Tom Gin, Cointreau, fresh grapefruit and India Pale Ale syrup, which has converted me from a non-gin drinker.
Folks in the Dallas/Fort Worth area can finally enjoy the food and drink offerings of Alamo Drafthouse at the newly opened the Richardson location. which features an extensive and impressive wine, beer and cocktail menu. In addition to the Silence of the Lambs Suit Yourself Pinot Grigio and The Cannibal Chianti, I noticed the aptly titled Kung Fu Girl Riesling and Norton Reserva Malbec -- be ready for some interesting Sommelier Cinema pairings with James Wallace as Dallas/Fort Worth creative manager. The stellar beer selection features the high-caliber diversity of DFW regional craft breweries, including Lakewood Brewing Co. Temptress Stout, Peticolas Brewing Company Velvet Hammer Strong Ale, Revolver Brewing Blood & Honey Pale Wheat Ale and Deep Ellum Brewing IPA.
Film on Tap: 'Crafting a Nation' Here in Texas
Film on Tap is a column about the many ways that beer (or sometimes booze) and cinema intersect in Austin.
Registration for breweries participating in the 2013 Great American Beer Festival held annually in Denver opened last week, and the 600-plus slots sold out in a record time of less than two hours. Despite the efforts of host organization Brewers Association to increase the number of participating breweries for this year's three-day event, over 300 breweries and brewpubs are currently on the waitlist. This overwhelming demand is indicative of the incredible growth of craft beer across the United States.
Two beer documentaries that capture this growth, featuring Central Texas craft breweries I covered in my January 2012 Film on Tap column, are finally screening in Austin. Chris Erlon hosted a cast and crew screening of his Brewed in Austin in June, and is in discussion about more screenings as part of the Alamo Drafthouse's "Meet the Brewers" special event series.
Alamo Drafthouse continues to support local craft brewers with the Austin premiere of beer documentary Crafting a Nation as the opening feature for this summer's Rolling Roadshow series at Jester King Craft Brewery on Thursday, July 18. This film features many craft beer-related individuals and businesses in Central Texas as well as across the nation that are part of the current American craft beer movement.
Film on Tap: Remembering Walt Powell of Flix Brewhouse
Tragic news in our community derailed my week: Walt Powell, Vice President of Operations at Hospitality Investors, Inc. and co-founder of Flix Brewhouse, passed away unexpectedly on June 4 at age 33. On Tuesday, June 18 at 1 pm, Flix Brewhouse will host a memorial service for Walt. The event is open to anyone and everyone who was affected by the loss, to share stories and raise a pint to Walt, self-proclaimed beer geek.
I find myself struggling between the professional responsibilities of covering a local newsworthy film community event and processing the loss of a dear friend. I've repeatedly had the impulse to vet my facts through the source -- Walt himself -- with the realization that he's gone. The most difficult part of writing this memoriam was not being ready to write in the past tense, something anyone can identify with after the loss of a loved one. However, the importance of memorializing a valuable and well-respected man in our local film and beer communities far outweighs these difficulties.
Walt and I were vaguely acquainted many years ago when he was general manager at Main Event Entertainment in northwest Austin. Being a Dave and Buster's alum myself, I teased him about it being a "D&B wannabee." Walt's reaction was to brag about his staff, ask me for my feedback, and challenge me to compete in skeeball.
Film on Tap: American Craft Beer Week
The Brewers Association proclaimed May 13 - 19 as this year's American Craft Beer Week, which means film-and-beer events are taking place across the nation. Just down the road in San Antonio, the documentary Crafting a Nation premiered at the Alamo Drafthouse Stone Oak last evening. Unfortunately I missed the screening, but I did get to the premiere after-party at Freetail Brewing Company. There I caught up with producer Courtney Cobb and a couple of the featured subjects in the film: Scott Metzger of Freetail and Davis Tucker of North by Northwest Restaurant and Brewery (pictured above with Cobb).
The Crafting a Nation filmmaking team has been traveling across the U.S. this week with their film -- director Tom Kolicko hosted the San Diego screening. Cobb reports that the team is holding off on the Austin premiere so that they can "do it up really big" since central Texas was a featured region of the film. I heard a few of the audience members got a bit teary-eyed during a couple of scenes, and hope to see the movie for myself in Austin soon.


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While investigating, we found a torn up vacated house. We talked with their self proclaimed hillbilly x-moonshiner neighbor. He told us about their history with drugs and prostitution and gave us all the info and then some. He was super hard to understand! He had like a few teeth missing and a deep red neck accent. As we were talking, President Parry noticed and commented that the fire this guy had started (on his grass to burn yard waste) was now spreading through the fence and into his neighbors yard....We decided to say bye before anything else happened. It was pretty funny. I will miss crazy southerners.
We taught Nancy again and she has desires to repent- and change her life. She realizes that she has not been too great of an example for her son and wants to change that. She wants to know if Christ is real. We used different scriptures in the Bible and Book of Mormon that testify of the divinity of Christ. Is was really cool.
I had my last exchange with Elder Peck. We taught so many people. It was great. They will be combining our two areas and so Elder Peck will continue to train his trainee and mine. They will cover the entire stake in Spanish! Holy cow. Lots of potencial though. Fifteen minutes before church, I volunteered to fill in for a youth speaker who would not show up to give a talk. I love how the Bishopric has trust in the missionaries to come in clutch. I talked about looking unto God in all things. It went well. When we look unto God in all things, a natural result is humility. When we look unto Him in all things, we are giving him all of our heart, might mind and strength. This puts us in a better position to receive, recognize and act on spiritual promptings meant to guide us and help other people. Ways we can better look unto God are by being good at the fundamentals- Scripture study, fervent sincere prayer, and church and temple attendance.
The intermediate hymn was my childhood favorite, "The Spirit of God." The thought came to my mind in the meeting of how cool it would be if my favorite hymn "abide with me" was sung (it was first a baptist hymn fyi). To my utmost shock, that was the closing hymn of my last Sunday as a full time missionary. I tried to hold back tears as I sang that song fervently while sitting up on the stand. Why would God inspire Sister Daniels, our chorister, to choose my favorite hymn as a youth and then a song that has been an answer to prayer on my mission? The answer to this question started when I received an uplifting email from someone I looked up to as a youth this week- and in the email he said he had been prompted by the Spirit to send me a note. God is reaching out to me. He is showing me that I have people that care deeply about me. Today was a second witness of that. It was like He himself was saying here I am. I have not gone anywhere. I know your struggles and your desires. I know what is in store. It was like he was thanking me for my efforts, and reminding me that he is always mindful of me. I just need to be more in tune with Him and recognize what he has blessed me with.
The last talk in church was given by a member of the Stake Presidency. He gave a beautiful analogy of biking in a headwind and a tailwind. He went on and said that We tend to forget the tailwinds when the headwinds are pounding against us. Three ways for us to recognize the tailwinds in our lives are to: cultivate a spirit of gratitude, be meek and lowly of heart, and ponder how you have seem the hand of the Lord reaching out to touch you today. I think that goes well with what I was feeling. Search for God in your lives! Here is there, and wants to bless you.
I feel blessed to have spent about two years amongst the Southern people, both those who speak Spanish and English. The wonderful spiritual experiences I have had, the knowledge of the Gospel I have obtained, the teaching skills I have developed, the new language I have learned, the pattern for receiving inspiration from God I have started, and the Disciple of Christ I feel like I have become will be a huge building block and foundation for the rest of my life. I love this Gospel. I love this Work. I love my Savior. I love the scriptures. I know God is mindful of everyone of us. I know he answers our prayers in his own ways and timetable. This is the true Church of Jesus Christ on the earth. I am grateful that I have been able to taste a bit of what Christ and his apostles dealt with as they taught the Gospel. I understand their frustrations with the people, and I have felt their joys. I have come to understand people and their ways of thinking way better. I am grateful for the culture I have been a part of. I am grateful for the daily opportunity to repent and better myself. I am grateful for the prayers of friends and family, and many emails of love and encouragement. I believe I have found who I am. I hope to continue to set an example for my siblings. I am nervous as to what to expect in coming back to the real world, and it will be a continual challenge to not be of the world. Like we used to say in the mission, "Me encanta las cosas difíciles; soy primero para hacer las cosas difíciles;
Hago las cosas difíciles primero; soy terminador; Me encanta ser misionero."
See y'all in a few days!
the best two years, the best two years! going on testifyin in the very best suit from sears
Totally goofed up the chorus...oh well. Haha
Elder McLaughlin-
Hago las cosas difíciles primero; soy terminador; Me encanta ser misionero."
See y'all in a few days!
the best two years, the best two years! going on testifyin in the very best suit from sears
Totally goofed up the chorus...oh well. Haha
Elder McLaughlin-
|Hammocking in the YSA apartment. Totally doing this in Provo. #ibolts.
Country Roads from Shayla McLaughlin on Vimeo.
|Strolling through Hatcher Garden
|Putting siding on the Colecio's extension to their home- which we also helped build.
|There are many signs like these down here, and finally took a pic with one lol.
|It's not skulls-- look closely.
|Marcelino to the left and some new English class guy... taught my last English class on Thursday.
|Elder Thomas & Elder Rose
|Hermana Maria de Lourdes Sanchez. She told me to tell mom that she has un hijo maravilloso... I am going to miss her a lot! We mow her lawn.
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Dr. Don Harris, pioneer veterinarian and director of the Avian & Exotic Animal Medical Center, donned a chef's hat and took over the kitchen at the Orlando World Center Marriott to cook a gourmet lunch for hotel staff members while attending the North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC).
Dr. Harris said that treating the Marriott employees to lunch was his way of saying thank you for their gracious service to him and conference attendees over the last 25 years.
"Sometimes, a simple thank you isn't enough," said Harris. "You have to show your thanks. I've been attending this conference at this Marriott for nearly 25 years and I've gotten to know the people who work at this hotel. They have delivered great service, so they deserved great service."
After lunch, the accolades just kept coming. Bill Marriott came to town and requested to see Harris. During the visit, Marriott thanked Harris for the kindness he showed the hotel staff. As they were photographed together, Marriott displayed the cookbook River Road Recipes used by Harris as his inspiration for his now-famous Cajun cuisine.
"The whole experience is one of the highlights of my career," said Harris, who recruited fellow board members attending the conference to help him serve the lunch. On his Cajun menu was Augustus Salad, Crawfish Etoufee, Jambalaya and homemade Canefield cheesecake. Many knew that Harris is also an accomplished musician, but who knew he could cook?
"I'm from Louisiana," he said. "I could make a leather boot taste good. Anything that I don't have a cure for, I have a recipe for."
Harris has always shared his extensive knowledge of exotic animal care with colleagues and has been involved with NAVC since 1989. He has served on the board and is past president of the Eastern States Veterinary Association, the organizer of NAVC.
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On Sep. 26, UOS signed a MOU with Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH), Dongdaemun-gu office, and universities in Dongdaemun-gu; Kyunghee University, Hankuk university of Foreign Studies, and Korea University. This MOU is for city region of Dongdaemun-gu's development and creating university town.
According to the LH's President Park Sang-woo's interview on Asiatoday, this is a new experiment for the fact that universities, local government, public enterprise cooperate to solve regional problem.
He added that LH will keep trying to use this kind of mechanism to realize the New Deal Policy for the City, such as housing problem, employment issue of the youth, and supporting to the urban regeneration and social economic organizations. With this meaningful project, Dongdaemun-gu hope to establish a master plan for strengthening regional competitiveness, gain a foothold for specialized development as a university city, and solve regional issues.
Especially, UOS and three other universities will participate on the joint council with LH and Dongdaemun-gu government, while the last two parties perform a research project for specialization of Dongdaemun region. The project will cover the residents and local governments to revive the surrounding area for providing an environment where young people can work and settle in the region even after they graduated from the university. In the future, each institute will plan to develop strategic bases for the town management of four Dongdaemun life zones, to promote rehabilitation projects, and to create a university city.
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Maybe some of you noticed I finally started doing updates on the library(in form of git commits). After thinking about a lot about the library and how it structured. I finally decided to break up the big library into smaller sub libraries and I also started adding unit test for it. For now there won't be any new feature added to the library, because I feel that I need to make the unit tests first.
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Whenever I see a big chunk of code I became nervous, because I like simple and small things. Although I still wasn't sure about the sub libraries, because the big library structure worked, but I find out with a little test(making physics into a sub lib) that my project has high coupling , which was kind of like a punch in the face(Ughh). The final push came from StageXL, because it already used sub libraries. Once again the solution for my problem was to copy-past an idea from StageXL. :D
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I never really did any unit testing, because I kind of like to do Cowboy coding, but unfortunately it's not considered a "clean" way of doing software developments, so I started to write unit tests to make the code base cleaner and it's actually working.(Weird :D) At first I will only do synchronous test, because I still have no idea how to write async tests.
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Raids by Nausicaan pirates continue to disrupt shipping lines on the edges of Federation space. Angry at what they perceive as a lack of response by Starfleet and the Federation government, the Federation Transport Union recommends that its members refuse any official cargos without adequate protection.
This causes a crisis for the Federation government. With so many Starfleet vessels assigned to Romulan and Cardassian relief efforts, the government has been relying heavily on civilian ships for routine deliveries to Federation worlds and protectorates. But the union's action threatens everything from shipments of replicators to Alpha Centauri to emergency medical supplies destined for Rutia IV.
Federation President Nanietta Bacco meets personally with the leaders of the transport union, but the union refuses to budge on what it says is an essential safety issue – too many ships and too many crews have been lost to Nausicaan raids. Presidential aides suggest that Starfleet vessels assigned to exploration and science missions could be rerouted to border defense, but many of those ships are in deep space and it could take them months to return.
Starfleet Command reluctantly agrees to pull back from the Klingon-Romulan border and reassign those ships to patrol the shipping routes. Leaders of some of the Romulan colony worlds howl with indignation that the Federation has broken promises of protection, but those voices are silenced after a sharp rebuke from Admiral Taris. "We are Romulan. We fight our own battles. I would rather see Romulans die with pride in their hearts and swords in their hands instead of mewing for protection like scared younglings."
With the Federation withdrawn from the Romulan border, Chancellor Martok agrees to honor his promise to participate in Federation-mediated peace talks with the Gorn. Representatives from the Klingons, Gorn and Nausicaans converge on Deep Space K-7 for the conference, and the Federation sends some of its most celebrated diplomats to facilitate the talks.
Initial progress appears promising, but two days into the conference an explosive device hidden in a serving cart seriously injures Ambassador Zogozin of the Gorn. The Klingon, Gorn and Nausicaan delegations make plans for immediate departure, but are blocked from leaving the station by Starfleet security, which locks down the station during the hunt for Zogozin's attacker.
Two days after the attack, J'dah, a Klingon with ties to extremist groups opposed to Martok's rule, is found dead. Security officers determine that J'dah was killed by a disruptor blast at close range and shoved out an airlock hours after the explosion that injured Zogozin. If J'dah's body had not snagged on a piece of the station, it may have been lost. Forensic evidence proves that J'dah was the person who planted the explosive that injured the Gorn ambassador, but his killer is not found. Journals left behind in J'dah's quarters indicate that his intended target may have been the Federation negotiation team, who all escaped unscathed.
After the attack, talks between the Klingons and Gorn break down. The Klingons push their advance into Gorn territory, and the Gorn, mindful of the need to protect their homeworld, move ships away from their outlying territories. King Slathis approaches the Letheans for additional assistance, but most outside analysts believe that the Gorn do not have the spare resources to hire Lethean mercenaries and still pay the prices commanded by the Nausicaans for their support.
With the withdrawal of Federation ships from the Klingon-Romulan border, hardliners on the Klingon High Council push for a resumption of the stalled Romulan campaign. Martok and his followers urge caution, preferring to concentrate on the Gorn war and building up the Klingon Defense Force to pre-Dominion War levels.
Rebuffed by Martok, Councilor J'mpok gathers ship commanders loyal to his house and the houses of his allies and invades the Zeta Pictoris System. They clash with a Romulan fleet commanded by Admiral Taris, and the Romulans force the Klingons to retreat. Survivors of the battle report the appearance of highly advanced starships on the Romulan side, but their existence cannot be confirmed. Martok orders Klingon Intelligence to look into the reports in more detail, and the choS battle group is dispatched to investigate.
Federation political analysts say that while the Klingon hardliner's campaign in the Zeta Pictoris system was a failure, J'mpok's point was made: If Martok is unwilling to lead the Klingons into battle there are others who will do so. The High Council begins to divide between those who are loyal to Martok and those who would prefer new leadership.
Taris' victory in the Zeta Pictoris system rallies the Romulans, who have been desperately seeking a sign of their former glory. Rator III is the first to proclaim Taris as the leader of the Romulan Star Empire, quickly followed by Achernar Prime and more than a dozen other worlds. In an address broadcast throughout the empire, Taris says "I am a military commander, and I would prefer to remain so. The seas of politics are rife with submerged hazards and hidden perils, and a wise person does well to avoid them. But my Empire calls and I cannot resist her plea." Taris calls on the leaders of the colony worlds to meet at Rator III to select representatives for a new Romulan Senate and make plans to organize a government and build a new capitol.
A Federation operative inserted into the fleet that departed Romulan space with Sela in 2386 has reported that Sela and her followers have landed on Makar, an M-class planet in the Beta Quadrant with abundant supplies of decalithium and heavy metals. A humanoid race with technology equivalent to Earth's Iron Age inhabited two of Makar's temperate southern continents, but Sela sees the population as an additional natural resource, and within weeks her forces have hundreds of Makarans working in the mines.
The operative also reports that Sela's ship picked up a signal that was similar to the artificial quantum singularities that the Romulans use to power their warp drives, as well as signs of a massive gravitational field. Sela has dispatched two ships to investigate these anomalies.
The Cardassian Detapa Council scores a major victory when it concludes negotiations with Ferengi Grand Nagus Rom for assistance in rebuilding their industrial complexes. Rom will provide the funding to rebuild factories, design houses and replication facilities, as well as returning several valuable jevonite artifacts sacred to followers of the Oralians to the Cardassian Ministry of Culture. In return, Rom receives exclusive trade agreements for Cardassian trade goods once the factories reopen. While Rom is mocked by many Ferengi for his lack of lobes when it comes to business, if the deal succeeds it could be one of the most lucrative arrangements in recent memory.
On Earth, the Federation Supreme Court rules in favor of Phillipa Louvois and the holonovel publishers and programmers she represents, saying that the Acts of Cumberland would not apply to non-sentient holographic or artificial lifeforms. They return the Soong Foundation's class action suit to a lower court to determine what defines sentience in a legal sense. Not content with pursing its agenda in the courts, the Soong Foundation launches a campaign to lobby Federation worlds to add rights for artificial life forms to the Federation Constitution.
Responding to the possibility of Species 8472 appearing in Federation space, Starfleet Command assigns a task force to investigate any possible appearances of the race. A skilled team of scientists, diplomats and security experts will be looking into any signs that the species is in the Alpha Quadrant and formulating possible plans of action. As a start to their research, the team is conducting extensive interviews of the crew of the Enterprise-E, which found the anomalies in the McAllister C-5 Nebula, and former crew members of U.S.S. Voyager, which is the only Starfleet ship known to have definitive contact with the mysterious aliens.
And, citing the success of the extremely diverse crews of the U.S.S. Titan and her sister ships, Starfleet assigns a committee to consider expanding the admission standards at Starfleet Academy to provide more opportunities for races that are formally allied with the Federation but are not full member worlds. "Not everyone knows a Starfleet captain and can get a personal recommendation," said spokesperson Marie Durant. "That doesn't mean they wouldn't be fine officers."
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- "The Path to 2409: 2391" – Arcgames.com
External links[edit | edit source]
- 2391 at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki.
- 2391 at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek Wiki.
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The High Holidays are a special time for Kehila as we welcome the public to attend our services. Reb David and the congregation are accompanied by talented musicians, and the bema is adorned with tapestries created by Kehila members. Community members of all ages participate in the services, which include much singing and dancing. Our unique children's programs integrate worship, music and art.
Jewish Holidays
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Last night we had a small seder with two families. Myself and my pre-bat mitzvah daughter and our friends Jessica and Levy and their 11-year-old daughter. In the press of time before the seder, I gathered several Maxwell house haggadot and three other types of haggadot (none of which was a matched set) and printed off a few copies of the HIAS haggadah supplement to make the seder a forum for thinking about refugees. This was not a matched set!


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Nowhere to Run Fund Raiser
Nowhere to Run is a relaxed 1K family walk/run, 5K walk/run or a 10K road race and fundraising dinner. Find out more here. and register here today!
ParticipACTION Community Better Challenge
Would you like to help Calmar make a push for the title of Canada's Most Active Community for 2020? Find out more here.
Christmas Craft Fair
November 7th, 2020 from 10:00 – 4:00 at Royal Canadian Legion Calmar. Click here for the vendor registration form.
Calmar Community Awareness Registration
Thursday, September 12, 2019. Click here for the registration form. Completed forms can be emailed to firstname.lastname@example.com
Calmar Parade
Join us the third week in August! Click here for the registration form. The Parade route begins at the Calmar Elementary School. All entries will line up facing South on 50th Street. The Parade will proceed down 50 Street and turn left onto Highway 39 and continue left on 47 Street. You are invited to submit your application early due to limited space. The Town of Calmar reserves the right to reject any entry deemed not suitable for this event.
Calmar Fair Days
Come join us for this FUN & free event with the whole family!!
Outdoor Movie Night
Ball Tournament
Calmar Parade
Ball Tournament
Kids Event
Sidewalk Garage Sale
Beer Gardens
Bench Show
Last Day of Ball Tournament
Summer Getaway
Field Trips every Thursday (Ages 5 – 12)
Click here for the 2019 Registration
Christmas in the Park
1st Night Festival
This annual event is held on New Years Eve from 6:00 pm until 8:30 pm at the Mike Karbonik Arena. Come join us for this FUN & free event with the whole family!!
Some of the activities you can take part in are:
Face Painting
Public Skating
Balloon Animals
Bon Fire
& warm up with some delicious hot chocolate and hot dogs….
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I returned from Chicago last night fresh from the Windy City Burlesque Festival. Really gorgeous performers, really fantastic classes, and of course good friends. My brain is a little fried now that I'm home and trying to finish producing my three upcoming shows as well as finish choreographing for both my solos and an upcoming group routine, not to mention day job things, and I'm spent.
But I did stop at Dinosaur World in Kentucky with my sister on the long drive back, and we traversed the outside since they were closing. Here are a few shots to tide you over.
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BEST Cakes In Los Angeles
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Today is National Cake Day! In case you weren't satisfied with the sweets at your Thanksgiving celebrations, we've rounded up a list of the best places to taste some delicious baked goods on this lesser known 'holiday.' Check out the list below to see where you can get all the specialty cakes, buttercream frosting, and moist, chocolatey goodness you could want.


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Artist and maker studios to rent in Nottingham
Gorgeous artist studios Nottingham
Beautiful open studio spaces available for creative people. The spaces have plenty of natural light and a very high ceiling. Some of the spaces have quirky original features and all have gorgeous exposed brick work. The whole suite has a New York loft feel about it.
The building is only a short walk from Victoria centre and nearby are plenty of shops, cafes and restaurants. The rent includes water, electricity and rates. There is a guaranteed 24/7 access to the building. There is internet available.
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First-Year Research Experience
FYRE Living Learning Community
Prospective Loyola Students
Are you interested in a career in science, health, engineering, mathematics, or computer science? Do you want to work on a research project with faculty and other students? Do you want to be part of a community of students who explore career planning, diversity in science and math fields, and strategies for success in medical or graduate school? If so, FYRE is for you!
Please contact email@example.com for questions or for more information about the FYRE program.
Loyola has a great opportunity for you.
The First Year Research Experience (FYRE) Living Learning Community is a unique opportunity for first-year students interested in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers.
The program will welcome up to 160 FYRE Scholars in fall 2019, and has a few main components:
- You will be a part of a FYRE Living Learning Community. The Learning Community (LC) will provide study groups, a place to get information about campus, social events, and undergraduate mentors familiar with the FYRE Program. Find out more about Learning Communities at http://www.luc.edu/learningcommunity/.
- In the spring, you will be enrolled in a mandatory, one-credit Loyola Seminar course (UNIV 102) taught by science, math, or computer science faculty. This will be an introduction to research practice, ethics, and career opportunities in STEM fields, as well as to the projects being conducted by Loyola faculty, staff, and students right here on the Lakeshore campus, at the Health Sciences Division (HSD), or at the Loyola University Retreat and Ecology Center (LUREC).
- The best part is that during three weeks of the summer of 2020 (from Monday, May 11 to Friday, May 29), FYRE Scholars will work on a research team with professors and students, conducting research in an area of interest to you. This is a full time commitment and will require you to conduct research and work in teams for 40 hours a week. During this time, you may live on campus or commute. The program will include evening activities that are not all mandatory, but highly encouraged. This is a great chance to see how the science and math you learn in your classes applies to the real world and benefits society. It is also a fantastic resume builder.
To be eligible, you do not need prior research experience, but you need to take an introductory science or math course in your first semester and also enroll for one in the spring. Applications will be accepted from all students, but to ensure a diverse community, preference will be given to students from underrepresented groups, women, and first-generation college students. Preference will also be given to students interested in research in the following areas: Bioinformatics, Chemistry, Chemistry Education, Computer Science, Engineering Science, Environmental Science, Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics.
Benefits to You:
- FYRE Living Learning Community tailored to make your transition into college easier
- Experience working with Loyola professors, staff, and students on important research projects (For example, you could learn about invasive species and why they are a problem, be involved in getting rid of them at the Loyola University Retreat and Ecology Campus (LUREC), and study the methods and initial impacts of their removal. Or you could learn how to use mathematics to propose solutions to social justice issues such as minimum wage, drug addiction, and environmental concerns. Or you could use molecular dynamics simulations to understand the interaction of proteins with ligands. Or you could study the presence of lead in soil from communities in Chicago.)
- Research experience to add to your resume
- During the three-week Research Experience: A stipend of $1,000 and room and board for those living on campus
- Friendships with faculty, staff, and students who share similar interests in math, science, and technology
- Discussions and speakers about diversity in STEM fields, research opportunities available to undergraduates, graduate school, and career planning
- Contacts and experience that can help you discover future academic, research, and career opportunities
FYRE's applications are now open. Students should complete the application form at https://uao.luc.edu/register/fyre2019fall by Friday, October 11, 2019 at 5:00pm. Late applications will not be accepted. If you have questions about accessing the FYRE application, please email email@example.com. Application results will be communicated by October 25, 2019.
This program is supported in part by a grant to Loyola University Chicago from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute through the Science Education Program.


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"A good friend is like a four-leaf clover; hard to find and lucky to have."
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Monthly Archives: March 2017
Law Enforcement Torch Run
Did you know that year round, law enforcement officers raise funds and provide support, friendship, service, and awareness for Special Olympics Louisiana and our athletes? Thank you for your continued support through the Law Enforcement Torch Run Movement!
Are you an officer who would like to get involved? Click here.
Our annual showcase runs will be taking place around the state this May.
State Summer Games
Young Athletes Program
With the generous support of the Mattel Children's Foundation, the Young Athletes Program is an innovative sports play program designed to introduce children with intellectual disabilities to the world of sports prior to their Special Olympics eligibility.
Designed for children ages 2 through 7, the Young Athletes program is designed to strengthen physical development and self-esteem by building skills for future sports participation and socialization. These skills can also help increase the participant's motor tracking and eye-hand coordination. The program encourages families to become involved as the child learns success through physical activity, all while connecting with their intellectually disabled child in unique ways.
State Golf and Cycling
Special Olympics Louisiana will host State Golf and Cycling in Monroe , LA. Cycling will take place on Sunday (4/2) at Chennault Park and the weekend will finish up with Golf on Monday (4/3) at Calvert Crossing Golf Course. We look forward to seeing you there!
Click here for more information.
Hammond Smokin' BBQ Challenge Kicks Off Tonight!
The 14th Annual Hammond Smokin' BBQ Challenge kicks off tonight located in Downtown Hammond, Louisiana. More Than 60 KCBS TEAMS from around the U.S. will compete against each other and local teams for more than $12,000 in Cash & Prizes. This year's event will also feature 60+ local teams competing in the Backyard Boogie and the Lamar Outdoor Advertising Chicken Little Contest, making this event the largest BBQ event in the State of Louisiana for the 14th year in a row.
The event also features local bands from around the region playing music on the Northshore Broadcasting stage both Friday night and Saturday. Come and enjoy world class BBQ and listen to local favorites. The Smokin' Hammond BBQ Challenge is a FREE event. No tickets required. Make sure to visit the Backyard Boogie Contestant area for some delicious treats – Tip-2-Taste! All donations from Tip-2-Taste benefit local charities, including Special Olympics Louisiana!
The Hammond Smokin' BBQ Challenge is an event where BBQ lovers and the community can come together as one to have a ton of fun in experiencing great people, great food, and great music. We hope to see you there!
Fire Fan App
What kind of sports fan are you?
Do you call the plays before they happen? Have you ever jumped up and screamed at a fumble? Have you ever end zone danced in your living room?
If sports is your passion, we've got your game. Special Olympics Louisiana would like to personally invite you into the world of FireFan — the hottest interactive Sports App community ever created.
FireFan is a game changer! It's way more than an app. Its real-time play that puts your head in the game…literally. You predict the scores. You call the plays. You decide the action. The penalties. And more…ALL IN REAL TIME. WHILE YOU ARE WATCHING THE GAME!
And even more remarkable…you get a chance to compete against your favorite sports heroes, celebs, your college buds, friends and family, or die-hard fanatics just like you.
The better your calls, the more accurate your predictions, the faster you'll move up in the standings. The more you play, the more rewards you'll earn!
Forget the statistics. Rely on your instincts. Ages 13 and above, any level can play. Don't miss out. See why FireFan is getting every sports fans across America all fired up.
The game is free to download and play. Join our League by using the code "Solagamesapp" when you register, or register here to automatically join our team! You will be the first to know when the app is launched and you can download it!
I'm Ready to Play! Sign me up now!
Don't just watch, share with your friends and be a part of the action! FireFan. Ignite your passion and help support Special Olympics Louisiana!


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Although, it can rightly be said that each aspect of the Kendo Bogu have a direct effect on the comfort and performance of all Kendoka, it is the Kote in particular that play the biggest role in how we manipulate the Shinai, and excecute techniques.
It is a common misunderstanding that, when purchasing a pair of Kote, a correct fit ensures the pair to be both comfortable, and easy to use. However, this is actually not the case.
Of course – a perfect fit is essential. However, it is wrong to say that a good fit equals ease of use. It is indeed possible that a perfectly fitting Kote is difficult to use due to an inefficient design. Therefore, it is imperative that not only do we have a pair of Kote that are made to our exact measurements, but are also made to an optimum design.
Utilizing our original 'Infinity Grip' technology, MUGEN presents the culmination of generations of expertise in crafting premium Kendo equipment. The original MUGEN Kote are made, not only to your EXACT sizes and specifications, but they are made to – what we believe – to be the optimum design, allowing an unparalleled level of comfort, and ease of use.
Made from the best quality materials, by the world's leading craftsmen, with MUGEN you can be confident in not only the comfort offered by these Kote, but also in their exquisite quality.
Durable and protective, flexible and comfortable – MUGEN original Kote are the obvious choice.
Reinforced with genuine Shoaizome dyed Japanese deerskin, these Kote are not only extremely comfortable flexible, they are exceptionally beautiful and elegant in design. The Futon is stitched with 1.5 Bu (approximately 4.5mm) width machine stitching, which is said, by many of the world's top craftsmen, to be the ideal balance between protection and durability.
by The Kendogu Workshop of Japan Co., Ltd.
Quality knows no limits - MUGEN
IMPORTANT – PLEASE BE AWARE THAT EACH SET OF MUGEN SERIES KOTE ARE MADE INDIVIDUALLY, FROM SCRATCH, FOR EACH ORDER. NO CORNERS ARE CUT IN PRODUCTION OF THE MUGEN SERIES, AND WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON THE QUALITY THAT WE OFFER. THIS QUALITY REQUIRES TIME. PRODUCTION IS DEPENDANT ON THE WORKLOAD OF OUR CRAFTSMEN, AND THE AVAILABILITY OF THE REQUIRED MATERIALS, HOWEVER, IN GENERAL, PRODUCTION IS CURRENTLY ESTIMATED AT 8 to 10 WEEKS.
* NB: Although we are perfectly able to craft almost any size, please note that we might have to ask you for extra fees and extra crafting time if your measurements are out of the Japanese standards, since it will require extra materials, special designs and extra work for our craftsmen.


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Solid Hardwood Floor & Stair Experts
Install – Sand – Refinish
Bull Tough Flooring is an award winning company that specializes in the installation, sanding and refinishing of solid hardwood floors and stairs.
Having happy customers is what motivates us to be continually building our reputation for superior standards, time efficiency and work ethic.
We have consistently delivered high quality hardwood floors and stairs to our Calgary customers for over 8 years.
We're in Calgary hardwood flooring is what we specialize in. Our sole focus on solid hardwood floors is what gives us the advantage when it comes to being the most experienced and consistent team on the job. Not only do we have the technical skills required to complete any project, we offer the highest levels of customer service to ensure your experience with us is perfect.
We always enjoy the opportunity to work with new or different products...
Ky and his team from Bull Tough Flooring were exceptional in performing a complete refinishing of our hardwood floor. There were many scratches from our dog's paws and minor damage here and there from dropping things and major water spills. Ky was very professional throughout the entire process from providing an initial estimate, scheduling the work and doing exactly what he said would be done, completing the job ahead of schedule and cleaning everything up. He made sure that we were totally satisfied with the work that was done. We would not hesitate to recommend Ky and his team to install or refinish any hardwood floor.
Fabulous company. Personalized and very personable service – a truly nice crew. Quick, extremely efficient yet paid attention to every detail. All questions were promptly answered. Super reliable. What more could we have asked for? Thank you Ky, Rachel and Brennan for a great job done! We love our new floors on the two levels and the steps (a big job)!!! Very happy to recommend your company to others.