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Every now and then we take a break from developing the best performance and load testing tool on the planet to read about new trends, best practices and the overall state of website, app and API development.
We are looking for a front end expert to take on the role of lead front end developer for the loadimpact.com site and application, being a part of our upcoming redesign of the whole site, service and user flow.
Load Impact is one of the world's most used load testing SaaS platforms, but we know engineers have more interests than just performance. So, here's a tutorial from one of our very talented engineering friends.
During this tutorial I will implement best practices for exception handling in an AngularJS web application.
I'll start creating the structure of a demo application, throw some test exceptions and intercept them.
The last few years have given rise to the "DevOps" methodology within many organizations both large and small. While definitions vary somewhat, it boils down to this: breaking down silos between developers and operations.


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Today (well, actually this last week) tastes like pistachios. Fiddly, hyperkinetic, and salty. Like tears, if tears were crunchy. Pale green and sad.
When you have people IRL who read your blog, it makes you censor your posts. Not necessarily dropping the various midnight athletics between you and your lover, but to cut down on the email and phone calls where folks ask if you want to talk about it, or offer advice and sympathy (as opposed to tea. I could get behind tea. Unsolicited advice, even with cream and sugar, does not go down well.)
So what happens when you're one of those who has to write their thoughts to see them fully expressed? Well, you write them in your blog . . . uhm, but that won't work when things suck (because sometimes things just SUCK. That's the way it is; all is dhukka.) So you write them somewhere else; strain your writing muscles, and go to bed with a metaphorical icepack to lie down for a bit until the spasms ease and you can get back up.
That's why you see me in my housecoat and fuzzy slippers.
Meanwhile, back in pollyannaworld, life proceeds apace. I have discovered decos (heaven help us, ANOTHER paper art) and am joining swaps like there's no tomorrow. Having lots of fun making lists of themes that turn me on, as one group does group themes only and the other is all artist's choice. So when life gets in the way and I can't commit to one more thing, or when I hear about something really cool that I missed out on, I make a note to myself and plan it as an artist's choice.
I'm currently in the midst of a cardstock pogram. I'm tired of flipping past the same sheets that I started with a year or so ago when I began ATC's. They're taking up space, dammit. And I don't care for maroon, gold, or orange--so I'm unlikely to turn them into pages for a deco, or endpapers for a book, or . . . well, just about anything, frankly. So I've been slapping down backgrounds ('cause I have more artpaper backgrounds than God, that's why) on the *feh* colors and sending them into the world as round robin ATC jams. I do a background, you put some art down and send it to Susie over yonder, who finishes it. Susie keeps one, sends two back to me, and I send you one. All players get an original card. Interested? Drop me a line.
I plan to spend some of this weekend doing abstract ATC's for the perpetual exchanges, and hopefully I can actually make a small dent in the stash of colorful scraps and bits. Then there's all the pages waiting to be bound into blank books at last. I'm trying to decide if I want to make more blank books with artpaper pages, which really can only be written on with big fat Sharpies. They go fast, 'cause you can't write small. (Ok, I can't write small regardless of the instrument. My hand is solidly grounded in uncil, not copperplate. Both my parents write a fine hand--but they had teachers for parents. Or maybe it skips a generation. Yeah, that's it. Blame it on genetics.)
And then with the rest of my copious and plentiful spare time, amybe I can get a couple of decos worked in and on the road. I haven't had them for a week yet, so I won't feel bad if they don't fly Monday, but if I let the idea congeal, well . . . congealed ideas are like cold scrambled eggs. Ick. And they will both sit on the kitchen table until I make myself go in there and get them cleared away. Best to strike while it's hot and fun.
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The Devil's Throat Cave
Pamporovo, Pamporovo & the Rhodopes
The Devil's Throat cave is situated 1 km from the village of Trigrad in the marvellous Trigrad Gorge.
The cave is lit by many lamps so you don't need to take a torch with you unless you want to explore in detail all the niches in the rocks. After a long artificially dug corridor you will find yourself in an enormous gallery. Its size is compared to that of the Alexander Nevski Cathedral in Sofia. It was formed as a result of the collapse of earth layers in the past.
If you look at the stone walls more carefully you will find a carved devil's face and some other figures which I will leave for you to discover. From a staircase built for tourists you can see the river at the bottom of the gallery, disappearing with roar in the dark abysses below.
If you visit the cave in the spring you can also see one of the highest underground waterfalls in Europe – 42m.
Just before the natural entrance of the Devil's Throat there is a very steep staircase at the upper end of which you can see the light streaming in from the outside.
The entrance fee for the cave is two leva and the guard will let you in only after a group of at least 5 or 6 people has gathered. You need warm clothes and waterproof shoes for the cave as it is really cold (8°C constant temperature) and damp in there.
Working hours: 09.00 h - 17.00 h Duration: about half an hour
Many legends are told about this cave. It is said to be the place from where the mythical singer Orpheus descended into the kingdom of Hades to save his beloved Euridyce. Another Thracian legend says that the chieftains achieved immortality by throwing themselves into the abyss. People believed that this cave was the entrance to another world and they even offered as sacrifice the most beautiful girls in order to keep the evil away.
Other places of interest in/near Pamporovo
Ski resort, Pamporovo & the RhodopesPamporovo is a modern ski resort in the heart of the Rhodope mountains. It is the sunniest Bulgarian mountain resort with wonderful snow throughout the whole season. The specific combination of natural conditions makes the resort beautiful in winter as well as in summer. Pamporovo is situated on 1650 m above the sea level at the ...
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Cultural center, Pamporovo & the RhodopesThe picturesque village of Stoykite (population: 420 inhabitants) is located in the region of Shiroka Luka, in the western part of the Rhodopian Mountains. It is situated 16 km northwest of the town of Smolyan, ...
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Restaurant, Pamporovo & the RhodopesCuisine: BULGARIAN NATIONAL STEAKHOUSE Healthy menu, including rich choice of starters,delicious main meals & desserts for your special whims Non-smoking room, Parking, Terrace, Air Condition, Breakfast, BBQ, TAXI, Number of seats: 350 Address: Pamporovo, next to the bus station
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Restaurant, Pamporovo & the RhodopesRestaurant "Bialata Kashata" ("The White House") is settled in the central part of Pamporovo complex, at about 300 meters form the bus station. The White House is the newest restaurant in Pamporovo, it was opened in December 2002. The restaurant is new, but the building was designed as a typical Bulgarian house from a hundred years ...
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Bar, Pamporovo & the RhodopesBar type: DISCO-BAR What a diversity of cocktails for your special dancing night!
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Natural phenomenon, Pamporovo & the RhodopesThe Yagodina cave is situated about 3km to the west of the village of Yagodina and 8 km from the village of Trigrad. As a part of the Buynovsko Gorge this cave is one of the most impressive karst formations in the Rhodopes. It is on 5 levels and is 10 km long. The uppermost level was inhabited by the people from the Eneolithic ...
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Historical site, Pamporovo & the RhodopesThe village of Tatoul, situated about 15 km from Momchilgrad, has recently become extremely popular with the Thracian sanctuary discovered to the south of it. The village itself is small and quiet. It consists of only a few houses and its population is about 70 people. The people here are Muslims and speak a local dialect, not ...
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Historical site, Pamporovo & the RhodopesThe earliest traces of human civilization discovered so far at Perperikon were dated to the late Neolithic Period, 6th-5th millennium BC. However, Perperikon was not yet a settled village but a rock of worship. Next came the Eneolithic Period (or the Copper Age). Fragments of pottery dated to the late 5th - early 4th millennium ...
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The question I asked was whether fire occurrence from 1700-1918, a binary (0 – no fire, 1 = fire) response, was related to three explanatory variables:
Climate – Annual Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) a measure of moisture stress reconstructed from tree rings (range -6.466 – 7.234; severe drought to cool and wet). In exercise 2 I found using superposed epoch analysis that large and extensive fires occurred during years of extreme drought, and that previous year PDSI was not related to fire occurrence.
Interval – The amount of years since the last fire event (range 1-46). This variable is a surrogate for fuel, a primary constraint on fire spread. The longer we go without fire the more fuel accumulates potentially increasing the probability of fire spread.
Note – Calculating Time since fire for each year at each plot was quite tricky. I eventually found a solution with the dplyr package. This code sums the amount of rows (years) between events (FIRE_PLU)) within each plot and adds the sum of years since fire to each year (row) in a new column. This almost does what I want, but starts at 0 on each year/row when a fire occurred. The interval in the year of fire occurrence should be the years since the last fire (e.g. 20 not 0) so I shifted fire occurrence forward in time one year (FIRE_PLUS).
binary2<-binary1 %>% group_by(SP_ID, idx = cumsum(FIRE_PLUS == 1L)) %>% mutate(counter = row_number ()) %>% ungroup %>% select(-idx)
Lodgepole – The proportion of area occupied by lodgepole pine within a 2 km buffer surrounding each sample plot. Lodgepole pine stands have lower productivity and relatively sparse understory fuels. Fire occurrence may be less frequent in areas where lodgepole pine forest limits fire spread.
My data looks like this:
SP_ID is the sample plot identifier (n =52), YEAR is the year of observation, FIRE is the binary record of whether a fire occurred, FIRE_PLUS is fire occurrence shifted so I could calculate interval since fire for each year and each plot, INTERVAL is the year since fire occurrence, and PICO is the proportion of area around each plot occupied by lodgepole.
I'm also interested in the relative importance in the model of each explanatory variable, and whether the response varies by sample plot.
I used the LME4 package in R to construct generalized linear mixed models (GLMM; Bolker et al. 2009) to complete my analysis. The GLMM approach is useful for a binary response where data is nested within itself. In this case my response is nested within sample plots and a mixed model allows me to pool information about fire occurrence across sites.
With a binary response sample size is limited to the amount of 1 (fire) occurrences of the response variable. In my case I have ~200 binary observations at each plot (years), but fire occurs in only 8-28 years depending on the sample plot. Therefore sample sizes would be too small for 3 predictor variables. The GLMM approach allowed me to pool information across plot, and determine whether sample plot, the random effect in the model, created a different response to the fixed effects (climate, interval, lodgepole).
I followed the following steps
- Checked for independence of the explanatory variables
- Specified the model with sample plot as the random effect, climate, interval, and lodgepole as the fixed effects, and fire as the response. This is a GLMM model fir by maximum likelihood with a logit link.
fire.glmm1 <- glmer(FIRE ~ PDSI+INTERVAL+PICO + (1|SP_ID), family = "binomial", data = fire.data, control=glmerControl(optCtrl=list(maxfun=2e5)))
- Checked the model fit and assumption of residual independence. To do this I used the DHARMa package and the following vignette that describes how residual interpretation for GLMMs is problematic and provides a solution.
If the model is specified correctly then the observed data should look like it was created from the fitted model. Hence, for a correctly specified model, all values of the cumulative distribution should appear with equal probability. That means we expect the distribution of the residuals to be flat, regardless of the model structure (Poisson, binomial, random effects and so on).
Overall residuals for the full model
Residuals vs. Variables – Residuals for each fixed effect
Temporal autocorrelation of residuals
ACF plots of Residuals
4. I used R2 for GLMM (Nakagawa and Schielzeth 2012) to indicate the relative importance of the fixed effects and to determine the importance of sample point (random effect). The marginal R squared values are those associated with your fixed effects, the conditional ones are those of your fixed effects plus the random effects. To determine the relative importance of the fixed effects I dropped 1 fixed effect at a time and compared changes in R2 among models.
5. To interpret the influence of each fixed effect I exponentiatied the coefficients and graphed the probability functions.
All three fixed effects were significant in the GLMM model, but PICO was barely significant (p value = 0.0458). For every 1 unit increase in PDSI the probability of fire occurring decreased by ~25%, for each year without fire (Interval) the probability of fire increased by 7%, and for each percent increase in lodgepole forest around a sample point the probability of fire decreased by 1%.
The difference in marginal and conditional R2 for the full model was small. The random intercept of site explained little additional variance. This suggests there's not a lot more to be explained at the sample plot level.
R2m R2c 0.2072182 0.2329679
Comparing conditional R2 among models while dropping fixed effects indicated that climate a top-down driver consistent across sample points accounted for most of the R2 (0.15 for PDSI, 0.5 for Interval, and 0.1 for Lodgepole).
These results suggested that Bottom-up drivers such as local topography, composition, or microclimate seem to have little influence on fire occurrence. I was surprised to see that climate had a stronger influence on fire occurrence within a year, but this makes sense as I think more about time since fire and fuel accumulation. If fuel recovers quickly (e.g. 2-5 years) in this landscape then it won't be limiting for most years. If fuel is generally not a limiting constraint on fire then fire occurrence shouldn't change dramatically with time since fire. Essentially 5 years without fire and 20 years without fire have the same influence on whether a fire occurs and fire occurrence is simply more likely over a longer period of years. Thus climate is a more influential predictor of fire occurrence.
Overall most of the variance was not explained. If climate and fuels are generally not limiting then fire occurrence in a year would occur as a result of human and lightning ignitions. Data for these predictors is not available.
Overall I found GLMM modeling to be quite challenging and based on the amount of R packages and recent publications on the topic it seems like an evolving statistical method. I had trouble understanding the implications of the Random effect sample point accounting for little of the R2. I interpret this to mean that there's not a lot more to be explained at the sample point level that has not been included.
Interpreting coefficients from GLMM model with a logit link is also a challenging and there are few examples available online.
Bolker, B.M.,Brooks,M.E.,Clark,C.J.,Geange,S.W.,Poulsen,J.R.,Stevens,M.H.H. & White, J.S.S. (2009) Generalized linear mixed models: a practical guide for ecology and evolution. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 24,127–135.
Florian Hartig (2018). DHARMa: Residual Diagnostics for Hierarchical (Multi-Level / Mixed) Regression Models. R package version 0.2.0. http://florianhartig.github.io/DHARMa/
Nakagawa S. and Schielzeth H (2012) A general and simple method for obtaining R2 from generalized linear mixed-effects models. Methods in Ecology and Evolution Vol 4(2):133-142.


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Wondering what the GAPS Diet is? You're not alone. The GAPS diet is a healing protocol developed by Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride, a neurologist and nutritionist who specializes in healing of issues like autism spectrum disorders, ADD/ADHD, dyspraxia, dyslexia and schizophrenia by treating the root cause of many of these disorders: compromised gut health.
All diseases begin in the gut! The Father of modern medicine, Hippocrates, made this statement more than two thousand years ago. The more we learn with our modern scientific tools, the more we realise just how correct Hippocrates was: all diseases do begin in the gut! Science has discovered, that about 90% of all cells and all genetic material of the human body belongs to the gut flora – a mixture of various microbes, which live inside our digestive tract. So, in reality your body is just a shell, a 10%, providing a habitat for this mass of micro-creatures living inside you; and their role in your health and physiology is monumental. Our modern world poses many dangers for human gut flora, and once it is damaged, the health of the whole body enters a downward slide towards disease.
Mothers and fathers have seen autistic children begin to lose symptoms, find relief from painful gastrointestinal upset and regain the ability to express emotion after adhering to the GAPS diet. People suffering from food intolerances and sensitivities have seen recovery. I personally have felt so much better after starting the GAPS diet.
How does it work?
1-Healing the gut– By avoiding all foods that irritate it, and by consuming only foods that will nourish and heal it.
2- Repopulating the gut with beneficial bacteria– This is done by avoiding all foods that feed opportunistic (bad) bacteria/gut flora. As well, high quality probiotics are used to actively repopulate the gut while all this cleansing/starving of the bad bacteria is taking place.
3) Getting rid of toxins– This happens in a number of ways. By limiting the diet to only foods that can be easily digested and eliminated, by strengthening the gut and the beneficial bacteria so that they can deal with toxins thoroughly, and by fresh juicing to speed up the elimination of toxins.
GAPS begins first with an introduction diet (though many people, to ease their transition begin first by incorporating the full GAPS diet and return to the introduction phases at a future date when they feel more confident in their transition). In the introduction diet offers about six stages before the full GAPS diet can be resumed, with the beginning stages allowing little more than broth, good quality fat, easily digested vegetables, boiled meats and the juice of fermented vegetables. You eat lots of soups on the GAPS diet.
Once symptoms no longer appear, additional foods like fruit, raw vegetables and their juices, nuts and nut flours are slowly added until you've reached the full GAPS diet which allows most wholesome foods, but still excludes grains, starchy tubers, sugars (except for honey) and other foods that can potentially damage an already compromised gut.
I recommend reading Gut & Psychology Syndrome by Dr. Campbell-McBride helps you to better understand the healing protocol she prescribes, and the reasoning behind her recommendations. In Gut & Psychology Syndrome, Dr. Campbell-McBride not only describes how and why the GAPS diet works with our digestive tracts to enable optimal healing, but she explains just how schizophrenia, autism spectrum disorders and other illnesses with neurological components can be attributed, at least in part, to compromised gut health. And it's through this protocol of healing that huge strides have been made for families suffering from these issues. While the book is comprehensive, long and dry, it is enormously valuable and helps you to understand the science behind GAPS, and it's that understanding that helps to motivate you – keeping you going through the strict elimination and slow reintroduction phases of the GAPS intro diet.
I also recommend getting the Heal your Gut cookbook by Hilary Boynton & Mary G Brachkett. When I first started the GAPS intro diet this book was what guided me along the stages & what to make.


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Goat Topics & Issues
Goats can be a mixed blessing, in the world. They are a simple and cheap animal to keep, in Third World and other poorer countries, providing milk, cheese etc. However they can be a very potent force for deforestation, erosion and desertification, which is clearly a counter-productive aspect of their husbandry, where such problems are rife.
They do well in back gardens, whether as pets or production animals. However, their gardening aspirations may differ from those of the householder! Their milk is very nutritious and appears to be suitable for those people and animals who are otherwise dairy intolerant.
Foot trimming can be a major issue. If goats are kept under conditions that do not keep their feet naturally worn, regular checking and trimming is vital.
As topics arise, they will be inserted as links on this page.
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Livingston man killed in crash, fire on Highway 99
LIVINGSTON - A Livingston man was killed in a solo car crash early this morning after his car left Highway 99, the California Highway Patrol reported.
The victim has been identified as Carlos Aguilar, 36.
The incident was reported at 3:45 a.m. near Bradbury Road. The car, a 1993 Acura Integra drifted off the roadway and traveled on the dirt shoulder, west of the southbound lanes, according to Shane Ferriera, CHP spokesman.
The front of the car hit a wooden sign post, and the vehicle continued in a southeasterly direction. The car hit a barbed wire fence and came to a rest on a dirt berm. The vehicle then caught fire and became fully engulfed in flames, Ferriera said.
Aguilar was pronounced dead at the scene, and no one else was in the car.
The cause of the crash is unknown and remains under investigation, Ferriera said.


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The Supreme Court will ultimately make this call since there is a split among the appellate courts. But given that until very recently the view that sex discrimination should be interpreted as including sexual-orientation discrimination was, at the very least, viewed as novel makes the assertion by activists that this is yet another "anti-gay" move by the administration (rather than an example of conservative interpretation of the statute's language) seem a stretch.
If it were so obvious that the Civil Rights Act's ban on sex-based discrimination extends to sexual-orientation discrimination, why propose The Equality Act (to amend the Civil Rights Act and add sexual orientation) before the matter was decided by the Supreme Court? (Well, perhaps because The Equality Act also guts the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, I suppose.)


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|Sgt. Cody R. Legg
United States Army
KIA 04 Jun 2008
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This Memorial Page Established by-SFC Rod Brewer
In Honor Of SGT Cody R. Legg, OIF, 06/04/08
Sergeant Cody R. Legg, 23, joined the Army in July 2003
and completed basic and advance individual training at Fort Benning,
Originally from Escondido, California, Legg's first assignment was with
the 2nd Infantry Division based at Camp Casey, Korea. In December
2004, he was reassigned to Fort Drum.
Legg was previously deployed with 1st BCT to Iraq from August 2005 to
August 2006.
His military education includes the Warrior Leader Course.
Legg's awards and decorations include the Purple Heart, Army
Achievement Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, Korea Defense Service Medal, Iraq
Campaign Medal,Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Noncommissioned
Officer Professional Development Ribbon, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas
Service Ribbon, and the Combat Infantryman badge.
He is survived by his father; mother and stepfather; and brother.
FORT DRUM- Three Mountain Division Soldiers were killed June 4, 2008
when they were engaged by enemy forces with small-arms fire and hand
grenades while their unit was assaulting a building near Hawijah, Iraq.
Sgt. Cody R. Legg, Sgt. Shane P. Duffy and Spc. Jonathan D. Emard, were
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Cody, You Will Never Be Forgotten...
Christmas in Arlington...
Rest easy, sleep well my brother, Cody.
Know the line has held, your job is done.
Rest easy, sleep well.
Others have taken up where you fell, the line has held.
Peace, peace, and farewell...
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A Celebration of Life service will be held for Geneva Rae Snodgrass, 76, of North Bend, on Saturday, June 30th at 2:00 p.m. at the Hauser Community Church, 69411 Wildwood Drive, with pastor Bill Moldt presiding. A private family inurnment will take place at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery in Coos Bay.
Geneva was born on August 13, 1941 in Baker City, Oregon to Lee and Elva Strong, and grew up in Bates with her younger sister and life-long friend, Jeannie. A close friendship with her cousin, Lana Abarr ( Owen ) created a strong bond that survived distance and passing years. She passed away on May 18, 2018 at her home in North Bend.
Geneva attended Pacific Business College in Portland, Oregon, to obtain a secretarial degree. She was married to Wes Sellick for five years and had two sons, Lee and Brian. After her divorce, Geneva moved to Lakeside, Oregon, where she raised her sons while working full time as a claims investigator for SAIF Corporation. She then worked as Office Manager at Lakeside Water District until she retired.
Geneva married Gene Snodgrass in 1978, so along with his three children, Luzia, Melanie, and Johnny, their blended family included five teenagers!
After retirement, Geneva took up oil painting, winning a blue ribbon in her very first show! Her paintings showed an inherent ability to capture nature in all its beauty. She loved the great outdoors and enjoyed camping and hunting in eastern Oregon with her family for 40+ years.
Geneva's passionate love for her family was eclipsed only by her love for Jesus Christ, her Savior. Her faith strengthened her in difficult times and gave her a joy she shared with all. It was a delight to hear her hearty laughter. Playing games, finishing crossword puzzles, and reading books were a few of her favorite pleasures. Loyalty, encouragement and compassion were a few of her beautiful qualities.
Geneva is survived by her sister, Jeannie Bibbey and her husband Jack; daughter, Luzia Essner; daughter, Melanie Snodgrass ( Wayne ) ; son, Lee Sellick ( Betsy ) ; son, Brian Sellick( Chanda ) ; grandchildren, Travis, Ben, Trisha, Heidi, Valerie, Kaylynn, Kirsten, Camille, Justin and Ryan; great-granddaughter, Keilani; numerous nieces and nephews; and her lifelong BEST friend, Jeannie.
Geneva was preceded in death by her parents; stepson, Johnny; and husband, Gene Snodgrass in 2017.
Friends and family are encouraged to sign the online guestbook at www.coosbayareafunerals.com and www.theworldlink.com. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to World Vision or Hauser Community Church. Arrangements are under the care of North Bend Chapel, 541-756-0440.


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Water, Blessed Water
Getting to know H20—what does it say to you?
It's hot and dry today, again. Dry and hot. Summer is settling in. They say this is the driest spring they've seen in Grant County for several decades. Any available moisture is sucked from the air before it hits the ground
Seems like a good time to reflect on our relationship with water. Imagine what life would be like without it. Well, there wouldn't be any life, for starters.
We are beings composed primarily (70-plus percent) of water. We are containers filled to the brim with it. Water flows in our very cells. It's the ultimate delivery system—interconnecting every other bodily system.
Water binds all who inhabit life on this incredible blue-green planet (also composed of, hmm, 70-plus percent water). Water interconnects every inhabitant, ensuring our interdependence: animals, plants, the earth and stones too. Our watery source seals the promise that we are all One.
But we forgot that fact long ago. We lost the ability to know and feel we are all One entity.
It's obvious that Mother Nature has decided to remind us by intensifying our relationship with our environment. Extreme weather patterns force our attention.
Here in the Land of Enchantment, a deepening drought brings acute awareness of the critical balancing act water plays in our ecosystem. In our area, the Gila River is one of the world's largest desert rivers, and the last main stream river in New Mexico. Our lives are deeply intertwined with this river system whether we realize it or not. There are plans afoot for diverting it, managing it, allocating it or otherwise intervening in its natural flow. Could be a disaster in the making.
Regardless of what you think of "peak oil" (see the December 2005 Desert Exposure) and where we are in terms of global consumption of fuel (oil and water!), investigation, planning and action are essential if we hope to maintain any of our hard-won freedoms. . . into the future. The war between unbridled development and long-term sustainability is waging and one of the biggest battles is use of water resources.
"Be prepared" was never a bad motto.
Thank God for community groups that keep an eye on government and corporate interests—investigating behind-the-scenes machinations, experimenting and implementing alternatives, planning contingencies and acting in unison to create workable resources, with a particular eye on the current state of the world. Groups such as:
have all the information you need to become knowledgeable about the state of water and sustainable living in this multi-layered biosphere of Southwest New Mexico.
The impact of water on our lives is as deep internally as externally. Have you seen Dr. Masaru Emoto's work on the molecular structure of water? His book, The Hidden Messages in Water, offers proof that water is alive and responsive to our every emotion. Our thoughts, vibrations and projections affect its structure. His amazing photographs (at 200-500 magnification) of ice crystals reveal an infinite variety of form and structure. The proof is in the pictures.
Another scientist, Dr. Fereydoon Batmanghelidj, author of Water for Health, For Healing, For Life (www.watercure.com) tested "water as medicine" in over 3,000 cases. He concluded that a water shortage in the body (dehydration) always manifests as pain. He posits that the body's drought-management programs include allergies, hypertension, diabetes and some immune diseases. He is continuing his work to prove that water can heal pain, as much as the AMA and the pharmaceutical industry do not want it to be this simple.
The medical status quo is fighting tooth and nail studies that aim to prove:
Is water waiting for us to tune in to it? Can water give us answers we'd never considered?
For too long we have left to others to come up with answers (our churches and governments, for example). The paradigm of the next 2,000 years is different—it's up to YOU to find your own answers. It's up to you to do whatever it is you wish someone else would do for you.
In light of this discussion, it's up to you to develop a personal, conscious relationship with your environment. The Ecological Footprint questionnaire at: www.earthday.net/Footprint is a fun place to start.
I'm taking Dr. Emoto's work to heart and developing an interactive relationship with the water in my life. I'm building an emotional bond with the water I drink, splash on my face, and share a shower with. I talk to it. Smile at it. Imagine its caress as a lover's.
I focus on it lovingly, with a reverent attitude toward its sacredness. I wish water joy as it travels, thank it for any healing it can bring to my body, and surround it with peace. I pray to water and know I'm talking to God.
It's a fun, easy communication that I encourage people to try. Bless the water you drink. Sing songs while watering your garden. Discuss your life with it while relaxing in the tub. See what it says to you.
Also, when you see the clouds, with your intent, imagine the water through the atmosphere to the earth and stones. It can't hurt.
Given the times we are immersed in, it can't hurt to try new things, open the doors of perception a tad and let the realities of the universe come for a visit.
My assumption here is that neither corporations, government, legislation, nor any person pushing a political line is going to do squat for our future water needs except to protect their own interests. So I encourage each person and family to look at their water needs. To examine how they use water. To develop a sacred and mutually conscious relationship with water, especially if you live in an area currently in a drought phase.
Into the Future columnist Siri Dharma lives in Grant County and loves it.


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|Dr. Gervan Fearon, President of Brandon University in Brandon, Manitoba. Photo credit: Francine Buchner
Dr. Gervan Fearon, the president of Brandon University and the first and only black university president in Canada, will be the recipient of an award that will be presented at the Jamaican Canadian Association's Black History Month event, a "Boonoonoonos Brunch," this weekend.
The other award recipients are Ontario's Education Minister Mitzie Hunter, retired Staff Sergeant Ezra 'Tony' Browne, and David Mitchell, assistant deputy minister at the Ministry of Children and Youth Services.
Born in England to Jamaican parents, Fearon lived in May Pen for four years before moving to Canada in 1968 with his parents and siblings.
The former Dean of The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education at Ryerson University was appointed the president of Brandon University in August 2014 to a five-year term ending on July 31, 2019. Before this appointment, he served as vice-president (academic and provost) at the university.
He has a BSc and MSc from the University of Guelph and earned his PhD in Economics from the University of Western Ontario.
In a 2016 study of Canada's top research-intensive universities (U15), Professor Malinda Smith, a political scientist at the University of Alberta found that there was not a single woman of visible minority in the senior ranks, and visible minority men at only four universities.
Smith said the composition of Canadian society is rapidly changing and "for universities to assume a leadership role, they need to more accurately reflect that diversity."
She told the Gleaner that her research suggests Dr. Fearon is the only black university
president in Canada and she suspects that he is also the first. He is aware of this fact too.
At this year's brunch, the Jamaican Canadian Association (JCA) will be examining "The Crisis in Black Education" as its theme. This focuses on the crucial role of education in the history of black people.
In a press release the JCA says African American historian, Carter G. Woodson, once wrote that: "if you teach the Negro that he has accomplished as much good as any other race he will aspire to equality and justice without regard to race."
The organization notes that there are implications associated with the denial of access to knowledge and a crisis can result from persistently imposed racial barriers to equal education.
It says the crisis in black education first began in the days of slavery when it was unlawful for slaves to learn to read and write.
The JCA's role in helping to address this crisis with programs such as the Saturday Morning Tutorial Program, the Robotics Club, and the Scholarship Program will be highlighted at the event on February 12.
Peel District School Board trustee, Suzanne Nurse, will be speaking about her experience, as well as others such as Dr. Fearon.
Educator Thando Hyman and Minister Hunter were previously scheduled to speak but have provided regrets.
The JCA notes that the important role of other local community-based organizations, academic and mentorship programs in inspiring a love of learning and thirst for achievement will be promoted.
"Addressing the crisis in black education should be considered one of the most important goals," it says.


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Today, May 8, is the 70th anniversary of VE Day (victory in Europe) — the day Germany surrendered to the Allied Forces, effectively ending World War II in the European theater. VE Day – History Learning Site:
VE Day officially announced the end of World War Two in Europe. On Monday May 7th at 02.41. German General Jodl signed the unconditional surrender document that formally ended war in Europe. Winston Churchill was informed of this event at 07.00. While no public announcements had been made, large crowds gathered outside of Buckingham Palace and shouted: "We want the King".
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However, even by the afternoon there was no official notification even though bell ringers had been put on standby for a nationwide victory peal. Ironically the Germans had been told by their government that the war was officially over. Joseph Stalin, who had differing views on how the surrender should be announced, caused the delay. By early evening, Churchill announced that he was not going to give Stalin the satisfaction of holding up what everybody knew. At 19.40 the Ministry of Information made a short announcement:
"In accordance with arrangements between the three great powers, tomorrow, Tuesday, will be treated as Victory in Europe Day and will be regarded as a holiday."
Within minutes of this announcement, tens of thousands of people gathered on the streets of Central London to celebrate. People gathered in Parliament Square, Trafalgar Square and Piccadilly Circus and boats along the Thames sounded their horns in celebration.
After addressing the nation, Churchill went to Parliament to address the Commons. After this he led some MP's to a thanksgiving service.
In the late afternoon, the Royal Family came out onto a balcony at Buckingham Palace. In front of them were 20,000 people. George VI wore his Royal Navy uniform while Princess Elizabeth wore her ATS uniform. They were joined by Churchill. He later spoke to those gathered outside the Ministry of Health. At the end of the speech, the crowd sang 'For He's A Jolly Good Fellow'.
Mass celebrations broke out in London, Paris, Lisbon, New York, and other major cities as news of peace spread.
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so i hit ikea again! :)
and the curve and ikano and 2046 cafe.
dragged yin mei this time and we shopped a whole 10 hours!
i had potato chips for breakfast, meatballs and westcoast salad for lunch, baskin robbins for tea, rosti for dinner and ice kacang for dessert! i know la, how to go on diet right. :P
we have been friends since the first day of college. argued countless of times over assignments but always ended up laughing like mad over the smallest things, been really angry with each other but always there to comfort and care. and the reason being… we are friends. good friends. best friends. most favourite friends. lesbian partners. :)
i just have to keep a distance from her because she has somekind of shopping vibes with her and it makes me want to buy and buy and buy and buy. which, really, is not a good thing after yesterday.


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Wednesday, May 31, 2017
We need help! (again)
Anyways, I'm here (again) to ask for your help - this time we're looking for an additional graphics editor. You can find more information in the Help Us Out section. (the first screenshot on this page is also one of the graphics you would be editing!)
I'd also like to give a special thanks to everyone who volunteered as an editor so far! I think we have amassed a great team that will hopefully make this translation the best it can be.
Lastly, you can look forward to our friend Bryan Ochalla's has done an interview with the team about the translation project. You can find that interview on his website, thegaygamer.com, in the near future!
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Been following this project for a few years now and I'm excited to see it completed ❤ Keep up the good work and bring our man in green home!ReplyDeleteReplies
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It's cool to see it in English I bought the Japanese game and used a walk through so it will be cool to understand everything and beat it in English.ReplyDeleteReplies
That's funny - our translator waldrumpus is the one who wrote that guide! (It's the only complete one on the internet!)Delete
Sorry, all I can offer is my undying love and recognition of your efforts and hard work. Always loving you guys!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 26, 2017 at 5:57 PM
You all are the best,if you complete all could you make a tutorial for open all the files for edit them(im from spain and i have a group of people who want to make the spanish version but we dont have the tools for edit the files)still like that ;PReplyDeleteReplies
Yeah, if you have a group of people set to translate it, I'll definetely make sure I have a tutorial written up for you guys. Would you mind sending me an email so we can discuss this further? Thanks!
- AnonymousAugust 24, 2017 at 6:06 AM
It will take a few months because we are searching a lot of information,(i know there is a walkthrough in english,but u know there r some parts of the game where you have to answer questions in japanese,could u upload photos with the answers?? Because if u want to answer the questions u have to identify the japanese words [this is a trouble because the keyboard's leters of the game change a lot of the computer japanese leters]Delete
Sorry for my english
And u all r the best;D
You guys have gotten so far and I am so proud of you!! Keep up the great work! I can't wait to see what comes with the next update!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Not much has happened so you might find the new update boring :D


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Daze of Future Past –
On a Tuesday evening in 1977, the entertainment industry changed forever…. for the better.
American consumers had few entertainment options during the Cold War. Since there was just three TV networks, and a spattering of local stations, viewers were captive. We watched what was available because we had so few options. We sat through commercials because we had to.
Then the American Broadcasting Company broke what –before that moment– could not be broken. A man named Fred Fox Jr. unwittingly began an evolutionary process by which Americans would no longer allow themselves to taken for granted by entertainment media. The most popular icon in America –Fonzie– was scripted by Mr. Fox to water-ski-jump over a caged shark. It was so spectacularly awful that the moment was henceforth and irrevocably associated with contrived, hackneyed entertainment failure.
Indeed, it was a breaking point. Americans were mad as hell, and we weren't going to take it anymore. And TV and radio companies have been punished by their audiences for "jumping the shark" ever since.
Now almost forty years later, technology has given viewers and listeners more options than ever. Between the Federal Communications Commission, self-censorship, political correctness and the archaic mindset that accompanies traditional TV and radio, there has been a significant demand created for entertainment that is neither "Disney-fied", nor permeated with obtuse banalities. The truth is, as the nation's topography changes, both mediums in their current state are unsustainable.
Network television and over-the-air radio still reside over the shark.
On the TV side, cable networks have made ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX increasingly obsolete. Although status-quo apologists might claim that the success of pay channels like HBO and Showtime are due to their commercial-free business model and lack of FCC interference, the facts bear out differently. Commercialized pay channels like FX and AMC have garnered the same success as their "premium channel" rivals. Shows like "Louie" and "Breaking Bad" –although less encumbered by censorship– have no antenna friendly competition where it concerns platitude-free dialogue, honest characters or situational plausibility. In fact, cable channels that rely on advertisers manage to produce cutting edge, neoteric programming without nudity, or profanity.
The main difference between ABC, and AMC, is that the former is mired in psychological antiquity, while the latter employs creative courage. Which is a polite way to say that network TV and over the air radio have yet to find a way to enter the twenty-first century. Whenever network TV or over the air radio tries to compete with their cable or podcast counterparts by producing "edgy" content, they fail miserably. Consumers whose sensibilities allow for them to watch "Louie" in favor of "the Big Bang Theory" are able to spot contrived attempts to placate them a mile away. If anything offends this significant audience, it's being condescended to.
Yet in the second decade of the twenty-first century, technology takes this dynamic a step further. Among other entrepreneurial and creative business models , Youtube, Netflix and Hulu have also entered the marketplace for original programming that is oversight-free of easily offended curmudgeons. Proving, if nothing else, that there has been, and remains to be a want for TV that doesn't suck.
Radio however, is undergoing an entirely different metamorphosis.
While there was a time when satellite radio was believed to be the best alternative to what had become an over-censored and litigiously run medium, it seems now that "pay-radio" has succumb to the same pitfalls as its predecessor. The main difference between pay TV and radio, is that the little competition that existed in the satellite radio marketplace was erased by the merging/takeover of the only two entities in the corporate rialto. Indeed, if any advice can be offered to the radio industry by those who've achieved success in internet and cable TV, it's that treating your paying customers like rubes is not an effective design of operation. Complacency is bad for any form of entertainment, and although it might be counter-intuitive to one with a twentieth century thought process, competition is good… for everyone.
If stock prices are any indication, it's safe to say that the Sirius/XM "merger" turned out to be bad for both companies. However much like the television industry, consumers will pay for the radio they want. But it seems that requiring customers to pay for their product was never really satellite radio's problem. Content was, and still is. Whether those in charge at Sirius radio want to admit it or not, they are struggling with a similar lack of programming imagination and smugness that made FM radio the vapid medium that prompted a radio alternative in the first place.
Certainly there is reason to speculate that Sirius' hiring of executives (from the industry they were hoping to supplant) was a recipe for inevitable failure. Huge contracts, short song playlists, and gag orders on people whom they've hired to talk for the purposes of entertainment is proving to be a failing business model. Moreover, without the luxury of a customer regulated environment, Sirius radio has found themselves alone, adrift, and without a competitive entity to provide perspective. Showtime and HBO have one another to keep one another's programming honest.
However a boardroom full of retrospective enablers is not conducive to the kind of forward thinking that the contemporary entertainment industry requires for success. Worse still is that Sirius' litigious, FM radio-style corporate culture has led to (among other things) self-censorship via political correctness. That is the very dynamic that forced listeners to seek them out as an alternative in the first place.
The alternative that music and talk radio lovers have sought seems to have arrived via the internet. So much so that auto manufacturers are now moving away from offering Satellite radios in their package upgrades, and towards an internet alternative whereby one can pre-set their favorite online radio sites, and podcasts. Certainly, if the original reasons people sought satellite radio were short playlists and censored talk, then the internet is the entertainment medium they've been looking for.
Still in its adolescence as a commercial endeavor, podcasting is already proving to be a viable entertainment medium for those unable, unwilling, or unwanting to abide a corporate overseer. Comedian Mark Maron has done extraordinarily well with his podcast "WTF", which has blown up to the point of it being (at least) as much of a source for his celebrity as his stand-up work. While conducting interviews and on-air pontificating is a significantly different skill set than standing on stage and telling jokes, Maron does both extremely well. By an industry standard, WTF is a highly successful show in any medium.
Unlike Maron, Glenn Beck was already a huge name in conservative talk when he made his talk entertainment home on the internet. Surely Beck had alternatives after he and FOX News parted ways, however he wisely chose to (at the time) think out of the box, and build a brand around an internet show he could perform from his home studio. Although Beck might have been able to earn more had he sought employment back on TV (probably not, but that's not reflective of GB's earning power as much as it is the viability of the internet as a revenue source), he certainly would not have been able to do the show he wants. And you can't beat his commute.
Speaking of home studios, the most recent example of podcast entrepreneurship that might potentially take a significant portion of the radio market share is Anthony Cumia's "Live from the Compound". Late of Sirius Radio's "Opie and Anthony show", Cumia's recent dismissal from the failing satellite radio company (after an off-air, politically incorrect twitter rant) prompted his venturing into podcasting. It's a natural fit for a singular talent whose at his best when spontaneously unrestrained, and who exemplifies the irreconcilability of funny and political correctness. Like Glenn Beck, the natural appeal of working from home makes podcasting worth the risk, and like Glenn Beck, the thought of Anthony Cumia having to "watch what he says" is abhorrent to his fan base.
The Podcast success list doesn't end with Maron, Beck or Cumia. Kevin Smith's Smodcast, Mohr stories with Jay Mohr, the Joe Rogan Experience, and a myriad of other podcast venues have lasted the test of time. Podcasts have already proved that –like any other business– people will gravitate towards a good product, and they will stay away from ones that do not satisfy their needs.
Which is why at this juncture I would be irresponsible to not mention UnLearn TV. A podcast/ internet TV show which I co-host with a vice imbued genius who goes by the name Cigars & Scotch. It too, has managed to amass a significant following. Certainly more than many shows on other mediums. If nothing else, UnLearn TV proves that prior celebrity is not required to have a successful podcast, and it should serve as an example to those confined to radio and TV obscurity.
But here's the thing… there are only twenty four hours in a day for entertainers across all mediums to divvy up. And while corporate entertainment is often guilty of taking their audiences for granted, entertainment consumers can be fickle, and petty. If podcasters don't charge a fee to join their site, they will require sponsorships to stay afloat. Circumventing internet revenues has crippled the porn business, and it will likewise kill the podcasting business.
Cigars & Scotch and I have been slowly building a viewership and monetizing our product. Entertainers who move to podcasting still have to eat and pay bills. Granted, the internet provides more creative, less annoying ways for businesses to partner with podcasts (banners, links, etc)… but consumers must make it worth an advertiser's while. Because no one works for free.
Nor should they.
North Side Blues
I was born on the right side of the tracks. In fact, where I grew up, the other side of the tracks wasn't exactly poor either. Despite what part of town one lived in, it was a nice place to raise a family. The socio/economic dynamics in Flushing Queens during the 70's & 80's was an "aspired to" representation of pre-deregulation, middle class America. And whether our Dads wore blue or white collars, they were –for the most part– able to provide their children with the tools they needed.
While my family wasn't wealthy, neither were we deprived. Indeed, as a child I had nice, store bought clothes to wear. I always had food on my plate, and snacks in our cupboard. The detached center hall colonial that I called home was accoutered with nice furniture, and expensive carpeting. We were cool in the summer, and warm in the winter. I even got the bike I wanted for Christmas.
However, my brother and I did have to share a bedroom. Oh, the horror!
But not a day goes by where I am not aware of the advantages I had. Certainly my parents did not spoil their children, nor did they indulge us like sickening new millennium parents, but they gave us all of what we needed, some of what we wanted, and north star to guide our way. Sure, my family underwent the usual dysfunction that most suburbanites experience growing up –my big sister and I once got into a brawl over a banana (we sure as hell weren't the Cleavers)– but the travails of North Flushing accorded no real hardships.
… At least not the kinds of hardships that those in poverty stricken, inner city communities endured.
I never had to go to school without having eaten the night before, and try to concentrate during a test while dizzy from hunger. When I was told that I could not have something, it was because my parents had their reasons, not because they couldn't afford it. I was disciplined, but I was never beaten. I was never abused. I was never thrown against the wall and frisked by the police while walking home. I was never treated badly because of the color of my skin.
I cannot pretend to comprehend the lives of those whose daily existence is so foreign to me. Even as I write this, I understand that I do not understand what it was like to grow up so much differently than I did. I dare not presume to.
My white, middle-class status at birth accorded education and opportunities which translated into a comfortable lifestyle in my adulthood. There are a lot of social dynamics that work in one's favor that are all-too easily taken for granted by many middle-class white folks. It's certainly easier to pull one's self up by one's own bootstraps when there is a significant support system helping you.
So I guess the point I'm trying to make is, that there are a lot of middle class people who take their background for granted. Not all, but some. I know that a lot of us like to think that we're so damn terrific that our singular work ethic and acumen have enabled us to avoid the fate of those who have economically fallen. But the point from where we begin life's journey usually means an awful lot.
In my early adulthood I had the luxury of having my father to indulge me. When I struggled –be it financially or emotionally– he was there, in whatever capacity I needed him. The man I eventually grew into and the man I aspire to be is because of the strength and stability of the man I was lucky enough to call "Dad". Many who are reading this share the same fortunate experience. Many others wish they had.
I shudder to think who I would be today without him.
This piece in neither about "white guilt", or institutional racism. It is about being able to practice honest introspection. A little humility about ourselves, and empathy for those less fortunate is something lacking in our discourse. Social media, and the accompanying lack of personal interaction, has translated into a severe lack of compassion for others. We too easily dismiss those in poverty as not having our own intrepid spirit, when in fact our own spirits would have been also broken had we been born into their circumstance.
If not for a couple of decent breaks, the poor which so many cavalierly dismiss, are all of us.
Republican Puppeteers
A while back, the Republican party decided that it was in their best interests to court the voting sensibilities of Americans who fill stadiums to hear obscenely wealthy evangelical preachers speak the word of god. Short term, it was a good idea. Long term, who knows? But now, the craziest of the Christian crazies not only lobby the White House in order to erode the wall of separation between church and state, conservative politicians are forced to lobby evangelical preachers for their endorsements. The relationship between the GOP and the evangelical lobby has gotten so turned upside-down that it's become like a parent asking their spoiled child for approval before making a decision. It's nuts.
Although there have most probably always been Christian fundamentalists trying to impose their will on our nation, in the twenty-first century, evangelists are exerting more political influence over Republican legislators than ever before. The evangelical beast has become too big for the GOP to control. Sure, there are ratings to be had on conservative TV and radio, regional elections to be won by touting Christian platitudes, and donations to be pocketed from the fearful Christian proletariat… but the political cost has been that the according irrationality and incomprehension have become impossible to contain.
Now the lunatics on the pulpit make and break party leaders. To be a twenty-first century Republican politician, one is not only forbade to speak of science, neither are they permitted to exhibit a modality of conscience. Rather they are confined to the twisted version of "morality" demanded by the evangelical lobby. For it is not the morals of new testament Jesus that steer the conscience of the GOP, but rather the economics of theocrats, the business of religion, and the disproportionate division of wealth and power it accords.
Big money preachers are now the driving force behind how the GOP legislates.
But the Republican electorate seem blind to this, as they've had the very concept of morals distorted so as to abide their own biases. Christian Americans are provided with biblical sound bites to help them justify very "un-Christian"-like behavior. For even if one is so inclined to excuse the socio/economic nonsense that pours from the pie-holes of Christian lunatics like Scott Walker or Ted Cruz as "political conservatism"… or from Glenn Beck or Sean Hannity as "fair and balanced" journalism … they'd still have to downshift their cognitive Edsels into an entirely new delusional gear in order to rationalize the psychotic ravings from multi-millionaire evangelical preachers. Yet that's what the cycle of conservative psychosis has yielded.
The Christian Dominionist rhetoric from both the political and church pulpits are virtually identical. The religious and political doctrines have little, if any departure from one another. Yet the cognitive dissonance of Republican voters rarely makes that correlation.
For most Republican voters do realize that evangelical preachers are (at best) insincere, yet when it comes time to pulling the voting lever, most ignore the similarities between Republican politicians, and televangelist shysters. As such, Dominionists no longer have to pretend that their political goal is anything less than totalitarian. Those predisposed to their agenda are not inclined to consider the consequences.
"Religious factions will go on imposing their will on others unless the decent people connected to them recognize that religion has no place in public policy. They must learn to make their views known without trying to make their views the only alternatives." -Barry Goldwater
Senator Goldwater warned the Republican party about the very political dynamic of the fundamentalist Christian theocrats taking over the party of Lincoln. Now the GOP is being dictated to by crucifix wearing racketeers who demand that anyone who runs for office with an (R) in front of their name must be willing to deny basic history and science. That they must claim –in the name of "morality"– to believe that the Earth was created by Yahweh in six days, approximately six thousand years ago. Just as historical and scientific reality is not what evangelical Christians say it is, neither are their morals, or their economics.
Indeed, if conservative media and politicians are intertwined in reciprocal cycle of fact deficient, irrational socio/economic assertions, the Christian evangelical lobby is the source from whence the crazy and stupid came.


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Beliefs shape the choices of institutions. Beliefs are generally stable, but shocks that cause sufficiently unexpected economic and political outcomes make beliefs malleable. Within these windows of opportunity, leadership can play a role in shaping a new belief among the dominant organizations that in turn generates new institutions and over time a possible transition to a new developmental trajectory.
Slave property rights yielded a source of collateral as well as a coerced labor force. Using data from Dun and Bradstreet linked to the 1860 census and slave schedules in Maryland, we find that slaveowners were more likely to start businesses prior to the uncompensated 1864 emancipation, even conditional on total wealth and human capital, and this advantage disappears after emancipation. We assess a number of potential explanations, and find suggestive evidence that this is due to the superiority of slave wealth as a source of collateral for credit rather than any advantage in production. The collateral dimension of slave property magnifies its importance to historical American economic development.
I analyze the adult age at death of 115,650 European nobles from 800 to 1800. Longevity began increasing long before 1800 and the Industrial Revolution, with marked increases around 1400 and again around 1650. Declines in violent deaths from battle contributed to some of this increase, but the majority must reflect other changes in individual behavior. There are historic spatial contours to European elite mortality; Northwest Europe achieved greater adult lifespans than the rest of Europe even by 1000 ad.
How do changes to taxation policy affect the organizational choices of firms? Using historical firm data constructed from Japanese corporate genealogies, we examine the short-run impact of introducing a personal income tax (PIT) in 1887 on tax-motivated incorporation. Between 1880 and 1892, we find that the introduction of PIT increased the share of incorporated firms by more than 3 percentage points, indicating firms chose their organizational structure to avoid new taxation. Furthermore, our results suggest that a corporate income tax may have acted as a backstop to maintain revenue collected through PIT.
This article investigates the impact of official language policies on education using state formation in India. Colonial provinces consisted of some districts where the official language matched the district's language and some where it did not. Linguistically mismatched districts have 18.0 percent lower literacy rates and 20.1 percent lower college graduation rates, driven by difficulty in acquiring education due to a different medium of instruction in schools. Educational achievement caught up in mismatched districts after the 1956 reorganization of Indian states on linguistic lines, suggesting that political reorganization can mitigate the impact of mismatched language policies.
This article presents a critical survey of ten books from the history of capitalism, a newly emerging subfield of history. At their best, the books offer provocative insights and vivid descriptions of some of the darker episodes of our economic past. Yet specious arguments and failures of analytical reasoning sometimes undermine these books' effectiveness as social criticism. I highlight insights from the field of economic history that would strengthen the work of historians of capitalism. I also suggest some opportunities for dialogue, if not collaboration, between the two communities of scholars.


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Walmart is set to launch online sales of luxury retailer Lord & Taylor's products as part of a recently revealed partnership designed to give both companies a new digital edge.
Bentonville, Ark.-based Walmart announced Wednesday that more than 125 Lord & Taylor brands would be available on its website "in the coming weeks."
Those include Tommy Bahama, Vince Camuto, Miss Selfridge and Lucky Brand.
The arrangement, first announced in November, is geared toward giving Walmart a boost in the online market for luxury goods while helping Hudson Bay Co.'s Lord & Taylor reach new audiences.
To distinguish Lord & Taylor's luxury goods from everyday items, Walmart said it would add the label "Premium Brands from Lord & Taylor" across each product page.
Lord & Taylor products available at Walmart.com will include men's, women's and kids' clothing, as well as shoes, accessories and jewelry.
"The new experience is aligned with how customers shop the category, with editorial elements that inspire customers to browse and buy, and has already generated positive customer response," said Denise Incandela, head of fashion for Walmart's U.S. e-commerce division, in a statement. "The next step is the launch of the Lord & Taylor flagship store, which introduces exciting new premium brands to our customers."


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We continue in our in-depth study through the book of 1 Thessalonians as we start a new chapter in the book. Paul the Apostle encourages the Thessalonians to abound more and more and to continue in spiritual growth.
1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 New King James Version (NKJV)
Plea for Purity
4 Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus that you should abound more and more, just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God; 2 for you know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality; 4 that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, 5 not in passion of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God; 6 that no one should take advantage of and defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also forewarned you and testified. 7 For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in holiness. 8 Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who has also given[a] us His Holy Spirit.
1 Thessalonians 4:8 NU-Text reads who also gives.
New King James Version (NKJV)
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An appeal has been made to the Whitby community to get behind the fundraising effort to help build a 3G pitch at Eskdale School.
Work and plans are progressing, that if successful will see an UEFA standard community 3G pitch being built on the site of the Whitby School.
The facility would provide a full size, floodlit pitch for both curriculum and community use and offer a training and match play facility for local grassroots clubs.
A formal funding application is being worked up by Eskdale School, in partnership with Scarborough Borough Council and with assistance from the Football Foundation and the North Riding FA.
The project working group are also in consultation with North Yorkshire County Council about developing additional changing and ancillary facilities, which will include a community room and catering provision.
The pitch will predominantly have a direct impact on football development, but can also be utilised for rugby training.
Matt Hewison, Scarborough Borough Council's sports development manager, said: "The playing pitch strategy was a really useful document for us to produce as it provided real strategic guidance and funding support for sports facilities in the Borough.
"The 3G pitch numbers were particularly pleasing, as these were concluded from playing figures, latent demand and also the Football Association's own facility planning model."
Hewison continued: "The playing pitch strategy has also assisted other clubs to gain funding, as most playing pitch applications now have to be supported by a Playing Pitch Strategy action.
"The potential Whitby project was something we have always wanted to look at, and it wasn't until we had fully engaged with the Football Foundation and the North Riding County FA that this was something that could potentially happen.
"We looked at options in terms of the re-surfacing of the existing pitch at Caedmon College, but Sport England would object as it would be to the detriment of the hockey provision at the site.
"Eskdale School already have excellent existing community links and see the real potential in the pitch developing them as a school and a community hub."
Hewison is excited by the proposals and believes they'd be of huge benefit to the town's sporting development.
He added: "The facility is an exciting project to be involved with, as I'm fully aware of the positive impact these facilities can have on development.
"Many towns have access to these high-quality surfaces and we all witnessed the impact of the recent bad weather on local fixtures, so a 3G pitch would certainly assist with this aspect also.
"The other benefit of 3G pitches is that they are very adaptable to different formats of the game, up to four mini–games can be played at one time, making volunteer and parent time more effective.
"The development of the potential 3G pitch would be a great asset to both the school and the community of Whitby.
"The facility will provide excellent training and match play opportunities for grassroots clubs and enable them to develop players and coaches.
"The pitch will also provide casual pay and play opportunities for local groups.
"We are working closely with the Football Foundation and the North Riding County FA to complete the relevant application process, but we really need the support of the local community to see this become a reality.
"The overall cost of the facility is in the region of £650–700k and the school, with the support of the community, have committed to raise £60,000 towards the project with other partnership funding coming from Scarborough Borough Council and hopefully via the Football Foundation application.
"This is a great opportunity for Whitby to gain a world class facility and I would just urge the local community to support the school in their efforts with this."
Sue Whelan, headteacher at Eskdale School, is also backing the plans.
She said: "This is a very exciting opportunity for the community of Whitby and this new facility will hopefully address the issue of quality available facilities in the town.
"The new facility will also hopefully encourage new young participants to sport and improve the health and well – being and social confidence of all involved".
Allan Burnett, chairman of Fishburn Park FC and the Scarborough & District Saturday League, also welcomed the news.
Burnett said: "I have been involved in local and county football for over 50 years and Whitby as a town has required this facility for a number of years.
"As a club we will give as much support as we can to see it come to fruition.
"I can recall playing and managing on facilities such as Helredale and Larpool, but young players need these high quality facilities to develop, improve and get a better playing quality experience from the game.
"Fishburn Park FC has a long-established reciprocal partnership with the school and as a club we are delighted that this potential project is to be sited on the Eskdale School site."
The proposal also has the backing of another local football club in Whitby Fishermens FC.
Fishermens secretary Mark Storr said: "As a club we are always looking to develop and improve players and the potential development of a 3G pitch will certainly assist us with our development plans, particularly for our junior sides.
"The quality of grassroots facilities certainly has a big impact on player numbers and this facility will certainly hopefully not just help our club, but also help other people play football on a quality surface.
"As a club we are very excited about this project and will support it fully."
The current timescales for the project are to submit the application in October 2018 to the Football Foundation with a formal decision due in early 2019.
If successful the facility build would take place in the spring ready for the pitch to be fully operational in September 2019.
In order to build a more substantial business case for the facility, the school would welcome letters of support from sports clubs, community groups and individuals, which can also highlight any potential usage of the facility should it come to fruition.
To find out further details about the potential facility please search Facebook for "Eskdale School 3G" or contact Matt Hewison on 01723 232551 .
If you wish to donate to see this community facility delivered in Whitby, please search Just Giving for "Eskdale School 3G" also.


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Last week I was treated to a Day Spa Retreat that changed my world forever! Located in the heart of Tujunga Village, (Studio City, Ca), along with trending cafes and boutiques, Spa Le La makes its debut! I was greeted by the lovely Spa Director, Aimee, and Childcare/assistant, Chelsea. We instantly struck up a conversation and I was shown around the spa while waiting for my scheduled treatment.
The waiting area includes a few tables/chairs, in the front to sit and watch the passer-bys, a few lush chairs towards the back to relax before or after your treatment, and Trina's skincare line displayed beautifully against the wall. Also located in the Spa is a big room for child care. A HUGE PLUS for mom's who never get out because babysitting is an issue. Well, not here at Spa Le La! The wonderful Chelsea, is waiting for you mom, and your children! She at bat, ready to entertain them while you are SPOILING YOURSELF!
Founder of Spa Le La, Trina Belton, perfected the art of beautiful skin at her renowned Facial Bungalow. Featured in Vogue, Marie Claire, and Refinery29, women all over Los Angeles have flocked to her to keep them looking and feeling fantastic. As an esthetician, the power of relaxation was unmistakable–as soon as her client's heads touched the pillow, she watched their stress melt away. Now with a whole body focus, she's put her heart and soul into giving busy urban parents what they have been asking for–the freedom to take a minute for themselves.
This visit I had the pleasure of meeting massage therapist JoJo. She has magical hands! After JoJo asked if I had any specific areas that needed tending to, we agreed upper body and feet! She started with my head and face! OMG! I started drifting into a deep relaxing state but needed to stay on task for my review…Forcing myself to wake, we began to talk about her personal journey and what led her to Spa Le La. Like myself, JoJo has lymphedema and became a "Lymphedema therapist" to help other sufferers like herself! That totally woke me up and I am looking forward to my next 90 minute "Lymphedema massage!" Whether you suffer from physical pain or not, this gal can give one heck of a massage! The client before me was floating out the door after her treatment with JoJo…"just saying…"
Come spend the afternoon getting pampered or retreat to one of Spa Le La's private rooms for a bath and a nap. I did right after my massage!!! It was the most relaxing bath I have ever taken! I did not want to get out boys and girls! It was "ALL ABOUT ME!" My hot bath soak included: essential oils, bubbles and epsom salt. A 5 star bath!
I HIGHLY recommend Spa Le La and encourage you to book a treatment today! Tell them Te-see from BSW sent you! They offer gift certificates for any treatments including baths! Prices are very reasonable too!
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Polynomials/Factoring & Quadratics Video Review Project
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From UL to NYC
Meet the UL alumni taking New York City by storm.
Tim Kenny
Co-founder, Director and Chairman Emeritus at St Baldrick's Foundation
Tim Kenny graduated from University of Limerick in 1981 and embarked on a successful career in the insurance sector, culminating in establishing Aran Insurance Services Group in 2009. He has lived in the States since receiving his visa in 1987 and played a key role in the recent re-launch of the New York UL Alumni Chapter of which he is Chair of the local Chapter Committee.
In July 1999, Tim and two friends, John Bender and Enda McDonnell, decided to support the fight against childhood cancer by getting 17 people to raise $1,000 each by shaving their heads on St Patrick's Day, 2000. They ended up raising over $104,000 that day, and by 2002, they had raised $1 million.
St Baldrick's Foundation was formally established by the trio
in 2004 and the goals of the not-for-profit foundation are to raise money for childhood cancer research, boost research capability, increase survival rates and to raise awareness of childhood cancer.
It is now the world's biggest volunteer-driven fundraising programme for children's cancer and the second largest funder of paediatric cancer research after the US Federal Government. To date, St Baldrick's has raised over $300 million and the range of grants now include hypothesis-driven research grants, scholar awards and infrastructure support to help local institutions treat more children
in clinical trials.
Tim Kenny, ND Business Studies, 1981
Ann Marie Hourigan
Head of Science and IB Middle Years Programme Coordinator at The British International School of New York.
Originally from Patrickswell in Limerick, Bachelor of Science and Education graduate Ann Marie Hourigan moved to New York in 2013 after spending nine years in London as a science teacher and assistant headteacher. She became Head of Science at The British International School of New York, and has since added Middle Years Coordinator to this title.
"I have always worked outside of Ireland as an educator, apart from teacher training in UL in 2002 and 2004. From listening to friends that are posted in Ireland, there are far more opportunities to progress in the career of education in an international setting like New York than at home. Job stability is much higher abroad. The salary is much more lucrative in London and, although highly competitive to break into, more so in the US private sector. I'm more than happy to stay in New York for the foreseeable future."
Ann Marie Hourigan, BSc Biological Sciences with Chemistry, 2004
Fionnuala Delahunty
Director of Risk Management at Honeywell International Inc.
Fionnuala Delahunty first lived in New York from 2002 to 2007 and transferred back from Ireland to take up her current role, a world away from her native Sneem. "Working in New York is extremely demanding. In my first year out of UL, I worked for a private firm on Wall Street and I was doing 14-15 hour days straight out of college. This tempered me well for further positions. I think with technology now, the expectation is to be connected 24/7, and with the responsibilities of my role, anything can happen anywhere in the world at any time, and I have to be responsive. The US is famous for being one of the greatest meritocracies in the world, and this fostered strong, determined, competitive workforces. With the proliferation of US firms on Irish soil I am certain Irish employees are becoming more familiar with the more demanding work environments, but I believe all of my friends in Ireland have a much better work life balance than is offered by firms here."
"I have always said I will move home again and hopefully this will happen in the next couple of years with my current company. New York has immense energy, opportunity, constant stimulation, but as I am older now, a more low-key lifestyle may be better!"
Fionnuala Delahunty, BA European Studies 2001, GDip Business Administration, 2002
Frances Ronan-Sutterby
Executive Director at JP Morgan
A Business graduate from Clonmel in County Tipperary, Frances Ronan-Sutterby spent time in New York during her degree and always wanted to move back. After five years working in investor relations in Bermuda, she returned with her husband. Currently an Executive Director at JP Morgan, Frances says her role is interesting and varied. "Working in NYC is different. It truly is the city that never sleeps. There is always a major buzz and sometimes the city crowds can be overwhelming, but I love the atmosphere. I also see a huge focus on further education. In preparation for moving to New York I enrolled in an MBA programme and graduated in 2010. This was a key component in my career growth in the US.
The commutes often are very long so there is a 'work hard and go home to family' attitude. I live in New Jersey with my family so my commute is over three hours a day. We have two small children and it's tough to work full-time in finance but we have been very lucky and have a great network of friends locally."
Frances Ronan-Sutterby, Bachelor of Business Studies, 2000
Laura Hurley
Vice President, Legal & Compliance, at SVPGlobal
Laura Hurley from County Limerick moved to New York in 2013, following her now husband. "I (reluctantly) left a very fulfilling role as a solicitor in Limerick to take the NY Bar Exam. I'm a lawyer at an investment adviser with offices globally. They advise a hedge fund and four private equity funds with approximately $7 billion of assets currently under management. As Vice President in the Legal & Compliance department of an SEC registered Investment Adviser, my role is very demanding, often involving long hours but it is also exciting and rewarding. As our funds invest in Europe, it's very useful to have both an Irish and English qualification."
"We have no short-term plans to move back to Ireland. Both my husband and I are very settled in
New York, but no doubt we will return to Ireland at some stage." UL
Laura Hurley, LLB Law & European Studies, 2008


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