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The casual passerby strolling past Apopka High School on a Sunday morning would note a buzz of activity, unusual for a public school on a weekend. The sign lauding the local Chick-Fil-A as a "partner in education" is odd enough, but the mass of people piling into the auditorium should send up red flags of alarm.
Every Sunday, Apopka High School becomes Venue Church. The evangelical Christian organization has a pithy motto, "Partnering with schools and communities to serve students and families to gain the privilege of sharing the love of Jesus for eternal impact." Venue occupies three public school spaces in Orange County, Florida, including Apopka. The church brazenly declares its goal to "plant a congregation in every central Florida school zone in the next ten years."
Todd Lamphere, Venue's pastor and co-founder, is listed as the school football team's "life coach." Venue is active in organizing "mission trips" for the students of the school. He asks, "Who could argue with God in public schools?" This writer believes that she could provide Mr. Lamphere with a sizeable list, should he require one.
The "partnership" between Apopka High School and Venue church is part of an alarming growing trend. Churches, particularly evangelical, are "planting" in publicly funded spaces at a shocking rate. These predatory churches have descended upon public schools in Florida at a critical moment. The election of Tea Party officials and small government proponents in Florida has led to severe spending cuts. More than $105 million in budget cuts since 2007 have eviscerated school's abilities to hire staff, maintain facilities, and fund extracurricular activities.
Meanwhile, Venue Church and others of their ilk have seized the opportunity, descending upon the public school system, insidiously pushing their agendas. And, for all the talk by the religious right about welfare spending being the job of the church, they're putting it on the taxpayer's tab. Lamphere admitted on a local Christian cable television show, The Good Life;
"What we're saying is that we're going to meet permanently in a school…. We're not looking to build a building; we'll never be in debt."
Under the guise of moral crusaders, these churches are insinuating themselves into the core curriculums of public schools. The introduction of religious teachings into the tax-payer funded public school system should be a clarion call to action. Our halls of academia should remain sacrosanct spaces where science and fact supplant dogma and superstition.
The conservative right decries nations who have installed governments infused with religion; cries for the institution of democracy in countries governed by religious extremism have led America into a perpetual war cycle. Apparently, this applies only to religions which aren't Christian.
Parents who wish their children to become indoctrinated with mystical religious beliefs may choose to send their offspring to schools funded by churches; institutions whose curriculum clearly delineates the religious nature of their education. However, our public school systems are not carrion for parasitic religious entities to feed upon. By allowing this to continue, we are tacitly agreeing as a nation to the subtle coercion of our children's minds. If we wish to compete in a global economy fueled by science and technology, we are failing.
We are being invaded from within, America. Do not allow magical thinking and dogma to replace science and rational thought. Evict the churches from our public schools.


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Irving, Texas, October 30, 2018 – OKI Data Americas, a world-class printing technology innovator and undisputed leader in delivering vibrant, durable vehicle wraps for the automotive restyling industry, returns to SEMA 2018 in Booth #16524 to demonstrate the speed and best-in-class performance of the ColorPainter™ wide format printer series October 30 – November 2, 2018 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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E3 Announces New E-commerce Website
E3 Spark Plugs, manufacturer of a full line of DiamondFIRE ignition products for street and race performance, now has a fully functioning e-commerce website where products may be purchased direct from the company. In addition to the company's E3 Spark Plugs, E3 also offers DiamondFIRE racing spark plug wires, race distributors, a 6CDI ignition box, a high output CD coil, an external 2-step rev control, race O2 Sensor, electronic oil-filled can coil and E3 high output performance coils. E3s new DiamondFIRE Billet Distributor line provides an OE fit for most Chevy, Ford, and HEI applications.
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E3's 2019 Performance Products Catalog proves that E3 is much more than a spark plug company. Today, the company's new 16 page catalog features, in addition to the company's hallmark street and race E3 DiamondFIRE spark plugs named for their "diamond shaped" patented ground electrode, DiamondFIRE Racing and Street wires, DiamondFIRE Distributors, a 6CDI Ignition Box, High Output CD Coil, an External 2-Step Rev Control, O2 Sensors, an Electronic Oil Filled Can Coil and E3 Street Coils.
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Cutting Edge Technology in Automotive Seating: Recaro Performance Seats Manufactured with Passion and Pride
101 minutes per day. 798,000 miles in a lifetime. That's the time and distance an average American spends driving a car, following a study done by the Harvard Health Watch. Recaro Automotive Seating is manufacturing premium seats that make the difference: in driving safer, more comfortable, and more controlled. At this year's SEMA, Recaro is inviting visitors to share this unique seating experience – and to feel the difference.
Las Vegas, Nevada, October 29, 2018 – "Recaro knows seating like no one else", said Martin C. Klein, head of Recaro Automotive Seating. "Our rich history and heritage reach back to 1906, when Wilhelm Reutter founded his car body shop. It included the production and fitting of seats right from the start. Reutter's passion lives on in the first two letters of our brand – as well as in everything we do today with pride."

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At the moment, my daughter is taking omega fish oil and digestive enzymes. In addition to this, she has Epsom salt baths 3 times a week. I am adding supplements one by one under guidance of her medical staff. I have not noticed any additional improvement in her speech or behavior. I know that sometimes biomedical intervention can take a long time so I am just pledging to be persistent.
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Mischief and mayhem abounded at the Easton Public Library's Main Branch this weekend. After attending a very special Friday afternoon storytime, 19 stuffed animal friends were tucked in for the weekend and kissed goodbye by their owners.
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Josh Freestone
Bachelor of Digital Media
The Melancholy of the Non Facade
(Digital photography, projection)
The concept the "non-facade" is something I have personally been working on for some time, developing evidence that is helping to uncover the simple yet understated concept.
My photographs are visions into the wonder that lurks in the shadows underneath, behind or beside a facade.
This small-scale projection alludes to the context of the photos and the prominence of the "non-facade" within contemporary spaces.
The fact that the photography is digitally handled, and processed within the digital spectrum adds a subtext to the facade, being the digital photograph, and its counterpart, the non-facade; the mechanism.
Costume choice for the character, the style of lighting, composition and the amount of detail seen were rendered with influences from Joseph Koudelka and Eugene Atget. Koudelka for his use of composition and natural daylight and Atget for his strength in capturing empty space and conveying an atmosphere that was both majestic yet uneasy.
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Combichrist Interview
Room Thirteen recently caught up with Combichrist frontman Andy Laplegua at Nottingham's Rock City
R13: How's the tour going so far?
Andy LaPlegua:Good. It's...going. It's been going on forever. It doesn't even feel like we're touring for this album, because we never really got a break from the previous album to this one. We just had the break whilst we were doing the album. It's still going and it's still going successfully, we're having a lot of fun and the crowd's been good. You can't really wish for more than that!
R13: If you could tour with anyone who would you choose?
AL: It's such a hard one. It would be great to be on tour with Rob Zombie or something, but at the same time, if I could pick, I would love to go on tour with David Bowie. I know it wouldn't fit, but he's one of my all time heroes so that would be amazing.
R13: David Bowie would probably like it, he touched on industrial a few years back...
AL: Yeah, I mean, he had Trent producing one album. That's one of the reasons I respect him so much as a musician; he is never afraid to move on. He's an artist and not just a product, and that's why I respect him so much. For me, even if it's fun, it's still art. You're not just a musician you're an artist
R13: I could've sworn I heard somewhere that you were touring with Morbid Angel. How do you think your fans would accept their Death Metal sound and vice-versa?
AL: Well, we're not touring with Morbid Angel, but we did just do a remix for them, which was really funny because I did a very electronic version, actually more electronic than we do our own music and their fans absolutely hated it, which amused both us and Morbid Angel. We thought it was pretty hilarious.
Interestingly enough, I've been talking to them, I talked to David (Vincent) this year about us doing a tour like that, and we asked the same question, like 'How would I come across?' I think it would work very well, because we have a lot of metal & hardcore influences for our live performances, so next time maybe we will be touring together! Our fans might like it, but the other way round they can be very narrow-minded
R13: They don't seem to like the new Morbid Angel album (Illud Divinum Insanus) much...
AL: No, exactly. David was just laughing. He's so past that narrow-minded state. That's one of the reasons he didn't do it for long last time too, because he was so sick of this narrow-minded scene. We're kind of in the same boat; we like everything, every aspect of music. If it's a good song, it's a good song, it doesn't matter what style it is. If there's a top hit that comes on the radio, if it's good, it's good. I'm not a very big fan of hip-hop, but if there's a good hip-hop song then it's good. That's just how it is.
R13: You spend a lot of time touring, how do you find life on the road? How do you keep yourself sane?
AL: Keep going! Take a break and you'll start reflecting too much on it. With Combichrist and without Combichrist, I've been touring with bands in general my whole life. I've been touring since the early 90s with no big breaks at all. I think that's the thing. If I'm still sane, that's a big question! I don't know if I managed to keep myself sane (laughs), but to stay relatively sane, I would say it's just because you keep going, you keep working passionately. If you have too much free time on your hands you lose it; you reflect too much on things around you. It's such a different life than being at home. Tour life is nothing to do with real life. You just keep going, that's about it!
I've got things to look forward to when I get home; I've got my girlfriend at home, I've got my house, my cars that I build, I build hot-rods, motorcycles. I've got all those things to focus on for getting home. In the time period when you start thinking about things, you just go 'ok, I got this new thing at home, I'm looking forward to that', then, when you've been home a little bit you go 'now I've got the road to look forward to'.
R13: You said you build hot-rods, you've got a bit of a rockabilly look going on. Is that the scene you're into?
AL: Yeah, that's the scene I sort of came from; the punk rock & hardcore scene, the hot-rod scene. Don't even ask me how I got involved in this industry, it's really weird, we all really liked music in this scene but basically, most of the people in the band, the live musicians as well, like punk rock and hardcore, metal and stuff like this, which I guess sets our show apart, makes us a little bit different from most of the other bands in this scene. But, yeah, those are my babies; cars and motorcycles...engine grease!
R13: You were originally heavily into punk/metal/hardcore, but your sound is very electronic based. Do you ever get tempted to move into more metallic territory?
AL: No. If I ever feel like that I will just do it with something different. I have a certain idea of where my limits are with Combichrist, but at the same time I always do exactly what I want to do. There's never any compromise. If I want to add some hardcore influences or punk rock influence I'll do it, but I kinda know exactly what I want to do so I don't get too tempted to bring too much into it. Combichrist is Combichrist, even if it released anything very different, I still have this idea of what it should be. I have another band, Scandinavian Cock, which is a punk rock band and that's where I get my outlet for the rock 'n' roll, that keeps me from bringing too much of it into Combichrist. If I would like to do a metal album I would just create a new band for it. I don't feel the need to mix it up too much.
R13: Any bands/albums that have been a particular influence on you? Any current bands that you find exciting?
AL: The easy answer is 'not really'! And then, at the same time, everything. It's like everything from stuff that I prefer to listen to, like even back to Billy Holliday, jazz, old vocal jazz, big band, 50s rock and stuff, and old country stuff like Johhny Cash. All of these things influence me in a certain way. And then reggae music or metal or hardcore, or you spend the night at the industrial club, hear the beats & the vibes on the dancefloor. All of these things influence me for Combichrist. I don't have any specific bands that really influence me right now.
Earlier on, one of the things that got me into electronic music was the obvious like Front 242, Nitzer Ebb and all the old school stuff, that's kind of what ignited my interest in electronic music. For me, that was kind of like 'These guys are doing something like punk almost, but it's electronic'. They don't use the same instruments, but it had some of that same attitude, some of that same DIY feel to it. That's what really sparked my interest in it, and after that I haven't paid too much attention to too many things. There's a few artists now specifically that I really like, like SAM from Germany and Northborne in Norway, which is my old keyboarder (Christian Lund) from Icon Of Coil.
There's a few things that stick out that I notice, but mostly I'm at the point where I'm trying not to listen to things to keep myself objective.
R13: Your latest album 'Making Monsters' retains the basic Combichrist sound, but seems more mature and varied than previous albums. Where do you see your sound going in the future?
AL: I think the biggest difference is that the last albums 'Tonight We Are All Demons' and 'Making Monsters' were both, more or less, written on the road. Not produced or recorded, but written. When I'm home in a safe setting and working on an album I write mostly as the character Combichrist.
It's really funny, you get this all the time 'the lyrics are so violent' or sexist or whatever'. Look at any movie and you'll find any movie is worse. And that's basically what it is, it's a story. It's a character, it's like a movie. It has nothing to do with my personal perspective or my personal opinions. And then the last couple of albums when I've been writing on tour, you're writing under different settings. You're not inspired that much by movies and stuff like this, you're more inspired by things that are going on around you, emotional things. So it becomes more personal, I guess. It becomes more serious so maybe it feels more grown up. We're just as much kids still as we were at the beginning. Plus we're inspired by the live shows themselves, so you're bringing a lot of that energy and a lot of that influence back with you to the studio. Which is actually really great because I feel that translates really well into the live shows.
R13: Speaking of the live shows, you were recently on tour with Rammstein. Did you pick up anything from their live shows? Would you like to do anything that big?
AL: It's kind of hard because the only things you want to 'pick up' from a Rammstein show is just a lot of fire (laughs). And a massive, million dollar production. It's kind of hard to just pick that up!
I think one of the reasons we did fit so well together was that we went on and it was completely stripped down. Just a raw show. Just the music and musicians on a huge stage, and we had no production, more or less. We just had a band. So we were forcing ourselves to use the elements that we have, namely us and the music. Then Rammstein came on, and they had big production that was completely the opposite almost, where the show is ahead of the musicians and music, which was a good combination for the crowd, because they got both. If anything I think it just strengthened us and what we already did, rather than to pick up what they were doing. It just pushed us even harder to be a better live band and tighter, more focussed on the music because we didn't have that production. That's the biggest thing we brought back from that tour, I think.
R13: You have a current side-project 'Scandinavian Cock'. Any plans to do a full-length album or tour?
AL: Yeah. Actually, we've got another week or so of this tour and my first thing on my to-do list when I get home is to start recording the album, which I'm really excited about. I'm taking it even further than just the Ep (Uncut) that we did. We've got an additional member, which has brought a lot to the band. It's way more powerful now and I'm really excited about it, and it's so different from what I'm doing now. It's something to look forward to, it's like a mental break. Definitely looking forward to doing that. And there are so many good album titles, like 'Full-length' (laughs) or '12 inches'! We'll see what happens, but I'm really excited about it.
R13: You've spoken out about animal cruelty for PETA, how did that come about?
AL: I've always been very active. I'm not necessarily an animal rights spokesperson on all levels. Personally, I eat meat, I'm not a vegetarian. I am a carnivore and I do believe I'm meant to be one, but I am very conscious about what I eat and where I get it from and what's organic, even down to eggs. My main thing is against animal cruelty, like dog-fighting, and experimenting on animals and stuff like this, which is completely unneccesary and has nothing to do with the food chain. I'm still very active with it. That's one thing I definitely have in common with PETA. I'm still very active with pet adoption, animal shelters, stuff like this.
R13: You fairly recently shot a video for 'Throat Full Of Glass', which looked like a lot of fun and even featured a cameo from Limp Bizkit's Wes Borland. Is a second career as an actor on the cards?
AL: It's funny you saying that, everybody wants to be an actor. Who doesn't? But can you act? That's a completely different thing. I had so much fun doing it and, for the first time doing a music video, it really made me want to act. I don't say that I did a good job, but it was just so much fun doing it.
Talking about us getting slandered for being sexist and stuff, we got so much shit for doing this, which was funny because all the ideas that had anything to do with the girls was all their ideas. All the girls in the video were "what if you put a gun to my head, and I'll take my top off", or whatever. Alright, cool! It was just 'go with the flow', and we just had so much fun, and then we get all this shit afterwards, like 'hey girls, you got us in trouble for your ideas!'
We didn't try to come across as macho or anything, it was just a lot of fun. It was just us playing around, to the point where we were watching the video laughing, it was like 'look at how macho we are!' We'll see, I would love to do something. I'll try anything once. Or twice, if I fail the first time!
R13: What kind of role would you have in mind?
AL: It would have to be something not too serious. Something fun and crazy. Some kind of a shoot 'em up thing, where it's a little bit no-brain and more action, where it doesn't get too deep and we can just have fun doing it. A crazy role or something!
R13: Thanks a lot for your time, and good luck with the rest of the tour.
AL: You're welcome.
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Local campus receives approval
Penn State Wilkes-Barre has been approved as an Educational Improvement Organization under the Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program administered by the Pa. Department of Community and Economic Development since 2014. The designation allows businesses to contribute to the school to support youth programs at Penn State Wilkes-Barre deemed to be "innovative educational programs" under the law and to be considered for Educational Improvement Tax Credits from the state.
Wayne Bank
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Chamber thanks community
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Health provider gets tax credit
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U of S campaign wins award
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Mellow dreams linger near.
I am going to blame it on growing up watching shows like "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" and "Dynasty" but for some reason this chocolate girl embraced the dream of living in the lap of luxury.
I defied the terrain into which I was born…whether it was the concrete jungle of Washington DC or the gravel roads of Tennessee, this 'ere chile set her sights on living the good life, the real good life. Just as I recall the sweetness of the nectar of honeysuckles picked along dusty roads walked in the summer, I can inhale the sweet aroma of my future life including the whiff of the ocean outside my over-sized windows. . . still manifesting.
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Brave CF president explains promotion vision
Most of the world's leading promotions are in it to make money. The UFC succeeded spectacularly; its $4 billion sale in 2016 was the largest of a sports property in history. The Viacom-owned Bellator has similar aspirations, as does ONE Championship. However, Brave Combat Federation operates with a different vision.
Brave CF as founded on September 23, 2016, by Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the fifth son of Bahrain's King Hamad. The owner is a prince of a man, literally and figuratively. And he's not trying to use MMA as a vehicle to generate monetary wealth.
Brave has done 13 shows in its first year and a half, in ten countries, and has 150 fighters under contract. Brand ambassadors include Wanderlei Silva, Frankie Edgar, and Khabib Nurmagmodov. The latest event was Brave 13 in Belfast, Ireland, and enjoyed a rapturous Irish audience, including Conor McGregor.
At the latest event Brave CF president Mohammed 'The Hawk' Shahid spoke with Fight Book MMA and discussed HKH's vision.
"The vision of Brave – we are trying to provide to the MMA community something that has never been done till today, and that is to globalize the sport," said Shahid. "We have events and promotions that are highly considered and have global attention, but that's all that they have is global attention, they are not truly global.
"When you say 'truly global' you need to give the opportunity to athletes, and the country, from local ground level all the way to the top level, and give them a global exposure opportunity. And no promotion truly has been able to do that, including the top promotion in world – expecting athletes to provide them exposure at some level rather than creating the athletes and giving them something.
"So we are not here to come for one time, and go back, we are here to stay. The most important thing is to enter the market of Europe and make sure the top athletes of Europe get the global exposure opportunity. Brave's vision is that.
"We're here to give value to the country, rather than take as much as we can. We don't care about how much money we're going to make after the event and how much revenue in 2018. None of that.
"The vision of His Highness is to make sure we come into a country and give as much value as we can. That's why we have gone to ten different countries today. We have gone to all the continents except Africa and Australia, and that's going to be our next step.
"No fighter who's training hard – me being an ex-fighter, I understand the feeling of a fighter – whoever is training hard, I think they should get the opportunity to fight and get global exposure. Not many promotions are able to do that. Either they are a regional promotion or they are promotions sticking to countries and athletes they can get more benefit from.
"I think that is wrong. I think someone has to take a step to change that. Brave Combat Federation is here to do that."


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A 16-year-old Indian-American student has created a low-cost hearing aid costing merely USD 60 to help those who cannot afford expensive hearing devices.
When Mukund Venkatakrishnan of Kentuckys Louisville city visited India, he was tasked with helping his grandfather get tested and fitted for a hearing aid. During the doctor visits, he saw what a costly and difficult process it was. He resolved to find an alternative.
"Since audiologists are specialists, even finding and getting an appointment with one in India was really hard," said Mukund.
Mukund said they spent about $400 or $500 on doctor's appointments and about $1,900 on the hearing aid itself. "We got ripped off" he said
He was 14 when he started working on the device. It took him 2 years to get the device ready. He recently presented it at the Jefferson County Public Schools Idea Fest and won first place at the Kentucky State Science and Engineering Fair.
Working with the doctors, he conducted tests on patients with hearing loss to make sure his device was accurate.
"Really I started online. I looked up 'how to program' online and taught myself how to program," he said.
The device is built to first; test hearing by playing several different sounds at seven different frequencies through headphones. It then programs itself to be a hearing aid, amplifying volume based on the test results.
It only costs about $50 to make and can be used with even the cheapest set of headphones.
Unlike with traditional hearing aids, if the ear piece gets damaged it isn't costly to replace — you just buy another set of ear buds.
In its current form, the device is about two inches and looks like a computer processor. Venkatakrishnan is planning to bring it down to about one inch and encase the operating system. He envisions the device, which has a standard headphone port, fitting into someone's pocket.
"It eliminates the need for a doctor altogether," Mukund was quoted as saying. "It's really, in essence, just amplifiers, just increase the volume based on how much hearing loss you have and it's crazy that they cost $1,500 each, when you can do it for $60."
He spent hours a day working at FirstBuild, near the University of Louisville campus. Even when the building was closing, Mukund would continue working into the night, weekdays and weekends, whatever it took to complete the device.
"I'm kinda surprised it turned out OK," Mukund said reported Wave. "It's hard to like, see something like this working. I wanted to quit a lot of times in the middle. Everything was going wrong all the time. You never knew if something was going to work or not."
But he didn't quit. And that's because his motivation goes deeper his natural drive and persistence. He visited his grandfather two years ago in India and learned he was suffering from hearing loss.
While Venkatakrishnan is eager to make a difference, he isn't trying to make money off his invention.
He's adamant that the audio software remain open source so other developers can modify and tweak it.
His goal is to distribute the device to people with hearing loss who can not afford a USD 1,000 hearing aid. Various foundations are reaching out to Mukund to help mass produce and distribute it.
Mukund said that he would visit his grandfather in Bangalore, India this summer and deliver the hearing aid.


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As mentioned in previous post, for us over talkative, over spending, over consuming quasi intellectuals, there is great meaning in doing visible things with our hands.
One of my examples is creating a different space, a cool place to relax. Below the pictures showing progress of the Futeco picnic/braai spot. It all happened in two days.
Obvious but corny lessons: a small bit of creativity plus sacrifice can make life better. Even if it doesn't cost money. Don't let the desire of perfection stop you from doing something nice. Personal Reflection: resist the temptation to do it alone, because doing it together adds meaning for others and memories for you.


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When we talked about Leukemia this morning, we shared some emotional experiences with each other. Did the story I shared with you about my college friend make you sad, inspired, or a mix of both?
Jack the Awesome
10/25/2012 03:24:55 am
I had mixed feelings to the story about your college freind and how her brother got leukemia at the age of 3. It was inspiring to me when she went through the worst expirence in the world for her sick brother. It was sad when she found out that he died even though she want through that pain. It was also inspiring because she still said even though the treatment did not work she would still go through all that pain 1,000 times more for one second with her brother.
Zachary Gleit
10/25/2012 03:25:16 am
The story that you shared with us inspired me because very few older siblings would go through that much pain for their younger sibling, who they might not even get along with a lot.
Briana Tropea
10/25/2012 03:26:45 am
I was inspired and sad at the same time. I was sad because her little brother had leukemia and when she underwent the treatment and it still didn't work and he died at such a young age. And he never got to actualy live his life. I was inspired because at 12 years old she did the prosedure and it must have been so painful with a needle that big I mean super painful. If my brother had leukemia I don't think I would be able to go through that procedure to get the needle even though I would cry and cry because he was close to dying. But she did it and she was probably realy sad because it didn't work and her brother died. So when I herd you say that she underwent the procedure I was amazed.
10/25/2012 03:27:22 am
The story that you shared with us this morning made me feel a mix of sad and inspired. I feel inspired because if that was my brother I would do the same thing for him. It makes me feel sad because I couldnt imagine going through that type of pain of losing one of my brothers. Also, I feel inspired because at such a young age she volunteered to give part of her bone and it didnt work. But, she wouldnt want to change a thing about what she did. That right there is just amazing!
Daisy ;)
10/25/2012 03:29:48 am
The story you told us this afternoon definatly made me feel inspired and sad. Afterwards there was a lump in my throat. It made me feel so inspired because it made me see how though things like that are happening everyday and she stayed so strong and went through all of that pain for her little three year old brother. After i heard he passed away and the sister said that she wouldnt change doing that surgery, I was inspired because she was so selfless. She also said she would do it 100 times over to just give him a chance of surviaul. That made me feel so though in a way. I almost thought that if she can do what she did and go through that pain I can do that too. I also liked the short story about the starfish. I always feel like that with everything. It is also true that you cant save everything, but you can always try and it will make a difference even if its for one person.
10/25/2012 03:32:43 am
The story you said about your college friend made me both sad and inspired. I was sad because having to think aboutsomeone my age going through the most painful expirence of having a baby sibling have leukemia, it was heartbreaking. I was also inspired how she had the strength to sit there, while doctor's stuck an huge needle down her spine, trigger all her nerves, in pain, to give her brother more time on earth. I think at the time, though, she was in much more pain watching her brother go through cancer,than any procedure could ever her, and she knew it. Thats why I think she did it, and even though she later held her baby brothers while he died, and she didn't regret it later, knowing that every second counts and she was the one who probably gave him more time, even if it was only a day, an hour, or even a second.
11/14/2012 02:38:29 am
Rachel I thought that that responce was a really good response. I f i never heard the story that Mr. Bunel told us I would have a relly good clue of what was going on
10/25/2012 03:37:03 am
The story made me a mix of both sad and inspired. It is incredibly brave how that girl did that for her little brother. I can't belive that even if she could go back in time and not get the giant shot, she wanted to get the shot even if it would help her brother just the tiniest bit. It is very sad because a year later, she was holding her brother's hand, while he was dying from his suffering of leukemia. I am so inspired from her about the amazing thing she did for her brother. Even just thinking about getting that giant, long and very sharp needle right into me gives me the chills. That story makes me so sad, but at the same time, amazingly inspired.
10/25/2012 03:37:44 am
I thought the story was touching inspiring and sad all at the same time. It was sad because unfortunatley her brother didnt make it even after the bone marrow transplant. it was touching/inspirational because even though it ended in tragedy she wouldn't have changed a thing because it could've given him a little bit more time.
10/25/2012 03:39:51 am
Yes the story you told the class was very sad but it wasnt just sad it was also amazing because she said she wold do that spinal cord prosedure 100 times again just to let his brother even have one chance to live it was also sad because her brother died bacicly while the girl was watching this is the emoshions that were going through me.
will the boss
10/25/2012 03:44:05 am
It was a mixture of both it chills my bones just to think of doing that but in that reason it inspires me. It inspires me to think a little bit less selflessly and think of it as if I was the other person and they were me. It was also a little sad to me because she gave that huge risk and her little brother still passed away. In total it inspires me more than almost anyhting because to step for a bully or a brother inspires me.
10/25/2012 03:44:45 am
Well........... when you told us the story about your friend stories about people who are hurt or don't feel good make my eyes water but I would say that I was not sad about it. I just think that if that was me and that was my little brother would I do that for them. I think that I would because we fight and stuff but I care so much about them that I would do anything to protect them in any way I can. So I think that the story oyu told us inspired me, haddlebury
10/25/2012 03:53:16 am
that story that you shared with us got me inpressed and mixed emotions. that girl cared so much about her brother that she would go throught the most painful thing that she experianced a billion time just so that she could spend at leas one more seccond with her brother. i found that so nice and brave for her to do that for her brother. sometimes peolpe think that there sibling dont like you but in that time of need they will do what ever to just have you there by your sided
10/25/2012 03:56:11 am
the story you told really broke my heart. to hear what she went thro just to find out it didnt work its just sad. To hear that she would do that amillion more time just means true love. i would do the same for some one i love. thats what i think of the story
10/25/2012 06:32:26 am
I thought it was more inspiring than sad. I mean, for a 12 year old to go through that pain . . . is just so heroic. All that for that one person she loved so much. And knowing that she would do it in a heartbeat any where anytime. Just to make her little brother live a second longer . . . is trying incredible.
McGilicutty (Casey)
10/25/2012 06:59:18 am
This morning we talked about leukemia. We learned that Mr. Bunel's friend from college had a little who died of leukemia. My feelings after hearing the story were both sad and inspired. It was a sad conflict that her younger brother died at 3 years. I was inspired because she did a bone narrow transplant to try and save her little brother. the transplant ended up not working. It's amazing and inspiring how Mr. Bunel's friend at 12 years old did the bone narrow one of the most painful surgeries in the world and she did it because she loved her little brother.
Commish Gordon
10/25/2012 10:49:22 am
I believe for me it was a mix of both because in the end the brother did not survive. If you go throughout one of the painful medical and not have it work is devastating. It also gives me inspiration do try to make a difference in someones else's life is one of the best feelings on Earth. If I had the opportunity to make someone live instead of die would be amazing. I think that woman should feel amazing because of what she had done.
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We live in a culture that is all about stuffing our emotions. We deny them or plow through them as if they were something to be beaten back with a stick. Because we don't know how to deal with strong emotions comfortably, we don't like it when our or other people's emotions emerge and muck up a perfectly good personal interaction.
I often see people trying to hold in their emotions and then jam them down as soon as they begin to peek through. They try to head them off at the pass or cast them off like a hot potato. They are afraid to acknowledge the mere existence of these feelings, let alone venture to experience them fully. Sometimes the scariest prospect would be to let these emotions flow. Some people have been damning them up for so long they are scared that if they open the flood gates they might be drowned in a rushing current of anger, sadness, shame or despair. Or, these dreaded emotions may take over their lives like an unwanted alien house guest - they may never leave and destroy the tranquility and stability of their home in the process.
The truth is our emotions are an asset and when allowed to fully express themselves they don't like to overstay their welcome. It is safe and beneficial to fully feel and express the richness of your emotional life. The emotional world is deep and valuable. The scary part, the discomfort, comes from a lack of skills. We were born "knowing" how to experience emotions; but for most of us, that natural agility has been driven out, and we need to relearn how to positively embrace, respect and ride through our emotional experience.
The first piece, as always, is awareness - know thy self. Notice what you do when emotions rise. Notice your reactions and coping techniques. I tend to shut down. My reaction to uncomfortable emotion is like a security breach at a secret hideout. My internal alarms start to sound, my walls come up and my window shutters come down. Troops are sent out to protect the entrance. My daughter recently commented on a shift she'd noticed in my son's response to "bad" feelings. He used to roll into what we'd lovingly refer to as, "his ball of shame." He was shut down, but owning the experience. Lately, he's been trying on a new maneuver. This new, and possibly not improved, approach is geared toward distancing himself completely from the emotional experience at play. We call this the "who, me?" angle. This tactic is aimed at shifting blame and completely denying responsibility for, and/or awareness of, any daunting emotion on the scene.
So, begin to pay attention to the tactics you use. What techniques have you adopted to deal with uncomfortable emotions? Learn how you respond when lively emotions walk into the room; and then settle back, invite them in, offer them a warm beverage and have a chat.


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Miramar Hotel in Sopot is located about 200 m away from the see in a good staging place. Close vicinity of Gdansk-Gdynia highway, local rail and road transport ensure easy access to all places of interest from Gdynia via sopot to Gdansk. With vegetation and parks all around, this place is excellent for people who value quiet and want to have a good rest. Aquapark is an additional attraction, just 20m away from the hotel. Sopot is an attractive holiday center, seaside resort and spa. Sopot is also known for its International Song Festival and a grat number of sports and cultural events.
Hotel is able to accommodate about 250 persons in rooms for 1, 2, 3, and 4 person and apartments. All of the rooms are renovated, with bathrooms and TV.
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Tim Lippe, as played by actor Ed Helms as a somewhat slower version of the same character he plays in those 'Hangover' movies, is a grown man who is in love with his old sixth grade elementary school teacher Mrs. Vanderhei (Sigourney Weaver). Tim actually asks Mrs. Vanerhei, after an afternoon of love, did she ever think about him in that way while she was teaching social studies way back when. That's kind of weird and uncomfortable Tim. Tim, if we were to make a quick diagnosis, is socially retarded. But gosh darn if social retardation doesn't make for some great comedy like the kind we got in this movie 'Cedar Rapids'.
Tim sells insurance in some Midwest town that Ann Arbor Michigan is pretending to be. I know this because I had a semi-encounter with Anne Heche while they were filming this movie. Like I kind of saw Anne walking down the street and honked at her. At least I think it was her. Anyway, there's an insurance conference in Cedar Rapids Iowa and normally this agencies top agent, Robert Lemke (Thomas Lennon), won't be able to make it this year due to some unforeseen circumstances, so the Bossman (Steven Root) sends Tim in his place to give the big presentation and hopefully bring home the cherished Two Diamond Award for the third year in a row. I think that's what they called that award.
The thing is that Tim has never been out of this slow town of his, has never been on an airplane, has never stayed in a hotel… nothing. Thus when Tim arrives at this hotel and meets his hotel roommate Ronald (Isiah Whitlock) Tim is taken aback because apparently there are no Black people where he is from either. Once that was smoothed over with some help from Mrs. Vanderhei by remote control, Tim is doubly taken aback by his second hotel roommate, the profane, crass and completely inappropriate Dean Ziegler (John C. Rielly) who Bossman told him specifically to avoid. And there was no way that Tim was ready to handle Joan (Heche), a force of nature who treats this conference as her own personal playground of debauchery. What I wouldn't do to have my own playground of debauchery.
So imagine you've gone through your entire life of around forty or so years and haven't experienced anything, outside of sex with your old elementary school teacher… which admittedly is a little on the freaky side… and clearly, if that's the first time you've experienced anything like that it will lead to silly undying declarations of love… then in the next two days you experience everything. Black people, corruption, weed smoking, prostitution, infidelity, homosexuality, cocaine snorting, crack smoking, ass kickings, face stompings, drunkenness, deception, betrayal, wanton immorality and the promise of anal sex. All in two days. My older brother would call that a slow and disappointing weekend. Tim Lippe, however, will never be the same.
Directed by Miguel Arteta 'Cedar Rapids' is odd little comedy in that it is sweetly presented, but at same time a little raunchy in its content. The story seems to have its tongue firmly in its cheek, but at the same it is dealing with some pretty serious subject matter. 'Cedar Rapids' is offbeat in a mainstream kind of way. What a conundrum. At least the conundrum of trying to classify what the director's movie is or what it's trying to be, because there is no conundrum or debate, at least where I was sitting, on whether or not it's funny because I found the movie to be consistently so.
Part of this winning comedy formula comes from watching familiar actors do things we are familiar watching them do. Can Ed Helms play a repressed social misfit? Sure he can. Can Anne Heche handle the role of an aggressive woman of suspect moral value? Uh… yeah. Does John C. Reilly know how to amp up the obnoxiousness? I'm thinking he does. When we see Rob Coddry later on in this movie, is anyone surprised to see my man playing a profane, rude, anti-social asshole? I'm guessing no.
Of course putting people in their right places is no guarantee of success but fortunately for us, the easy nature of the surroundings of 'Cedar Rapids' combined with the sublime ridiculousness of everything that is going on during Tim Lippe's wacky weekend gave us some damn good laughs. Not all of the time but most of the time.
As we mentioned earlier, 'Cedar Rapids' is a different kind of comedy with is clashing styles, but it is one that hits the mark on most of what it was shooting for.