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Tell Me What You Want;
Susan Sheehey
Adult; Romance; 153 Pages
Susan Sheehey (January 4, 2018)
The Cardinal rule for Knights is never fall for a client.
But in a business where rules are meant to be broken, how can he resist…
Book One – Renner
Showing a woman her worth is his specialty.
Renner Shaw's priority as a Knight—a luxury escort with Knights of Texas—is making clients feel safe and secure. Intimacy is a perk, and one of his fortes. A position he was surprised to be well suited for with his charm and unrivaled focus. But he never expected the likes of Cassie Summer to come calling.
Cassie never expected to call an escort for the sole purpose of helping her sleep after a sudden tragedy. She certainly never anticipated the sizzling Renner Shaw would be the light that helps guide her out of grief. Only, it may be too late to salvage her splintered heart.
Making his client feel safe and secure is harder than Renner ever imagined, but he's determined to fulfill his role to perfection. To change her gray and dreary world into one of colorful pleasure.
Knights of Texas novella series
Now accepting clients.
Noble pleasure seekers bring their expertise to showing a woman her true worth.
Revealing a woman's value is their devoted mission. These southern charmers can all but guarantee kindling a woman's heart.
About the Author
Susan writes contemporary romance, romantic suspense and women's fiction. Water plays a crucial element in all of her novels, and she's a strong advocate for Autism Awareness. She tried to give up Diet Coke, and it didn't take. Susan lives and laughs in Texas with her husband and two sons.
Follow her at www.SusanSheehey.com or on Facebook and Twitter. Join her monthly newsletter for goodies and sneak peeks.
If you have a kind heart, send Diet Coke so I can keep writing more books!
~Escape in romance and suspense!
Jenn's Review:
I found a novella that was both sweet and steamy, with a satisfying ending in Susan Sheehey's Tell Me What You Want. Who knew being a male escort could lead a man to the woman of his dreams?
Renner's a man with a history – and not the warm fuzzy kind of history. So when his friends dupe him into his first gig as a gigolo, he's surprised to find that his skills as a lover can, in fact, go hand in hand with his skills as a bodyguard. He's charming and focused, and very good at giving women what they're looking for as a high-end escort.
Cassie just wants a full night's sleep, which she hasn't had since the tragedy that ripped her husband out of her life. Now, she's juggling life without a partner and a traumatized son, nightmares and loneliness. Who knew an escort would not only help her get a good night's sleep but would also start piecing her broken heart back together?
Tell Me What You Want is, for the most part, a sweet romance, with a few sensual scenes that follow the midpoint. Ms. Sheehey builds the suspense and character development subtly, rocketing her readers through a beautifully developed story, drops readers off a cliff in the Black Moment, and then ties it all up in a neat bow for a satisfying conclusion.
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What is Faith? (Heb 11)
What is faith? Believing things with no evidence? Claiming things from God that He's never promised? No, faith means living with the assurance that unseen things are real, and that future things are certain.
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Your sermon and bible studies have been my spiritual food for a number of years. I attended a conference at the Houw Hoek in Hotel in Cape town, South Africa where you preached a series on the servant songs. My heart was so blessed that time that I started listening to many, many of your sermons. God bless you and your family and your congregation. I have prayed for you and you congregation many times that God will continue to bless the ministry of the word at your local assembly.
Christian greetings to you, your wife and children and your church folk.

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If you're looking for a hideaway in Spain, then the small town of Almeria is the perfect fit for you. The town is said to be Spain's best kept secret being one of the less travelled places in the very well-known country. The capital city of the province with the same name might be small but definitely has the ingredients of a great holiday, whether you want to relax or an adventure!
Almeria is home to the stunning crystal cave that was found in an old and abandoned silver mine. The geode is covered with large crystals of clear gypsum encompassing the entire cave that can comfortably fit up to 10 people. The geode is said to be the the only one that has been discovered as of press time. The crystals themselves aren't allowed for viewing but a theme park within the vicinity was built for travellers and visitors who would like to catch a glimpse.
In the province where Almeria is located lies an unspoilt beaches of the Cabo de Gata-Nijar Natural Park. With mesmerising crescent bays and beautiful, extensive coral reefs, the beach is not only picture perfect but also the best place for quiet basking under the sun.
Like most of what is found in the city, the desert is also one of the more unpopular ones in the world. The Tabernas Desert maybe less known by tourists but it surely has gained popularity among movie makers who want spectacular and realistic desert scenes. Most of Clint Eastwood's 'Spaghetti-Western' themed movies have been shot here in the 1960s.
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Annual Mustard Seed Grants help overseas missionaries
The archdiocesan Center for Mission awarded five Mustard Seed Grants this year to Catholics from the archdiocese who have become overseas missioners for one or more years. The awards totaled $2,800.
This year's winners include Dan and Meri Diamond, members of St. Lawrence in Minneapolis; Keenan Ryan, a member of St. Hubert in Chanhassen; Maggie Mattatini, a member of Nativity of Our Lord in St. Paul; and Sister Pat Forster, a Franciscan who has been a member of Sacred Heart in St. Paul.
The Diamonds are serving with the Columban Fathers in Peru. Ryan is working with the Farm of the Child in Honduras. Mattatini is serving with the Voluntary Mission Movement in El Salvador. Sister Pat is serving with the Little Falls Franciscans in Mexico.
The Mustard Seed Grants are made possible by an endowment for the Center for Mission. The grants can be awarded at up to $1,000 per missioner, and they are renewable.
The program started in 2001 after a $100,000 endowment was created through an estate donated to support mission vocations. The center has awarded 40 grants in the past nine years.
Making mission possible
The grants do not get many applicants, said Mike Haasl, the center's global solidarity coordinator. He's met many people who could have used them who didn't know they were available. He hopes more people apply for them in the future.
"It's rare that we turn anybody away," he said.
Missioners use the money in a variety of ways, Haasl said. Most missionary organizations ask their participants to raise funds to cover their cost of travel, room and board, formation, language school and health insurance. These costs could be $10,000 or more per year, Haasl said.
"It's really to make mission possible for them," he said.
Supporting overseas missionaries from the archdiocese is important because it recognizes that part of Christians' baptismal call is to be missionaries, Haasl said. "Some of us may not be called to leave our homes and go overseas, but some of us do feel that," he said.
Since Vatican II, the Catholic Church has viewed its mission work as finding Christ in one another, Haasl said. All of the 2010 Mustard Seed Grant recipients are working with poor and marginalized populations, he said.
"To really encounter them face to face and to mutually share as well as receive the gifts of the other is so important," he added.
Most missioners who receive Mustard Seed Grants aren't lifelong missionaries. Many will come back to the archdiocese where they will share their experiences. Haasl calls this "reverse mission."
"The respect and dignity that the return missioners can share just helps people to see how important it is to be attentive to how people are fairing," he said.
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Benefits of Fermented Soy
The humble green soybean, with its resemblance to peas in a pod, may be boiled, soaked, curdled, roasted or fermented to create foods that are staples of vegetarian diets. While tofu, soy milk and edamame are unfermented, tempeh, miso and soy sauce are examples of fermented soy foods. Soy that has undergone fermentation may offer a number of benefits for your health.
Protein Source
All soy foods deliver protein without high amounts of saturated fat. For example, a 100-gram serving of cooked tempeh – about 3.5 ounces – gives you over 18 grams of protein. That's 39 percent of a woman's daily requirement for protein and 32 percent of a man's. Of the 11 grams of fat in this serving of tempeh, only 3.4 grams are saturated. A 100-gram serving of miso provides almost 12 grams of protein and 6 grams of fat, of which only 1 gram is saturated. Choosing unsaturated fats from plant foods like soy over saturated fats from animal foods can have heart-health benefits.
Soy is among the most common food allergens, along with dairy and tree nuts. However, fermenting soy appears to reduce its allergenic properties. A study by researchers at the University of Illinois and published in "Food Engineering and Ingredients" in 2008 found that allergic reactions to soy were cut by 99 percent through fermentation. The process also appears to increase the availability of the amino acids in soy foods. The researchers noted that fermenting breaks down the protein in soy into small particles that antibodies cannot identify as foreign matter.
Women's Health
Soy foods are rich in plant compounds called isoflavones, which may benefit women's health in particular. Women to Women reports that the isoflavones in soy can help ease peri-menopausal and menopausal symptoms, especially hot flashes and night sweats. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine notes that soy consumption can be cancer-protective, particularly reducing your risk of breast cancer, and may also help prevent fibroid tumors. A 100-gram serving of tempeh supplies you with 96 milligrams of bone-supportive calcium, or about 10 percent of a woman's daily requirement.
Soybeans are heavily treated with pesticides and often grown with genetically modified seeds. Toxins from conventionally grown soybeans can accumulate in your body over time, so Dr. Dixie Mills of Women to Women suggests you purchase organic soy foods and those clearly marked "non-GMO." You can use tempeh as a meat substitute in vegetarian chili, tacos and stews, while miso makes a quick, nutritious soup and soy sauce adds flavor to your stir-fries. Be aware, though, that some fermented soy foods, especially miso and soy sauce, are high in sodium, so use them in moderation if you have hypertension or may be at risk for it.
- Women to Women: Nutritional and Health Benefits of Soy
- USDA National Nutrient Database: Tempeh, cooked
- USDA National Nutrient Database: Tofu, raw, firm, prepared with calcium sulfate
- USDA National Nutrient Database: Miso
- HelpGuide.org: Choosing Healthy Fats
- Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America: Soy Allergy
- Food Engineering and Ingredients: Overcoming Allergic Reactions to Soy
- Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine: Soy and Your Health
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Rough Dreams was formed in the summer of 2018 by guitarist/vocalist Jake Jones and longtime friend and drummer Paul Lowe. The band was originally started simply as a means to play music back home in Tennessee while not touring with their other bands. Eventually, the boys added childhood friend Ty Carrington on bass and fellow Knoxvilleian (that can't be right…) Chris Suggs on second guitar. The band's sound has been described as a throwback vintage sound, reminiscent of late 90's/early aughts emo/pop punk. With enough songs to record a demo, Rough Dreams enlisted Nick Diener (formerly of The Swellers), Zach Householder (of Whitechapel), and local engineer Miah from the Soundlair to help track the band's debut album which was jsut rtelased last week. Now's the part where we tell you to go listen to it! Soooooo, go do it below! NOOOOW!
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In 2012, the UK Government committed to a national smart metering implementation programme which aims to offer smart electricity and gas meters to approximately 53 million homes and business across Great Britain by 2024. This smart grid conversion is for Europe to adapt renewable energy for a low-carbon society. Part of the requirement for the smart metering system is to include a secure way to exchange and share information between the device and energy supplier.
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Farewell to the Master
|"Farewell to the Master"
|Harry Bates
|Science fiction
|Published in
|Astounding Science Fiction
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|October 1940
"Farewell to the Master" is a science fiction short story by American writer Harry Bates. It was first published in the October 1940 issue of Astounding Science Fiction.[1] It provided the basis of the 1951 film The Day the Earth Stood Still and its 2008 remake. In 1973, the story was adapted by Marvel Comics for its Worlds Unknown series with Bates' blessing.
The story is told from the viewpoint of Cliff Sutherland, a free-lance picture reporter, who is present when a mysterious "curving ovoid" ship suddenly appears on the grounds of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. Two days later, "visitors from the Unknown" emerge: a "god-like" person in human form and an 8-foot (2.44 m) tall robot made of green metal. The former only manages to state "I am Klaatu and this is Gnut" before he is shot and killed by a lunatic. Klaatu is buried nearby. In the days that follow, Gnut remains motionless, while laboratories and a museum are built around it and the ship. Both prove impervious to the investigations of scientists.
Sutherland discovers that the robot enters the ship each night when no one is watching, emerging to resume its position for the day. Gnut is aware of the reporter, but ignores him. After several odd encounters, Sutherland informs the world what he has learned. Gnut is encased in "glasstex", finally forcing the robot's hand. It breaks out, unaffected by all attempts to destroy it, picks up Sutherland and travels to the mausoleum containing Klaatu's corpse. It opens the tomb and takes a recording of Klaatu's voice stored there. It then returns and goes inside the ship.
Sutherland daringly boards the ship before the entrance closes and learns that the robot is working on a way to create a copy of Klaatu from an audio recording of his greeting. The new Klaatu is flawed, because the recording is imperfect, and he dies soon after speaking with the reporter. Sutherland then suggests retrieving the original recording device to study it and discover how to compensate for its imperfections. Gnut eagerly adopts this idea. Sutherland arranges that the equipment be brought to it; later, when he intuitively senses that the robot is ready to depart, he impresses upon it the need to tell his masters that Klaatu's death was an accident. Gnut replies, "You misunderstand, I am the master."
- ^ Isaac Asimov presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction, Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg, 1979, ISBN 0-517-40147-9
External links[edit]
- Farewell to the Master title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Bates, Harry (October 1940). "Farewell to the Master (full text)". Astounding Science Fiction. Archived from the original on 2014-07-27. Retrieved 2007-08-11.


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"Umôrdhoth," Daisy corrected her. Jenny watched the librarian as she pored over the enormous book on the desk in front of her. She leafed through its pages so quickly Jenny wondered if she was even reading any of the words.
"You think something about this cult is going to be in… an encyclopedia?" She adjusted her Oxfords. Traipsing about London with her fellow socialites was one thing, but running from cultists through the streets of Arkham had been quite another.
"The Orne Library keeps an extensive collection of rare books, ancient and modern. I was just reading Dr. Margaret Murray's The Witch-Cult in Western Europe last week, when Professor Warren came in and… my God."
"What is it?" The librarian's expression was one of shock.
"De Masticatione Mortuorum in Tumulis! That's what he borrowed. It's about—Miss Barnes!"
The knife hit Jenny in the side, just under the ribs, and she fell to the ground. It was a wicked, curved blade. Its wielder stood over her, tall and imposing in his ragged green coat. He smelled of the woods, and wore a deer skull mask.
She slid the switchblade out of her dress and fumbled for the button, but the man's blade was coming down again.
There was a thud, and the hunter stumbled sideways, crashing into a bookshelf. He appeared stunned, but recovering. Daisy stood there with the encyclopedia she had just battered him with in her hand, and she reached down to help Jenny up.
"Run!" she shouted. Jenny held her injured side and didn't argue.
Arkham Horror: The Card Game is a cooperative Living Card Game by Fantasy Flight Games. My vignettes are appreciative fanfiction of a game I love and highly recommend.
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Translation: OH MY GOD! IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!
And thank you everyone for all the awesome birthday wishes today. Even if you didn't know it was my berfder, thank you anyway for feeling sort of awful for not knowing. I love you for it.
I am….thirty three years old today. Which would normally make me sad, but I actually like the number 33. Thirty-two was sort of an odd number and thirty-four just passes that hump of ever being able to feel young again, so 33 is good. I like 33. And, of course, it closes out what has been the best, most fabulous year of my life. To celebrate, I would like to talk about the 33 highlights of the last year. In no particular order except least favorite to most favorite, here you have it:
33: ERMAGHERD! I discovered my new favorite word.
32: People. I've hated people most of my life, but I realized this year that it's because I sort of didn't like my life. Now that I love my life, I sort of love people. If you are a people, then that means I sort of love you. If you aren't a people…well, then…you must be a something creepy so I don't feel bad for not sort of loving you.
31: I love to travel. Before I turned 32, I think I visited Oklahoma once. And Wyoming, just to see if it really existed. It does, but barely. But this year I've had the privilege of going to Chicago, Oklahoma, Colorado, New York, Minneapolis, Connecticut, Louisiana, New York again, Progresso, Cozumel, (Did I go to Wyoming again?), and…next year is looking even better. Vegas, anyone? Yep. Boston? Yep. RT in Missouri? Yep.
30: I went on a submarine. That was cool.
29: I bought a house. That was WAY cool.
28: I got a new car. That was way cool until it got hit.
27: I wrote four books. FOUR. Yep. Two of them are unpublished and I'm still editing them, but they are written. Or wrote. Wroten? Wrought? No. And just so you know, I can't wait for HOPELESS!
26: I have a real writing cave. Check it out here if you want to see it. It's a pretty boring video, which is why I'm not forcing you to do it. Merely suggesting.
25: This video by Pink. It's the hottest video on the planet.
24: I saw The Avett Brothers in Chicago. Second best concert EVER. The first is going to be down there in my top five somewhere. Patience.
23: Sold my movie rights to a kickass producer. Let's just hope he doesn't turn Will into a transformer. Or he can, as long as he still has abs.
22: Sold my movie rights to a kickass producer. Yeah, yeah. I know that was number 23, too. But it deserves two spots on the top 33, since it was for both books.
21: Sold my movie rights to a…just kidding. I'm going to give this #21 to the fact that I played my first hand of blackjack at a casino this year. It was fun, but I lost. Thanks for the awesomeness that was that night, Cheri!
20: I went to my first Slam Poetry session in Dallas back in February with my girls, Crystal and Jamie. It was a blast.
19: I realized that my cousin is not really a drunken whore and she's actually pretty cool. I just can't wait until the rest of the world realizes this, too. And it's sad because she'll never read this, since she doesn't subscribe to my blog.
7-18: Readers. You get all these spots, because you deserve it.
6: Hazel. I hate that little mean pig. But I love her more than I hate her.
5: My sis is moving to Texas, because she finally realizes that Wyoming doesn't really exist. And this would have made it to number one, but it hasn't quite happened yet so she's stuck at #5 until it does.
4: Avett concert at Red Rocks. AMAZING! INCREDIBLE!
3: Getting third best YA book of the year in the Goodreads Choice Awards. Sometimes I still punch myself in the face, just to make sure this is all real. I need to find a less painful way to validate the realness of my life, though. Face punches suck.
2: My entire family, even the ones that probably aren't my family due to divorce and such, but who still come around and infiltrate themselves into our lives because we wouldn't have it any other way and because, frankly, they're weirdly addictive.
1: My friends. My damn friends. Okay.
And there you have it. <3


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Buckland Fire & Rescue
Fire Chief: Garry Schrader
Deputy Fire Chief: Barry McLeod
Battalion Chief: George Shand
Lieutenant: Travis Turcotte
Captains: Lanette Ernst, George Bihune, Shaun Stewart
- Chris Shynkaruk, Chiarman
- Leonard Youngwirth
- Connie Bradburn
- Debbie Mathers
- Ken Litwin
- Keray Wenzal
- Dave Hudak
- Kelly Giles
- Orest Romanchuk
- Darren Strange
- Ron Hrynenko
- Don Fabrick
- Tammy Shynkaruk, Secretary/Treasurer
Call Before You Burn:
- Call 306-922- FIRE (306-922-3473) if you are planning a controlled burn.
- If you do not notify dispatch and Buckland Fire & Rescue is called to your property you will be charged for the call, whether you are a member or not.
If your fire will be more than 1m in diameter a BURN NOTIFICATION NUMBER IS REQUIRED from Sask Environment to burn within 4.5km of the Provincial Forest from April 1 to October 31.
Please call 1-866-404-4911 for more info.
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Prince Albert, SK. S6V 5R3
Ph: 306-764-6865
Fax: 306-922-0084
Controlled Burn: 306-922-3473(FIRE)
Website: www.bucklandfire.com
Type of Department:
- Volunteer, co-operative, non-profit, charitable organization
- Partner in North Central Mutual Aid Association
- We have approx. 25 volunteer firefighters who have access to a P-25 radio to respond if possible.
- All firefighters & rescue units are equipped with a P-25 radio.
Services Provided:
- Firefighting
- Vehicle Rescue (Extrication)
- TRAP (Technical Rescue Advanced Personnel)
- Trench Rescue – online
- Resources for – High Angle, Confined Space & Water Rescue
- Preparations and resources for – Search & Rescue and Urban Search & Rescue
- 3 engines, 4 tanker units, 1 semi tanker unit and 2 rescue units
- 3 Technical Rescue Trailers, housing specialized rescue equipment
- 3 Units with Highway Rescue Capabilities
- Buckland Fire & Rescue operates as a co-operative
- Members pay a one time share. This membership share is $30 for residential properties and $50 for commercial properties. A yearly levy is then applied to members to support operational costs.
- Shares
- $30.00 Residential
- $50.00 Commercial
- Levies
- $125.00/yr/Residence
- $200.00/yr/Commercial
- If you have more than one residential dwelling on a property you need to purchase a membership share for every household on that property.
Non-Member Rates:
- For those who choose not to become a member of our department or who do not pay their annual levy, or fail to report a controlled burn, our rates are as follow:
- $800.00/truck/hr. (includes two men)
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Ken Berwitz
robert lewis dear, the murdering lunatic who killed 3 and injured a good many others during his shooting spree at Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs, CO, is said to have told police "No more baby parts".
Planned Parenthood\'s spokespeople are using this comment to show that he is a right-wing extremist, in league with the other right-wing extremists, and Republicans (they don\'t seem to distinguish between the two), who are attacking the organization.
My first question: did robert lewis dear get that line from "right wing extremists", from Republicans,…
…or did he get that line from watching the undercover videos of Planned Parenthood executives specifically detailing how much money they get for babies\' individual body parts – after explaining that, during abortions when the baby is fully formed, they meticulously keep those body parts intact so they can be sold?
And, if media intend to blame someone other than dear himself for his murder spree, my second question is, should they blame right-wing extremists, Republicans….or the Planned Parenthood executives who specifically talked about exactly what he said to the police?
Based on the reports I\'ve seen, which do nothing other than parrot what Planned Parenthood is saying, most mainstream media appear to have already made up their minds about where the blame lies.
How about you?
Oh, and in case you have any doubt about what the videos showed, you can click here to read my blog about these videos, which was written back in July – and which has links to two of them. Then, assuming you have not seen them before, you can wonder, along with me, why these videos – which, again, provide exactly what robert lewis dear was talking about – have been suppressed all this time…and why they are being suppressed now as well.


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Mumsy, in the Oxford English Dictionary, is defined as a negative adjective. Boden wanted to reclaim the word 'mum' as a moniker of style and substance for its customers – many of whom are mothers themselves.
Common Industry developed the Wear It Like A Mum campaign to lead a conversation about the experiences of women and their attitudes towards style after having children.
Through in-depth academic and consumer research, we attempted to assess the pressures many young mums feel in relation to their style and launch an empowering campaign that challenged the idea that a mum should look or dress in any prescribed way.
Our campaign launched with numerous broadcast interviews to debate the issue in depth, with features also running in titles like the Telegraph and Red Magazine.


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The Moody Blues, one of rock's most venerable bands, will be performing across the river at Elizabeth, Indiana's Horseshoe Casino at 8:00 P.M. on Saturday June 19 as part of Horseshoe's Summer Outdoor Concert Series.
And while they are not out touring in support of a new album, the show isn't simply an exercise in nostalgia, either. The band tours regularly and their last studio release December, was a well crafted collection of Christmas and winter songs, released in the fall of 2003. They have also been involved in the re-release and re-packaging of their catalog, which up to this point includes titles from Days of Future Passed to The Present.
The core of the band remains intact with Graeme Edge on drums, Justin Hayward on guitar and vocals, and John Lodge on bass and vocals. Despite selling over 70 million records worldwide and making music for well over forty years, the band is not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which speaks less to the band's deserving the honor as it does to the hall's snobbery of classical and progressive rock. But for a band that had its biggest hit album (1981's Long Distance Voyager) sixteen years after the release of its first (1965's The Magnificent Moodies), The Moody Blues know it has a loyal and ample fan base. So, expect a good crowd at Horseshoe on Saturday night.
Some set list staples so far on this tour include The Voice, The Story in Your Eyes, Isn't Life Strange, Tuesday Afternoon, Nights in White Satin, and one of rock's truly great tracks Question. The shows have typically been divided into two sets with a brief intermission in the middle. Ride My See Saw has been a typical encore.
You must be 21 years of age to attend the concert, which will take place at the Horseshoe Southern Indiana Outdoor Arena. The age restriction is unfortunate for parents who would like to take their kids to see a truly classic rock band in person. The show is rain or shine, 100 degrees heat index or not. Tickets are $35, $45, and $75.


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This knee long kurta is very light in weight. It has been designed by tribal artisans of Rajasthan. It is easy buttoned cotton three-fourth sleeve kurta. The tribal artisans have exemplary designing skills. Tribes India offer a wide range of assorted gift items which are combination of age old craft tradition and modern design with utility in focus.
- Brand : Tribes India
- Fabric : Cotton
- State : Rajasthan
- Color : Multicolor
- Closure : Buttoned
- Length : Knee Long
- Sleeve : Three Fourth
- Style : Straight
- Care Instructions : Cold and Gentle Hand Wash
Note : Although, an artisan do take care to maintain pattern and color scheme however to create identical products a little variation could be seen against the image shown here being hand made products.
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Choroi Triangle - Bronze - SmallChoroi
includes beater and handle.
Small Sized Triangle (approx. 12 cms / 5" diameter) bronze thickness 6 mm, leg length 13 cm (diam. 0.24" x leg length 5.12")
Available in variations:
- plain/blank surface
- hammered surface
Hear the amazing difference between our handmade tri- and pentangles and those you commonly buy in music shops!
Choroi Triangles and Pentangles are hand-crafted and made from brass or non-alloy steel.
By driving (hammering) the material, the sound becomes more vibrant and the surface gets a characteristic structured look.
Even though the triangle is a very simple instrument, it offers different sound possibilities. Whether it is a bell-like, warm and swinging tone or a clear, vibrant sound, depends on the material and the size of the triangle as well as on the way the instrument is played. Every model has its characteristic sound.
The general rule is: brass triangles have a lingering sound and develop a warm colourful timbre.
Iron has a concentrating effect with its shorter, strong and elemental sound.
Pentangles sound lighter and higher than triangles.
The bigger the instrument, the longer and more intense (not necessarily deeper) the reverberation.
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Gift wrapping and upgraded shipping are not available for any of our musical instruments or their accessories. They will be shipped from a different location as the rest of our stocked products and therefore will come separately from the rest of your order, if ordering other items from our store. Please allow 2-3 weeks for delivery.


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I LOVE our Ready2Read program! It is not because I created it, but because this little Moffatt Girl is enjoying learning how to read! She is having so much FUN and that makes my heart happy! This is learning at its best and I am so THRILLED to be a part of it!
Like I mentioned in past posts, we are taking each unit very slowly! This is at HER pace and there is absolutely NO stress, striving or tears involved. In this post, you will see Level 1 Unit 3 in action. If you are new to the Ready2Read Program, you can see the information page {HERE}.
Squeezing those glue bottles really help to build fine motor skills needed for writing.
We have used a lot of different things to decorate our sight words, but the cake decorations seem to be a favorite 😉
Her reading becomes more fluent with each crayon!
Most importantly, it builds confidence and allows kids to realized that they CAN read!
Building confidence is half the battle!


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A federal judge has approved a $110 million class-action settlement against the manufacturer and distributor of an intravenous vitamin E supplement that federal officials have linked to the deaths of dozens of premature infants in the mid-1980s.
U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater approved the settlement Friday in the case, which was filed in Wichita Falls in North Texas, according to court documents.
Art Brender, a Fort Worth lawyer representing 369 plaintiffs, said Saturday that the supplement was on the market for four and half months before it was recalled in April 1984. Federal health officials have linked E-Ferol to the deaths of about 40 babies.
E-Ferol was marketed and administered without approval from the Food and Drug Administration as a way to prevent or reduce blindness in premature babies.
Research determined the agent that made the vitamin E water soluble was causing symptoms including kidney and liver failure in the babies, Brender said.
"I think it's one of the worst cases of corporate greed and malfeasance in history," Brender said.
The drug manufacturer, Carter-Glogau Laboratories of Glendale, Ariz., and its distributor O'Neal, Jones & Feldman Pharmaceuticals of Maryland Heights, Mo., are no longer operating.
David Taylor, a Dallas attorney who represented the companies, said both stopped doing business about 20 years ago but their liability insurance would pay the settlement.
Taylor said his clients were relieved to get a resolution.
Dosage instructions were unclear and the more doses a child was given, the greater the chance of injury or death. Many children who received the supplement weren't harmed, likely because they got a low dosage, he said.
Indictments were handed down in 1987 for Carter-Glogau and its former president, Ronald M. Carter, along with the former president of O'Neal, Larry K. Hiland. They were convicted of conspiracy, marketing an unapproved drug and misbranding the drug.
The company was fined $130,000 in 1989, and the two executives were sentenced to six months in jail.
Brender, who started the lawsuit in 2003, said the parents in the lawsuit before being contacted by attorneys weren't even aware their children had gotten the supplement.
The class-action lawsuit includes the parents of 42 infants who were given the supplement and died, and people who as babies got the supplement and suffered damage or need medical monitoring.
There were more than 100 settlements involving E-Ferol in the last decades, said Brender, who estimates that at least 80 babies died from the supplement.
When attorneys tried to find patients who had gotten the supplement, some of the 89 hospitals found to have administered E-Ferol were willing to share that information. But many others had to be forced legally to reveal whether children had gotten the supplement, Brender said.


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George Rodenhausen is a partner in the firm and concentrates his practice in land use, municipal and environmental law. A graduate of Yale College and Yale Law School, with an LLM from NYU Law School, he has served as an attorney for the United States Environmental Protection Agency, as vice president for environmental, health and safety affairs for a major multinational corporation, and as a land use, municipal and environmental attorney in private practice in New York and New Jersey.
In addition to being an attorney, Mr. Rodenhausen is an AICP certified planner and a member of the American Planning Association. In his land use practice, Mr. Rodenhausen has represented citizen groups, not-for-profit organizations, developers, towns, villages, counties, and the State of New York, served as counsel to many municipal planning and zoning boards, and assisted municipalities as both lawyer and planner in the drafting of local land use and environmental laws, comprehensive plans and environmental review documents. He most recently served as Town Attorney of the Town of Hyde Park.
In his land use practice, Mr. Rodenhausen has represented and assisted the Hudson River Valley Greenway Conservancy and Greenway Communities Council in developing and interpreting the original Greenway program and procedures, and represented and assisted the Dutchess County Department of Planning and Development in developing Greenway Connections, the first Greenway regional plan in the Hudson Valley. He also represents land trusts, historic sites and donors in the negotiation of conservation easements for the preservation of landscapes, farming and open space.
From 1993 to 2008, Mr. Rodenhausen served as special watershed counsel to Putnam County and was part of the team that negotiated the historic Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) in 1997 to protect the purity of New York City's water and the economic viability of the watershed communities. After the MOA was signed, Mr. Rodenhausen participated in the development of the Comprehensive Croton System Water Quality Protection Plan and other aspects of the implementation of the MOA. Since 2010, Mr. Rodenhausen has represented 19 municipalities in forming the East of Hudson Watershed Corporation to implement the stormwater retrofit program in the New York City Watershed.
Mr. Rodenhausen's environmental practice has included virtually all aspects of environmental law and litigation. He has experience in environmental permitting, compliance, and negotiation with governmental agencies, including cleanup of oil spills, industrial sites and waste sites under New Jersey's Environmental Cleanup Responsibility Act, New York's Brownfields Program, New York's Spill Act, and the hazardous waste laws of New York and the Comprehensive Environmental Responsibility, Compensation, and Liability Act ("Superfund" or "CERCLA").
Mr. Rodenhausen's litigation experience includes federal litigation concerning waste site cleanups and oil spills, including complex litigation involving a major New York Harbor explosion and oil spill with claims by the states of New York and New Jersey, the United States, and the City of New York. He and other members of the firm have litigated on numerous occasions both against and on the same side as the Department of Environmental Conservation with regard to compliance with the State Environmental Quality Review Act, designation of principal and primary aquifers, and wastewater and solid waste laws.
In 2011, Mr. Rodenhausen successfully argued the case of Cooperstown Holstein v. Middletown, establishing the rule that municipalities can exercise their zoning power to ban hydrofracking for natural gas. In 2014, Mr. Rodenhausen was successful at the Appellate Division, Third Department, in upholding the Town of New Paltz wetlands and watercourse protection law against SEQRA and constitutional challenges.
Mr. Rodenhausen is a writer and speaker on land use and environmental law issues. He has lectured for the New York Planning Federation, New York State Bar Association, Practicing Law Institute, the National Business Institute, Lorman Education Services, the New York City Bar Association, the Dutchess County Bar Association, the Chemical Manufacturers Association, the Water Environment Association, the New York State Association for Solid Waste Management, Pace Law School, the Hudson River Watershed Alliance and other organizations. He is a contributing author of West's Environmental Law and Regulation in New York. Mr. Rodenhausen is a member of the New York State Bar Association, Environmental Law Section (Co-Chair of Water Quality Committee, and Member, Executive Committee); and the Columbia and Dutchess County Bar Associations. In 2013 and 2014, he was selected for the Upstate New York Super Lawyers list. For many years he has consistently been given the top AV rating by Martindale Hubbel Lawyer Rating System.
Mr. Rodenhausen has been active in local community affairs, serving as a member of the Board of Directors of Mid-Hudson Pattern for Progress, a member of the Greater Hudson Valley Coordinating Council, as a consulting attorney to the Hudson River Valley Greenway Council, as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Olana Partnership, and as a member of the Board of the Foundation for Hudson Valley Libraries.
Mr. Rodenhausen was admitted to the bar in New York in 1970, in New Jersey in 1989, and to the U.S. District Courts for the Southern District of New York in 1971, the Eastern District of New York in 1976, the District of New Jersey in 1989, and the Northern District of New York in 1994.
New York University Law School
LL.M. – 1972 Ford Urban Law Fellow
Yale Law School
LL.B. – 1969 Benjamin Sharps Prize
Yale University
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This graphic organizer may be used to help students analyze the processes and components of Earth System phenomena.
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This investigation introduces students to the significant environmental changes occurring around the world. The investigation uses NASA satellite images of Brazil to illustrate deforestation as one type of environmental change.
Scientifically-Interesting Story of Urban Heat Island
Are you looking for a storyline to use with your students that features NASA data? Consider using the following resources in your classroom today!
Use these resources with your students to show how humans can impact the temperature of Earth's surface through changing land cover. This storyline evidences the Urban Heat Islands created near the Great Lakes region by analyzing surface temperatures.
Are you looking for a storyline to use with your students that features NASA data? Consider using the following resources in your classroom today!
- 4-ESS2-2: Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth's features.
- 4-PS3-2: Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
- 5-ESS2-1: Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
- MS-ESS2-1: Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth's materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
- MS-ESS3-2: Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
- MS-ESS3-5: Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.
- HS-ESS2-4: Use a model to describe how variations in the flow of energy into and out of Earth's systems result in changes in climate.
This USGS activity leads students to an understanding of what remote sensing means and how researchers use it to study changes to the Earth's surface, such as deforestation.
An urban heat island is a phenomenon that is best described when a city experiences much warmer temperatures than in nearby rural areas. The sun's heat and light reach the city and the country in the same way. The difference in temperature between urban and less-developed rural areas has to do with how well the surfaces in each environment absorb and hold heat.
Students identify kinds of land cover (such as roads, fields, urban areas, and lakes) in Landsat satellite images. They decide which land cover types allow the passage of water into the soil (pervious) and which types do not allow it (impervious).
The purpose of this activity is to have students use an Earth Systems perspective to identify the various causes associated with changes to Earth's forests as they review Landsat imagery of site locations from around the world.
This video provides tips for teachers on helping students make sense of data to help them understand and work with data.
Scientific data are often represented by assigning ranges of numbers to specific colors. The colors are then used to make false color images which allow us to see patterns more easily. Students will make a false-color image using a set of numbers.
The My NASA Data visualization tool, Earth System Data Explorer (ESDE), helps learners visualize complex Earth System data sets over space and time. Visit this page to review the datasets we have available to you and their organization by Earth System sphere, science variable, dataset name, and start/end dates.


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I do not have a cat who shreds my toilet paper, as TouchedByMadness does. What I have is my mother's 6.2 lb Chihuahua who is, at this very minute, attempting to dig a hole through the rug. She has been freaky all day. Earthquake freaky.
Okay, if you do not know what that means, you have not been reading my blog long. Exploding Birds and Earthquakes « Savanvleck's Weblog This dog predicts earthquakes and bird explosions. I type by a window and I sleep by a window and, when the dog senses danger she starts getting weird.
Today she has been wanting out all day but then, goes to the door and will not go out. She is hiding on the floor behind my feet, staying away from the window, and crawling up in my lap and onto my arms, to be cradled like a baby. You just try typing that way.
So, either Indiana will have a trembler, another bird will explode or, just possibly, the dog was listening to CNN this morning when they said Texas had an earthquake and she just does not know what state we live in and that is why, she is at this moment, trying to dig a hole through the rug. I figure she wants to hide in the basement and does not want to take the stairs.
And, while she is a chicken loving dog, she will steal a hamburger occasionally too.


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You can breath through either or both. In short which ever is most comfortable for you to maintain a moderate breath rate. Both LiveO2 and ExtremeO2 work regardless of how you choose to breathe.
If the mask is fitted properly you should have no difficulty breathing in through your nose. If this is difficult, move the mask higher on the bridge of you nose, inflate the cushion a little more and or loosen the neoprene straps slightly.
Most individuals will breath through their mouth when breathing hard but this is not necessarily the most efficient way to breathe.
Yoga suggests the best breathing method is to inhale through the nose with the tongue on the roof of the mouth and then exhale through an opened mouth with the tongue flat and relaxed. However, this can be challenging when exercising vigorously. During exertion, breathing through the mouth is typical, especially with high altitude, like with ExtremeO2. Just breath any way that feels good. The main objective here is to bring the oxygen from the system into your body.


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The cast of 'Pretty Little Liars' hit the red carpet to celebrate the show's 100th episode. Dressed to impress, the girls caught our attention with their fabulous styles and sexy heels.
Sasha Pieterse in ICB
Sasha Pieterse chose a white peplum dress by ICB and styled it with a coral-and-gold Rodo clutch and a metallic belt to cinch the waist. We love her sexy single-strap sandals, but she really needed a pedicure!
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Shay Mitchell in Cushnie et Ochs
Shay Mitchell wore a super sexy Cushnie et Ochs black dress that hugged her lean figure perfectly. With her long tresses down and only minimal accessories, she kept the look low-key sexy. Shay paired the backless dress with blush-colored Manolo Blahnik "BB" pumps.
Manolo Blahnik "BB" Suede Pumps in Pink, $595
Troian Bellisario in Three Floor
Opting for a classy and modern look, Troian Bellisario wore a white Three Floor dress that features semi-sheer lace. To add edge to her sophisticated frock, Troian paired it with gorgeous Alexandre Birman laser-cut sandals.
Alexandre Birman Cutout Python Sandals, $795
Lucy Hale in Tanya Taylor
Petite beauty Lucy Hale was the only one who chose to wear a patterned dress for the event. The two-piece Tanya Taylor ensemble features a sleeveless crop top and a pencil skirt. Lucy finished the look with a sexy pair of wine-colored ankle-strap sandals.
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Ashley Benson in Camilla and Marc
Ashley Benson was sophisticated at the event. Her Camilla and Marc white dress features an asymmetrical skirt and a sexy cutout at the back. She finished the look with a simple pair of black ankle-strap pumps. Although the shoe choice was great, we wish she added a pop of color with accessories so that the ensemble wouldn't look so bland.
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On August 14, 2018, H.R. 5554, the Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2018 was signed into law to reauthorize the Animal Drug User Fee Act (ADUFA) and the Animal Generic Drug User Fee Act (AGDUFA) programs administered by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. These two user fee programs enhance the FDA's ability to maintain a predictable and timely animal drug review process, foster innovation in drug development, and expedite access to new therapies for food-producing and companion animals.
The bipartisan legislation reauthorizing ADUFA and AGDUFA builds on the success of previous authorizations and includes several additional provisions, including a limited expansion of the conditional approval pathway for certain new animal drugs, a requirement to post on the agency's website the number of pending petitions for food additives intended for use in animal food, and a requirement to report on the FDA's progress in bringing all approved antimicrobial animal drugs that are medically important under veterinary oversight. The reauthorizations also coincide with the 50th anniversary of the establishment of section 512, "New Animal Drugs," in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as part of the Animal Drug Amendments of 1968.
Conditional approval has previously been limited to animal drugs intended for use in minor species (those other than horses, dogs, cats, cattle, pigs, turkeys and chickens) or for minor uses in major species (MUMS drugs). This alternative pathway to approval provides the drug sponsor additional time (up to 5 years) to fully demonstrate effectiveness and, in the interim, the sponsor can market the drug provided a reasonable expectation of effectiveness has been demonstrated and the sponsor has satisfied all other requirements for a full animal drug approval, such as safety and manufacturing requirements. The pathway requires annual review of the conditional approval to determine whether the sponsor is making sufficient progress toward meeting the effectiveness standard for full approval.
The legislation has expanded the conditional approval pathway to allow certain additional drugs that are not MUMS drugs to qualify, but this expanded pathway is limited to drugs intended to treat serious or life-threatening diseases or conditions or address unmet health needs and for which effectiveness demonstration would require complex or particularly difficult studies. The legislation stipulates that the new conditional approval pathway cannot be used for antimicrobial drugs.
In addition, the legislation mandates that the expansion of conditional approval sunset after 10 years, to coincide with the reauthorization of the animal drug user fee programs in 2028. In addition, the legislation requires that the Government Accountability Office conduct a study to ensure that expanded conditional approval is being utilized appropriately, so that Congress, the FDA, and stakeholders can evaluate the expanded conditional approval pathway prior to its sunset.
The legislation also includes a requirement for the FDA to submit a report to Congress by September 30, 2019, identifying how the agency will incorporate veterinary oversight for all approved medically important antimicrobial drugs administered to animals that are not already subject to veterinary oversight. Although all medically important antimicrobials used in feed or water for food-producing animals are currently under veterinary oversight, some other dosage form products (e.g., injectable, tablet) remain available over-the-counter.
The provisions in the legislation regarding animal food additive petitions (FAPs) require the FDA to post to the agency website no later than one year after enactment of the reauthorization legislation (i.e., by August 14, 2019), the number of pending FAPs, how long each FAP has been pending, including any extensions, the number of study protocols under review by the agency for more than 50 days, and the number of protocol reviews that receive an extension from the agency. If the FDA requires any additional studies from the petitioner, the agency must provide the scientific basis when making such a request. The legislation also directs the agency to issue within 18 months from enactment of the reauthorization legislation draft guidance to assist petitioners in engaging with the agency in a voluntary pre-petition consultation process for animal food additives, and to finalize, withdraw or reissue the guidance within one year after the end of the period for commenting on the draft guidance.
Although most animal drug sponsors currently submit their applications electronically, the legislation mandates electronic submission for all animal drug applications and submissions under section 512(b) or section 571(a) beginning on October 1, 2018. The FDA has engaged in significant outreach to assist animal drug sponsors in learning to successfully use the electronic portal, including holding a series of webinars to walk sponsors through the process and answer any questions that may arise. The FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine has also set up an electronic submissions support team to provide timely assistance to animal drug sponsors.
The legislation also mandates that, by September 30, 2023, all approved animal drug products carry a statement stating, "Approved by FDA under (A)NADA #" and list their New Animal Drug Application or Abbreviated New Animal Drug Application number. Conversely, products that are listed on the Index of Legally Marketed Unapproved New Animal Drugs for Minor Speciesare no longer required to carry the statement "Not approved by FDA." Instead they will carry the statement "LEGAL STATUS--In order to be legally marketed, a new animal drug intended for a minor species must be Approved, Conditionally Approved, or Indexed by the Food and Drug Administration. THIS PRODUCT IS INDEXED--MIF #' (followed by the applicable minor species index file number and a period) Extra-label use is prohibited." Indexed drugs have gone through a different review process which is restricted to uses in non-food minor species or uses in the early, non-food life stage of certain food-producing minor species.
Congress first approved the user fee program for new animal drugs under the Animal Drug User Fee Act of 2003, and the user fee program for generic new animal drugs under the Animal Generic Drug User Fee Act of 2008. Both programs must be reauthorized every five years. With the enactment of H.R. 5554, these programs are now reauthorized for fiscal years 2019 through 2023.


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In the past we have told you about tools that allow you to measure the amount of time you spend on various websites. Considering a recent report in the Web2.0 summit, we definitely urge you to start using them :-).
TechCrunch has created a summed up report, from a presentation by Mike Schroepfer, Facebook's VP of Engineering. According to him:
- Users spend 8 billion minutes online everyday using Facebook
- There are some 2 billion pieces of content shared every week on the service
- Users upload 2 billion photos each month
- There are over 20 billion photos now on Facebook
- During peak times, Facebook serves 1.2 million photos a second
- Yesterday alone, Facebook served 5 billion API calls
- There are 1.2 million users for every engineer at Facebook
8 Billion minutes a day is definitely a huge number, considering that we mortals only have 1440 minutes a day. To give you a perspective, Facebook has 300 million users and according to the presented data, an average user spends a minimum of 27 minutes on Facebook. This number may not be entirely correct, since several millions users do not actively use Facebook everyday. We can safely assume that a average user spends 30-35 minutes on Facebook.
The fact that Facebook has 30000 servers to handle these requests, make them more reliable than the smaller players, and gives users a better experience while using their service.
How may minutes do you spend on Facebook? Do let us know about it through your comments.


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Lauren Hunter did a wonderful write up of what to look for in church software.
Please read the full article here. Below is just a summary of some of the information you will find.
Know what regulations pertain to churches and what organization creates them. Understand and know why you cannot keep balances in the revenue and expense accounts. Additionally, liabilities should not have fund balances because liabilities are money owed and not money the organization owns. Does church size matters when it comes to accuracy of church reporting or does the church have to report the financials at all? There are two major repercussions of having bad financials. One is moral and the other is legal. When an organization is out of compliance trust is lost in the community, which is the moral issue and is very hard to recover. The other is the church can lose its tax-exempt status and cannot claim to be a tax-exempt organization legally. Find out where to go to get more information. Tell us what you think.


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When we last left our famed duo (Susan and I), we were off to Ethiopia to pick up Meron and Estifanos. Their referral information said that they had a younger sister who wasn't available for adoption. We got to Ethiopia after a very long trip (14 hour layover in London) and got picked up from our hotel by the orphanage director. He took us to the guesthouse (a block away from the big kid orphanage), we met some of the families staying there, he offered us some coffee. I replied in my most sincere tone, "Umm, no, We'd really like to meet MY kids." So he took us to the older kid orphanage. We met the kids and hung out with them all day. The two of us went back to our hotel and crashed (it's now been about 48 hours since we left our house and have only had minimal sleep in airplane seats).
The next day we were at the guesthouse filling out paperwork for the embassy and the orphanage director comes up and says, "You know they have a younger sister."
"Yeah, we've read all their paperwork" (3 or 4 times, but who's counting)
"Well she is probably available for adoption are you interested?"
"Probably!?!?" …OK, so I don't really remember what I said because I was in a little state of shock.
We saw Yordanos (the baby sister) twice while we were there. Once at the place she was staying, and then again when she was moved to the orphanage. They needed to do more paperwork to confirm she was adoptable, so we left it with "we will see" when we left the orphanage at the end of the week.
<One month goes by while we're learning to be parents and busy with the new kids, but always in the back of our minds is that we're eventually going to have to make a decision about her.>
This is a rather anticlimactic story since you know the end, so I'll get to the point. Our adoption agency finally e-mails us and says that Yordie is adoptable. After praying and budgeting we decided that we could handle a 3rd so quickly (we had already been talking about adopting a 3rd after we got the referral since we kind of wanted the whole baby experience). Sacrifices were (are being) made, but we couldn't be happier. Bigger-insta-family.
Obviously I'm being intentionally vague about some aspects of Yordie's story since it's hers to tell. Thanks in advance for not asking for more information about why her status changed.


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AISJ provides an authentic, standards-based American education based on the American Education Reaches Out (AERO) Common Core Plus standards, a widely used international set of rigorous standards.
At AISJ, we define curriculum as the knowledge, skills, and understandings that students are expected to learn. Our AISJ faculty works as a collaborative team to develop each content area curriculum by using organizational tools such as Rubicon Atlas. We follow a widely recognized curriculum design framework, Understanding by Design, to prioritize enduring understandings and transferable skills for students. In order to ensure a high-quality curriculum, AISJ has established a Curriculum Review process. We examine each subject area in depth once every 5 years to make sure that the curriculum is up-to-date and reflects our changing world.
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Our most valuable tool for helping your students learn and grow is our teachers. We support learning for teachers just as we support learning for your students - with collaboration and research-based methods. We provide time within the school calendar for teachers to learn and grow as professionals. We also financially support our teachers' pursuing excellence in their fields through conferences, workshops, and degree programs.
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- Developmental Reading Assessment in Grades K-5
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- Advanced Placement (AP) exams on 16 different subjects in high school
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next week nasa india na naman ako. yung mga officemates ko, ayaw magpunta doon kasi mabahu raw, marumi, maraming mahirap, ibang tsibog. ako naman eh, how shall i say it, "trabaho lang pare, walang personalan". for me, you take both the good and the bad. india is really different – so alien, so beautiful and ugly at the same time. it's in your face. and, in that way, i kind of like it.
the last time i was there, we went to taj mahal on an unexpected day off where my boss and i suddnly became accidental tourists. on a 45 deg. c day, there we were under the heat of the @#$$@$% sun but enjoying every minute of it. that in a nutshell is my indian experience and i am probably going to relive it once more next week.


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Take a dump in a bucket and call me Chad Pennington. With all the hoopla surrounding Black Friday, I lost sight of the fact that it's a day from tomorrow. I'll be in Florida stuffing stuffing into my ponch by this time next week. How do you like that?
Anyway, next Friday there will be three new Sprint phones.
First there's the Motorola Q9C, which only looks marginally less uncool than the Motorola Q I use on a daily basis if, by "daily basis" you mean it sits on my desk losing its charge. It'll cost $149 with 2-year contract and you'll only be able to get it online at first.
In the stores, you'll be able to pick up the BlackBerry Pearl 8130 for $199 with contract and the Motorola i335 (Nextel) for $50 with contract and after rebates.
Sprint's holiday smartphone bonanza drops on November 23 [Crave]


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FALL RIVER, Mass. -- An associate of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez has pleaded not guilty to murder in the shooting death of a man near Hernandez's Massachusetts home last summer.
Ernest Wallace entered his plea on Thursday in a loud, firm voice at a brief hearing in Superior Court in Fall River.
Wallace had pleaded not guilty to an accessory charge previously in the killing of semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd, who was dating Hernandez's fiancee's sister. Members of Lloyd's family were in court Thursday.
Another man who faces a murder charge in the case, Carlos Ortiz, is being arraigned May 27. Wallace and Ortiz are from Hernandez's hometown, Bristol, Connecticut. Ortiz also pleaded not guilty earlier to an accessory charge.
Hernandez has pleaded not guilty to murder in the death of Lloyd, who was from Boston.
Separately, Hernandez was indicted Thursday on murder charges in the 2012 shooting deaths of two men in Boston. His lawyers say he's innocent.
The Boston Globe reported that a separate status conference was held Thursday in Fall River in the case of Hernandez's cousin Tanya Singleton, charged in the Lloyd case with contempt of court for refusing to testify before a grand jury and as an accessory after the fact.
Her attorney told the judge she might reach a plea deal on the contempt charge before an Aug. 12 trial. He said she has a cancer recurrence and her health is worsening.


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On Thursday, December 6, 2012, Dr Mamoru HARUNA, a Professor Emeritus of the Institute of Science & Engineering of Ritsumeikan University, gave an RCAPS Seminar entitled "Planning and Management Methodology for Urban Development based on Systems Approach and Case Studies."
Dr HARUNA began by explaining the Framework of System Approach to show the relationship between analysis, analytical study and integration. Then he introduced the Process System in Planning Decision, which is mainly based on social and economic indicators, and feedback in order to examine and improve the planning. In terms of the Planning Discussion System, he used a circle model which includes an Information Processing System, a Planning Problem Analysis System and a Planning System to explain how it works. After the initial introduction, Dr HARUNA gave two solution examples about the applications focus on urban planning for local core city (the new Japanese inland depot long-term planning), and traveling decision making (the development of Japanese High Speed Railway). The solutions also contains some sub models such as a stage-wise planning and management process, a financial distribution plan and a Structure of Hybrid Planning Model.
Following the seminar, Dr HARUNA also offered more related materials to the students who have interest in the field. The documents can be downloaded from APU Terminal Instructional Materials, the folder is named "RCAPS Special Seminar and under the index of "qianxp".
This event was made possible through the invitation of APU CAP Assistant Professor QIAN Xuepeng.
Written by WANG Baixun (GSAD-APS)
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18 yr. old Seth Jones on his way to become hockey's first black star
By JEFF Z. KLEIN
Published: December 20, 2012
Seth Jones probably should have wound up a basketball player. He is tall, with a great vertical leap, and his father is Popeye Jones, who played 11 years in the N.B.A. and is now an assistant coach with the Nets.
But instead, Seth Jones, 18, is projected to be a top pick in the N.H.L. draft and may be on his way to becoming hockey's first African-American star.
"I'd be shocked myself if I heard a story like that," Jones said, when asked if people are surprised by the combination of a basketball father and a hockey son. "Me and my two brothers all play hockey, so it was weird, I guess, that none of us played basketball."
Jones, a 6-foot-4 defenseman with slick skating and puck-possession skills, seems to have a can't-miss label sewn onto his hockey sweater. He will help lead the United States team at the world junior championships in Russia next week, even though he is the youngest player on the roster. He was on the team for last year's tournament as a 17-year-old, but an injury sidelined him just before it started.
Now in his first year with the Portland Winter Hawks of the Western Hockey League, Jones has 28 points in 31 games, third among rookies, and a plus-27 mark, fourth among all players. On the ice he is a commanding presence, a hard hitter. But more often he is the rare defenseman who can control a game's tempo with his stickhandling and passing — a "full-package defenseman," in the words of Phil Housley, the United States coach.
Probably not what anyone expected from a son of Popeye Jones.
Seth Jones, second from left, is a defenseman with strong skating and puck-handling skills.
"No one wants to live in their father's footsteps," Seth Jones said this week when the United States team held a three-day training camp at the Rangers' practice rink in Greenburgh, N.Y., before heading to Europe. "I think the time will come when I stop getting those questions and everyone knows the story. That's just my family and my background and part of my life."
Jacob Trouba, another defenseman on the national team, said: "He's always been Popeye's son. Now he's turning into Seth Jones; he's not Popeye's kid anymore. He's making his own name."
Jones may not have followed in his father's footsteps, but the stops in Popeye Jones's career played a large role in Seth's hockey development.
Popeye became a hockey fan while playing in Dallas. He arrived in 1993, the year the Stars moved to Dallas from Minnesota. Seth was born outside Dallas the next year. After Popeye was traded to Toronto in 1996, the Jones family was steeped in the game through constant exposure to Don Cherry and "Hockey Night in Canada."
"When I was a guy growing up, the only sports offered to me in a small town in Tennessee were basketball, football and baseball," Popeye said.
Seth's path to hockey started in Denver when his father was playing for the Nuggets in 1999-2000, and his older brother, Justin, wanted to play roller hockey with his school friends. Seth, who was about 5, got a pair of in-line skates, too. When the weather turned cold, they received ice skates and hockey gear, but only played pickup games with other children.
Then one day at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Popeye bumped into Joe Sakic, the Colorado Avalanche captain and future Hall of Famer.
"I don't think he knew who I was, but I knew who Joe was, and I stopped him and introduced myself and said, 'My kids want to play hockey, and I really don't know anything about it,' " said Popeye, who is 6-8. "He looked at how big I was and said: 'Make sure they know how to skate. I'm sure they'll be good athletes.' "
Seth took skating lessons with a figure-skating instructor for a year, but what sealed hockey for him was sitting rinkside with Justin and his younger brother, Caleb, when the Avalanche won Game 7 of the 2001 Stanley Cup finals.
"Seeing the Cup in person was just unbelievable," Seth said.
He went on to star on youth teams when the family returned to Dallas and at the elite United States National Team Development Program in Ann Arbor, Mich., winning gold medals at the 2011 and 2012 World U18 Championship. (Caleb, 16, has been invited to the program's 2013 tryouts.)
The N.H.L., mired in a lockout and struggling to renew fan interest, would probably welcome the marketing potential of a young African-American star, especially if Jones were to play, say, in Brooklyn when the Islanders move there in 2015.
Seth, whose mother, Amy, is white, said he would prefer that race not be part of the conversation when it comes to his hockey career.
"I don't want to be looked at as an African-American, you know?" he said. "I want to be looked at as someone who has good character, and people know me for the person I am, not my color."
Still, he said he understood why people asked about race. "Anytime I or anyone can help to get kids into the sport of hockey — or any sport, as a matter of fact — it's huge," he said.
But he added that being that kind of role model "can put a lot of weight on your shoulders."
In 1958, Willie O'Ree of the Boston Bruins became the first black player to skate in an N.H.L. game, and only a few others — all Canadian — appeared in the league over the next 20 years. But as Canadian demographics changed, more and more black players made N.H.L. rosters, and by the mid-1990s, it was no longer especially noteworthy to see black athletes in N.H.L. uniforms. Grant Fuhr won four Stanley Cups in five years as an Edmonton Oilers goaltender and was Team Canada's goalie in the 1980s. Donald Brashear, born in Indiana but raised in Quebec, was one of the most feared fighters of the 1990s. After 15 seasons and 516 goals with the Calgary Flames, Jarome Iginla is one of the most popular players in Canada.
The 6-foot-4 Seth Jones has 28 points in 31 games for the Winter Hawks of the Western Hockey League, third among rookies.
But fewer than a dozen African-American players have skated in the N.H.L. in its 95 years of existence. Val James was the first, in 1981, and about half of the total are listed on current rosters. Only one of the players can be considered something of a star: the Winnipeg Jets' Dustin Byfuglien, who as a Chicago Blackhawk in 2010 became the third black player, and the first from the United States, to have his name inscribed on the Stanley Cup. (Fuhr, Brashear, Iginla and Byfuglien are all biracial, like Jones.)
Jones said he had never encountered a problem because of his race, on or off the ice. Racially charged incidents on North American rinks have become increasingly rare. Growing up in 1980s Boston, Mike Grier, who retired last season after a 14-season career with four N.H.L. teams, recalled hearing occasional racial slurs from opponents and parents.
Still, there is the occasional incident. Last year, Philadelphia's Wayne Simmonds, a black Canadian, was taunted by a fan who threw a banana on the ice at a preseason game in London, Ontario. The fan was turned in by other fans and prosecuted.
Seth's father, Popeye Jones, is an assistant coach for the Nets.
In the playoffs, Washington's Joel Ward, also a black Canadian, eliminated the defending champion Bruins with a Game 7 overtime goal, unleashing a torrent of racist comments on social media.
As Simmonds observed after his incident, "When you're a black man playing in a predominantly white man's sport, you've got to come to expect things like that."
Still, Jones said he had not experienced anything of that nature, and his basketball connections might prove to be the more unusual part of his background.
Basketball and hockey do not often overlap. Alex Ovechkin is one of the few N.H.L. players with a basketball background; his mother starred for the Soviet national team. Los Angeles Lakers point guard Steve Nash played hockey while growing up in Canada.
Jones acknowledged that the two sports did not have much in common, but said he learned from watching basketball players.
"The persons I watched closely were Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Kidd," he said, recalling when his father was an assistant with the Dallas Mavericks. "You'd see Dirk back there behind the scenes taking jump shots before and after games, before and after practices. It just taught me to keep working hard when no ones's watching, and the person you are behind the scenes is your true self."
Popeye Jones was taken in the second round of the 1992 N.B.A. draft by the Rockets.
Seth never played organized basketball, but some of Popeye's basketball DNA seems to have rubbed off.
"We played basketball in Ann Arbor a lot the last couple years, and he's got a lot of talent," said Brady Skjei, a United States teammate who spent two years with Jones at the National Team Development Program. "Great hands, a soft stroke, a terrific shot."
Jones said: "I actually am pretty good at basketball, I have to admit. I have a nice two-way game, I think."
Popeye and Seth disagreed over which of them would win a game of one-on-one basketball. But Popeye, who was chosen in the second round of the N.B.A. draft, figured Seth would top him in draft position.
"He's passed his dad, and that's pretty cool," Popeye said.


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Make-Believe Rock Star: An Interview with Anthony Green
"Everything that [people] think and everything that they see and everything that they say [about me] is just make believe. It's all just made up. Most of it is just a projection of who they wish they could be and that's a shame because I spend a lot of time trying to tell people that they already are amazing. They see nothing in me but themselves."
Anthony Green
Beautiful ThingsLabel: Photo Finish
US Release Date: 2012-01-17
Circa Survive
Blue Sky NoiseLabel: Atlantic
Anthony Green has made a name for himself over the course of the better part of the last decade as the wild and unpredictable front-man of some of post-punk's more buzz worthy acts, most notably with his current band Circa Survive. His entertaining and often-untamed stage presence and quirky personality coupled with one of the most distinct voices in rock today have lent a hand in elevating him to lofty heights in the eyes of his many fans.
Lined up outside the venue of the band's latest stop on their fall tour, everyone seems to be buzzing about Green, sharing their craziest stories from past shows and congratulating those who are about to witness him in the flesh for the first time. Inside, Green is oddly quiet and somber, picking apart a rotisserie chicken and staring off as he reflects on the odd and almost obsessive nature of his following.
"I think it's sort of better not to process stuff like that mentally, but to see it for what it is, which is just bullshit. It fucks with your ego and it fucks with your art and that was never the point of this. That was never my objective."
Green is quick to point out, repeatedly, that it's not him personally that his fans are really captivated by, but the music. While this assessment may appear as a modest attempt to push away the spotlight, it's not far from the truth. Green and his Circa Survive band mates, guitarists Colin Frangicetto and Brendan Ekstrom, bassist Nick Beard, and drummer Steve Clifford, have been steadily growing their progressive and experimental sound, one that reached a crescendo in the form of last year's acclaimed major label debut Blue Sky Noise.
During the creation of this album, as with each of their past two releases, the band has been very open about the internal tensions that arise, particularly between Green and his good friend Frangicetto. It's the very nature of this tension and the acceptance of it that Green says plays a large role in keeping the band fresh and on their toes.
"It's all about honest communication. That's the number one thing in any relationship, really. Being honest with each other, not hiding things from each other, and just supporting each other through that."
Through conflict came resolve in the form of Circa's most mature songwriting of their career with an added pop accessibility that hadn't been as present on their previous two releases. The more developed sound of Blue Sky Noise saw the band reaching an even wider audience and pulling in many new listeners. While still riding the success of their latest release, the band has already embarked on the process of creating their next album, a venture Green says has been aided by being on the road.
"We have the majority of the album written and we're going to go into the studio hopefully in early November. There's a couple things on deck that are really special that I know having been on tour is going to make that much better when we come home and finish with everything. Your muscles get exercised and it's a way better place to come from, like writing and producing a piece of music rather than being stagnant and being off tour for such a long time, writing an album, and then going out and playing it."
Given the band's career track thus far, it would seem to make sense that their latest efforts would continue to push towards a more accessible sound. However, any detractors claiming "sell out" should look no further than this year's Appendage ep, whose opening track "Sleep Underground" features some of the most haunting sounds in the band's catalogue as Green sings over a two and a half minute organ number. According to Green, the band has been going back to some of their earlier writing tactics used during the creation of Juturna while piecing together their newest album.
"I feel like we went back to sort of the old method of writing a little bit, where the band kind of just wrote a bunch of weird music and I went and sang over it, which is something we didn't do for Blue Sky Noise, which I think sort of gave it that element of accessibility or a little bit more of a structurally solid feeling. But I definitely think this album has heavier aspects to it than we've ever written."
Incidentally, heavy is the perfect word to describe some of the lyrical content found on Blue Sky Noise, an album featuring many songs that arose from painful situations in Green's personal life. His wife's miscarriage during the writing process of that album sent an already unstable Green into an emotional tailspin that ended with him checking himself into a mental health facility in order to regain his bearings.
Fortunately, more recent events in Green's life have found him in a better place. He and his wife Meredith welcomed the birth of their son James a little over a year ago, an event that has had the singer reflecting on the ideas of raising a son, ponderings on God, and a number of other more hopeful subjects during the writing process. Couple that with various obstacles, life difficulties, and a renewed sense of valor in the band's songwriting, and Green says there' no shortage of lyrical themes on the new album.
"My dad got really sick when we were writing the album and had to go through treatments and I know that made it's way into a lot of the songs. Also, the concept of the band being able to continue to be a band and not play into the corporate idea of having to make money these days and sell records made its way onto the record a lot."
This idea that Circa Survive is about more than selling records and becoming a major label success story is one that Green is passionate about. In his mind, Circa Survive is much more about their connection with their fan base and the band's knack for relating personally with each listener.
"A lot of the lyrics on the album are about jumping out without a parachute and knowing that these songs are going to carry us because of the fans choosing to identify with them and our ability to be honest and connect with them, and not necessarily because of some fucking label or because of some video or some single," says Green. "We're sort of coming to terms with the fact that we're not a band that does that."
Certainly, becoming a father has impacted Green's outlook on the band and the importance of achieving wider acclaim. Even just this year, being on the road for multiple Circa Survive tours and various solo shows around the country have been a learning experience for the new dad and have helped him not only gain perspective, but find a balance between being the prolific front man of a scene giant and being a humble father and family man.
"It's been an odd transition," says Green. "It's hard to go from being full time dad to being full time band guy, and back and forth all the time. I'm trying my best to adapt to it still. It's very difficult, but very rewarding at the same time. This is such a self-indulgent job that it's hard for me not to feel guilty sometimes, because of just how much I love doing it. I really hope that when my son grows up, that it can inspire him to go and do something that might be difficult, but it's what he believes in and what he loves."
In addition to his writing and singing duties with Circa Survive, Green is also in the midst of completing his latest solo endeavor, a follow up to 2008's Avalon which is due out early next year. There's no shortage of opportunities for outlet for Green, who is regularly writing his own material as well as popping up as a guest on a host of other albums. For someone with so many different irons in the fire, one might assume it's a challenge to find where Anthony Green ends and Circa Survive begins, but according to Green, the whole process is easier than you might think.
"I don't really draw that line, I think the guys in Circa draw that line. There's some songs that get written that just won't make the cut for Circa. Songs like 'I Love You When I'm On Pills', I never really sent that in to Circa, I just sort of wanted to play it. I wanted it to have zero filter. When there's something like that, where I'm like 'I want this to be the way it is right now,' that's usually the only time I'll be like 'maybe this won't be a Circa jam.'"
While perhaps it's easy to find the line between Green's songwriting ventures, it's much more difficult to decipher between Anthony Green the man and Anthony Green the entertainer. A few hours after quietly and thoughtfully reflecting on life, family, and music, Green will be appearing ghost-like throughout the venue – sneaking into the background of people's photographs and materializing alongside unbeknownst fans just long enough to make himself known to one or two people, but never long enough to cause a wider ruckus.
Later, he'll be prancing across the stage, covered in spotlight, leading a choir of Circa Survive followers. There's undeniably something about Green that creates an instant connection; something found somewhere between his personality and his music, but it's also something he takes little credit for.
"I am honored that I can let it flow through me at times where I can relate to it and even more honored that other people can sometimes relate to it," says Green. "But I can't take credit for it and I can't pretend like it has anything to do with me as a person or who I am, my decisions or whatever."
Instead of basking in the admiration of his fans and allowing their praise to overshadow the greater purpose of Circa Survive as a band, Green chooses to take the opportunity to turn the tables on them. For Green, the response to he and his band mates is much less about who they are and much more about who their fans want to be – and can be. It's this very idea of inspiring their listeners to strive towards reaching their own potential that has become a driving force for Green and the rest of Circa Survive.
"Everything that they think and everything that they see and everything that they say is just make believe. It's all just made up. Most of it is just a projection of who they wish they could be and that's a shame because I spend a lot of time trying to tell people that they already are amazing. They see nothing in me but themselves. They don't know anything about me. What they put there is all what they want from themselves, and they can be that."


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Amy T. Robidas
Amy Robidas is originally from Pennsylvania, but relocated to Maine after serving as an Electronics Technician in the US NAVY. She attended the University of Southern Maine and the University of Maine School of Law. After graduating from law school with honors, she worked as an associate at a firm in Portland, where she practiced exclusively family law and criminal defense.
Amy's practice is 100% litigation and continues to focus on criminal defense and family law, including divorce, parental rights and responsibilities, enforcement of orders, protection from abuse, protection from harassment, and post judgment custody issues. Amy is admitted to practice in both state and federal courts and is a member of the Maine State Bar Association and the Edward Gignoux Inn of Court. She is a past president of the Maine Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and current Chair of the Family Law Section of the Maine State Bar Association.
Areas of Practice
- Divorce
- Criminal Law
- Domestic Violence
- Appeals
- Family Law
- Custody & Visitation
Litigation Percentage
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Maine, 2007
- U.S. District Court District of Maine, 2007
- U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 2012
- University of Maine School of Law, Portland, Maine
- J.D. cum laude - 2007
- University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine
- B.A. summa cum laude - 2003
- Major: Sociology
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Maine Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2007 - Present
- Maine Trial Lawyers Association, 2007 - Present
- Maine State Bar Association
- Edward Gignoux Inn of Court, 2007 - Present
Past Employment Positions
- Zerillo Law, LLC, Senior Associate, 2007 - 2014
Pro Bono Activities
- Lawyers in Libraries, 2013 - Present
- English


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