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We are always looking for highly motivated and enthusiastic Coaches to join BC Fire Soccer Club. Candidates should have a background in both playing and coaching soccer, and be able and willing to communicate with players and parents. The Coach must be able to share his/her passion for soccer and be able to motivate players to improve their skills and performance. He or she must be willing to adopt and teach our BC Fire Soccer curriculum and participate in club-sponsored training to learn more about soccer, coaching and our club.
Minimum skills and experience:
* USSF "E" License within first year of coaching
* Experience coaching age groups
* Must pass a background check
Team Coach must be able to demonstrate and teach the skills and techniques of soccer and articulate basic soccer tactics. The right candidate has an outgoing personality, the ability and motivation to work with young players and the desire to work alongside a staff that is focused on effective player development. Staff Trainers will work with teams during the week at centralized locations, with the opportunity to train two teams back to back. Select Team Coaches will train teams during the week at centralized locations, and will coach games on Saturdays. Candidates with lesser qualifications than stated above may join our staff as assistant coaches to gain valuable experience.
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By Alicia Dziak
Looking to satisfy your competitive side? Join in the fun on Saturday, July 28 for The Club of Springville Softball Tournament. The event takes place at the Community Park, with registraion starting at 8 a.m., with the first game at 9 a.m.
A day of rounding the bases to raise money for The Club will be complemented by a Chinese auction and a variety of food and drink for purchase. The Club of Springville, which recently merged with Springville Youth Inc. (SYI), offers school age child care programs at Springville and Colden elementary schools, after school programming at their Maple Avenue facility, summer camp and sports leagues throughout the year.
At press time, about 10 teams were already signed up, and according to Jordan Gasper, committee chair for the event, there's plenty of room for more. The cost to sign up is $250 per team, plus a $50 auction item/basket. Day-of registration is also permitted for $300 and no auction item.
Teams can represent local businesses or just be made up of friends—all are invited and the tournament is open to the public with spectators welcome.
To sign up, or for more info, email Gasper at firstname.lastname@example.com.

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I started reading Unglued by Lysa TerKeurst recently, as part of Proverbs 31 Ministries' latest online Bible study. (If you haven't done a study with them before, you should consider it! Click here for more information.) It was the subtitle that caught my attention: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Raw Emotions. Is there a mama alive who doesn't need some wisdom in the middle of the mess of daily life?
A passage in chapter two hit me right where I'm living. (Doesn't God often do that when we pick up something to read or study?)
If we determine that, no matter what, we're on God's side, it settles the trust issue in our hearts. And if we ground ourselves in the reality that we trust God, we can face circumstances that are out of our control without acting out of control. We can't always fix our circumstances, but we can fix our minds on God. We can do that.
Lysa TerKeurst, Unglued
I have so much facing me right now. There are giants in my life that are staring me down, threatening to take me down. I'm determined to make it through to the other side with God's help, victorious. The only way I'm going to do that is to quit looking at my circumstances, at the very things in my life that are trying to take me down into the pit of discouragement and despair, and look up. I have to make the decision, once and for all, that I'm on God's side and I trust Him, no matter what. Only then can I come through the fires of adversity unscathed.
What do you think, mamas? Let's quit looking at everything that we're frustrated or disappointed about, everything we're worrying and fretting about, the fear that lurks in the pit of our bellies every moment of every day. Instead of focusing on all of that, let's spend time in the Word, praying with each breath, playing praise music and singing (and dancing!) our way through our days, confident that our Father has everything under control and we can trust Him. He is faithful, and He is good.
I'm going to do it. I'm going to follow the instructions in Romans 12:2 and 2 Corinthians 10:5 and work on my thought life. I'm going to remember who's in charge here and choose to live a faith-filled life. I won't perfect this walk overnight, but I'm willing to try.
Are you with me?
Spring is definitely here. The grass and trees are green (and so is the air – pollen!), and the birds are singing songs of joy with the rest of us that the long, cold days of winter are over. We're not the only ones who have noticed the increase in activity among the birds. A little cat next door has managed to catch two or three birds in the past thirty-six hours. We've been watching out our kitchen window as she engages in this barbaric activity.
But really, she's just doing what she was made to do. She was created to stalk, catch, and kill prey. It's a job she does well.
We have two cats. The difference between ours and the little bird-catcher is that ours live inside. They only leave the house to make their annual trip to the vet, and that excursion makes them very unhappy. They chase each other around the house, wrestling, jumping, and running to their hearts' content, but the only hunting they do involves torturing the occasional spider that makes its way into the house.
Our cats have the same abilities that the little cat next door does, but they don't use theirs to full potential. They have limited opportunities to use them, that's true, but they could definitely hone them to the point that the spiders don't get so far into my house!
God has given me abilities that may not be exactly the same but are definitely as potentially powerful as the ones He has given to the people I admire and want to be like. The question is: Am I using my abilities to their full potential?
Unfortunately, the answer is probably not. When I start dreaming big, I bring myself down to earth all too quickly with excuses and reasons why I can't. I forget that God has given me abilities to do whatever He plants in my heart to do—with His help. I just need to follow His plans and use the gifts and talents He has given me. I have the tools I need, but I have to use them, just like my cats could do a better job of using their hunting abilities.
So, mama, my question to you is: Are you using what you have?
I understand that you have dishes to wash, clothes to fold, meals to prepare, diapers to change, homework to help with, and a husband to stay connected to, all while managing the chaos that is your household with children. But God has plans for you, and you have something to offer the world. Use what God has given you to further His kingdom.
Pray about it. God is just waiting for you to ask Him how He wants you to use what you have.
I've been gluten-free since last summer. I went dairy-free the first of this year. I recently started getting back into the routine of exercising four to five times a week, and I'm making every effort to read and crochet each day. In addition to my daily quiet time, I've started taking a "time out" several times a day to read some Psalms and pray. In the past few weeks, I've drastically reduced my sugar consumption.
Yes, my life looks much different from many people's. Some of these decisions I made for my physical health. Some of these decisions I made for my mental, emotional, and spiritual health. Following the culture hasn't worked for me. I needed a change.
The thing about change is that it's uncomfortable. It's hard to learn a new way of eating, to rearrange your schedule to accommodate exercise, to stop throughout the day to pause and remember that God is in your day with you and you're not alone. It makes me uncomfortable to have to ask for the manager every time I enter a restaurant (in addition to being dairy- and gluten-free, I also have a life-threatening allergy to another food) and to demand (nicely, of course) that they take appropriate steps to keep me safe. I don't particularly appreciate the discomfort involved in exercise and the soreness that accompanies working out.
I do, however, like the results of all of these changes. That's why I continue to press forward with my plans.
The longer I do these things, the more they become habits, part of the dailiness of my life, the more I embrace them because they're good for me and because I feel better when I do them.
They become my "new normal." After a while, they don't feel new anymore. They just feel normal. Explaining why I do what I do seems less embarrassing and more matter of course. It's just what I do.
If you're trying to make big changes in your life, start with one thing at a time. Don't try to make all of them at once. When one change begins to feel normal, start another one.
There's no way to tell exactly how long it will take for you to feel "normal" about the changes you're making. It depends on your personality and the magnitude of the change you're making. Give yourself grace. Embrace the change, knowing that it will eventually feel normal.
I'm the queen of keeping things comfortable and familiar. Change is difficult and scary for me. If I can do this, you can too. As a wise friend told me last week, "Just do the next right thing." That's how you change your life.


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Topline: T-Mobile parent company Deutsche Telekom is looking to renegotiate the buying price for the American wireless carrier's takeover of Sprint, in a move that could delay and potentially complicate the recently approved merger, the Financial Times first reported.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has reportedly plunked down an eye-popping amount of money for a new home in Beverly Hills. Bezos purchased the Warner Estate, an expansive property designed in the 1930s for Warner Bros. President Jack Warner, from media mogul David Geffen for $165 million, according to report Wednesday from The Wall Street Journal. The purchase reportedly sets a new high bar for Los Angeles-area residential real estate transactions.
Southwest Airlines has announced yet another delay in returning the grounded Boeing 737 Max to service.
McClatchy Co., the second-largest newspaper company in the U.S., announced on Thursday that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
The American boss of one of Britain's biggest banks is being investigated over his ties to late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, it emerged Thursday.
KFC's new footwear is as fresh as a hot bucket of fried chicken. And you can tell by the smell.
The numbers: The cost of staples such as rent, medical care and prepared food rose in January to push consumer prices higher, but inflation more broadly was still relatively tame.
One of President Donald Trump's nominees for the Federal Reserve came under sharp questioning Thursday from senators over her unorthodox economic views, including from two Republicans whose doubts about her nomination could imperil it.


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"As you teach, you learn." (Midrash Tehilim).
Like most aspects of life at Am Haskalah, Adult Education is participatory. We have a series of events through the year, some of which are taught by the rabbi and others of which are under the purview of the membership. The Adult Education Committee sponsors and coordinates a number of programs:
- Educational topics presented by the Rabbi
- Book Group
- Spiritual Writing Group
- Speakers' Series
- Kehillah Days (joint with Youth Education and the Rabbi)


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Country has gone from banning wheat imports to becoming one of the world's biggest wheat importers.
Nigeria is by far Africa's most populous country and is also a major oil exporter. In the grain trade, it now occupies a special place as well, as the largest market for the world's largest wheat exporter.
In 2006-07, the U.S. expects to ship 3.8 million tonnes of wheat accounting for nearly 90% of total Nigerian imports. The country has long been the largest buyer of American hard red winter (HRW), but demand for soft red winter (SRW) has also been rising dramatically.
This is quite a change from 1987, when Nigeria imposed a total ban on wheat imports. That ill-conceived policy was the creation of a military government, which was worried about controlling the outflow of hard currency during a period of low oil prices. Wheat imports had already been rising and reached a peak of 1.3 million tonnes in the early 1980s.
One result of the ban was a flood of smuggled flour from neighboring countries of Togo, Benin and Cameroon, the beneficiaries of subsidized product from the U.S. under the Export Enhancement Program. In 1992, the Nigerian government reopened the doors to wheat imports with just a 5% tariff.
The transformation of Nigeria into a major wheat importer says a lot about the potential of wheat-based products to transform diets in rapidly urbanizing countries where bread or pasta is not a traditional staple food. Per capita wheat consump- tion has increased since 1992 from just 7 kilograms (kg) to more than 23 kg today. By international standards this is still quite low — less than one-half the global average per capita consumption of wheat. And wheat products still rank only sixth as a basic food behind cassava, yams, maize, sorghum, and rice, the principle food crops of this mostly agricultural nation.
Nigeria's population has nearly doubled since 1992 from 72 million to 132 million. Much of this increase has been in urban areas where bread and pasta consumption is much higher than in the countryside. In cities, bread is treated mainly as a kind of convenience food — readily available, easy to transport and store, inexpensive and consumable on the go.
There has been much investment recently in new and expanded grain facilities as the industry strives to keep capacity greater than demand. By some estimates, the total installed capacity has increased by 50% since 2002.
The eight largest milling companies control about 19 mills with daily wheat capacity of around 18,000 tonnes out of a total capacity of 20,000 tonnes. The pioneer of the industry and still the number one milling company is Flour Mills of Nigeria Ltd. Founded in Lagos in the 1960s, Flour Mills of Nigeria's flagship mill in that city has a daily capacity of 4,500 tonnes. The second-largest mill in the country — Northern Nigeria Flour Mills Ltd. — is located in Kano and has a daily capacity of 1,750 tonnes.
Flour Mills of Nigeria is a public company and the Greek-American, George Commantarous, has a controlling share. In addition to these two, Commantarous owns two other 250-tonne-per-day mills: one in Maduguri, in the country's northeast corner, and the second across the border in Niger.
Dangote Industries Ltd. is in the number two position with 4,000 tonnes of total daily capacity at four plants in four regions of the country. Dangote is a major Nigerian business group with diversified holdings in oil and gas, sugar refining, textiles, salt production, transportation and shipping. It made its move into flour milling just seven years ago but had the management and financial resources to expand rapidly.
Most of the major milling companies are parts of business groups with other activities that include telecommunications, fisheries, banking, haulage, property and even hospitals. Either these holdings started with flour mills that became cash cows providing the financial resources and synergies for entry into other areas, or they were already large business groups, like Dangote, with the capital to build modern high-capacity mills at a strategic time.
The third-largest milling company by capacity — Ideal Flour Milling Group — also falls into the former category, with four mills in different regions and an installed capacity of 2,340 tonnes. The same is true of Crown Flour Mills Ltd. It was founded in 1983 by Chief Maan Labidi and consists of mills in Lagos and Warri in Delta State, with a combined capacity of 1,260 tonnes. Honeywell Group is in the latter category, having started its mill in 1998 and expanded it to 1,600 tonnes of daily capacity.
Such is the promise of the industry that it continues to attract new entrants, the latest being BUA Flour Mills with a 500-tonne mill in Lagos commissioned in 2005 and a second 500-tonne mill to be started up in Kano in the last quarter of 2006.
Though wheat flour consumption has been growing by leaps and bounds, the current picture is not completely rosy for wheat millers. The government, in its desire to help the nation's farmers, has imposed a requirement, effective July 2006, that millers blend 10% cassava flour into all their wheat flour production.
Compliance will be an enormous burden on millers, given the difficulties of processing, storing and transporting sufficient quantities of good quality cassava flour, not to mention the negative impact on bread quality and other products made from such a blend.
On the other hand, Nigerian millers are increasingly exporting their product — without cassava flour — to drought- stricken and landlocked neighbors like Niger and Chad that face periodic food shortages and have underdeveloped milling industries. Exports may include as much as 10% of wheat flour production.
Protectionism extends to other crops besides cassava. Rice is gaining as a food staple, and the rising demand from urban dwellers can no longer be met by domestic production of just 2.7 million milled tonnes. Nevertheless, the government maintains a 100% duty on imported rice. Parboiled rice is the number one category of import demand, since it takes less fuel or energy to cook. Despite the import duty, Nigeria will officially import 1.6 million tonnes of rice in 2006. Smuggling of rice imported at low duty rates to Benin probably adds another 300,000 tonnes to the total imported consumption.
Much work has been done through breeding programs to promote soybean cultivation in Nigeria. The total crop is now about 400,000 tonnes. About one-quarter goes to direct human consumption and most of the rest is used by the eight largest domestic oilseed processors.
These soybean crushers are now hard pressed to meet demand from the most rapidly growing sector of the Nigerian food industry — feed and poultry. High rates of GDP growth stimulated by record oil prices have caused skyrocketing demand for chicken, despite the arrival of the avian flu in Nigeria two years ago. Industrial feed production, 90% of which is for poultry, has been going up at an annual rate of 30% to 40% and is now in excess of 2 million tonnes. Soybean meal imports have surpassed 100,000 tonnes.
The biggest grain crop by far is maize. The 2005-06 harvest was 7 million tonnes. Only 800,000 tonnes went to feed milling, but that will certainly increase as chicken becomes a bigger part of the diet of an expanding urban middle class.
Perhaps there is a pattern emerging: the first boom in Nigerian flour milling occurred in the 1970s and 80s, when oil prices jumped from U.S.$6 to U.S.$36 per barrel. Now the latest escalation in petroleum prices appears to be sustaining booms in both flour and feed milling.


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Every school year moms have cookie cutter thoughts. How to make sure their children do their homework. How to make sure they are involved in outside activities. We think about schedules, how to give equal time to the one child who is the announcer for varsity football games and the other child who is running varsity cross country. We think about school clothes and new sneakers and notebooks and pencils. We memorize locker combos just in case we get a frantic text in the middle of the day from a child who can't remember it. We arrange our time so we can drop off our kids at school and still get there to pick them up, and if we can't do that, we arrange carpooling. We worry about the just-barely-passing grades from the year before and what that might mean for this year. These are the thoughts that take up residence in the minds of mothers the last two weeks of every August. Each year it is the same. Right?
Not so fast! This year, I am experiencing new and uncharted thoughts. It feels uncomfortable and frankly a little scary as often the unknown is known to do. You see, it's Aidan's junior year. Junior year! It's a big one. It's the threshold of independence, the table setter, if you will. So along with all the thoughts you read above I am also thinking about college visits and applications and SATs and prom and girlfriends and driver's licenses. I am thinking about holding on and letting go, about time running out on the influence I may have over him. This year, this junior year, feels like no other school year.
Pythagoras once said that "Choices are the hinges of destiny," and I think that sentiment is what is weighing so heavily on my thoughts when it comes to Aidan. His future really truly relies on the choices made this school year. Some choices are out of my control. For instance, the effort Aidan puts in to his school work, the grades he get, those things are in Aidan's hands. He's been blessed with a quick mind, but doesn't always use it. It doesn't seem to concern him at all. But as all mothers of teens know, the grades, the final average is the all powerful decider when it comes to possible colleges. Work-ethic-choices affect Aidan's destiny.
That brings us to college choice itself. I had always been a firm believer that as a parent it was my job to provide my children with a chance to visit all different colleges with the understanding that the final say was theirs. But in talking with friends of mine whose children have gone through this process, I am finding out that that choice is really limited by how much financial aid the family will receive. After all, we do have to pay for it somehow. Financial decisions affect Aidan's destiny.
There are other choices to ponder of course. For instance, there is a multitude of questions that surround college entrance exams. Which ones does he take? How many times does he take them? Is it true, as some have told me, that the more times he takes the exams the less impressed colleges are? College-entrance-exams-choices affect Aidan's destiny.
It isn't ALL about colleges either. As a mom I worry about the new found freedom-choices of a licensed teen with money in his pocket. My mind consistently ruminates over the tragedies that seem infinite in which adolescents are distracted by friends, or alcohol or drugs or a combination of all three, and a car accident leaves them maimed, in trouble with the law, or…gulp…..dead. A mom can only hope that DARE lessons and sex education, and especially her incessant lectures, talks, concrete examples about being responsible rings in her son's ears as he drives away to exciting destinations with friends or his girl. Freedom-choices affect Aidan's destiny.
For the sake of not feeling so bleak and in order to practice a new skill I am working on (that could benefit all moms with as loud a worry-voice as I have…) I will "reframe" the "junior-year dilemma" by mentioning other choices equally as important. When thinking about Aidan and his grades, although it is up to him to choose whether or not that is important, he has two teachers with whom he lives that will be sure to help him with that in any way that he wishes, and he knows that. Although we are not financially independent, Aidan's mother and step-father will explore all the many options to pay for college. As far as college-entrance exams go Aidan can choose to rely on the expert advice of his guidance counselors and good friends of his parents who work in the college world or have had children go through the process. Lastly, this mom can relax knowing that when Aidan makes those freedom-choices he will make those with two feet firmly planted on a foundation of solid earnest parenting that will help to keep him steady. Positive-parental-choices affect Aidan's hinges of destiny. Hopefully his will swing easily and the door to his future will be wide open!
Logan has lived in Glens Falls, NY all her life. By day, she is an educator with 20 years experience, a mom to Aidan and Gannan, her two teenage boys, a new mommy to a beautiful daughter, Ila, and wife to the love of her life, Jeffrey. By night, weekends and any spare time she can find, Logan writes. She loves memoir and also adores writing essays about the challenges of parenthood. This year she started a parenting blog called A Muddled Mother, an honest place where mothers aren't afraid to speak of the complications and difficulties that we all inevitably experience. Logan has been published in various children's and parenting magazines including Today's Motherhood, Eye on Education, Faces, and Appleseed.


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Calderon Vows to Continue Drug War
Mexican President Calderon condemns the slaughter of 72 migrants at a ranch in Mexico, as he vowed to continue the fight in Mexico's drug war. Deborah Lutterbeck reports. Video Courtesy of Reuters.
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Penetrating oil
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Penetrating oil, also known as penetrating fluid, is very low-viscosity oil. It can be used to free rusted mechanical parts (such as nuts and bolts) so that they can be removed, because it can penetrate into the narrow space between the threads of two parts. It can also be used as a general-purpose lubricant, a cleaner, or a corrosion stopper. Using penetrating fluids as general-purpose lubricants is not advisable, because such oils are relatively volatile. As a result, much of the penetrating oil will evaporate in a short amount of time, leaving little residual lubricant.
Other uses include: removing chewing gum and adhesive stickers, lessening friction on metal-stringed musical instruments, various gardening purposes and household repair tasks.
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When you marry someone who already has children, you automatically become their stepparent. But what if you want more? What if you want to make it official and really become their parent by adopting them?
This is possible, and many stepparents do it. It can help to show the children how much you care about them, which, depending on their age, may help them with the transition.
There is one hurdle you may run into, however. The birth parent may not agree to let you adopt the child. After all, he or should would then be giving up parental rights and giving them to you. It's important to note that, in most cases, you do have to get this permission. Without it, you're not allowed to adopt, as this would essentially take the children away from the parent against his or her wishes.
There are some exceptions. If the birth parent abandoned the child, for example, you may be allowed to adopt regardless. This can be especially helpful if it is difficult or impossible to find that parent.
Another exception is if the birth parent turns out not to be the parent at all. It may have been assumed at birth, but a DNA test could show otherwise.
Finally, that parent could be deemed unfit by the court. This is sometimes done with those with mental disabilities, for instance, or those who are addicted to drugs.
The key is to make sure you know what legal steps have to be taken. Whether you're looking to use one of these exceptions or just to get official permission, things have to be done properly for the adoption to go through.
Source: FindLaw, "Stepparent Adoption FAQ's," accessed Oct. 28, 2016


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Extended Early Deadlines are Approaching for the 2013-2014 Season
Over 40 colleges recently extended their early deadlines to account for Common App glitches that continue to complicate the admissions process. In response, the Common App released a statement of commitment apologizing for its lack of responsiveness and promising to resolve all outstanding issues as quickly as possible. November 8, a popular extended deadline is fast approaching. As an aside, the deadline is at 11:59pm your local time. It does not matter what time zone the school you're applying to is in. Here's an update on some recent concerns:
- The Common App recently added several more staff to decrease response times, so you can expect quick assistance if you submit a help ticket.
- If you see a payment error on the dashboard with a zero dollar amount, please make sure that you answered the Citizenship question with the Profile section of the Common Application.
- PDF previews can now be generated.
- If you see an error page upon submission, log out of your account, and then log back in and it should display confirmation that the application was submitted.
- Follow up with colleges to make sure that all parts of you're application has been received as there are still outstanding issues.
Check out the Common App's facebook page for daily updates on the status of widespread issues you may be facing.


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Kazan (Russian: Каза́нь, Tatar Cyrillic: Казан, Latin: Qazan) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. With a population of 1,143,535, it is the eighth most populous city in Russia. Kazan lies at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka Rivers in European Russia.
The Kazan Kremlin is a World Heritage Site. In 2005, the Medal "In Commemoration of the 1000th Anniversary of Kazan" was established by Russia to denote this landmark event. The multi-ethnic city is honored by UNESCO and famous for Muslims and Christians living side-by-side in peace.
In April 2009, the Russian Patent Office granted Kazan the right to brand itself as the "Third Capital" of Russia. In 2009 it was chosen as the "Sports capital of Russia" and it still is referred to as such. The city hosted the 2013 Summer Universiade and will host the 2014 World Fencing Championships, 2015 World Aquatics Championships, and 2018 FIFA World Cup.
There is a long-running dispute as to whether Kazan was founded by the Muslim Volga Bulgars in the early Middle Ages or by the Tatars of the Golden Horde in the mid-15th century, as written records before the latter period are sparse. If there was a Bulgar city on the site, estimates of the date of its foundation range from the early 11th century to the late 13th century (see Iske Qazan). It was a border post between Volga Bulgaria and two Finnic tribes, the Mari and the Udmurt. Another vexatious question is where the citadel was built originally. Archaeological explorations have produced evidence of urban settlement in three parts of the modern city: in the Kremlin; in Bişbalta at the site of the modern Zilantaw monastery; and near the Qaban lake. The oldest of these seems to be the Kremlin.
If Kazan existed in the 11th and 12th centuries, it could have been a stop on a Volga trade route from Scandinavia to Baghdad. It was a trade center, and possibly a major city for Bulgar settlers in the Kazan region, although their capital was further south at the city of Bolğar.
After the Mongols devastated the Bolğar and Bilär areas in the 13th century, either the surviving Bulgars recuperated in numbers and were assimilated by a small number of Kipchaks from whom they adopted their language (a position known as Bulgarism), or Kipchaks and Bulgars intermixed to create the modern Kazan Tatar population. Kazan became a center of a duchy which was a dependency of the Golden Horde. Two centuries later, in the 1430s, Kipchak descendants of Genghis Khan, such as Ghiasetdin of Kazan), usurped power from its Bolghar dynasty.Some Tatars also went to Lithuania, brought by Vytautas the Great.
In 1438, after the destruction of the Golden Horde, Kazan became the capital of the powerful Khanate of Kazan. The city bazaar, Taş Ayaq (Stone Leg)' became the most important trade center in the region, especially for furniture. Craft-based manufacturing also thrived, as the city gained a reputation for its leather and gold goods, as well as for the opulence of its palaces and mosques. The citadel and Bolaq channel were reconstructed, giving the city a strong defensive capacity. The Russians managed to occupy the city briefly several times.As a result of the Siege of Kazan, Russia under Ivan the Terrible conquered the city for good and the majority of the population was massacred. During the governorship of Alexander Gorbatyi-Shuisky, most of the khanates's Tatar residents were killed or forcibly Christianized. Mosques and palaces were ruin The surviving Tatar population was moved to a place 50 kilometers (31 mi) away from the city and this place was forcibly settled by Russian farmers and soldiers. Tatars in the Russian service were settled in the Tatar Bistäse settlement near the city's wall. Later Tatar merchants and handicraft masters also settled there. During this period, Kazan was largely destroyed as a result of several great fires. After one of them in 1579, the icon Our Lady of Kazan was discovered in the city.
In the early 17th century, at the beginning of the Time of Troubles in Russia, the Tsardom of Kazan declared independence with the help of the Russian population, but this independence was suppressed by Kuzma Minin in 1612.


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MAPC's October 29 Fall Council Meeting was teeming with optimism as attendees were invited to celebrate the agency's successes and look positively toward the future of planning in the Greater Boston region.
MAPC President Lynn Duncan opened the meeting at The University of Massachusetts Boston Campus Center Ballroom by inviting the University Chancellor, Dr. J Keith Motley, to the podium for some welcoming remarks. Motley said he was proud of the relationship UMass Boston has fostered with MAPC, acknowledging that planning is an everyday battle to ensure that our communities are vibrant and thriving, and asked for the Council to continue partnering with UMass Boston and MAPC staff in achieving planning excellence.
This is why, Motley said, he is so excited about the new Urban Planning program at UMass Boston, which is also the newest urban planning program in the nation. The director of the program, Dr. Kenneth Reardon, spoke to the audience about his desire to tap into MAPC as a resource.
"In the coming decades, there will be a huge demand for well-trained, committed planners," he said. "MAPC can be an invaluable partner in training this next generation."
With concentrations in transportation alternatives, public health, and housing, the program aligns closely with MAPC's mission.
Eric Bourassa, MAPC Transportation Director and Vice Chair of the Boston Region MPO, moderated the MPO election, in which four unopposed members were elected. See the results at http://www.ctps.org/mpo_election_2015. The MPO is a federally recognized organization that determines how to spend federal transportation dollars. As it has grown larger, the MPO has also grown more transparent and open as every MAPC municipality is now represented, according to Bourassa.
The Report of the Treasurer, Taber Keally, reported that MAPC's finances are in excellent condition, ending the fiscal year with a strong surplus. Although the agency recently incurred two large expenses –the third floor office renovations and new accounting software — these costs will be spread over several years and position the agency to work more efficiently moving forward. These updates were necessary, said Keally, as MAPC has become a "victim of our own success" by growing much more quickly than anticipated.
MAPC Executive Director Marc Draisen took the stage next, focusing his address primarily on MAPC's legislative work.
"The House and Senate are increasingly interested in what we have to say," he said, explaining that MAPC has had tremendous success recently with addressing outdated zoning laws, transportation issues, energy, and housing affordability at the state level.
MAPC's Director of Data Services Tim Reardon presented the Robert Davidson Staff Achievement Award to Susan Brunton, a GIS analyst and invaluable member of the data services team. Reardon spoke of his admiration for Brunton's quiet nature and breadth of expertise, noting that she is always more than capable and more than willing to help whenever it is needed.
Next, the Theodore Mann Award for Regional Leadership was given to Lt. Scott Sencabaugh of the Wilmington Police Department for his tireless work on school and youth safety. Mann, who was the longest-serving mayor of Newton, always considered his responsibility to Newton's children and placed them at the forefront of his priorities, his son told the audience. A strong regionalist, Mann recognized the perpetuation of violence in schools is not contained by municipal boundaries and must be addressed collaboratively. When Sencabaugh took the podium, his dedication and embodiment of Mann's ideals were evident.
"It's hard work, but there's nothing as rewarding as a team than to leave people better than you found them … that's what I try to do every day," he said.
Six members of MAPC's staff presented "lightning presentations," providing attendees with a quick snapshot into some of the most interesting and innovative work with which MAPC is engaged. Presentations included Connecting Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Downtown Framingham by Renato Castelo; Reimagining Hall's Corner: Economic Development in Duxbury by Amanda Chisholm; Housing, Jobs, and Health: Planning for Equity and Quality of Life in Chelsea by Jenn Erickson; When to Switch off: Lowering Municipal Energy Rates by Patrick Roche; Resilient Quincy: Planning and Preparing for Climate Change by Heidi Stucker; Regional Ballot Initiatives: Raising Funds for Local and Regional Transportation Projects by Lizzi Weyant.
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You've probably heard the stories about baby carrots, those convenient bags of snack-sized mini-carrots that have all but replaced the big ones that used to be standard. You may have heard that they are whittled down from old, misshapen, discarded full-sized carrots and soaked in chlorine to keep them fresh, that when they get that white film you sometimes see, that's the chlorine coming to the surface. So the next time you're in the store, you notice the bag doesn't actually say "baby carrots," but rather "baby cut carrots," and you hesitate to buy them.
Baby carrots are a great way to get kids to snack on veggies but are they really safe?
So what's the real story?
The World Carrot Museum is a website based in the UK, and it can tell you everything you might conceivably want to know about carrots, baby or otherwise.
"Baby carrots have become a lunch box staple," it says, revealing that they first appeared in U.S. supermarkets in 1989. "Parents love them for their convenience and because they're seen as a healthy food choice. Kids love them because they're sweet and fun to eat."
But what's the real deal behind baby carrots?
After all, they're not like regular carrots. They're perfectly shaped with rounded edges; they don't have the same thick core; and, even peeled, they are bright orange.
A quick Google search of baby carrots turns up some frightening information, and misinformation, on how they are made and whether they are really "'soaked in chlorine.'"
They're not really "baby carrots"
The supermarket baby carrots are not true baby carrots—varieties such as Adelaide and Caracas that only grow to a smaller size than the typical 7-8 inch carrot or longer varieties harvested early.
Here's how they came to be, according to the World Carrot Museum:
"In the 1980s supermarkets expected carrots to be a particular size, shape and color. Anything else had to be sold for juice or processing or animal feed or just thrown away. One farmer wondered what would happen if he peeled the skin off the gnarly carrots, cut them into pieces and sold them in bags. He made up a few test batches to show his buyers. One batch, cut into 1-inch bites and peeled round, he called 'bunny balls.' Another batch, peeled and cut 2 inches long, looked like little baby carrots. Bunny balls never made it. But baby carrots were a hit. They transformed the whole industry."
Since then, carrots have been specially bred to make baby carrots: sweeter, uniformly colored, longer and thinner to make them easily cut to similar size.
So what about the chlorine?
And what about the white film? Bolthouse Farms, the world's biggest producer of cut and baby carrots, has obviously heard these stories many times too, because its got a webpage called "The Truth About Baby Carrots."
It explains that the baby carrots are indeed washed in a chlorinated water solution—not the same as the chlorine used to disinfect swimming pools—to kill bacteria and other potential contamination and then rinsed. But so are many other pre-packaged vegetables such as salad mixes.
If that makes you uneasy, go organic.
"Organic growers use a citrus based non-toxic solution called citrox, the natural alternative to synthetic biocides for the decontamination of fresh produce, food and beverages," says the World Carrot Museum.
As for the white residue, that's not any sort of chemical. It's just a sign the carrot is drying out and its color should be restored by soaking it in water for a few minutes. Baby carrots are more prone to this drying appearance because the outer skin has been removed and their entire surface exposed.
The same thing would happen to the exposed end of a large carrot if you cut it. If you're into science, the World Carrot Museum can give you more information than you ever dreamed you needed on the natural processes that make this happen.
Peels are better than no peels
The lack of peel points to the actual drawback of baby carrots: much of the nutritional value of a carrot is in the peel. But even baby carrots provide a good dose of powerful nutrients, such as beta-carotene, which is crucial to eye health, as well as vitamins A, B, C and E, and minerals such as potassium, copper and magnesium. They're low in calories as well.
And if sweet, crunchy, bite-sized carrots are what it takes to get your child to eat his vegetables, then toss that bag in your shopping cart.
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By J. Davis III
Category: HEALTH
Tags: HEALING | HEALTHY FATS | REMEDIES
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By Richard Neal
Category: HEALTH
Tags: HEALING | REMEDIES | PREVENTION
According the latest statistics, diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes in the United States is reaching epidemic levels:
Total: 29.1 million people or 9.3% of the population have diabetes.
Diagnosed: 21.0 million people.
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Source: CDC Website
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One woman was killed and some two dozen others were injured, at least four critically.
Police say it started when one of the horses rubbed its head against the other, removing that horse's bridle.
Amateur video captures the moment the two horses bolted from the parade route, running over spectators in the process.
"They were mowing people over," said witness Jeff Junk. "Little kids were getting mowed over. They were probably going 40 miles per hour."
Two people were ejected from the wagon as the horses galloped out of control for several blocks.
"There was probably no way of stopping them without great risk to the person jumping in," said Kristen Jaster, who also witnessed the incident.
Several of the injured are children who were in the street collecting candy that had been thrown from the parade.
Mary Martino pulled 2-year-old Raina out of harm's way just in time.
"I just grabbed her and I whipped her around onto the sidewalk," Martino said. "Everyone was in panic mode, like oh, my goodness there are horses charging."
Emergency crews that were in the parade and watching the parade rushed to help.
"It was just chaos," Junk said. "Everyone was running. Kids were laying here and older people laying down."
The injuries include broken bones, collapsed lungs and head injuries.
Helicopters airlifted the injured to local hospitals.
"It's the first time we've ever had anything like this happen," Bellevue Fire Chief Chris Roling said. "You hear about it on TV and now it happens here."
"I just couldn't believe it because I grew up here and we've always had horses in the parade and never had anything like this happen before," said witness Sarah Maxwell.
"Never seen nothing like it, never want to see anything like that again," Junk said. "It was bad."
The stampede came to an end when the horses crashed into a parade float and collapsed. They had run about six blocks.


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Manchester police: Man who caused multi-car crash turns himself in
Crash happened Thursday night
A Manchester man turned himself in on Sunday after police say he caused a six-car crash and left the scene.
Manchester police said the incident occurred about 10 p.m. Thursday, just after the Fisher Cats game was ending. Police said an officer on Elm Street saw that the black Audi had no registration and tried to pull it over, but the driver took off, crashing into six cars.
The driver of the Audi left the scene.
One person was injured in the multi-car collision.
Police said the driver of the Audi, identified as Jerome Lindo, 27, of Manchester, turned himself in on Sunday.
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This Week at Trinity
Sun., July 31 8:00 a.m. Divine Service (MA)
9:45 a.m. Divine Service (CR)
11:00 a.m. Bible Class (CR)
Wed., Aug 3 6:30 p.m. Board of Elders
Sun., Aug. 7 8:00 a.m. Divine Service (MA)
9:45 a.m. Divine Service (CR)
11:00 a.m. Bible Class (CR)
We pray for Pastor John Rutz and family as he prayerfully considers the call to be our pastor at Trinity. May God's will be done.
Condolences: We pray for the family of Velma Lorenz, who died on July 25. Her funeral was held Friday at the Watson Armstrong Funeral Home in Mt. Ayr and burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery in Mt. Ayr.
Cancer: Al Davis; Becky Nook; Denice Creveling; Diane England; Ethel Campbell; Gary McCraken; Jamie Boos; Merle Triggs; Paul Garchow; Randy Nemitz; Rhonda Smith; Ted Bader; Maryann Kenyon; Steve McCann; Chuck Ehm; Susie Seals; Melynda Crawford; Ron Ludwig; Ross Craft; Kent Larsen; Dale Smelling; Tyler Miller; Haiting Hsieh; Gary Veitz; Judy Woods
Illness or Recovery: Brailee Jones; Tricia Niehouse;
Mark Larsen; Kory Nonneman; Neomi Davis; Joe Haines
Military: Aaron Hoogland; Nathan Nonneman
Missions: Concordia Mission Society;
James and Christel Neuendorf (Dominican Republic);
Pastor Daniel Vogel (Denison, Iowa);
Pastor Herb and Markie Burch (Peru);
Pastor James and Angela Sharp and Family (Uruguay);
Pastor Joel and Clarion Fritsche and Family (Dominican Republic);
Pastor Stephen and Maggie Oliver and Family (Taiwan);
Life Care Clinic, (Stuart & Creston)
Seminary Student: Luke Watt
Shut-ins: May Carlisle, Mary Carson, Wilma Cottrell, Jeanne Herzberg, Irene Hogue, Sheree Zuniga, Bertha Jensen, Donna Dittman; Frieda Porter
Attendance : July 24 MA 12, H/C 11; CR 78, H/C 70
Life Together
We thank the elders for leading our services today. Next Sunday the services will also be led by elders.
Adult Bible Class will resume today at 11:00 in the Fellowship Hall. We will begin a new video series with Dr. Paul L. Maier titled "Christianity and the Competition." Dr. Maier compares Christianity and the claims of other world religions. He demonstrates how all the others fall short. Join us for this exciting and informative series.
A call meeting was held on Sunday, July 10. Pastor John Rutz, our current vacancy pastor, has been extended a call to be our pastor at Trinity. We pray for Pastor Rutz, his wife, and three children as he prayerfully considers this call. May God's will be done in Creston and Mt. Ayr as well as in his current congregations in Oakland and Hastings.
From an email received on July 25:
Dear Friends in Christ,
This morning I received word that Dr. Ralph Bohlmann, president emeritus of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod and former pastor at Mount Olive, Des Moines, fell asleep in the arms of Jesus on Sunday, July 24. Please keep his family in your prayers. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced as soon as they are available.
"For all the saints who from their labors rest, who Thee by faith before the world confessed, Thy name O Jesus, be forever blest. Alleluia! Alleluia!"
Rev. Dr. Steven Turner, President, Iowa District West
Mark Sunday, September 25 on your calendar for an afternoon of miniature golf. The Mt. Ayr members invite the Creston members to join them at 3:00 for fun and fellowship. It will be located at 2572 210th St., Afton. More details will be shared closer to that date.
YOU ARE INVITED to participate in a 60-90 minute AED (Automated External Defibrillator) Trining on Wednesday, August 24th at 6:30 pm given by Greater Regional Emergency Personnel. The AED training will be held in the Fellowship Hall. Trinity Preschool has been awarded an AED device that would be available to everyone in a time of need. Thie AED is similar to many of the AEDs in town and the training is highly recommended for EVERYONE to receive. We hope to see you there!
Baby Bundles, is an ongoing mission project of the LWML, which helps out the Life Care Clinic. It is in need of donations of newborn sizes of receiving blankets, onesies, sleeper, diapers, booties/socks and caps. There will be a basket in the narthex for the collection of these items. Thank you all again for your continued support of the Baby Bundles and the Life Care Clinic. If you have questions contact Maggie Dory.
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The proces of this design was emergent, as is mostly the case in my work. I try to work with what comes to me and what speaks directly to me. The band Car Pets (of which I'm the lead singer and guitarist) had recorded seven songs and they connect through three 'arches' musical 'skits'. I was struggling a little in the the design for the album, all the drawings I made were 'empty', they did not speak to me. I was looking for an impluse.
I had worked with fabric before and was strolling a fabricmarket and found this garment with a nice color. A few garments of blue/green-ish and in combination with a gold fabric it looked really sexy. This had set my mind and inspiration running.
Still I had not found exactly what kind of shapes and imagery I was looking for. At first I was thinking of making a flag or a banner, but then I realised I could make a item of clothing and I could wear the ablumcover an make a picture of us wearing the fabric. This was going somewhere, but I had no idea how to make and sew an item of clothing.
I took the garments to Marije Hellwich of the Domestic Botanist and together we worked of three items. A vest, a drape and a sash. I took what we made home and worked on the design which I was planning to embroid and sew with the gold fabric. I was inspired by the medieval versions of patio's and the illustrator from back then. Also the clothing and weird modetrends of the dark ages.
I initially liked the image of the flame a lot. But we already decided that the albumtitle was 'Patio' I felt some unease with the flame as a leading symbol. Then I made this very tiny drawing (top right corner):
This is eventually the symbol that suited the album in my perspective. I like the simplicity of it. Eventually the sash was most usable as a cover image. The photograph wasn't a strong enough image I could keep in my mind that would work, so I decided that we would try and make a photo of us (the band) wearing the garments but would use the sash as a main cover image. I tried to embroid the words on it, but it was terrible:
I asked my lovely girlfriend Sanne Dietz to embroid the letters and she did a fantastic job! I thought it would be cool if the sash would be the entire cover (front and back) of the album. I incorporated images from music videos for Directed and Concrete Corner in this design, Jaya Pelupessy made a good usable picture of the sash:
Well in time for the release we had pictures taken by our trusted photographer Willem Verweijen. wearing the items and incorporating the picture in the album design.
Suzanne Nijssen helped bring the patio-logo to life by making a little sculpture of it!


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Throughout his life, Jamiroquai's Jay Kay (pictured) has had a fascination with space.
And that obsession continues with the group's new album, A Funk Odyssey, which was released on Monday.
Although he's achieved chart-topping singles and albums, and sold millions of CDs around the world, there is still one thing Jay Kay - ex beau of Denise Van Outen - has yet to achieve.
He wants to go into space! And on a space shuttle.
"God, I'd love to go out there," he says. "I'd happily volunteer, keep the ship going. Where are we going next?
"Can we go and see Sirius today? Magic. I'd love it, God, the rings of Saturn, I mean you'd just sit there all day wouldn't you? I mean, let's just stop the ship here, just hang out and watch the rings of Saturn, from about 100km away. How cool would that be?"
Jay Kay's music is influenced by 1970s sci-fi and funk.
"It was all very 'space' and there was all the Parliament kind of movement and Aquarius and it was all very space-like in those days," he admits.
"But it comes from the fact that I think it's just something that's so important, that actually we usually ignore. We don't know much about it.
"We're sitting on this little ball, with all these other little balls in one little system that all circle this source of heat and light and basically it's the start and beginning of us.
"I'm always surprised when human beings use phrases like `At the end of the universe'. What do you mean, at the end of the universe? What end?
"We say that purely because we have a thing where we live and then we die. Everything in our lives has an end.
"This interview ends, my life can end, everything can end. I don't believe the universe does have an ending.
"I think it just goes on and on and I feel it's pretty presumptuous for a fairly intelligent bunch of apes to turn round and say 'yeah, there was a big bang four billion years ago and ahh'.
"Oh really, was there? We still can't go past the moon, we still haven't found a power source that will actually get us to somewhere.
"We can't travel anywhere near the speed of light, we've got no chance.
"As far I know, in 2028 a large lump of rock misses us by 600,000km.
"And that's going to cause problems if they've miscalculated. And they can miscalculate."
Jay Kay isn't keen to talk about his personal life - his name and picture was spread all over the newspapers when he and Denise split up.
"There's this whole media thing of 'Did you see a celebrity doing something that he shouldn't have been doing? Give us a ring if you did, try and get some pictures if you can and if you can get some sound recordings we'll really give you some money'," he says.
"You know, we've created this whole OK!, Hello!, News Of The World kind of thing. It's like what are you going to do to make me hate me? Write some more things?
"It's not going to happen, I'm not going hate myself just because of what you write."
Following his previous success with Jamiroquai, is Jay Kay pressured to keep up the momentum and CD sales?
"Well I haven't felt it (the pressure) so much this time. I felt 'Let's write some music, enjoy ourselves doing it, and do something a little bit different'.
"With the last album, there were problems in the internal structure of Sony which didn't help us to an extent and that was unfortunate, but that was the way it was.
"They were having a massive change around the world, so people were losing their jobs all over the place and suddenly there was no-one to look after us, and the project didn't really get going like it should have done.
"But it did four million copies, which is a huge amount, and a lot of people liked it, but I feel that they're going to like this one more."
A Funk Odyssey is in the shops now.


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Lieutenant Chantana Chisidori was the Gunnery Officer for Gunnery Station Four, except for the purposes of the Academy training exercise which had given his duty station and a third of his gunnery team to a first year cadet. He had talked to those of his men who'd been assigned to her command and the worst he'd heard of her had come from Tabanta whose reported comment had been, "I'd call her a tight-arsed bitch, except she knows her stuff." More than one of them had expressed doubts that she was, as alleged, a newly minted first year cadet. From what he'd heard, Chisidori wasn't sure what to think except that Petty Officer Lok had assured him that after the exercise they should welcome onto their gunnery team any of the several newly minted ASes that had been assigned to Cadet Gens' command.
The current situation was outside his experience though. Not only had they gone straight from being in an exercise to genuine battle stations but there was apparently already an enemy boarding party aboard the ship cutting its way into his gunnery station. His current assignment, as apparently local sensors were down, was to reconnoitre from a safe distance, otherwise known as the closest corner he could get to, and relay information about the enemy makeup and armament so that the Marines making their way up from their station on the lower decks didn't walk blindly into a fire trap. Unlike, he had to swallow hard before he reported his first findings in, the crewmembers who'd been in the vicinity of the airlock closest to Gunnery Station Four.
"Bridge, this is Lieutenant Chisidori. We've found evidence of a plasma burst at Airlock Six." He waited half a second for his team to confirm what he thought. "Four crew fatalities, two with close range headshots."
"Lieutenant Chisidori, this is the Bridge. Roger that. Proceed with caution."
"Aye, sir." As if he wasn't going to proceed with caution. Heart in his mouth he motioned his team on, taking point because he'd most recently of all of them done the anti-boarding module.
Fortunately he knew which corner was the last one before Gunnery Station 4 and although he found war kit clunky to wear unlike, say Petty Officer Sabat who'd serve on frontline ships the entire war, he could use the useful attachments including the one that let him see around corners without exposing himself. What he saw would have made him swear if he hadn't had to report it in. Because their helmets were almost touching he heard Petty Officer Sabat expressing both their feelings inside his helmet with the comms off. He found himself almost whispering, although it shouldn't have been necessary, "Bridge, this is Lieutenant Chisidori. Gunnery Station Four's outer blast doors have been just been breached. The intruders are a three man team without armour markings who appear to be in a Kizmat infiltration and data extraction configuration. Their combat engineer is clearing their entrance now."
"Lieutenant Chisidori, this is the Bridge. Roger that. Continue to observe. Do not attempt to engage the enemy at this time."
"Aye, sir." Chisidori knew very well that only Petty Officer Sabat in his hastily appointed reconnoitring team had a weapon that could do any good against the armour the enemy was wearing. He had to wonder if the entire war had felt like this, or only those early panicked days following the Kizmat surprise attack when nothing they had seemed to work against the enemy.
There was weapons fire from the gunnery station and the enemy combat engineer was bringing his weapon up to bear while his clearance man was swinging into position to take out the defenders. Chisidori didn't want to keep looking but he didn't dare look away, not in front of his men and because the Marines coming up behind him would need everything he could tell them. The defenders would be wearing war kit like his which frankly wasn't a match for the sort of armour the intruders were wearing and although whoever was in the outer chamber should be armed with a 58, the vulnerable area on the enemy's armour was so small-.
The combat engineer went down, his weapon dropping from his gloved hand as he fell. The clearance specialist fired once, twice, then collapsed as well, the shattered faceplate of his helmet visible on the screen of the equipment that let Chisidori see around corners. The data collector was returning fire, taking shots to the head but nothing to the faceplate until suddenly, in the small gap between his bursts, a figure in war kit stepped into view and fired a 58 held in an extended hand at shoulder height straight into his face.
"Bridge, this is Lieutenant Chisidori. The intruders are down, repeat, the intruders are down." Chisidori couldn't quite believe it. He knew it was theoretically possible but theory wasn't always translatable into reality.
"Lieutenant Chisidori, this is the Bridge. Rodger that. Approach Gunnery Station Four with caution. We've told Cadet Gens and her team that you're coming but let's avoid misunderstandings."
"Aye, sir." Chisidori stepped out from behind his corner, hands in the air followed by Petty Officer Sabat and the rest of his team. He heard the click from his comm set as they were switched to another communications channel but he spoke so that he would be heard without using the comm set. "Cadet Gens, I'm Lieutenant Chisidori and this is my team. We're on your side, don't shoot."
The female figure, the one who'd stepped forward and shot the data collector he realised, holstered her weapon, took two more weapons off the fallen body she was kneeling beside and saluted. "Sir." She then went straight to comms and he heard her say, "Bridge, this is Gens. The intruders are confirmed dead, disarmed and have no signs of self-destruct activation. Lieutenant Chisidori has arrived." She paused for half a breath and then went on, "Sir, if I may, if the intruders are following standard Kizmat doctrine then they'll have killer teams moving on the power plant and life support. Sir, life support is on this deck and I'm six decks closer than the Marines. Do you wish me to conduct a delaying action at life support?"
Chisidori was surprised to hear Captain Niblitz' voice come back over the comm channel. "That's consistent with our degrading internal sensor data. Chisidiori, you have Gunnery Station Four. Gens, you and your fire team to life support, now!"
Gens', "Aye, sir!" wasn't finished before she, Cruz and Tabanta were gone, sprinting towards life support.
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Approximate number of square feet to be painted
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The average residency is 12‐14 days for 325‐425 students
Ms. Olmsted will collaborate with the school in order to have the mural design uniquely reflect their mission, vision, & student body. PLEASE PLAN TO PROVIDE ANY & ALL THEMATIC IDEAS TO MS. OLMSTED AT LEAST 6 WEEKS PRIOR TO PROJECT START DATE so as to allow enough time to develop your school's mural plan & make color selections.
The school should DESIGNATE ONE PERSON TO BE THE DESIGN & COMMUNICATIONS POINT PERSON, through which all emails, discussions and design decisions will be made & approved.
The school should consult with the SCHOOL NURSE to see whether there are any students in the school with an airborne or contact latex allergy, as the paints used in the mural contain latex.
PARENT VOLUNTEERS are absolutely critical to the success of this large‐scale collaborative mural in each & every phase of the project: the prep, student painting, final touch‐ups, & clear coat. No artistic experience required! Ms. Olmsted will be happy to provide the school with a sample volunteer schedule.
Ms. Olmsted will need to create a PAINT TABLE AREA where all the supplies will be kept during the residency. This will require the use of an on‐site 6‐8 foot table, a large garbage can, & unfettered access to a large sink where brushes can be washed throughout the day.
A CERTIFIED TEACHER must be present with the students at all times (classroom or art teacher).
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Mother nature is more powerful than any of us. When a volcano in Iceland decides to burst and throw a large dust cloud, and when the winds are SE, all of northern Europe will shut down their airports. The last I heard, 17,000 flights were cancelled. Ours is one of those. Although I feel inconvenienced by this, I can't help but think about any of those other 600,000 people who might have a very important event to get to. What if you were trying to get married, or get to a funeral? We were supposed to show our friends the Simmons around Holland, and luckily we were able to reschedule that for next weekend.
So, for once, my procrastination has paid off. As of this morning I still hadn't packed, cleaned, or done the yard work I should have. Now I have all weekend to do this. And I'm taking advantage of this extra time, and doing some much needed deep cleaning.
disclaimer: if the volcano decideds to keep bursting, and my flight gets cancelled again, I will not be as understanding!
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