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A master of his craft Carlyle Brown's rigorous, extremely theatrical work occupies a wide range of aesthetic forms. Described by The New York Times as "one of America's more significant Playwrights" he has a long and rich history of creating plays that dramatize historical events in a way that makes them accessible to present day audiences. Carlyle Brown & Company was formed in 2002 around a constellation of culturally and ethnically diverse artists dedicated to the development and performance of his work in an atmosphere of collaborative co-creation. The Company is interested in innovations in dramatic form, rich story-telling and shaping ideas into theatrical events. Among the plays the Company has produced The Masks of Othello: A Theatrical Essay (2002) exploring the meaning of race throughout the ages in the production history of Shakespeare's play Othello that the Star Tribune called, "A vigorous, intelligent meditation on Shakespeare, theater, race and society"; The Fula From American: an African Journey (2003) an autobiographical solo show about Carlyle's adventures in West Africa, an African American searching of his African identity in 1981, which was noted by the Star Tribune as "outstanding New Show of 2003" and one of the "10 best plays of the year" by City Pages. Are you now or have you ever been…, the story of Langston Hughes and his persecution before the communist witch hunting McCarthy hearings of the 1950's was presented at the Guthrie's Dowling Studio Theater and was one of the Star Tribune's pick for "10 best plays of the year" of 2012.


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Ex-soldier avoids jail time for fatal training accident
Paul Ravensdale convicted of 4 charges related to fatal Afghanistan incident
A military judge has handed a retired Manitoba soldier, convicted in a deadly training accident in Afghanistan in 2010, a six-month suspended sentence.
That means retired warrant officer Paul Ravensdale, 43, won't spend any time in jail.
A five-member court martial panel at CFB Shilo found Ravensdale guilty on Feb. 14 of breach of duty causing death, breach of duty causing bodily harm, unlawfully causing bodily harm and negligent performance of military duty.
On Tuesday, Chief Military Judge Col. Mario Dutil sentenced Ravensdale to six months in prison, but suspended the sentence. The judge also handed Ravensdale a $2,000 fine and a demotion in rank to sergeant.
Ravensdale faced a maximum sentence of life in prison.
The charges stem from a military training accident that killed one solder and left four others injured in Afghanistan in February 2010.
Anti-personnel mine misfired
At the time, Ravensdale was leading a test of C-19 anti-personnel mines on a weapons range near Kandahar city when one of the mines misfired, shooting hundreds of steel ball bearings in the wrong direction.
Cpl. Josh Baker, 24, was struck by four projectiles and died of a penetrating wound to the chest. Four other soldiers were wounded.
Ravensdale, who was responsible for safety on the range that day, becomes the first in Canadian history to be convicted under Section 80 of the Criminal Code of breach of duty related to the use of an explosive substance that causes death or injury.
He was originally charged with manslaughter, but he was found not guilty of that charge.
Military prosecutors had asked for four years of jail time, while Ravensdale's defence team argued it was a tragic accident and that he has suffered enough already. They asked his sentence be limited to a demotion in rank.
"The prosecution and defence had [significantly] different views on how to approach the sentence in this case," Ravensdale's lawyer, Maj. Philippe-Luc Boutin, told reporters. "We feel that our approach has prevailed, and we are very satisfied with this."
Prosecutors say they have not decided whether they will appeal.
Ravensdale will be able to serve his suspended sentence in the community as long as he exhibits good behaviour.
Set himself for failure
In his ruling, Dutil said Ravensdale had "set himself up for failure" because he failed to consult safety manuals for the training exercise.
"The mere fact that he thought he knew what he was doing is insufficient … the situation was taken too lightly," Dutil said.
At the same time, the judge added, Ravensdale "should not have been put in this situation in the first place" by his superiors, who shared a "high level of responsibility" in what happened.
Two of his superiors have already been demoted in connection with the incident.
Darryl Watts was demoted to lieutenant from major and given a severe reprimand following his conviction on charges of unlawfully causing bodily harm and negligent performance of duty. Watts is appealing his conviction.
Watts's commanding officer, Christopher Lunney, pleaded guilty in September to negligent performance of duty and was demoted to captain from major and given a severe reprimand.
Dutil said Lunney and Watts were aware that Ravensdale's platoon had no formal or informal pre-deployment training with C-19s, but they did not communicate this to Ravensdale.
Suffers from PTSD
Dutil said while he wanted to give Ravensdale a year behind bars, he noted that the sentences Lunney and Watts received were on the "very low end" of the spectrum, so it was only appropriate to adjust Ravensdale's sentence accordingly.
Dutil noted Ravensdale's distinguished record — he served for almost 25 years in the military and had what the judge described as a stellar record — and his diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder as factors in the decision not to give him jail time.
Ravensdale, who retired from the Canadian Forces in January 2012, said during his sentencing hearing on March 5 that he has had to seek family counselling, and he suffers from PTSD and depression.
"I can't move on," he told the hearing. "Every day, I relive Feb. 12 like Groundhog Day."
Dutil said Ravensdale, a father of four who coaches hockey in the community, is currently pursuing full-time college studies towards a career in human resources.
Ravensdale and his family did not speak to reporters after the sentence was handed down on Tuesday.
With files from CBC's Chris Glover and The Canadian Press

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Plain Cigarette Packages Turn Smokers Off
In other news: How the moon can affect heart surgery, and what other cancer the HPV vaccine protects against.
Simple cigarette packages may be a new part of the equation in making tobacco less appealing to consumers.
A study in BMJ Open found that plain brown packaging required in Australia made cigarettes have less shelf appeal and increased smokers' urge to quit. The Australian law went into effect in November 2012. The country is the first to use plain cigarette packages.
Researchers interviewed smokers before, during, and after the rollout and found that those who bought the plain packaging were 70 percent more likely to think their cigarettes were of worse quality, and were 81 percent more likely to consider quitting.
"Plain packaging aims to reduce the attractiveness and appeal of tobacco, increase the noticeability and effectiveness of health warnings and reduce the ability of packaging to mislead consumers about smoking harms," the researchers, led by Melanie A Wakefield, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow at the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences in Australia, wrote in the study.
The opposite type of packaging — photos of diseased lungs and other graphic images — were also shown to help people quit smoking according to a 2011 study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The U.S. government voted against implementing such packaging.
HPV Vaccine Prevents Throat Cancer, Too
Though the human papillomavirus (HPV) is known most for causing cervical cancer, it can also cause throat cancer. Getting the HPV vaccine may protect you against both.
Researchers at the International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon, France, found that women who had gotten the HPV vaccine had a lower throat cancer rate than those who did not get the vaccine.
"In fact, there was a 90 percent reduction in the prevalence of HPV infection in the women who received the vaccine compared to the women who had not," said lead researcher Dr. Rolando Herrero.
Throat cancer caused by HPV was brought to light recently by actor Michael Douglas, who said his throat cancer may be linked to oral sex. According to the Oral Cancer Foundation, nearly 42,000 Americans will be diagnosed with oral and throat cancers in 2013, and more than 8,000 people will die from those cancers.
Moon Cycle Affects Heart Surgery Outcomes
It sounds like a strange psychic reading, but a new study suggests your heart surgery may have a better or worse outcome depending on the moon's cycle at the time of the procedure.
In the study published in the journal Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, researchers say patients who had an acute aortic dissection repair (fixing a tear in the aorta, the large vessel that carries blood out of the heart) during a waning full moon were less likely to die than if the exact same operation was done in a different part of the moon's cycle.
"Can we always plan for such procedures to be performed around lunar cycles? Of course not," said lead researcher Dr. Frank Sellke, co-director of the Cardiovascular Institute at Rhode Island, The Miriam and Newport hospitals. "But better understanding the effects of the environment — including seasonal and lunar cycles — on our health can help us to better understand these rhythms, and ultimately provide better care for our patients."
Insulin Resistance Could Delay Alzheimer's
Insulin resistance could be a way to delay or even prevent Alzheimer's disease, a new study suggests.
Diabetes patients who took the drug metformin were less likely to develop dementia later in life compared with those on other anti-diabetic drugs, according to an analysis of Kaiser Permanente health system records.
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Contractor Says He Was NSA Leaker
Rolfe Winkler discusses the latest on the National Security Agency data program with Devlin Barrett and Col. Cedric Leighton. Photo: AP.
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I think I think snow this point if I if I understand correctly snow this point is ... even what they're telling the lawmakers isn't the full picture and I am putting these in things out ... because I want the full picture to be understood and the implications of the full picture to be understood ... now ... the government has a choice in ... the government can ... put out its own version of the truth and and if that means revealing more then know how to live with that ... for the for the government can say look ... we just can't talk about this stuff it's not as bad as he says ... and the story we have we have to ... be quite on the rest for national security reasons ... and that sort of of this position Ehrenreich ... the act and we can we trust and Devlin Barrett in Washington thank you so much ... thank you ... and will be right back to the tech markets ... Sts ... 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II they will then respond to that they literally handle thousands of cases ... from long Forstmann predominately the criminal cases but every now and then you have an espionage case for an intelligence case to be the long Forstmann relationship with Google and Facebook is actually pretty strong ... by the intelligence community relationship is usually done through the law enforcement communities to the FBI is in essence the front ... by NTT foreword these kinds of actions ... by what what will happen is that while there is no direct access to the servers ... by as they can ... look at these types of the day if they have the permission to do so ... and let's face it every time ... I you know we do anything nowadays that somehow the internet is uninvolved and ... in a stay has basically moved from ... a radio centric architecture ... to an Internet centric architecture that basically gone with the traffic has gone curl curl is is there a way for ... 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Who Reads Poetry is a collection of 50 essays originally published in Poetry magazine. It's a lively collection that disputes the old stereotype that only English professors read poetry, and that poetry is a dying art. It also demonstrates poetry's power, particularly in difficult times; one essay records the memories of a Warsaw ghetto survivor, who used poetry as a way to remove herself from the horrors around her; another, by a war correspondent, talks about reading MacBeth (yes, a play, but a play in verse) while covering the war in El Salvador.
But not all reflect dire circumstances, which is entirely appropriate. Musician and songwriter Neko Case, in an essay titled "My Flaming Hamster Wheel of Panic about Publicly Discussing Poetry in This Respected Forum," writes: "Poetry is such a delicate, pretty lady with a candy exoskeleton on the outside of her crepe-paper dress. I am an awkward, heavy-handed mule of a high school dropout. I guess I just need permission to be in the same room with poetry." See? Even someone as amazing as Neko Case can find poetry intimidating.
Daniel Handler--he of Lemony Snicket fame--contributed a hilarious essay about finding the right time--and right amount of time--to read poetry. Hip hop artist Rhymefest talks about his life as a poem, and the poetry of rap. Retired US Army three-star lieutenant general and former West Point superintendent William James Lennox Jr. talks about why poetry is taught to cadets at West Point (something another writer touches on later).
So, if you, or someone you know, wonders who exactly reads poetry these days, the answer is: A lot of people. And for many different reasons.


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Impact 100 Chicago's grant cycle occurs only one time per year. Our online grant application system is open in August with the Letters of Inquiry due at the end of September. Impact 100 Chicago's grant cycle includes a four-step grant application process:
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- Applicants must submit a Letter of Inquiry (LOI) through our online grant application system before the deadline set annually by Impact 100 Chicago. We are no longer accepting LOIs for the 2020-21 grant cycle.
- Organizations are allowed to submit only one application per year and must select a focus area when completing the LOI to verify they fit within our funding criteria. It should be noted that within the letter of Inquiry, you will be required to complete and attach the following document, which is only available on our website: Impact 100 Chicago LOI Project Budget.
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HARTFORD — Hubert Thompson, released from prison in 2012 after DNA tests showed that he was wrongfully imprisoned for more than four years for a sexual assault that he did not commit, testified before the state claims commissioner Thursday in his bid for more than $1 million in compensation from the state.
Thompson, 47, of Hartford, told Commissioner J. Paul Vance Jr. that while he was locked up, he was separated from his two sons, missed five funerals of family members, was infected with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, and suffered other illnesses and ailments that were even tougher to manage while held in a prison cell.
"I was inside the cell one day and I happened to lift my arm and I had pain and I looked up under my armpit and I had these bumps under my arms almost the size of golf balls. It was hurting really, really bad," Thompson said. At the hospital, he learned that it was MRSA — which can be life-threatening — and that "a lot of people had it" at the prison, Thompson said.
Since his release, Thompson testified that he has tried to remain positive. "I'm a little hurt," he said. "But I'm over it now though, hoping to just go forward."
But documents contained in an "analysis of damages" that Thompson's lawyer, William T. Koch Jr., submitted to Vance as part of Thompson's claim note some of the daily struggles Thompson still faces.
"Mr. Thompson told me that he is still frightened," Dr. Kenneth M. Selig, a Glastonbury psychiatrist, wrote in an April 22, 2014, letter to Koch. "He sleeps with one eye open. He has nightmares and sometimes wakes up in sweats." Selig wrote that Thompson has anxiety and is sometimes depressed.
Thompson was arrested by Hartford police in 1995 after his accuser identified him from a photo array as a drug dealer who attacked her on Sept. 23, 1994, as she drove up South Marshall Street looking to buy drugs, according to court records.
Superior Court Judge Raymond R. Norko convicted Thompson in 1998 of first-degree kidnapping, first-degree sexual assault and attempt to commit first-degree sexual assault. Thompson was sentenced to 12 years in prison, which was to run consecutively to an unrelated 10-year federal prison sentence for weapons offenses.
In 2010, Koch filed a petition for DNA testing on the underwear of Thompson's accuser. The testing showed that the sperm found in the underwear was "from a convicted felon in the Connecticut DNA data base, not Hubert Thompson," Thompson's claim states.
On March 12, 2012, the sexual assault conviction was vacated and a new trial was ordered. The charge against Thompson was dismissed on July 19, 2012.
Thompson insisted on his innocence at sentencing, telling the judge, "And I state my case right here and right now, I have not committed this crime," according to a court transcript.
And the day after the verdict, according to Thompson's claim, Thompson sent a letter to his attorney, maintaining his innocence, saying that the judge "took the side of a prostitute and drug user" and discriminated against him because he had previously been in prison.
On Thursday, Vance said he expected to have a decision in Thompson's case soon.
Thompson's testimony comes two months after the claims commissioner awarded $6 million to Kenneth Ireland, who spent 21 years locked up in prison for a Wallingford rape and murder that he did not commit. Ireland was the first person to be compensated for a wrongful incarceration claim in Connecticut since a law was passed seven years ago.
Connecticut's wrongful incarceration law says that claimants have the burden of "establishing by a preponderance of the evidence" that they suffered such damages as loss of liberty and enjoyment of life, loss of earnings, loss of earning capacity, loss of familial relationship and loss of reputation.
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Thompson's claim seeks between $1.3 million and $1.4 million in compensation that includes $562,500 for loss of liberty and enjoyment of life.
Assistant Attorney General Matthew B. Beizer on Thursday disputed the time that Thompson's claim says he was in the custody of the state, saying that the time he was being held during his trial in state court was actually time he was lawfully locked up serving the federal prison sentence.
Beizer on Thursday also stressed that the legal factors the state must consider for compensation "are going to differ" from person to person.
"I would submit that it wasn't the legislature's intent that everyone should be treated in the same exact fashion in determining the appropriate amount of damages," Beizer said.


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Abalone Hall sits atop the south side of Little River Inn. A multi-functional reception space that can hold up to 120 people. Room is paired with a large deck stretches outside with vast view of the Pacific Ocean.
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Event space, tables, chairs, traditional tableware
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Twin Court Garden
Hold your wedding onsite in our lovely Twin Court Garden space. This intimate garden greenery can accommodate a mid-sized wedding. Exchange your vows underneath our handmade wooden arch amongst your closest loved ones.
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Van Damme State Park
Our nearest and dearest California State Park sits just below Little River Inn. Ceremony sites include Van Damme State Park Redwoods or Beach. This ceremony site can accommodate up to 90 people. Let us handle the permitting and arrange your ceremony amongst the trees or with your toes in the sand. Both pure magic if you ask us.
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Mallory House
Our premiere wedding site is oceanside on the Mallory House Bluffs and can accommodate up to 200 people. Perched above the waves of the Pacific Ocean, the site has a large ceremony/reception field that has endless event design possibilities.
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Le Castel is an ideal place to organize corporate events , seminars, presentations , year-end meals, etc
It features different spaces available at events, with modern facilities capable of accommodating between 20 and 120 people.
There is a restaurant serving authentic cuisine from local produce and comfortable rooms if you want the ability to be hosted locally. Moreover, we can appeal to guest houses and hotels nearby.
Le Castel is ideally located 15 minutes from Montelimar A7 North and South exits , 5 km from Montelimar to the station where TGV arrive regularly. We are also 1:30 drive from airports in Lyon and Marseille


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Work-Study supervisor frequently asked questions
FWS Supervisor FAQ
How is Federal Work-Study Funded at GCC?
Every year the college submits the "Fiscal Operations Report and Application to Participate (FISAP)" for the three Campus-Based programs: Federal Perkins Loan, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG), and Federal Work-Study (FWS).
The Department of Education awards the college FWS funding annually based on the data provided in the FISAP report and the availability of federal funding for Title IV programs. GCC's federal work study award has remained level funded as far back as 2003. Historically federal funding has made up 93% of the college's overall FWSP budget.
Why isn't FWS considered to be a part of my annual department budget at GCC?
FWS is federal financial aid awarded to the college solely to provide financially eligible students with the opportunity to earn money through on/off-campus employment. Your department receives an annually allocation in order to provide employment positions to these students.
Does the financial aid office pre-select FWS student workers?
The financial aid office determines the student's eligibility for a federal work study award based on several criteria presented on the student's FAFSA application. We do not interview students or collect references to determine the student's hiring qualifications.
As a FWS Supervisor it's important for you to know that students with Federal Work Study awards are not guaranteed automatic job placement. Rather, like any part-time employment, jobs are available to which the student worker submits an application. The FWS supervisor makes their own hiring decisions based on the student application and interview.
Can I require the student to complete an application form?
Clearly stating your expectations during the interview and hiring process may alleviate work place conflicts and confusion in the long run. Departments, both on and off-campus, have the right to use a FWS job application form. Some departments on campus already use an application form and find it helpful during the hiring process.
I've just hired a student worker, are there any required forms?
Absolutely! The GCC Federal Work-Study Job Authorization/Acceptance Form tells us that you hired a student worker and initiates the payroll authorization for your FWS allotment.
You and the student must complete and sign the Job Authorization form once every school year. Whenever you hire a student, you and the student must complete this form and hand it in to the financial aid office. Your student will not be paid if this form is not returned to the financial aid office.
Can a FWS student worker be dismissed from FWS employment?
As with any employment, each student is responsible for working arranged hours. Punctual, efficient, and cooperative performance on the job is always expected. If illness, study obligations, or some other unforeseen circumstance prevents a student from working, he/she must notify his/her supervisor in advance. Failure to report without adequate reason may result in termination of employment and disqualification for future work study.
Student workers can be released from their FWS job at the Supervisor's discretion. Reasons for dismal include, but are not limited to the same conditions as any other part-time employment, such as not adhering to department policies and procedures, regularly missing work days/times, failure to communicate absences with the FWS Supervisor in a timely manner, and not completing work as assigned. Please review the FWS Supervisor's Handbook for guidelines on dismissing the student worker.
What if my student worker wants to receive payment for his hours in one lump sum?
Students must be paid for the hours they work as that work is completed. No student can request that his/her timesheets be "held" for any extended period of time. The FWS fund functions like a regular payroll account and cannot be used as a pseudo savings plan. Failure to submit time sheets on a regular basis will result in loss of pay. Both the financial aid office and payroll monitor the fund on a bi-weekly basis as a normal part of funds management. Therefore, it's crucial for us to be aware of expenditures as they occur.
Why do I have to submit time sheets on a regular basis?
The FWS Fund functions as a payroll fund and the fund balance must be reconciled on bi-weekly and monthly basis. GCC provides monthly reconciliation records to federal and state auditors upon their request. Accurate record keeping depends on the regular and timely submission of time sheets.
When is it ok for the student worker to submit his or her own time sheets to payroll?
It is the FWS Supervisor's responsibility to submit the signed time sheets to payroll on a regular basis. This responsibility rests solely with the supervisor. Under NO circumstance should a student worker ever be given the time sheet once it is signed by the supervisor.
Who has the authority to sign FWS time sheets in my absence?
Only you have the authority to sign your student worker's time sheets. You can however, in advance, make arrangements with the financial aid office for another staff member to provide a signature in your absence. We must have the appropriate supervisor approval and signatures on file and ready to provide to the auditors upon their request.
By signing the time sheet you are verifying that the student worked the hours noted on the sheet and that the student is indeed entitled to receive a payment for those hours.
If you'd like to grant another staff member the authority to sign and submit your student worker's time sheet, just call the financial aid office and we can send you the proper form.
How do I request weekly time sheets?
Supervisors can contact either Mary Jane Connelly at x1307 or Bjorn Silvia at x1316 in Payroll to request time sheets.
When do I submit FWS time sheets to payroll?
Time sheets are turned in every Wednesday afternoon.
My student worker works on Fridays. Can I sign off on her projected Friday hours to get the time sheet turned in on time each week?
If your student is reliable and you know that she will come in on Friday, you can go ahead and submit the timesheet. If for some reason she doesn't come in, you can submit a correction to the timesheet, but the correction must be submitted to payroll by Monday afternoon.


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Not much is happening over here at Reproducing Genius. I'm still taking photos off of the back balcony. The latest are of our old man. Yes, we have an old man. He lives in the building next to ours. He's cranky and mean. He hates most people under 40. Our old man likes to sit on his back porch in the morning, facing our apartment and the sun. Every morning that the sun is out, he is there, sitting. He sits there for hours. He does nothing but sit and soak up the sun and sleep. Here he is through the slats on our balcony:
This old man often sleeps on his deck during his hours of sun. There have been many days when we have been concerned that he died because he is so still. On these days, we may or may not make large noises on our balcony to wake him.
Our other old man–our cat Pierre–loves to hang out on this man's porch. It's as though he knows they have something in common.
Because we have been home so much lately, our cats are a source of both entertainment and frustration. We have mentioned before that in our old home, all of the cats gladly went outside regularly. They loved their yard and their garden. Here, only Pierre–our ten-year-old boy cat–will go out regularly. He does love it. He catches lizards, hangs out on the old man's porch, makes his rounds at the pool, and greets tenants as they come home. Everyone knows Pierre here. Oftentimes, when we meet a new person at our apartment complex, he or she will know Pierre or that we're Pierre's moms. We often hear people getting out of their cars or taking out the trash say, "Hi Pierre!" He's very popular.
Lately, he has taken to sitting on the railing outside of our kitchen window when he wants in. This is two stories up, so it makes me a little nervous, but it's funny:
His face still makes me melt after all these years.
In the interest of entertaining us all, I challenge you to caption the photo below. I will post the winner(s) tomorrow.
Stay tuned for more crazy cat lady posts.


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Gathering with the Sisters in Norwalk, CT, to share on the Constitutions of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame with our Novice Libby Osgood.
Conversations of the Heart
On Sunday, December 16th, we put our hearts into a Christmas feast of prayer and food and friendship. We were delighted to be able to share our feast with Sisters Rebecca and Catherine who just "happened" to be in the area. What a special visitation happening that was! We, of course, missed the presence of Sisters Noreen H., Bernadette and Della but I was able to bring back to Andrews a taste of the feast for them. We weren't expecting Santa but, imagine our surprise when we found, not one, but two gift bags for each of us under the coffee table. After much feasting and fun, we made plans for our next gathering and went our separate ways, looking forward to continuing to celebrate the Christmas Season with family and friends. We reminded ourselves that we were still, however, in the season of waiting, of preparing, of anticipating the coming of the "God of Surprises" who will make all things new.
Sisters of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame celebrate with Sister Pat Jamele her induction into the Holy Cross Crusader Hall of Honor.
From Our Leadership Team:
Led by Associate Co-coordinator Donna Wuhrer, in the province offices we prayed to Our Lady of Guadalupe on her feast day, in solidarity with our sisters and brothers seeking to cross our southern border. Afterwards we feasted Mexican-style!
In addition, we signed as a Leadership Team a call to end the practice of housing people for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Kankakee County.
As we draw near to the Christmas season, we are invited to reflect on the PROMISES of God.
I invite you to begin by reflecting on someone in your life whom you trust because that person always does what she/he promises. A person who is known to keep promises is reliable. We trust such a person. When we live with trustworthy persons, it helps us to feel secure.
This is on the Global Catholic Climate Movement website.
Every year for 24 years, the nations of the world have gathered in the UN-convened "Conference of the Parties" (COP) to discuss solutions to the climate crisis. A peak in this process was achieved at COP21, which was held in Paris in 2015 and saw the creation of the Paris climate agreement to limit green-house gas emissions.
Tonight at midnight, God initiates the community of the dispossessed. He creates it by becoming one with it. He sustains it by remaining within it. He gives it meaning by making there a gradual revelation of himself.
Bethlehem is Africa, where children are killed for pretensions of power; it is Latin America, where people starve through the indifference of others; it is every city street, every unholy slum, every fireless room.
It has other facets too: the loveless electric tree, the token giving, the glamour with joy – the signs without the signified. And so the Lord Christ lies between the beasts.
A large number of sisters and friends gathered for a liturgy of Thanksgiving on November 4th, 2018, to recognize the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Sisters of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame in Summerside, PEI. The presider at the liturgy was Bishop Richard Grecco accompanied by pastor Father Chris Sherren and associate pastor Father Ignatius Sabastian. Father Eddie Cormier was present in the sanctuary. Sister Regina McQuaid spoke on behalf of the Congregation to express our thanks for the past, joy of the present and hope for the future. The lengthy applause and standing ovation following her presentation was witness to the appreciation and respect of the Parish community for the 150 years of service. The whole congregation joined in the joyful recessional hymn "Sing out her Glory" accompanied on the piano by former choir director, Sister Simone Abbass.
The Spirituality committee invited sisters to take part in Jan Richardson's online Advent retreat Journey into the Heart of Christmas. This experience is providing an opportunity to travel through Advent and Christmas in contemplation, helping to find spaces for reflection that draw us deep into this season that shimmers with mystery and possibility.
Many of us will relate with Jan as she shares on living with the story of Mary and Elizabeth, drawn to the sanctuary they found with each other, the hidden space that provided sustenance for the path ahead.
The JPIC committee met November 23-25 at the mother house in Montreal. A discussion with the Province Leadership Team took place on Saturday afternoon. Sister Becky McKenna was at the table, and Sisters Eileen McQuaid and Maureen MacIsaac joined by conference call from Bedford
This year's program is so different from last year's. I would say that it is very much of a "hands on" year where the novice, during her second year, gets to practice her skills in light of what she has learned about religious life. The three fundamental areas of concentration include prayer, community life and ministry. More specifically, as part of the second year novitiate the goals are:
We invited some of the women of Our Lady of Mount Carmel for tea and an Advent prayer service. This morning of prayer had refreshments, a much requested tour of the house, followed by a reflection and personal quiet time, leading to mass at church next door. It was a lovely day, full of interculturality, joy of the season, and prayerful reflection.
Among the many opportunities I had to shadow the sisters of Toronto in their ministries, I had the most fun with Frances Claus in her Toy Workshop in the basement of Our Lady of Lourdes parish. She and her fellow elf Bev are busy each year preparing Christmas packages for 500 children, each package containing an age and gender appropriate combination of toys, crafts, books, balls, and something warm (socks, a hat, or gloves). They register the children in October and receive bags and bags of toys from the local radio station CHUM's toy drive, but they don't just distribute the gifts, passing them on. They make sure the boys and girls of each age group receive equivalent packages, and verify that they don't receive the same gift from the previous year.
Our Lady of Guadalupe – Our Lady of the Peripheries
It's all about accompaniment. When Mary heard that Elizabeth was expecting, she "went in haste into the hill country, to a town in Judah" (Luke 1:39). A relative "in her old age" would need help, and the mothers-to-be had to talk. The gospel leaves us to imagine their joy, their apprehension, and their hope — mothers whose sons would be prophets and martyrs, yet through whom God would bring down the mighty from their thrones and lift-up the humblest of his people.
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"What should we do?" This was the question all – those being baptized, the tax collectors, the soldiers, etc. – were asking John the Baptist. He made such a deep impression on the people that word spread that he might be the Messiah. He assured them he was not the Messiah. They were attracted to him because he was so single-hearted in the way he lived his life and his mission.
Reflect on those persons to whom you turn in difficult times. Give thanks for their presence in your life.
Sr. Joan Brennan, CND, needs to apply all her 60+ years of experience as an educator when teaching religion to three and four-year olds. Yes, that's three and four-year old preschoolers at Notre Dame Academy in Staten Island, NY. She begins her classes with a song many of us learned in school: Rise and Shine and Give God Your Glory Glory. She tells them the creation story. She employs artwork as well as songs to get her youngest pupils to think about where and how do we see God? How do we find God in our life every day?
In the Diocese of Saint John N.B. churches are being combined to form new parishes with new names. Parishioners were invited to suggest names. The new parish in the Miramichi area (Newcastle side) is now named Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys Parish. Local churches are designated "worship sites" within the large (new) parish structure; they will maintain their "church name" for now. Our Congrégation de Notre-Dame associates and friends were very active in promoting Saint Marguerite. It is appropriate that the Miramichi area where the Sisters of the Congregation worked for over 100 years receive this honor. Sisters and associates familiar with the Miramichi are very pleased, as are former students and friends of the sisters.
Nearly 200 brave souls battled the elements in Montréal's freak autumn snowfall last Friday to attend the Catholic Rally organized by the English-speaking Catholic Council. This biennial event brings together and showcases many of the organizations that make up the Catholic Church of Montréal. For the first time the Congrégation de Notre-Dame associates from Montréal were also present with a booth. Associates Sharon DiFruscia, Donna Quelch and Charles Taker were on hand to talk about Associate Relationship to those who called by our booth. A fair bit of interest was generated and we will be following-up over the next few weeks and inviting them to come and see who we are and what we are about.
Waiting for baby
I awake each morning
A song of praise on my lips;
I, Mary of Nazareth, wife, of Joseph the carpenter
Carry within my being the child of the Promise.
As the Christmas Season approaches, Sisters of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame in Kingston were invited to an afternoon tea at St. Joseph's Parish. Since the closure of our Residence on Wright Crescent, Monsignor Joseph Lynch, Pastor of the parish, has honoured us in appreciation of our involvement in the parish and open invitation to the Pastor and Priest Assistant over the years to share meals with us.
There is a city in New England that has a cross on a hill overlooking the city. At night the cross is lit and can be seen from most of the city which is built on six additional hills. A little five year old girl knelt by her window one night. She was facing the cross and told her Mommy she was praying to God.
I understand why Jesus loved little children, let them come to him when others were pushing them aside, and told all of us to become like little children if we wish to enter into his life. Of the tens of thousands of people who see that cross every night, how many turn their hearts to God in prayer?


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WADA head Reedie looks to heal rifts with Olympic officials
AUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — After months of barbs and sparring between Olympic and anti-doping officials, World Anti-Doping Agency president Craig Reedie expects an end to public conflict.
The rift has widened since July, when a WADA-commissioned report detailed a state-backed doping program in Russia for the 2014 Sochi Olympics and across summer and winter sports.
The International Olympic Committee's leadership rejected WADA's call to ban all Russian teams from the Rio de Janeiro Games, and the agency has since seemed to have fewer allies in world sports.
Reedie told The Associated Press on Wednesday he sensed a truce after two days of WADA-hosted meetings with Olympic officials that "worked beyond my expectations."
"Any public criticism that there has been, certainly from our side and I am sure now from the Olympic movement side, will stop," said the WADA president, who was also an IOC executive board member in the tense lead-in to Rio.
WADA's role in anti-doping will be debated at an Olympic summit in Lausanne on Oct. 8, and IOC President Thomas Bach has called upon his members to bring fresh ideas.
Still, asked if WADA was under threat, Reedie says: "I would be very surprised. Why would it be?"
"We have been under pressure and strain because of cheating in the biggest country in the world," Reedie said. "It shook the IOC, it shook the (international sports federations), it shook us. We move on."
The Russian evidence in Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren's investigation will be revisited, likely within weeks, when his final report is published.
Late October is once more the target for publication, despite McLaren saying last week it was "several months" away as he analyzes evidence of corruption at the Sochi Olympics and in Russian winter sports and soccer.
WADA director general Olivier Niggli told The AP on Wednesday that he spoke with McLaren over the weekend and confirmed the original deadline.
"It might be early November. This is not prolonging by several months," Niggli said.
That timetable would allow WADA to digest the report's impact before Nov. 19-20 meetings of its foundation board and executive committee in Glasgow, Scotland.
Reedie chaired a meeting of the WADA executive Wednesday that included two IOC board members — Ugur Erdener of Turkey and Gian Franco Kasper of Switzerland — plus the Olympic body's medical director, Richard Budgett.
Erdener and Budgett declined to comment to The AP after the meeting.
While WADA has seemed under attack by the Olympic family, it has been the victim of a cyberattack on its database of athletes' private medical records. WADA has said hackers linked to Russia are responsible for the leaks of dozens of athletes' data which began last week.
Niggli said the Montreal-based agency is working with the FBI and RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) on the case.


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Here's what we know. When sales and marketing are on the same page, performance is better. 88% of best performing companies have aligned their sales and marketing teams. But in many companies, a cultural shift is required for the teams to truly work together.
How to do it? Here are some ways that leading companies are achieving sales and marketing alignment:
1. Ride Together
No, not fun days out together. By 'ride alongs' mean spending an hour or a day watching what your counterparts in the other team do day-to-day. Spending some time learning about, say, the approach a sales rep has taken that hasn't yet delivered the desired result can transform the marketing approach to individual clients to turn things around. This amazing case study from Forbes shows how one marketing team rose to the challenge in innovative ways.
2. Measure Together
Don't just assume that people will work together and share information. Set up joint teams with members from the sales and marketing departments to identify what's performing well, what needs fixing and how they can deliver solutions together. Get the sales and marketing managers together weekly for a briefing on who's doing what, what happened last week and what's expected this week. In the best-in-class companies identified inthe Aberdeen Group's recent report, sales and marketing managers met at least once a week.
3. Define Together
Some of the biggest problems in aligning sales and marketing teams come from people failing to agree on the lingo. What's a good ROI? A successful email campaign? If you leave it to the individual departments to decide, marketing will say if the results aren't good enough that they need more budget. Sales will say they need better leads. A common vocabulary in the form of quantifiable figures can pour oil on these troubled waters and prevent the blame game.
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Whether it's geographical regions, industry verticals or individual products and services, the sales and marketing managers for each area should sit down together every quarter to make joint plans. They should analyse opportunities, evaluate past marketing campaigns and then set objectives and strategies for achieving them together for the coming quarter.
5. Score Together
Everyone agreeing what constitutes a hot lead and one that needs a hat and scarf to even get to body temperature will go a long way in bringing sales and marketing together. This study by MarketingSherpa shows that working thoughtfully as a team to design your lead scoring system can increase conversions by 79%.
6. Share Together
If you use marketing automation, sales enablement isn't confounding. Marketers should share detailed information about prospects, letting sales know when prospects are currently on your website or tweeting about your product. Many companies have enjoyed success by encouraging marketing to listen carefully to what the sales team needs. For instance, Cross Telecom empowered its sales team to be their own marketers by providing them with email templates to use, which resulted in a 47% increase in new opportunities.
7. Celebrate Together
When a lead has been successfully turned into a customer, recognise the part that everyone played and don't just claim the success for one person or team. If both teams see how vital their part was, that knowledge informs everything they do going forward. But once the party is over, review what worked, what didn't work so well and plan how you can do it even better next time, together!
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Cool Ideas For Painting The Master Bedroom
Cool bedroom decorations – Just a few days for the arrival of spring, we are already looking to leave behind the winter and start making changes in the decor of our home. Usually we focus on common areas like the living room because it is where we spend more time, but this time we will propose some ideas to paint the cool bedroom decorations and give you a completely different look.
What is the most practical? Actually go for neutral colors, simply because it will be so much easier to make a change whenever you feel us through the bedding and accessories. However, there are many other neutral colors other than white featuring very current results, such as gray. Try to incorporate it into the headboard wall, see what you think.
Once you're done, choose bedding in white and lime green (or red, if you prefer) and decorative accessories in white with chrome accents: you will be amazed with the result. We depending on the size of the room can ask different options, because as you know the light colors always tend to provide visual breadth to the different spaces, while dark provide the opposite effect.
If you are not afraid to take risks, we will suggest a combination of the most interesting: paint the headboard wall in fuchsia, white and other. Also paints furniture in the room in black because it is important that a fuchsia – black – white visual impact occurs. On the white walls adds stickers motif in pink, and the headboard in black. Furniture in the cool bedroom decorations can be classic lines but choose a modern and current lamp for the roof. Do you dare?


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NEW YORK – The U.S. government today filed its first response to a lawsuit challenging the targeted killing of the three U.S. citizens in Yemen last year, Anwar Al-Awlaki, his 16-year-old son Abdulrahman and Samir Khan. The American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights, which brought the case on behalf of the families of the Americans who died, issued the following statement about the government's motion to dismiss:
"The essence of the government's argument is that it has the authority to kill Americans not only in secret, but also without ever having to justify its actions under the Constitution in any courtroom. To claim, as the administration has today, that the courts have no role at all to play in assessing whether the government's targeted killings of Americans are lawful – even after the fact – simply cannot be squared with the due process clause.
"The president himself has acknowledged that the targeted killing program must be subject to more meaningful checks, but there is little evidence of that recognition in the brief filed by the government today. If the court accepts the government's position, it is not only the current president but every future president who will wield the power to kill any American he or she deems to present a threat to national security, without ever having to explain that action to a judge. The Constitution requires more."
The government's motion is available at: www.aclu.org/files/assets/tk_govt_motion_to_dismiss.pdf
More information on the case is available at: www.aclu.org/national-security/al-aulaqi-v-panetta


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The Studio is a new dance school in Yeronga (Brisbane's inner South), offering uncompromising technical standards, an appreciation of the arts and focus on the love of movement.


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The Fed got what they wanted today besides the much weaker than expected jobs report.
The Unemployment Rate dropped to 5.1%, largely on the number of people who have been unemployed for so long that they are no longer counted as part of the workforce. Hence the record low 'Labor Participation Rate.'
The Fed is running on its own clock now, and wants to raise rates badly for policy reasons. Stan Lacker alluded to as much today.
And I suspect that unless the wheels fall off the stock markets in the next couple of weeks that is exactly what they will do.
Have a pleasant and long Labor Day weekend.