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The Chicago Fire Soccer Club announced Sunday that the club has reached a transfer agreement with English Championship side Wigan Athletic for Shaun Maloney. The Scottish midfielder has signed with the Fire and will be added to the roster as a Designated Player.
"Shaun is a very experienced player, having played in both the English and Scottish Premier Leagues, and we're very happy to have signed someone of his caliber," said Fire Head Coach and Director of Soccer Frank Yallop. "His style of play fits in exactly with what we're trying to do at the Fire. He's a hard-working, attack-minded player who is really going to help this team and we're excited to have signed him."
Maloney joins the Fire after three and a half years with Wigan. The 32-year-old signed with the Latics on Aug. 31, 2011 and made his debut in a Carling Cup match on Sept. 13, 2011, and made his Premier League start on March 17, 2012 against West Brom Albion. In the next match, Maloney scored his first goal for the club, converting a penalty kick in a 2-1 victory over Liverpool on March 24, 2012. His next goal for Wigan came on April 11, 2012 with a game-winning shot from outside the 18 yard box in a 1-0 victory over Manchester United. Two matches later, Maloney added a goal and an assist as Wigan defeated Newcastle 4-0 on April 28, 2012.
On April 13, 2013 Maloney scored the first goal of a 2-0 victory over Millwall in the FA Cup semifinal match. In the final match, Maloney provided the assist on Ben Watson's 91st minute game-winning goal as Wigan upset Manchester City at Wembley Stadium to capture their first ever FA Cup trophy and the first major trophy in club history.
Across all competitions, Maloney appeared in a combined 91 matches, scoring 15 goals and adding 17 assists for Wigan.
"I'm very happy to be joining the Fire," said Maloney. "I owe a lot to the manager Frank Yallop and the owner Andrew Hauptman for getting this done. I certainly didn't expect it to get done this quickly, so I appreciate the faith that they've shown in me. It's a brilliant league and I'm really hopeful that I'm going to enjoy Chicago and be a big part of what the club is building. I'd also like to show respect for my previous club and thank the owner and manager over at Wigan for letting this happen."
"It's important to have players in from the start of preseason and get them integrated into the team and with the other players," said Yallop. "It takes time to learn each others' traits and how they go about things on the field, so it's great to have Shaun in with the group from the start. We worked very hard to get this deal done and feel very good that he's finally with us now."


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Congrats to Jason and his Unit for winning "Song of the Year" at the 2012 Americana Music Awards Show!
I was fortunate enough to record "Alabama Pines" along with Tom Swift. We cut the basic tracks at FAME and did overdubs, including Jason's vocal at The NuttHouse.
I remember the working title of that song was "Vanishes Away" when we were cutting it.
Great things are on the horizon for Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit!

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Rules Roundup: Comp Sold Listing
When can I enter a Comp Sold Listing?
If you represent the buyer in a transaction and the seller has not signed a listing contract with a NorthstarMLS participant, you may (with the buyer's signature on an Input form) record the sale on NorthstarMLS as a Comp Sold. A Comp Sold is a property sold by an MLS participant when the property was never available for sale on NorthstarMLS. A Comp Sold will not have a listing agent as there was no listing contract under NorthstarMLS.
A Comp Sold cannot be entered as an actual listing and then changed to sold because it never has active status, so it should not show MLS Market Time.
Comp Sold listings do count towards broker market share, and will be available to other agents and appraisers for CMAs and appraisals. There are fewer required fields on a Comp Sold listing, but we encourage you to enter all fields as they are valuable for those CMAs and appraisals.


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Villa Eva
Cottages scattered about have been turned into guest rooms stuffed with idiosyncratic details.
Villa Eva
Via La Fabbrica 8
Anacapri, Italy, Italy 80071
- Villa Eva website
About this Hotel
Price From $115
The Villa Eva isn't just Eva Balestrieri's hotel. It's her childhood home; she was born in room 5.
The room, which now welcomes guests, has a huge terrace, cupola ceiling, and walls covered in watercolors and chalk drawings.
Eva's husband, Vincenzo, is the artist; he also made furniture throughout the property, and spent decades transforming the grounds into a carefully tended jungle.
Stone paths twist past nooks and gazebos, and the outdoor pool and attached bungalow bar (with TV lounge and Internet stations).
Cottages scattered about have been turned into guest rooms stuffed with idiosyncratic details: sculpted columns, Moorish windows, painted tile work, stained glass, old fireplaces, and Gaudi-esque chimneys.
The main house consists mostly of oversized, multiroom suites designed for families or small groups of backpacking buddies.
It's a warren, with many rooms accessible via outdoor staircases over the roofs of the rooms below, and lounge chairs on every available flat space.
Villa Eva is halfway along the country road from Anacapri to the Blue Grotto. Take a taxi, or arrange for the hotel's shuttle to pick you up at the main Capri port or in Anacapri.
If you really want to get there on your own, ask for specific directions when you make reservations or you'll never find the place. It's a 20-minute walk downhill from Anacapri—and a world away from the hobnobbing crowd in Capri town.
Closed November 1 to mid-March.


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Spratt stops off to win Captain's Prize
A TIMELY STOP at Kilkenny GC saw Niamh Spratt capture Lady Captain Margaret O'Rourke's prize on Sunday.
Playing off 16 Niamh, with her Waterford connections, was heading to the Munster senior hurling final in Cork that afternoon so tee off her round with her mother Joan at 7.45am.
Niamh had her score of 66 posted shortly after 11am and was the first score to be returned from the 135 ladies who played. Niamh shot halves of 43 and 39 for an 82 gross and 66 net to keep her run of good form going - she also had 41 points to claim third place in President Joe Nolan's prize to the ladies.
Bridget Norwood, playing off 22 handicap, returned a great score of 63. It was the best of the day but she had to settle for second place as she had not played in the requisite number of competitions to qualify for first prize. The gross was won by Mary Dowling (scr) with a 72 gross.
More than 100 women attended the supper in the clubhouse at 8.45pm, which was followed by the presentation of prizes.
BAR CUP - The Men's Bar Cup qualifier was held on Saturday and the leading qualifier was Brendan Hogan. Playing off 4 handicap, Brendan shot a 69 gross for a 65 nett. He had seven birdies on his card with halves of 33 and 36.
Brendan recently achieved a new low of 4 handicap and hopes to break into 3 before the season ends. Two other players John Bracken (17) and Colin Furlong (15) also returned 65s.
The draw is posted on the men's notice board and the first round is due for completion by 6th of August.
SCRATCH CUP - The men's 36 Hole Junior Scratch Cup will be held on Sunday. The competition is over 36 holes and the entry fee of E25 includes lunch.
There are a couple of spots still available. Contact the office for timesheet.
SINGLES - The Ladies and Gents Open singles, which was cancelled on Wednesday last, has been rescheduled for Wednesday, August 17.
LADIES - The Ladies ABC stroke competition produced a great score from Bridie McGarry. Playing off 8, Bridie shot a two over par gross of 75 for a 67 nett to win Class A. Bridie's handicap has been cut to 7 as a result of her score - Bridie and her partner Joan Cody on the Finn trophy team have lost five shots between them over the last week with Bridie going from 9 to 7 and Joan from 19 to 16.
Class B was won by Catherine O'Neill (27) with a 69 nett and Class C went to Ann Daly (33) with a 71 nett. The Gross was won by Mary Leahy Browne (4) with a 77 gross.
SOCIAL GOLF - The Social Golf continues on Friday evening after the Rugby Club classic. Sign in at 6.45pm for shotgun start at 7pm.
MATCHPLAY - The next round of matchplay competitions are due for completion by the following dates: Men's Club Singles - Tuesday, August 23; Men's Foursomes - Saturday, July 23; Mixed Foursomes - Saturday, July 23; Men's Fourball - Monday.
The preliminary round of the Men's Scratch Matchplay is due for completion by Monday also.
INTER-CLUB - The semi-final of the Men's Provincial Towns Cup (all matches played off flat and Handicap not lower that 9 in 2010) against Borris has been scheduled for today (Wednesday) at 4.30pm. Kilkenny will have home advantage in five of the nine matches.
Representing Kilkenny at home will be Derek Shelly (9), Ciaran Colfer (10), Fergal Cantwell (8), Michael Keenan (10) and Jamie Byrne (9). Away in Borris will be Niall O'Gorman (8), Eoin Sweeney (8) Paddy Crotty (8) and John Byrne (10). Reserves: Pat Walsh, Vinny Hayes, Larry Carroll, Sean Kelly, Sean Boland.
RESULTS - Results, 18 hole Men's Bar Cup qualifier, July 9: Leading qualifier Brendan Hogan (4) 65pts. One score of 72 made the top 32 for the matchplay series.
Two's Club: Denis Brophy at 6th, Michael Doran, Owen Sweeney, Pat Walsh, Colin Corbett, William Roberts at 10th, John Byrne, John McCarron at 15th, Patrick Gubbins, Kevin Glynn, Brendan Hogan, Larry Carroll at 17th.
Each receive voucher to the value of E20.50 credited to their accounts in the Pro Shop.
Results, Ladies ABC Stroke, July 5: Class A - Bridie McGarry (8), 67 nett. Class B - Catherine O'Neill (27), 69 nett. Class C - Ann Daly (33), 71 nett; 2 Phyl Doyle (12), 72 nett; gross; Mary Leahy Browne (4), 77pts gross; 3 Sarah Browne (30), 73 nett; 4 Anna Lyons (22), 75 nett; 5 Evelyn Crotty (9), 76 nett (back nine); 6 Adrienne Walsh (22), 76 nett (back nine).
Results, Lady Captain Margaret O'Rourke's Prize, July 3: 1 Niamh Spratt (16), 66 nett; 2 Bridget Norwood (22), 63 nett; gross Mary Dowling (scr), 72 gross; Class A Yvonne Dore (14), 70 nett (back nine); Class B Aoife Lyons (21), 68 nett; Class C Breda Burke (36), 67 nett; 3 Paula Bradbury (17), 70 nett (back nine); 4 Anne Kelly (32), 70 nett; 5 Mary Leahy Browne (4), 72 nett (back nine); 6 Annette Stapleton (21), 72 nett (back nine); 7 Catriona Lynch (20), 72 nett; 8 Margaret Cuddihy (9), 73 nett (back nine); 9 Ruth Bourke (15), 73 (back nine); 10 Breege Martin (20), 73 net (back nine); 11 Catherine Leahy (26), 73 net (last six); 12 Lourda Everard (23), 73 nett (back nine). Past Captain: Ann Greaney (19), 75 nett. Best 36 handicap: Josie McPhilips (36), 82 nett. Best front nine: Margot Harte (34), 34 nett. Best back nine: Barbara Teehan (27), 32 nett. Nearest the Pin: Sandra Barrett (29), 162 inches. Junior Prize: Sarah Browne (29) 74 nett.
Two's Club: Mary Dowling on 6th, Elizabeth Kinsella on 15th, Niamh Spratt, Breda Roche on 17th. Each receive credit of E24 to their accounts in the Pro shop.
SENIORS - There are two changes to the Senior Men's competition dates: Today (Wednesday) instead of tomorrow (Thursday) and Wednesday, July 27 instead of Thursday, July 28.
Results, senior men's competition, July 7: 1 Con O'Sullivan (14), Shem Lawlor (19), Joe Doyle (19), Tom Reade (23), 64pts; 2 Andy MacEneaney (14), Dick Cogan (18), Kevin Donohue (22), Pat Kelleher (24), 61pts; 3 Mick Crotty (14), Paddy Raggett (15), Dave Schofield (17), Phil Linehan (20), 60pts; 4 Martin Murphy (14), Christy Rainey (22), Paddy Byrne (21), Eugene Orr (20), 60pts; 5 Pat O'Briain (15), Noel O'Sullivan (15), Dick Keoghan (22), Tom Sloyan (28), 59pts.
Competition this week is today (Wednesday) from 11am to 1pm.
Results, Senior Ladies competition, July 7: 1 Anne Murphy, Pauline O'Sullivan, Breda Burke, 60pts; 2 Eileen Reynolds, Ann Gubbins, Paula Kavanagh, 54pts; 3 Toni Hayes, Maureen McDonald, Stephanie Gubbins, 51pts.
This week's competition will be over nine holes tomorrow (Thursday) at 10am.
JUNIOR/JUVENILE - There will a Junior/Juvenile open day on Monday, August 8 and a Junior/Juvenile pro-am on Monday, August 15. The junior committee intend entering two teams in this pro-am from the winners of juvenile competitions over the next few weeks.
All intending to play in the Junior/Juvenile Open Day should give their names to a member of the junior committee. Full details are on the Junior/Juvenile board or from any committee member.
Results, junior competition, July 4: Boys (Full Handicap) - 1 Conor Browne (16), 39pts; 2 Kevin Power (16), 38pts (back nine). Boys (Junior Handicap) - 1 Morgan Walsh (26), 43pts; 2 Ben Lawlor (26), 40pts; 3 Conor Mulholland (19), 38pts (back nine). Girls - 1 Holly Moore (45), 22pts; 2 Sinead Ryan (45), 17pts.
Junior/Juvenile coaching will be held on Saturday for under-12 from 10 to 11.30am and 11.30am to 1pm for golfers aged 12 and over.
The next competition will be held on Monday from 9 to 11am.
DIARY - Today (Wednesday): Senior Men, 11am to 1pm. Members' Time, 1 to 2pm. Provincial Towns Cup Men's Inter Club, 4.30 to 5.15pm. Tomorrow (Thursday): Senior Ladies, 10 to 11am. Visitors, 11am to 2pm. Members' Time, 2 to 3pm. Friday: Kilkenny Rugby Club Classic, 10am to 6pm. Social Mixed Golf - sign in at 6.45pm for shotgun start at 7pm.
Saturday: Members' Time, 7.30 to 9am. Visitors, 9am to 1pm. Members' Time, 1.15 to 2.45pm. Sunday: Men's 36 hole Junior Scratch Cup, 7.30am to 5pm.
Monday: Junior/Juvenile Competition, 9 to 11am. Visitors, 11am to 12.15pm. Members' Time, 1 to 2pm. Tuesday: Ladies 18 Hole Stableford Mary Cody Trophy, 8.20 to 10.20am, 12.20 to 2.20pm, 4.20 to 6pm.


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Antigua, Guatemala is a beautiful town to wander, relax, and people-watch.
Flores - A small, beautiful, quaint island in the middle of Lake Peten Itza, in Peten, Guatemala, full of amazing food and good vibes. The lake is clean and sparkling too!
Tikal was the most unreal sight to see! We went to Guatemala in June of 2010 so it was rather slow as it is the off-season and that I do highly, highly recommend!!
Stunning Mayan Temple in the Tikal National Park, Guatemala. To gain perspective, look for Nicole at the bottom left!
Guatemala is a bit of a favourite amongst backpackers with nothing but good times to be had, as M
Two Backpackers hike Volcano Pacaya, one of the most active volcanoes in Latin America.
Antigua in Guatemala, is all lively with beautiful and colorful buildings constructed in Spanish Baroque style and volcanoes in the vicinity - some of which are even active.
If done right, traveling will instill in the traveler the right mix of confidence and real-world experiences that garner never ending personal growth.
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Allison Weseman
Allison Weseman,
August 28, 2017
Exploring Casa Blanca As I'm taking in the sights and sounds of Cuba, I realized that I have only stayed in Havana and hadn't been to other cities such as Casa Blanca. I knew that it in order to get an idea of how most Cubans live, I would have to get out of my comfort zone. Public transport...
Wriaunna Brown
Wriaunna Brown,
August 27, 2017
The dogs of Havana Walking through the worn cobble streets of Old Havana, there lies a city filled with a deep rooted history that's often misunderstood. Cuban culture is so dominant, that it presents itself in not only the architecture and the locals— but within the animals that roam the streets...
Stephen Freitas
Stephen Freitas,
August 27, 2017
Taken for granted We as Americans take the most common things in this world for granted. We don't even lift an eye to where these goods and services come from. The only thing on our mind is that we get them and that we can access them quickly. Here in Cuba, this is not the case. People can't ju...
Stephanie Maniche
Stephanie Maniche,
August 27, 2017
Reality check After deplaning at Havana Airport and going through security, it still had not sunk in that I was in Cuba. The humidity, intense heat and the accents were not enough to confirm that I had reached my destination. I didn't know that in just a few moments, I would encounter my reality...
Ruth Stone
Ruth Stone,
August 27, 2017
Fresh off the plane in Havana, Cuba Wow, what can I say? Cuba has blown my expectations and I only have been here for three days. Day to day life in Havana is vastly different from the United States which we've experienced due to the humidity, 1950s cars, and architecture. My fellow classmates and I...
Rebecca Esparza
Rebecca Esparza,
August 27, 2017
Family makes the world go round Red, blue and orange vacant buildings, rusted cars and garbage are what I continued to see as I walked through Havana. I kept seeing lightning and hearing thunder, hoping it wouldn't rain on me as I was searching for something to capture. Mind you, I wouldn't be wa...
Peter Wang
Peter Wang,
August 27, 2017
How I met Andy I just can't believe I oversleep at the very beginning of our trip to Cuba, the first day in Cuba, the first morning in Cuba. I missed my first breakfast in Cuba, I let slip my first time to hang out with my friends and schoolmates in Cuba, I lost the chance to have a fantastic tour...
Mitch Scorza
Mitch Scorza,
August 27, 2017
Salternative facts iAy que rico y sabor! Allow me to explain; in Latin American countries, this is a compliment mostly aimed at the food or "la comida." In Cuba, the food has a bounty of flavor, but the phrase is not meant to describe only the food. This phrase is meant to showcase a lifes...
Kali Persall
Kali Persall,
Managing Editor
August 27, 2017
The garbage revolution The warm water, palm trees and crystal-white sand of the Santa Maria beach were everything I pictured when I used to think of Cuba, a picturesque island in the Caribbean. However, over the past four days, my rosy tourist perspective has disintegrated as my eyes increasingly open t...
Juana Davila
Juana Davila,
August 27, 2017
Paradise in a dark alley Old Havana is beautiful during the night; it's like a never ending fiesta. Parents are out with their children, young couples are taking a stroll while street musicians work their magic, and others are huddled together in the wifi hotspot in front of the public library....
Hannah Childress
Hannah Childress,
August 27, 2017
Pride for the Malecón; neglect of the water beyond For many years the Malecón, which separates the city of Havana, Cuba from the Caribbean Sea, has been frequently used as a social gathering spot for residents of Havana. In previous years locals would use the water beyond the Malecón as an escape fro...
Donnisha Brown
Donnisha Brown,
August 27, 2017
A Cuban is a Cuban In the United States, there are African Americans, Chinese Americans, Mexican Americans and many more Americans. Although it is not directly defined by race, wealth, livelihood and overall quality of life is differentiated culture to culture, neighborhood to neighborhood. In Hav...


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Customer Relationship Management or CRM has fast become a term associated with multiple departments within an organization. CRM technology was positioned as organizing, automating and synchronizing sales, marketing, customer service and technical support. And although individuals in each of the departments will always have a vested interest in and interact with the customer, the focus of yesterday's CRM systems was sales operations and sales automation. This isn't too useful when it comes to managing customer relationships today.
Why? Existing tools were not built to match your use case. If you are a SaaS 2.0 company, then you need something to get you to the finish line – because the starting line has moved. The starting line today is a trial, a pilot, a freemium offer or a small implementation to demonstrate a low-cost use case. And the finish line is conversion, retention and referral.
And if anyone asks why your existing CRM system won't work or why as a non-sales, trial-based SaaS company you need a CRM, start with these 3 reasons:
1. You really only do have one chance to make a first impression
We call it time to first value. Time to First Value is the time it takes for a customer to get positive feedback for making the commitment to a service – whether a trial or pilot or a larger rollout.
If the time to first value exceeds the customers' expectations, it builds a foundation of trust and confidence in the relationship. If it takes too long, then customers experience frustration and embarrassment.
Managing that initial customer experience of value is key to lowering churn and accelerating increased adoption.
Forrester has a great blog post on "Time to Value" if you are looking for more.
2. When you don't pay attention to a prospect or customer, they stop paying
Customer expectations are greater today than they have been in the last decade, maybe even decades (time can really fly!). They have more information, opinions and buying power in their arsenal than ever before. And they use it. Simply put – if they experience (or don't) the business benefit they are looking for from your offering, they realize it and act on it – hence how churn rate became a critical success factor, especially for SaaS companies. Engage with your customers with the right information at the right time. Build conversations, relationships and eventually trust and they will become advocates.
Tomasz Tunguz talks directly to the maximum viable churn rate in one of his posts – all of which are invaluable.
3. Trying doesn't guarantee buying
I am not sure about you, however when I am looking for a new service, I put a lot of weight on whether the company has a trial offering. And given the nature of Amity, I have started to pay very close attention to the attention they provide me during the trial.
Recently I was looking for two services – a proposal management and an email sales productivity offering. There seemed to be a spurt and the a sputter in managing my experience on 2 of the 3 trials; and when my trial was over, those 2 vendors never did follow up or try to convert me to a paying customer. Somehow, they suspected the notification in the software would speak for itself. The results so far: I have not converted yet, and there are plenty of other vendors in those categories that I can quickly and easily move on to.
Now I can come to a couple of conclusions – 1) their CSM to trial participant ratio is way off and 2) they likely don't have the right system in place to provide the necessary alerts.
Lincoln Murphy has a several blog posts on SaaS – this one focusing on competing in crowded markets really hits home on how easy it is for customers to sample many but buy few.
The final outcome of having the appropriate CRM in your SaaS company? Managers will be able to showcase their results more easily; executives will be fully informed of the companies' latest deals, and accurately project revenue expectations without doing any extra work; and everyone will benefit from the boost to the bottom line that often comes from building excellent customer relationships.


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Meet Chris P. Bacon. Chris is a 6-month-old potbellied pig. His favorite foods are Cheerios and sliced green grapes; his least favorite are carrots and celery. He loves air conditioning, rubbing his belly in the grass, and watching TV with his adoptive older brother. His best friends are a stuffed duck named Doinks and a dog named Aspen. He's stubborn, affectionate, curious, and vocal. And he loves to give wet piggie kisses.
Chris was born with malformed back legs, and when his then-owner tearfully took him in for euthanasia, veterinarian Dr. Len Lucero took the wee pig home instead. This act of compassion (and some adorable YouTube videos) sparked a worldwide flood of warmth and goodwill, and Chris earned tens of thousands of fans across the globe, all rooting for the little pig on wheels.
See also:
- Chris P. Bacon, the Internet's Favorite Pig on Wheels, on Pork, Charlotte's Web and Pigs on the Moon
- The Undercover Animal Cruelty Videos that Spurred Big Ag's Censorship Crusade
Meet Chris face to snout, and it's clear he's a distinct individual. He thinks and feels and has preferences and personality quirks like any dog, cat, or human being. But Chris is a pig, and in our world, that means he and others like him are primarily for eating.
For most Americans, the meat we consume comes packaged from a grocery store or precooked on a plate. It bears no resemblance to an adorable pink pig in a wheelchair. But the truth is, they're one and the same. Though Chris' tongue-in-cheek name elicits an obvious connection, most people don't equate bacon with a cute snout and curly tail.
Part of this failure to connect the product to its source stems from the fact that most of our food comes from corporate farming, so unlike our ancestors, we're completely removed from the origin of what we eat.
The other factor, I fear, is that people would rather not acknowledge what they're eating. For most, it's unpleasant to admit that a tender filet was once attached to a grass-eating, doe-eyed heifer. Bacon was once a pig. A burger was once a cow. Nuggets were once a chicken. This is the reality that many would rather avoid.
But at our core, we are an empathetic species. Show the world a renegade cow who escaped from the butcher block, and people are inspired to root for its freedom. Videotape a sleepy baby duck, and millions share the link. Create a Facebook page about a disabled pig, and love and gifts pour forth from every continent. So why the turning of so many blind eyes?
The same day I met Chris, I visited Universal Studios. There, I watched an animal show that featured trained dogs, cats, birds and pigs. Everyone let out a collective awwwww when the pigs trotted across the stage. And yet, right outside the arena, hot dogs and ham sandwiches sat for sale.
Every day, animals are slaughtered by the millions for human consumption. And not humanely, either. Not because we have no other option or need such vast quantities of meat to survive, but because it's cheap, easy and habitual. The majority of our meat doesn't come from sustainable, family-owned farms. Instead, most is mass-produced under conditions so horrific the companies responsible are attempting to make videotaping them an act of terrorism.
What's wrong with this picture? For how long can we ignore the suffering of other sentient beings just so we can have cheap bacon for breakfast? Are we really ok with that kind of systematic hypocrisy?
I'm not arguing that the entire world convert to vegetarianism or veganism. We're not there yet. It is feasible, however, that we stop to think about where our food comes from. Particularly in America, where most of us are privileged enough to make a deliberate choice.
If you agree, please do something about it. Become a conscious consumer. At the very least, start buying meat from humane, sustainable sources, and avoid the cheap, mass-produced, hormone-pumped crap. Your body and the environment will thank you. So will the animals.
And if you're an animal lover -- a fan of all creatures great and small -- do a little more. Go meatless on Mondays, or altogether. Experiment with vegan recipes. Take one small step at a time towards a cruelty-free lifestyle. It's the little things.
As human beings in a first world country, we have the opportunity to choose compassion. Len Lucero chose compassion. Not with any particular agenda in mind, not with thoughts of glory or fame, not with any ulterior motive -- but because he was a good man faced with a living, breathing, feeling being he knew he could save.
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The world is a brighter, more joyful place with Chris P. in it. One look at the thousands of comments on his Facebook page is proof of that. So how much more happiness could we bring to our planet by ending the suffering of creatures like Chris instead of perpetuating it?
On behalf of Chris and the billions of individual animals like him, please stop and think before you eat. And if you hear your conscience calling - listen.
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A FREE Weekly Global Training Program about
Human Trafficking and Exploitation
This is where you will find upcoming show information with links to the cases that will be discussed.
Also, if you miss a live show, you will find it here in our archives of past episodes in easy-to-access segments.
Looking for more information about sex trafficking, labor trafficking, sextortion, child pornography, social media grooming & recruitment? Here is where you will find loads of resources from our parent organization, Million Kids!
Human Trafficking & Child Pornography expert, Opal Singleton, has educated tens of thousands of first responders, government agencies, civic leaders, school administrators, medical personnel, faith-based organizations, parents & grand-parents about how predators operate and how to prevent young people from
becoming victims
of exploitation.
Million Kids is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that combats human trafficking and exploitation including child pornography, social media grooming & recruitment, and sextortion. Locally, we serve on the Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force (RCAHT) as the Training and Outreach Coordinator. Nationally, we provide lectures and training programs to corporations, civic groups, churches, and government agencies. Internationally, we support rescue and recovery programs in Southeast Asia and Haiti.
We offer the following programs:
▪ Million Kids Missing Kids is an information distribution network dedicated to helping locate missing kids by utilizing social media to reach thousands of people throughout Southern California. MKMK is a FREE service offered to parents and/or guardians of a missing child.
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Address: PO Box 7295, Riverside, CA 92513
Telephone: (951) 323-0298
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Website: MillionKids.org
"EXPLOITED - Crimes Against Humanity" is a FREE global internet training program about human trafficking and exploitation that includes a powerful weekly podcast that reaches 170 countries and corresponding blog with links to the cases and stories discussed on the show.
by Opal Singleton
Released April 2015
This book examines real cases to illustrate how predators use social media and online
gaming to access, groom, recruit and exploit teenagers into sex trafficking, sextortion
and exploitation.
Author, Opal Singleton, has recognized a disturbing trend. Each encounter with a
stranger, every illicit photo represents an opportunity for exploitation. With advancing
technology violence and sex can be portrayed in ways that parallel reality. The result is a
generation of "Desensitized Teenagers". We are at a unique time in history. We have a
generation of teens who have never NOT known the Internet and parents that are
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Kyle, TX A business expansion and retention project between RSI, the City of Kyle and Hays County will bring more jobs to the city. RSI is a high tech manufacturing and R&D firm based in Kyle specializing in the ruggedization of computer equipment and new technologies
related to military applications, oil field and aerospace industries. The firm set up its headquarters in Kyle in 2007 and now has 60 employees.
RSI is one of our top three target markets for economic development,? said Kyle?s
Economic Development Director Diana Blank-Torres. The city?s most recent Strategic
Development Plan calls for coordinated efforts to recruit high tech manufacturing firms to town.
She said the plan, passed by Kyle City Council in the fall, will incentivize RSI?s expansion with $480,000 from the city, which is comprised of two hundred forty-six thousand dollars ($246,000) in a Forgivable Grant and a two hundred thirty-four thousand dollars ($234,000) Interest-Free Loan in exchange for job creation. For each year that RSI meets the commitments of the agreement, City will forgive 10 percent of the outstanding balance of the grant.
As part of a regional coordination effort, Blank-Torres said Hays County also passed an economic incentive to aid in RSI?s expansion. The county will reimburse the city $123,000 over ten years, provided RSI meets its targets, most of which are related to job creation.
The firm will create 82 more jobs over the next 10 years,? she said, ?with a median salary of $42,000.? She added that RSI will begin 24-hour operations. Blank said RSI will also provide high-level networking opportunities for Kyle through the company's existing relationships, which could aid the city in recruiting other firms.
Kyle City Manager Scott Sellers said this business expansion and retention project is a strategic move by the city to continue to attract and retain high tech firms.
Providing the incentive to expand its operations is a positive way for Kyle to continue to attract firms that will bring high quality jobs and more sales tax to the city,? he said.
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AusBiotech had made a submission to the Senate Inquiry on the Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2016 Measures No. 1) Bill 2016, urging that the Bill be supported to enable regulatory reform measures stemming from the review of Medicines and Medical Devices Regulation (MMDR).
AusBiotech supports the MMDR's regulatory reforms and efforts to reduce costs and administrative burden for industry, making the assessment process shorter and simpler, while maintaining the safety and quality of medicines and medical devices.
The Review's recommendations that won Government support were sensible and supported by stakeholders – from consumers to industry - and are expected to provide industry with annual savings of around $75 million through the reduction in unnecessary red tape and regulation on the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, while maintaining safety and integrity of the regulatory process.
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The Bill contains provisions for a "regulation-making power to set out the details of new pathways for the priority approval of medicines and medical devices and biologicals that are fully-evaluated for safety- quality and efficacy or performance" in order to facilitate quicker patient access to new medicines and devices that have significant advantages over existing treatments.
The details of the new pathway arrangements are yet to be determined and are the subject of extensive and proper consultation, prior to the specific regulations being finalised.
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The Bill also supports the recommendation for the conformity assessment of medical devices to occur in Australia by private bodies designated by the TGA. It provides a regulation-making power to allow the Secretary to designate bodies in Australia to appraise the suitability of the manufacturing process for devices manufactured in Australia, and to assess whether such devices meet minimum standards of safety and performance.
In principle, AusBiotech supports the MMDR panel's Recommendation 15(2) that a body designated by the TGA be able to undertake Conformity Assessment of medical devices for the Australian market.
The Bill forms an important step in the realisation of regulatory reform for the approval of medicines and medical devices in Australia and long-awaited improvements to the environment for the development of new health technologies. These reforms, which are supported by stakeholders, have been more than a decade in discussions, two years in review and AusBiotech urges the Senate Inquiry to support these much-needed reforms.
AusBiotech's extensive advocacy, especially in regard to third party conformity assessment and expedited pathways for approval, will benefit the industry with less confusion and red tape, speed, education, and efficiency, and get products to patients more quickly without comprising safety.
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What do Euclid, 12-year-old Einstein, and American President James Garfield have in common? They all came up with elegant proofs for the famous Pythagorean theorem, one of the most fundamental rules of geometry and the basis for practical applications like constructing stable buildings and triangulating GPS coordinates.
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This year, leading up to our annual Menu of Menus issue, Kaitlin Steinberg counts down her 100 favorite dishes as she eats her way through Houston. She'll compile a collection of the dishes she thinks are the most awesome, most creative and, of course, most delicious in town. It's a list of her personal favorites, things she thinks any visitor or Houstonian ought to try at least once and dishes that seem particularly indicative of the ever-changing Houston foodscape. It's a list to drool over.
If the following is news to you, then you're not watching the right things on TV.
American Horror Story premiered its third season this past Wednesday, and as has been the case with the show's first two seasons, much of the same cast has returned, but this season's story arc has nothing to do with the first two years of the show, and each of the cast members is playing a different role. The show is like a miniseries with the same actors that tells a completely different story each season. First, it was a haunted house. Last year, an insane asylum and demon possession and whatnot. This season, the story revolves around a coven of witches living in New Orleans.
Though New Orleans is known for sinister voodoo and creepy hauntings in general, one of the city's most famous residents was Marie Laveau, the "Queen of Voodoo" and a self-proclaimed voodoo priestess. There are a great number of legends surrounding Laveau's black magic, none of which can be substantiated, of course, but she remains a pop culture icon. And this season, she's a key player in American Horror Story.
All of this is to explain why, on a recent evening, I ventured back to Sandy Witch Sandwich Company inside Grand Prize Bar not to drink, but to obtain a Marie Laveau sandwich. I needed something special to eat during my own personal viewing party.
I had eaten the Marie Laveau sandwich before and found it to be the perfect drunk and/or hungover food, but I was reminded of the dish in preparing to watch the season premiere of AHS. It just seemed like the perfect pairing. Either that or gumbo, but Sandy Witch is open later than any gumbo joint I know.
The Marie Laveau is one of eight sandwiches on Sandy Witch's menu, developed by the man behind Pi Pizza, Anthony Calleo. It features tender and juicy Dr. Pepper-braised short rib with just a hint of herbal sweetness from the soda, stewed collard greens and house-made honey mustard with a kick. That's all served on a Kraftsmen challah bun sprinkled with crispy shallot strings that can get quite messy from the all the saucy stuff inside. You'd better eat this sandwich over a plate with lots of napkins standing by.
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I don't know for sure, but I'm guessing Calleo chose to name this one after the New Orleans voodoo queen because of its southern slant, which comes courtesy of the collard greens and Dr. Pepper. Though collard greens aren't a popular sandwich filling, they provide the perfect amount of bitter to counter the rich sweetness in the beef and the honey mustard. The challah bun is also slightly sweet, and the honey mustard slightly spicy. It's like a magical piquant potion taking over your senses.
And then, before I knew it, the episode was over and the sandwich, which I'd sworn was too big for me to eat in its entirety, was gone.
And I was left alone dreaming of Marie Laveau and bewitching Dr. Pepper-braised beef.
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Pareto Efficient Income Taxation with Stochastic Abilities
NBER Working Paper No. 10119
This paper studies Pareto efficient income taxation in an economy with infinitely-lived individuals whose income generating abilities evolve according to a two-state Markov process. The study yields two main results. First, when individuals are risk neutral, the fraction of individuals who face a positive marginal income tax rate is always positive but converges to zero. Moreover, the tax rate these individuals face also goes to zero. Second, Pareto efficient income tax systems can be time-consistent even when the degree of correlation in ability types is large.
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Returning for its fourth time in Atlanta, the National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) will hold its 36th Annual Conference & Exposition 16 - 20 September at the Georgia World Congress Center.
Highly regarded as one of the nation's largest professional conferences, the annual event matches career seekers with employment opportunities among Fortune 1,000 corporations and the country's leading minds in business. Registration is open to the public.
(Good Morning America Co-Anchor Robin Roberts and Earvin "Magic" Johnson will be among a distinguished group of business leaders speaking at the 36th annual National Black MBA Association Conference in Atlanta)With the theme "The Art of Leadership: Inspiration. Innovation. Collaboration," this year's conference will offer attendees industry best practices to prepare, distinguish and position themselves for advancement in a global workforce. Participants include the nation's leading minds in Corporate America, business, media, along with the worlds of not-for-profit and academia. Good Morning America Co-Anchor Robin Roberts will deliver the keynote Wednesday, 17 September during the Entrepreneurial and Leadership Institutes. NBA Hall of Famer and entrepreneur Earvin Johnson, Chairman and CEO of Magic Johnson Enterprises, will share the spotlight during the annual Town Hall Luncheon on Thursday, 18 September alongside the Honorable Mayor Kasim Reed for an exclusive 1-on-1 conversation. On Friday, 19 September, Bank of America CEO, Brian Moynihan, will headline the Keynote Luncheon.
"We are honored that this year's conference in Atlanta will host such a distinguished group of business titans, corporations, professionals, leaders and members who embody the mission of our organization," said Jesse J. Tyson, President and CEO, NBMBAA. "Each year, I am amazed at the caliber of talent and thought leadership that we are fortunate to assemble. Our conference serves as a catalyst that creates innovation and development opportunities. It aligns to the NBMBAA's mission of advancement that challenges our members, our partners and conference attendees to think beyond theories and chart new professional and personal paths."
Established in 1970, the National Black MBA Association is dedicated to developing partnerships that result in the creation of intellectual and economic wealth in the black community through its five channels of engagement: education, career, leadership, entrepreneurship, and lifestyle. The NBMBAA has 46 chapters, 28 collegiate chapters, a membership base of more than 10,000 and more than 300 corporate partners.
NBMBAA's annual conference features innovative programming, purposeful networking, and access to employers from across the globe. The conference will also highlight key organizational initiatives that include the Innovation Whiteboard Challenge, the Leadership & Entrepreneurial Institutes, offering a day of professional development, the Meet the Experts sessions, career building workshops lead by industry experts, along with the highly anticipated Career Exposition, featuring more than 300 Fortune 1,000 corporations, businesses and job recruiters.
Each year, the NBMBAA Career Exposition features some of the world's top companies and businesses that will spend Thursday and Friday speaking with career candidates. Representatives will conduct on-site interviews and some attendees will be hired on the spot. Some of this year's NBMBAA® strategic partners include Bank of America Corporation, Nationwide Insurance, Marriott International Inc., Chrysler Group, LLC and Target Corporation.
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If you've owned one of Apple's Plus line of iPhones, you've been able to turn the device on its side and the home screen icons would rotate into a landscape mode display.
But now that the Apple has released a larger version of its iPhone X design with the new iPhone XS Max, you're out of luck. The Max's home screen no longer rotates horizontally.
Unfortunately, it's a feature, not a bug that will be fixed.
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Landscape mode on an iPhone initially appeared with the 6 Plus, the first big-screen iPhone and continued through last year's 8 Plus. Landscape mode for the home screen was first seen Apple's iPad tablet.
An Apple spokesperson confirmed that landscape mode is not available on the Max, but did not say why. I suspect it has to do with the notch, the black bar at the top of the iPhone X-style phones that includes cameras, sensors and speakers. The centered notch breaks the status bar into left and right sides, a design that would create problems if the Max rotated on its side.
However, landscape mode remains available in apps that supported it, including Mail, Safari, Messages, Maps, Calendar, Photos, the Camera and more. Some apps don't support it, such as Music and the App Store.
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And it's also available in third party apps where developers have chosen to support it.
Because Apple didn't say that the home screen behavior had changed on the Max, many users were reporting it on support forums as a defect. But when contacted, Apple support representatives have been telling users that the feature is no longer available.
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Cañon City High School Principal Bill Summers presented Monday to the Cañon City School Board a proposal to change the start time of all but one of the Cañon City schools. The schools' start times except for Mountain View Core Knowledge would be changed in the proposal.
The most significant proposed start time changes would be to CCHS, Cañon City Middle School and McKinley Elementary. CCHS and CCMS would start 55 minutes later than the current start time. McKinley would start one hour earlier.
CCHS would start at 8:30 a.m. and end at 3:45 p.m. CCMS would start at 8:25 a.m. and end at 3:40 p.m. and McKinley would start at 7:40 a.m. and end at 2:30 p.m.
Other proposed time changes include that Harrison School be pushed back by 25 minutes. Cañon Exploratory School and Washington Elementary School would start five minutes earlier. Lincoln School of Science and Technology would start 10 minutes.
All of the schools with proposed later start times also would add extra time to the school day. All schools, except CCHS, would add an extra five minutes for lunch.
CCHS, CCMS, Cañon Exploratory School, Harrison School and Washington Elementary would add an extra five minutes for instruction.
This proposed change in start times would come at zero cost to the district. If changes were to be made to the proposal then costs might get added.
The reason for the proposed start time is to allow adolescent students to get enough sleep each night.
"Sleep is a necessary function that, especially students going through puberty need to get every night," Summers said. "Its essential for their health, its essential for daytime functioning, its essential for their well being socially and emotionally and its essential for their learning."
The Academy of Pediatrics recommends that teenagers between 14-17 of age should get 8.5 to 9.5 hours of sleep per night, and according to recent studies, seven out of 10 adolescents in the United States get seven hours or less per night.
The solution is not as simple as going to bed earlier. A person's circadian rhythm is the schedule that controls the body's ability to go to sleep. For adolescents, their circadian rhythm shifts, which contributes to later bedtimes and wake times.
The main concern with the proposed time change is athletics and after-school activities. This comes from community surveys that surveyed students, staff, and parents last school year. 653 students, 118 staff members and 222 parents took the survey.
The second highest concern from the survey was work after school.
Some potential solutions that Summers presented that students that work can choose the work for high school credit option. Athletics would be able to change match start times to accommodate the later release times. Both options would get a blended learning option that involves online learning giving students a chance to learn away from the classroom.
The Board of Education will accept public comment on the topic of the proposed start time changes for the next board meeting at 5:30 p.m. March 26.
Also during the meeting, the board approved the purchase of a platform mower and utility truck with a snowplow, the purchase and financing of three new school buses and the CCHS JROTC rifle team trip to compete in the national championship.
CCMS Falcons of the Month, CCHS JROTC Academic and rifle team, and CCHS wrestling coach Duff Seaney were honored at the meeting.
Chris Graham: 719-2767648, cgraham@Cañoncitydailyrecord.com


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Fandom: How to Get Away with Murder
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Summary: Oliver wakes up, and everything is different, and nothing is different at all.
Notes: Major spoilers for the season finale. There are many post-ep reactions, but this one is mine. Title stolen from this quote.
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Attn: Jeff Zucker, President & CEO
Congratulations on the weekend's big box office for your new movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall. I went to see it and as long as you keep giving Kristin Bell roles you'll be getting more of my business in the future too.
However, I could not have been more disappointed with one completely unnecessary minute of the film. I know comedy is subjective and maybe others will object to the coarse language or the nudity but it's safe to say most people who go to an R rated movie expect that these days.
But how on earth did a scene where Jason Segal's character Peter knifes a pig to death end up in this movie? It came completely out of the blue and was so tonally out of step with everything else in this otherwise light, romantic comedy as to ruin an otherwise festive outing. Is there anyone who finds that kind of gratuitous violence against an animal funny? Do you?
Don't misunderstand me. I recognize that people eat pigs and I've even seen them, just like in this film, cooked in the sand at a Hawaiian luau before. But don't they deserve to die as humanely and as with as much dignity as possible, even in a movie, and not appear to be chased, caught and slashed to death for "entertainment?"
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Apollo Command Module Block II Attitude Set control panel, 3.5 x 4.75 x 4.5, with two 24″ plastic and Beta cloth-covered umbilicals extending from the back of the panel. Front of the panel contains three sets of digits for roll, pitch, and yaw, along with associated thumb wheels. A Honeywell label affixed to the back cover reads, "Control panel Attitude Set…Mfr. Serial No. 10023CAP1019…Mfr. Date 22 Nov. 1967." A second modification label is affixed underneath. In fine condition, with missing screws to housing. Located in the lower left corner of the main control panel, the Attitude Set Control Panel, (ASCP), can be used to determine the current pitch, roll, and yaw of the space craft according to either the Inertial Measurement Unit or the Gyro Display Coupler, provide fly-to instructions to any attitude, and manually align the GDC.
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By Veronica Wells
Earlier this week, I saw a meme on The Shade Room that didn't initially strike me as anything special. Usually, I like to go into the comments and check the pulse of the culture to see what people have to say about a certain topic. But with this, I just kept scrolling. Nothing to see there. It wasn't until I saw my friend like it and then I saw it again on an associate's page, that I decided to read it again to see if I missed some type of profound truth. Women were actually saying that they consider liking several Instagram pictures in succession to be a form of shooting their shot.


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Discussion Guide: Sky of Red Poppies
Chapter One
In chapter one, we are introduced to Roya, her family, and school life. We also begin to learn about the SAVAK and their role in Iranian society.
Chapter Two
In chapter two Roya and Shireen start to get to know each other as they connect over poetry and literature. The Persian New Year, Norooz is celebrated.
Chapter Three
Jenab discusses "The Little Black Fish" whcih causes a heated discussion. Roya learns more about Shireen, and is worried by Pedar's opium smoking.
Chapter Four
Things starts to escalate at the school in chapter four. The controversy surrounding Mr. Elmi is causing a ruckus.
Chapter Five
In chapter five, Shireen has a suitor is trying to convince her father to give his approval. Jenab teaches a harsh lesson, and school ends for the year.
Chapter Six
In chapter six, Roya spends her summer at the family farm.
Chapter Seven
School starts again in chapter seven with SAVAK attacks escalated, and no sign of Jenab.
Chapter Eight
In chapter eight Roya finds out why Shireen was gone for so long and receives a gift from her.
Chapter Nine
In chapter nine school ends and Roya takes her university exams. She and Shireen start university and Shireen gets married. Roya notices a change in her friend.
Chapter Ten
In chapter ten, Roya meets Kyan, a fellow student at her school. Summer comes and she goes to the farm with her father.
Chapter Eleven
In chapter eleven Roya goes to see Shireen and hears something unexpected.
Chapter Twelve
In chapter twelve Roya goes to see Jenab, and is kept home by her father.
Chapter Thirteen
In chapter thirteen demonstrations escalate. Roya learns the sentence for Shireen and Eemon, and attends Ali's funeral.
Chapter Fourteen
In chapter fourteen Roya is invited to visit Shireen in Tehran. Kyan asks her a very important question.
Chapter Fifteen
In chapter fifteen, Roya goes to see Shireen in prison.
Chapter Sixteen
In chapter 16 Mitra returns and begins work at the University. She has lunch with Roya and tells her some interesting things about Mr. Elmi. Roya begins to receive notes from Shireen through Nasrin.


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Charters say charge is untrue
Speering, a retired teacher, was particularly interested in the case of students leaving KIPP. She found that 19 of 20 students who left the charter school since the end of January had served at least two out-of-school suspensions. Eight of those students also are categorized as having a special-needs disability.
"If this is the case, and they're able to, through attrition, perhaps get rid of children with behavior issues and students that have academic challenges, then we can't compare their [TCAP] scores to Metro scores," Speering said. (link)
My Comment: There seems to be a continuing hostility to charter schools on the part of some in Metro Schools. It seems some would prefer no child left behind even if the cost is no child excels. There also seems to be a mind set that social engineering is more important that quality education. There are a couple school board members who are the most hostile to school reform that need to be replaced. Also, I would hope that the state would appoint a charter school authorizer next session and even go further and remove Charter schools from accountability to local school boards.
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7 common oral health problems associated with HIV:
• Sore and bleeding gums – These are common and often the first symptoms of people who have HIV and AIDS. But bleeding gums doesn't mean you have AIDS. The best way to get an HIV/AIDS diagnosis is through a blood test.
• Candidiasis (fungal yeast infection or thrush) – Yeast infections show up as creamy or bumpy patches. They're often described as looking like cottage cheese and can turn up anywhere in the mouth. An antifungal mouthwash or in more severe cases, a prescription medication, will help clear it up.
• Warts – Small pink or white bumps located on the inside of the mouth. They're not usually painful and can be removed by freezing or surgically by a doctor. It is important to talk to a dentist as well for about oral issues. There might be issues a dentist might notice that a doctor could miss.
• Ulcers (red sores) – These are usually found on the inside of the mouth, on the tongue, cheeks and lips. Also known as canker sores, ulcers can be treated with an over-the-counter cream or a prescription mouthwash.
• Herpes (a viral infection) – Herpes usually shows up as red sores on the outside of the lips or on the roof of the mouth. Prescription medication will reduce the frequency and severity of the sores.
• Leukoplakia – White patches on the side of the tongue or inside the cheeks or lower lip. The patches can appear thick and hair-like. Prescription medication will reduce the symptoms.
• Dry mouth – a lack of saliva in the mouth, which can lead to tooth decay, chapped, dry lips and other problems. Saliva helps control the spread of bacteria. Drinking lots of water, chewing sugar-free gum and avoiding alcohol can help with the occurrence of dry mouth.
With World AIDS Day just three days away, it is important to bring attention to this epidemic and the effects it can have on your mouth.


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Veritas earns hoops split
Eagles boys down Whitefield, girls fall to Olathe
Eudora ? Basketball teams that turn the ball over 31 times in a game usually don't win.
But Veritas Christian School's boys, thanks to a solid first half and stout defense, hung on to beat Whitefield Academy, 38-33, Saturday at the Eudora Recreation Center.
The Eagles had trouble protecting the ball, sure, but two starters on offense — including its main ball-handler –were not playing. Eric Shin and Elijah Penny were out of town, so younger players played more minutes.
Veritas (4-3) jumped to a 21-6 lead and looked like it was going to roll.
"Our big lead in the first half won the game for us," coach Gary Hammer said.
But turnovers stalled the offense while the defense held the Lions in check, so the Eagles were able to maintain a double-digit lead for most of the game.
At the end, though, the Lions heated up and started making shots. They came within three, but sophomore Brody Robinson, who started for Chin, hit a wild, falling-away shot while drawing a foul.
That basically saved the game for Veritas.
Junior Thomas Bachert also had a huge game for Veritas with 12 points, 11 rebounds and six blocks.
Junior Andrew Currier, who led the Eagles with 16 points, said he was impressed with the bench players who played a lot of minutes.
"Like coach always says, we learn what we practice," he said.
Even though it was a sloppy win that almost got away from them, Hammer said this was good for the young Eagles.
"That's what I want," Hammer said, "for them to gain experience in a way where we still win."
Veritas will play host to Cornerstone Family School Jan. 3.
Olathe Christian girls 33, Veritas 29
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Veritas girls experienced a minor momentum change and couldn't recover.
Veritas fell at home to Olathe Christian, and coach Kevin Shelton said it was a game his team should have won.
"It seemed like once they got ahead of us, we didn't know what to do," he said. "We couldn't ever get over that hump."
The game was tied in the closing seconds of the third quarter until Olathe hit a basket at the buzzer to take a 25-23 lead.
Junior Madison Bennett tied the score with a couple of free throws, but the Warriors responded with a three, and it was all they needed.
The offense for the Eagles (2-5) sputtered and every shot seemed like a struggle just to get off.
"We're not executing on offense at all," Shelton said. "When you don't execute, you let teams stay with you, and they get confident."
Olathe's Ali Cowan scored all eight fourth-quarter points for the Warriors.
It didn't help that the Eagles missed free throws in the final minutes that could have changed the outcome. For the night, Veritas hit nine of 25 of its free throws.
Senior Ellen Phillips led Veritas with 11 points. Junior Kristen Finger had eight, and Bennett had six.
The Eagles won't play until Jan. 3 against Cornerstone Family School.
"It's a tough way to go into your Christmas break," Shelton said.


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Business Kitchen Masterminds´Club is a monthly based discussion club at Tellus Innovation Arena at Univ. Oulu for entrepreneurs, inventors and all who are interested in commercializing research results.
Monthly meetings where entrepreneurs and future entrepreneurs can come together to learn from each other. The Business Kitchen Masterminds Club is a forum to:
- discuss what it takes to be an entrepreneur
- share best practices and worst pitfalls for running a venture
- receive / offer peer support.
Each meeting involves an entrepreneur or an expert who shares his/her experiences about a certain theme. The presentation is followed by conversations around the topic and networking.
Every last Monday of the Month at 15:00-17:00 at Tellus Innovation Arena, University of Oulu.
First meeting:
Mon 24th April 2017 15:00-17:00
Theme: How to build your "A team"?, Janne Haverinen, Founder at Indoor Atlas
Starting a business is like walking on a field of landmines. Don t make your startup journey any harder than it has to be and come learn from the ones who have already walked the journey themselves.
The Business Kitchen Masterminds Club brings entrepreneurs and future entrepreneurs together to learn from and support each other along the way. Whatever the challenge may be, it can be overcome by gathering the wisdom of fellow entrepreneurs.
The event is free of charge, but please register beforehand. It will help us make sure there is enough food to go around!
Event location
Last updated: 19.4.2017


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Links to External Resources
Home Funerals
- National Home Funerals Alliance is the leading provider of information regarding home funerals and family-directed funerals in the US.
Natural Burial
- Green Burial Council is the best-known resource for information about green cemeteries.
- See the Green Burial Council's The Science Behind Green Burial for a great overview of environmental impact.
Local cemeteries:
- Milwaukee: Prairie Rest is inside historical Forest Home, which is a hybrid cemetery with the south-east corridor of its grounds set aside for natural burial.
- Milwaukee: Greenwood Cemetery is also inside Forest Home, for the Jewish community.
- Waukesha: Prairie Home is a city-owned hybrid cemetery.
- Verona (near Madison): Natural Path is a green cemetery set amidst 25 acres of Farley Center land.
- Barneveld (near Madison): Circle Cemetery is 20 acres in size and includes woodlands, a restored prairie, and a forested ridgetop. The cemetery is part of the 200-acre Circle Sanctuary Nature Preserve, owned and operated since 1983 by Circle Sanctuary (a nature spirituality church).
Wisconsin-based End-of-Life Doulas
- Milwaukee: Shantell Riley
- Milwaukee: Anna Benton
- Grafton: Kelly Teague: email@example.com or 262-339-4248
- Delafield: Lori Baldwin: firstname.lastname@example.com
- Near Madison: Sharon Stewart
- Green Bay: Tereesa Daul
To be added to the above list, please contact us.
All links to caskets, shrouds, and DIY projects can be found on the Shrouds and Caskets page.
- Wisconsin Advance Directive Forms
- Family Disposition of Human Remains – home funeral guidance from Wisconsin Dept of Health
- Whole Body Donation information from the Medical College of Wisconsin
General Funeral Consumers Information
- Funeral Consumers Alliance of Greater Milwaukee – the local chapter of the Funeral Consumers Alliance, a nonprofit group dedicated to helping people "plan funerals that are dignified, meaningful, and affordable."
- Federal Trade Commission – a pdf from the Federal Trade Commission on knowing your legal rights when shopping for funeral services.
The Death Positive Movement
Order of the Good Death leads the way…
Cool New Technology Coming Our Way
- Mushroom suits
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- Recomposition This is my favorite "coming-soon" death technology. Watch this group!
- Alkaline Hydrolysis – Already legal in 16 states! WHY NOT WISCONSIN? It is far more environmentally sustainable than regular cremation, but with a similar end result. Write to your legislator!
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by Matt Slick
Jehovah's Witnesses faithfully go door-to-door preaching the "Kingdom of God" that is taught them via the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. They are usually quite polite and sincere in their efforts of communicating "Jehovah's Good News." As always, they carry with them several books and magazines, some of which are the New World Translation (their Bible, which has been altered in many places), the Awake Magazine, and, of course, the ubiquitous Watchtower Magazine.
The Jehovah's Witnesses receive their direction from The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society headquartered in Brooklyn, New York. This organization claims to be the channel of communication from God to his people, that it represents Jesus on earth, and that you cannot find Scriptural guidance outside of it as an organization. Consider the following quotes:
- "It should be expected that the Lord would have a means of communication to his people on the earth, and he has clearly shown that the magazine called The Watchtower is used for that purpose."1
- Make haste to identify the visible theocratic organization of God that represents his king, Jesus Christ. It is essential for life. Doing so, be complete in accepting its every aspect."2
- "We all need help to understand the Bible, and we cannot find the Scriptural guidance we need outside the 'faithful and discreet slave' organization."3
Obviously, the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society assumes a great deal, including being God's "visible theocratic organization" and the 'faithful and discreet slave" teaching true Christian doctrine. The only problem is that the Watchtower brand of doctrine is not biblical doctrine. It is heavily filtered doctrine through Watchtower interpretations combined with selective questions and scripture quotes.
Of course, the Jehovah's Witnesses will strongly disagree with this statement. They say that they read and study their Bibles and only use the Watchtower literature as a guide to understanding God's word. But it is this very admission which condemns them because their doctrines are not found in the Bible. The proof is found, believe it or not, in the Watchtower's own writings. Consider this quote from The Watchtower magazine, August 15, 1981, that says:
"From time to time, there have arisen from among the ranks of Jehovah's people those, who, like the original Satan, have adopted an independent, faultfinding attitude...They say that it is sufficient to read the Bible exclusively, either alone or in small groups at home. But, strangely, through such 'Bible reading,' they have reverted right back to the apostate doctrines that commentaries by Christendom's clergy were teaching 100 years ago..."4
Did you get that? If you read the Bible by itself, you will become a Trinitarian because that is exactly what the Watchtower is referring to here when it says "apostate doctrines." In other words, if you read the Bible alone, you will not arrive at Watchtower doctrines. This is an amazing admission by the Watchtower organization. It is clear, Jehovah's Witnesses do not get their teachings from the Bible, but from the Watchtower literature.
Jehovah's Witnesses are Really Watchtowerites
The average Kingdom Hall (Jehovah's Witness church) has "Book" studies several times a week. It is in these meetings that the Jehovah's Witness gets new Watchtower publications, studies with the help of the Watchtower aids, and discusses doctrines in 'Bible studies." This is how they are indoctrinated. Whether or not a Jehovah's Witness likes or dislikes what is being taught is not the issue. Rather, the Jehovah's Witness is supposed to accept and believe what is taught via the Watchtower Literature and is discouraged from independent thinking. Another quote:
"We should eat and digest and assimilate what is set before us, without shying away from parts of the food because it may not suit the fancy of our mental taste...We should meekly go along with the Lord's theocratic organization and wait for further clarification.'"5
This quote clearly shows that the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society is the Jehovah's Witness' teacher and those who follow its teachings are Watchtowerites. That is, they are students of the Watchtower which is why, basically, all Jehovah's Witnesses all believe the very same thing. Of course, they will say that this is unity and not confusion as is found in Christendom's denominations. But precise unity in beliefs among a people is a sign not of freedom, but of control.
Within Christianity's denominations are the core beliefs that unite Christians all over the world. We are allowed differences of opinions on non-essential doctrines (Rom. 14:1-7). Not so with the Jehovah's Witnesses. They are all taught the same doctrine from the same publications. They each give identical Watchtower responses to questions and challenges, and all present the identical claims of "The Kingdom of God," "the Errors of the Trinity," the "Coming Armageddon," etc. Essentially, if you've spoken to one Jehovah's Witness, you've spoken to them all.
If you want to learn what the average Jehovah's Witness believes, you don't read the Bible, you read the Watchtower Magazine. This is because the Watchtower is the source of their theological beliefs, not the Bible. If you want to quickly learn what the Watchtower teaches, spend an hour with any Jehovah's Witness. The Jehovah's Witness is, quite plainly, a Watchtowerite.


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Devon's BIG day out
This year you can enjoy a fun-filled and entertainment-packed day at FANTASTIC prices! If you have children get May half-term off to a flying start and bring them to the Show for FREE on Saturday.
* TERRIFIC animals
* TEMPTING AND TASTY local food and drink
* THEMED flower and garden displays
* TRADERS offering a wealth of goods
* TONS of great entertainment in SIX rings!
The Devon County Show is a great Family Day Out and a must for everyone who lives and works in the town or in the countryside, for the seasoned visitor and those who have never been to our County Show before.
There are lots of places to eat and drink, in fact the Showground is bursting with the very best of local produce for you to taste, try and buy and at great prices. And if you want to bring a picnic you can take your pick of great places to enjoy it! Sit on the grassy banks or in the picnic areas and enjoy watching the world go buy while you eat! Or grab a seat around one of our six busy Rings and be entertained by flying bikes, flying falcons, marvel at the biggest bull or the best bulldog! There is so much to see and do!
Come and enjoy the simple pleasures of a really good FUN day out. So much to see and do and even the parking is FREE!


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Athletic Collections in
the Texas Tech University Archives
Section 1 consists of: I. Manuscripts and Publications, II. Photographs, III. Scrapbooks and Memorabilia, IV. Film and Videos, and V. Oral History Interviews
Section 2 consists of: Addition Research Resources for TTU Athletics, Historical Tidbits, Athletic Directors and Coaches, Miscellaneous Resources, and Links to Other Athletic Resources
I. Manuscript Collections and Publications
Athletic Director's Office
Athletic Media Relations
Athletics Department
Athletics - Publications
Texas Tech media guides are published by the Texas Tech University Sports Information Office. Media guides include records, schedules, biographies of players and staff, and other information regarding Texas Tech Athletics and traditions useful to the media and others interested in Texas Tech Athletics.
Big Twelve Conference
Border Conference
Basketball- Lady Raiders
Former Athletes and Coaches Collections
Intercollegiate Athletics
Player files
Recreational Sports, Department of
Red Raider Rampage was produced by Red Raider Club.
Red Raider Sports is produced by TRI Productions and is published 8 times a year, with August and December being double issues.
Red Raider Club
Sports Information Office
Southwest Conference
Southwest Conference Record Books - the following are small, bound books which include all the teams of the SWC. These items have been catalogued.
University Interscholastic League
Women's Athletic Council
Women's Athletics
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