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Enormous creatures of the night have been invading Glenfalloch Woodland Garden.
Beasts spotted amongst the flowers include a huge tuatara, a colossal cheeky fantail, a giant sized weta, a life size albatross and even an entire zoo.
The animals are creations of local artists and schools for next week's Glenfalloch Night Garden as the garden comes alive with illuminated installations to celebrate the start of spring.
"Everyone's invited to our magical evenings to discover the sculptures nestled within the woodland garden and explore the lush spring garden which will be lit for the evenings of 19, 20 and 21 September" says Otago Peninsula Trust CEO Robyn McDonald. "Last year's event saw thousands of people delighted with the enchanted garden and this year we've added even more light displays and entertainment – it'll be a fabulous outing for Dunedin people."
Glenfalloch has a proud tradition of supporting local artists. Local sculptors, artists and schools have selected works to appear for the event; the entire school at Macandrew Bay have made creatures to populate the garden. These will be complemented with lighting installations, live music and performances.
Robyn adds "It'll be a gorgeous event in our garden as talented sculptors and artists exhibit their works all splendidly lit. The garden is bursting into flower with magnolias, rhododendrons, daffodils and spring bulbs all showing their spring finery. There will also be wine and food available in our restaurant, which is the #1 Dunedin restaurant on Tripadvisor. Glenfalloch has certainly become a major Dunedin asset since the Trust purchased it nearly 50 years ago. We love to see locals and visitors enjoying the ambience, birdsong and exploring the garden trails; the vision of the 1967 Trustees has created an amazing place for our city to be proud of".
Glenfalloch was the first property saved by the Trust in the late 1960s and holds a special place in Dunedin's hearts.
For those inspired by viewing the works all sculpture is for sale.
Macandrew Bay School
'Night ZOO' An Installation by the children and teachers of Macandrew Bay School.
As part of Macandrew Bay Schools Artists in School initiative, Artist & Art Educator, Kerry Mackay worked with each class creating wonderful creatures from found and donated materials. Over 180 children each contributed a work.
Philippa Wilson
Philippa Wilson is a sculptor, art educationalist and executive manager of Flower Power ltd. She has a background in secondary school teaching, holds a DFA honours, Diploma of teaching and has studied at Post Graduate level at the University of Otago. Her work is housed in national and international collections including the University of Otago, the Dunedin Public hospital, the Aquatic Centre Queenstown, the James Wallace art collection, the Aigantighe Art Gallery, the Whanganui Polytechnic, the Otago school of Fine Art. She has worked collaboratively with, the late Hon. Dr. of Literature Poet Hone Tuwhare, Keneti Muaiava (lecturer of Dance University of Auckland) Tessa Peterson (senior lecturer in violin& concert master of the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra.
Suzanne Emslie
Emslie's work is forever evolving as much as she is evolving as a person and as an artist……" I think I've experienced a huge growth in both carving in stone and building in clay – helping me find a balance and style with form". Her work exhibited for the night garden is limestone and she uses a little exaggeration and sense of fun in the work that mostly centres round the female form – playing with the form, balance body language………….Women are gorgeous, aesthetically and sensually. They are beautiful, particularly with a few bumps and curves.
Bryn Jones
Reminiscent of colonial figurative monuments, Bryn Jones' work is incredibly life-like, in both scale and in rich detail. His sculptures have a sense of the figure caught in time and resting, as if reflecting on the past and at the same time pensive about the future. Jones is an artist whose work can be found in public and private collections throughout New Zealand, his most notable public sculptures include the bronze of Sir Edmund Hillary at Mt. Cook, the bronze of Pelorus Jack at French Pass, the Sea Lion at St Clair and the bronze Cedar cone at the Dunedin Botanic Gardens. He studied at Otago Polytechnic School of Art, where he received an Honours Degree in Fine Art, and he has been practising as an artist since 1990. Jones is also Head of Department, Visual Arts at John McGlashan College.
Juliet Novena Sorrell
Juliet Novena Sorrell lives in Dunedin and has a studio practice as a visual artist working within the disciplines of drawing and sculpture. She also incorporates her work into performance and community art projects and is a secondary and tertiary art educator. Juliet's work has been collected and exhibited extensively throughout New Zealand. Juliet combines a range of materials including metal, ceramic, perspex, fabric and charcoal drawing to create her sculptures. Her work uses motifs of figures, birds, cages and plant or animal forms to create intriguing and unique sculptural works.
Elizabeth Jenkins
Jenkins is a Dunedin artist and gardener whose love of flowers features in her paintings, her work as a wedding florist and also features in the food that she cooks. The garden is close to her heart, being a volunteer member of Glenfalloch Garden's 'Friends of the Garden' group.
Jacqui Gibbs Chamberlain
Jacqui is an artist of figurative subjects with life and energy and she lives and paints at Port Levy, Banks Peninsula. While Jacqui's subject matter is invariably the human form, it is secondary to her exploring form, structure, movement, colour and texture. In her recent body of work, there is a translucent feel which gives the paintings a whole new interest. She has been painting and exhibiting for a long time. Jacqui is also a past winner of the annual CoCa award. As an artist Jacqui travels and immerses herself amongst many cultures, backgrounds and artistic interpretations to draw inspiration for her own works
Arati Kushwaha
Arati Kushwaha is a visual artist born in India. Arati's work explores themes of identity, gender, sexuality, femininity and selective self-induced abortion and destruction. The exhibition pieces are executed through soft construction and waxwork pieces, which represent diverse and critical ideas and raise awareness of these issues. Arati has completed a Master of Visual Arts (2018) at Dunedin School of Art and has had residencies, workshops all over India and overseas including Prague, New York City, Bangladesh and New Zealand.
Sharon Cunningham
Eaised in a rural area, Sharon is inspired by a love of animals and the land. Several years ago she began sculpting various animals from driftwood, eventually moving toward bespoke pieces. She collects wood from beaches whenever she travels, from Kaikoura to Southland, taking just what she can carry. ''Certain pieces will speak to me … I see a hip and a leg or tail and facial feature. Different pieces I know will suit different things.''
Kerry Mackay
Kerry's handbag obsession began long before she completed her Master of Fine Arts at Otago Polytech School of Art, which allowed exploration of a necessary but often ignored little everyday object and transformed it as an art object. Kerry has worked as a primary school teacher, art advisor to Otago and Southland, and lecturer in art education for initial teacher education programmes at Otago University's College of Education. In each of these educational settings Kerry has had input to curriculum development in visual art at a regional and national level. As an artist Kerry is currently working on 'homemade taxidermy' continuing her obsession with 're-skinning' domestic objects with found textiles.
Steve Milne
Milne taught himself to weld and went on to create various sculpture from a stags head to a Bumble Bee. He creates 'one off pieces and uses a variety of metal items.
Wakatipu High NCEA Technology students
Year 9 Hard material students create more amazing UV sculpture. Earlier in the year under the guidance of teacher Rebecca Lund, the students exhibited their NCEA Technology work in Queenstown's 2018 LUMA event For Glenfalloch they have created native birds and our iconic peacocks.
Portobello School
Pupils at Portobello School have created some very special artworks for the Night Garden – to surprise us!
Alan Funnell, Glenda Bruce, Jo Severinson
Members of the Glenfalloch team have created artworks inspired by their work and love of the gardens and Otago Peninsula.
- Nights of Wednesday 19th, Thursday 20th & Friday 21st September, 2017
- 7.30pm till 10.00pm
- Entry by donation.
- Restaurant open for refreshments 03 4761006
Visitor tips:
- Parking – limited parking at Glenfalloch carpark – Free shuttles available from Macandrew Bay.
- Bring coins – Gold coin donation, other purchases available.
- Make sure you book if you want to dine before dusk in Glenfalloch Restaurant – Dunedin's #1 Restaurant. Famous Trust the Chef menu. 03 476 1006 email@example.com
- Bring cash for purchases – Menu BBQ – Pulled Pork Sliders $8, Fries $5, hot chocolate/cona coffee $3 and mulled wine $6. Light halos and sabres $5 ea
- Most sculptures and art works are for sale
- More information https://glenfalloch.co.nz/glenfalloch-night-garden/


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Fallacy of the Atheistic Regimes
Straw Man: 20th Century Atheist regimes are responsible for the worst massacres in history.
This argument has become a thought terminating cliché which serves both as a cautionary tale of what happens when we turn away from God, and also as an attempt to equal the ledger in discussions relating to religious violence.
This argument erroneously presupposes we accept that atheism was pivotal in causing violence in the fascist and communist regimes of the 20th century. Accordingly, 'atheistic regimes' are supposedly an example of the dangers of 'atheism' in practice. Where we might have previously said, Communist Regimes, or Totalitarian Regimes, for the purposes of argument we rebrand them Atheistic Regimes, employing a rather transparent form of Humpty Dumptyism in order to pin the blame on atheism. The argument is used a return argument, a Tu quoque fallacy, to divert attention from religious violence.
Nazi Germany
Firstly, as an absolute knockdown, Nazi Germany was not even an atheist state. Germany was a 95% Christian country when it went to war in 1939. As Christopher Hitchens was fond of pointing out the first Treaty signed by the Nazi regime was with the Catholic Church exchanging political influence for control of German education. Hitler ascribed his victories to divine Providence, and encouraged his own personal deification. Soldiers had 'Gott min uns' (god on our side) inscribed on their belt buckles, and party members took the following oath under God – "I swear in the name of almighty God, my loyalty to the Fuhrer?" Hitler was explicit: Nazi Germany was, and would always be, a Christian nation.
Historians such as biographers John Toland cite Hitler's Catholic background in having an influence on his fervent Anti-Semitism. Following meetings with Hitler, General Gerhard Engel and Cardinal Michael von Faulhaber wrote that Hitler was a believer in God. The references to Hitler's contempt for Christianity in the memoirs of some of his confidantes seem to be the root of the association of Nazism with non-belief. However, these references are at odds with his public announcements, and the memories of some of his other contemporaries. Although his personal religious views varied throughout his life, Nazi public policy contained a consistent commitment to Christianity. The Party and developed Positive Christianity to do to further its own needs, which involved a hard line reinterpretation which was particularly Anti-Semitic with a trajectory towards deifying the Fuhrer himself who was said by Hanns Kerrl, Reichsminister of Church Affairs, to be the "herald of a new revelation".
Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, pg 307.
"Hence today I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator: by defending myself against the Jew, I am fighting for the work of the Lord."
Hitler did not act alone. Using propaganda he fanned the flames of popular Christian Anti-Semitism, its perceived relation to Bolshevism, and promoted a policy of racial purity and Arian superiority. As a scapegoat for the humiliation Germany suffered at Versailles, Jews were reviled as subhuman, commonly held to be treacherous creatures, undeserving of pity; beliefs which made the final solution possible.
The views of Hitler on Jews are hardly unique or unchristian – his own views are a product of the centuries of Christianity which preceded him. Consider the 1543 Anti-Jewish Pamphlet by Martin Luther 'On the Jews and their Lies' wherein he referred to Jews as "poisonous bitter worms", "miserable and accursed people", "brood of vipers" [Matt. 3:7], "truly stupid fools…", "they are nothing but thieves and robbers", "great vermin of human ordinances", and "these lazy rogues. Anti-Semitism has its roots well before Nazism, as Martin Luther's recommendations in dealing with Jews indicate:
"First to set fire to their synagogues or schools and to bury and cover with dirt whatever will not burn, so that no man will ever again see a stone or cinder of them. This is to be done in honor of our Lord and of Christendom…"
"Second, I advise that their houses also be razed and destroyed."
"Third, I advise that all their prayer books and Talmudic writings, in which such idolatry, lies, cursing and blasphemy are taught, be taken from them."
"Fourth, I advise that their rabbis be forbidden to teach henceforth on pain of loss of life and limb."
"Fifth, I advise that safeconduct on the highways be abolished completely for the Jews."
"Sixth, I advise that usury be prohibited to them, and that all cash and treasure of silver and gold be taken from them and put aside for safekeeping."
"Seventh,…letting them earn their bread in the sweat of their brow.."
The pamphlet 'Jews and their Lies' was displayed Nazi Nuremberg rallies, and the scholarly view is that it had a major influence on German attitudes to Jews from the Reformation to the Holocaust. (refer: Wallmann, Johannes. "The Reception of Luther's Writings on the Jews from the Reformation to the End of the 19th Century", Lutheran Quarterly, n.s. 1 (Spring 1987).
So the arrow flung at atheism for Nazi atrocities might, at least in part, be redirected towards historical Christian Anti-Semitism, not to mention the other drivers of Nazism – Nationalism, humiliation at Versailles, Racial purity, Utopian ideals, Fascism, and the cult of personality of Hitler himself. Nazi Germany was not an atheist regime, atheist country, and nor was it motivated by atheism.
Communist States
But what of countries that have embraced atheism as a national creed – The Soviet Union under Stalin, Mao's China, Pol Pot's Cambodia? The atrocities of these regimes were not primarily motivated by atheism but by the crushing of dissent in fulfilling the utopian creed of which atheism was but a tenet. To blame atheism is a Fallacy of Division: when one reasons logically that something true for the whole must also be true of all or some of its parts. Atheism, as a part of Stalin's or Pol Pot's regimes, cannot necessarily be judged as equivalent to the whole regime, and the specific causes for the violence require further investigation.
Reflecting on the primary goals of Communism as described by Marx and Engels in redistribution of wealth and changes to the social, political and economic order, atheism was but a secondary consideration. The Soviet State under of Stalin was epitomized by the paranoia and power crazed nature of its leader resulting in purges of all potential opposition. The perceived necessity for the government to control its' subjects by force seems to have provided the leaders with the tools to prolong their own grasp on power; men who would be tyrants tended to obtain and keep power. One might make the case that Communism is a failed political system which appears to result in totalitarianism, murderous despots, and failed economic reforms. 20th Century Communism, like Nazism, is based on a utopian vision for society where human rights are sacrificed for the common good, where the end justifies the means, and where totalitarianism usurps the will of the individual.
Abandonment of faith in God in favor of worship at the altar of science or reason is also often invoked as part of the 'atheistic regimes' fallacy. Since atheism does not necessarily entail 'blind faith' in science, or anything else, this point is a straw man, but even so the argument is ahistorical. In China the Great leap forward was a disastrous economic experiment which caused millions of deaths through famine resulting primarily from inept planning. The agrarian reforms of the Soviet Union also featured bad science and a reliance on Communist dogma with the same results – famine, and millions of deaths. Nazi Germany featured pseudo-science driven policies such as eugenics and racism aimed at purification. Pol Pot relocated urban dwellers to the country in order to tend farms and work in forced labor projects resulting in widespread malnutrition and death. Science was subordinate to socialist and communist dogma, and the policies pursued were often unscientific. Scientists did just fine in totalitarian states unless they challenged authority in which case they were killed, forced into exile or put in prison camps.
Pol Pot was not an atheist. A Thervada Buddhist, he believed in irrationalities such as karma, amd that heaven was guiding him in his efforts to transform his country into a Communist utopia. Cambodia was Buddhist and the Khmer Rouge adopted and mirrored elements of Buddhist thought such a dhamma, and the renunciation of material goods and sentimentality. Hitler was a Christian influenced by Martin Luther, Stalin was an altar boy educated in a seminary, and Pol Pot was educated at a Catholic School for 10 years and then at a Buddhist one. If correlation is all that matters we could easily draw the conclusion that religion is crucial to causing the atrocities of these regimes. Alas, the causes are to be found beyond considerations of belief or non-belief.
Correlation does not prove causation
A correlation between Atheism and the despotic communist regimes of the 20th century does not imply causation. Proponents of this view seem to make the connection due to their own pre-existing biases, reasoning that without Christianity (or other faith) as a controlling force these regimes cut the cord to morality. There is no evidence to support the view that the irreligious are less good than the religious. The rich history of religious violence, continued in the present day by ISIS, Boko Haram, Christian militias in central Africa, and many other religious groups demonstrates how myopic this view is. Atheists are drastically underrepresented is US prisons at 0.07%, compared to 1.6% of the general population (2008).
One observes that attitudes to violence have changed dramatically in the last century. In previous centuries capital punishment was common. Divinely ordained monarchs were not squeamish when it came to dealing with their enemies. The revered Queen Elizabeth I had 71 of her subjects hanged, drawn and quartered, many on the basis of their religious affiliation. The guilty were dragged by horse on a wooden frame to a public place where they were hanged by the neck until almost dead, then placed on a table, disemboweled, their sex organs were removed and burned, after which they were finally decapitated. The corpse was then hacked into four pieces, which were placed on display in different parts of the city or country. The crime of treason, often identified by religious affiliation, was often punished in this gruesome manner; the Christian doctrines of peace and mercy were apparently no obstacle. The torture chambers in the Inquisitions featuring some of the most sadistic and morally repellent punishments devised by men – the Rack, the Heretics Fork, the Pear, the Strappado, Judas Cradle, the Breast ripper, the Garrotte, Breaking on the Wheel, and of course, burning at the stake. These were not undertaken in the grip of passion, or with a temporary loss of sanity, they were premeditated crimes, reasoned and thought out based on the practical application of scripture. The parallel with totalitarianism is self-evident: the ideology demands compulsory adherence on pain of torture and death. If the absence of faith in God severs the moral urge in humans it is curious that we seem to have become progressively more adverse to extreme violence over time, concurrent with an increase in secularism, humanitarian attitudes, and democratic governments.
20th Century violence not the worst
Steven Pinker, in his magnificent The Better Angels of our Nature, provides ample data that violence is declining historically. We are becoming more peaceable when we measure violence in proportion to the world population (which is surely a more accurate measure than by total numbers of deaths given the dramatic increase in the global population). When understood in proportion to the total global population, the 20th century does not represent a high point of violence in history, and in fact its second half has been notable for a lasting peace. The Crusades, unambiguously religiously motivated, resulted in 1 million deaths out of a total world population of 400 million, proportionally higher than the Holocaust. The carnage resulting from the religious Thirty Years War was double that of World War I, and about the same as World War II, when compared as a percentage of world population. This data takes some steam out of the belief that the last century featured extraordinary violence requiring a special explanation.
Perspective – Utopian political systems and Totalitarianism
The large death tolls of the 20th Century are better understood in comparing the rise of utopian political systems rather than their religious affiliations. As countries have shifted away from political systems such as Nazism and Communism, abandoned totalitarianism, as they have embraced universal human rights and became secular liberal democracies we have had a period of comparative peace. There are also a myriad of other specific reasons explaining the violence of the 20th Century. It is simplistic to characterize societies as if they are driven by a single idea, even those led by genocidal despots feature a range of ideas and interests represented in an ideology. Fascism co-existed with Catholicism in various countries, and Cold War allegiances were driven by the political system rather than the religious affiliation. Weapons became more destructive, capable of killing en masse early in the 20th century allowing for higher death tolls than before. Ethnic cleansing, military juntas, political instability, sectarian violence and other reasons have all contributed.
Atheism does not demand State Atheism
'State Atheism,' the official promotion of atheism as an enforced belief by government (employed by Communist regimes), must be distinguished from mere 'atheism.' Most modern atheists support Secularism not State Atheism. There are no new atheists I am aware of who argue for atheism to be state sponsored and enforced on pain of loss of liberty, torture and death. This highlights a crucial distinction between religious ideologies and non-religious ones. Christianity suggests an evangelical requirement on believers, and if it were actually true that an eternity in Hell awaits non-believers then one would indeed be doing good by forcing others to conform to its' doctrines. Fervent believers in Islam are also determined for the religion to be practiced by all. Harsh punishments, including the death penalty still exist in many parts of the world for apostasy and atheism.
State Atheism represents a totalitarian ideology abhorrent to most modern atheists, humanists and secularists, and is an indictment on the collaboration between utopian ideologies and totalitarian political systems, not atheism itself. Atheism necessitates only a lack of belief or disbelief in god(s); it is not necessary to adhere to an ideology seeking to enforce compulsory belief on all. This is where the straw man of the 'atheistic' regimes argument is erected. Atheism is conflated with State atheism, symptomatic of the apologetic habit of measuring aspects of atheism in contradistinction to aspects of religion, as if they are diametrically opposed to one another with equivalent but opposite qualities. Atheism is broadened into a tapestry of irreligious ideologies often including such things as scientism, social Darwinism, eugenics, Communism and totalitarianism. The new atheists are not arguing for State atheism, any more than they are promoting theocratic rule. Pluralism is an ideal common to atheists, one that stands in stark contrast to totalitarianism.
Key Points
So in summary the Fallacy of the 'atheistic regimes' argument encounters the following decisive objections:
- Nazism was not atheistic
- It is a Fallacy of Division to equate atheism with larger political systems which might include it as a tenet
- Atheism was not the prime motivator of the violence undertaken the fascist and communist totalitarian regimes of the 20thcentury
- No evidence suggesting decline in religious belief, or atheism, leads to an increase in violence, although plenty of evidence suggests the opposite
- The 20thcentury was not the most violent in history
- The cause of violence and the passage to non-violence is better understood in terms of the rise and fall of utopian totalitarian states
- Atheists do not support or promote State Atheism
Facing these objections the straw man falls. Atheism does not suffer any guilt by association with Communist dictatorships and tyrannical despots. Their delusions of grandeur, false ideologies and lust for power were far more urgent motivators than the influence of a lack of belief in God. It might be comforting for the apologists of religion to rationalize the violence done in its name by invoking the fallacy of atheist regimes but they are forced to ignore history to do so. Historians don't think atheism is the cause of 20th Century violence – they point to the specific range of drivers in each case. The failure to make elementary distinctions, an incurious and cherry picked view of history is symptomatic of starting with a conclusion and then trying to furnish it with evidence.


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I'd suggest trying out the website (or at least talking to someone who has) before writing any more articles about the subject.
Each partition is moderated before being opened to the public and jokes are one of the types of petition that will not be approved.
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This is a great kit and well worth the price. I've used it a couple of times and my god I've been missing out. This is amazing. I have so much control, I have more air pressure if I need due to the tank on the compressor, The movement of the airbrush is so fluid, My hand hasn't cramped holding this (this happened alot with the others). It dismantles easily, so easy to clean. I can't wait to get into using my new toy properly and get some good painting done with it. Hopefully I remember to post the minis on here for you all to see.
So total spent: £375.
How much I should have spent: £210
If I had not been so tentative about buying an airbrush I would've bought the evolution first and saved myself alot of trouble and money. Saying that I would have probably damaged it by not cleaning it properly.
If you are interested in an airbrush I recommend trying a friends or asking for advice/researching as much as possible and buy a good brand. (eg. Harder & Steenbeck, Iwata) as these companies put alot of work into the build of these airbrushes and it will make your life alot easier.
If you're getting an airbrush. Research. Don't buy cheap and good luck.


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My journalism professor had an interesting grading philosophy: for every factual error in your paper, you lost 35% of your mark. But for every spelling mistake, you lost 50%. That's right: if you spelled something wrong, you automatically failed.
Initially, I felt this was a highly flawed strategy – how could a spelling mistake be worse than a factual error? His argument was that although a factual error was terrible, it could be corrected. A spelling mistake, on the other hand, jeopardized your credibility.
Understand that this was in a slightly more idealistic time, and long before the proliferation of fake news and alternative facts. So I'm certain if he was still teaching today, his grading system probably would have judged both crimes much more equally. But regardless, his point still resonates: the proof is in the proofreading.
Now, I'm far from a grammar geek, and I am certainly not immune to "auto-cowrecks" in daily correspondence. But when you're sharing your insights on a blog post or a white paper, the most compelling argument can be undermined by a simple spelling mistake.
There are plenty of tools that mitigate the risk of typos. Grammarly is one application I use that acts as a real-time, virtual proofreader across all applications, including online forms and social media platforms. Going beyond a standard spell check, the Grammarly editor can detect when you've inadvertently missed or misused a word. This can be highly useful to ensure you don't publish a typo in your Facebook feed or email.
But no technology is a match for a real proofreader: someone who actually reads your words with fresh eyes and ensures that what you're writing is what you intended. (Everyone wave to Carmen!)
Proofreaders are unsung heroes who save us from ourselves. They work on a word-by-word basis to eliminate errors and inconsistencies in spelling, punctuation, grammar, formatting, and presentation of numbers and capitalization based on your brand's style guide. For instance, some writers like Oxford commas, while others detest them – but your brand should be consistent in using one or not. (And if you don't know what an Oxford comma is, that's a good hint that you need a proofreader.)
A proofreader also identifies those little tics we're all prone to making without realizing it. Maybe you frequently use "just" or "really" like I do. Or maybe your sentences are as long as entire paragraphs, because you pack all your ideas together instead of unpacking them along the way. Our brains know what we want to say, but we can't always express it effectively. We all have pet errors that we simply do not see, so a proofreader helps us correct them in a way that still maintains your distinct tone of voice. A proofreader constantly thinks about your reader and polishes your text so that it's clear, correct and consistent the first time your reader sees it.
And that's important, because in the knowledge economy, errors in written communications don't just reduce credibility and compromise brand positioning. They can cost money. Want proof? These ten typos cost a total of $650 million.
And correct text isn't just important in print. Now, more than ever, it's critical that your digital content is error-free. Spelling mistakes in an email subject line can cause your messages to be mistaken for spam, decrease click-through rates and even lead customers to unsubscribe from your mailing list. In addition, correct spelling and grammar is one of the primary variables a search engine analyzes when categorizing and prioritizing websites, measuring content relevance and ranking organic search results. Poor content quality leads to lower rank positioning, which reduces visibility and decreases traffic. Spelling mistakes can also influence search engine optimization if misspelled keywords, titles and item descriptions prevent potential customers from locating specific products and services.
Underestimating the importance of proofreading could put your brand a keystroke away from disaster. The next time you're about to hit Print, Publish or Send, check your text. And then check it again.


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Basil. Splash your skin with refreshing basil tea. Like cloves, basil contains high amounts of eugenol, a topical anesthetic. Place 1/2 ounce dried basil leaves in a 1-pint jar of boiling water. Keep it covered to prevent the escape of the aromatic eugenol from the tea. Allow to cool. Dip a clean cloth into the tea and apply to itchy skin as often as necessary.
Mint. If you're saving that basil for spaghetti sauce, try a mint tea rinse instead. Chinese folk medicine values mint as a treatment for itchy skin and hives. Mint contains significant amounts of menthol, which has anesthetic and anti-inflammatory properties when applied topically. In general, mint also contains high amounts of the anti-inflammatory rosmarinic acid, which is readily absorbed into the skin. To make a mint tea rinse, place 1 ounce dried mint leaves in 1 pint boiling water. Cover and allow to cool. Strain, dip a clean cloth in the tea, and apply to the itchy area when necessary.
Thyme. If you're saving that mint for a glass of lemonade, there is one more spice on the rack that makes a good anti-itch rinse: thyme. This fragrant herb contains large amounts of the volatile constituent thymol, which has anesthetic and anti-inflammatory properties. In other words, it numbs that darn itch while reducing inflammation caused by all your scratching. To make a thyme rinse, place 1/2 ounce dried thyme leaves in a 1-pint jar of boiling water. Cover and allow to cool. Strain and dip a clean cloth into the tea, then apply to affected areas. Note: In Chinese folk medicine, dandelion root, easily plucked from most yards, is added to this rinse. If in season, place 1 ounce dried dandelion root and 1/2 ounce dried thyme leaves into 1 quart boiling water and proceed as directed.


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If Team Off-Ramp cares about one thing, it's passion. So, if KPCC's environment reporter Molly Peterson is working on something that really has nothing to do with Southern California, we'll give her a pass if there's passion, which there is.
Also, nobody else seems to be doing much with the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, which James M. Lundberg calls "America's most bumbling, most confusing, and most forgotten conflict."
Molly will be blogging about the war, starting Friday, which is when President Madison officially aired his grievances with Great Britain. Why will she be doing so? Bill Murray. As she writes on her blog:
The War of 1812, Bill Murray, and America itself have more in common than you think, and if you like one of those things, the other two aren't so bad either.
"We've been kicking ass for 200 years! We're 10 and 1!" Bill Murray tells his unit. "We're Americans. With a capital A, huh? You know what that means? Do you? That means that our forefathers…were kicked out of every decent country in the world. We are the wretched refuse. We're the underdog. We're mutts."
John Winger was wrong about 10 and 1. But I think Bill Murray was right about plenty else. The War of 1812 happened at a time in our history when we don't like to admit that we had no idea what we were doing, and we were screwing up all over the place.
Sometimes it's good to be made humble. Because that's when you remember that you're maybe more like the people around you than you think.


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The Government nationalized Electricidad de Caracas and
CANTV in 2007 and in one year the two companies have seen their earnings and service
drop sharply, but at least, they still make a profit. It will not last long, but
so far they have not become a drain in the Government and by proxy on the
people of Venezuela.
In contrast, steel company Sidor, nationalized only a couple
of months ago, is apparently already facing problems under robolutionary
management and the
new Board of Directors asked today that the company be declared in an
emergency and receive money from the Government.
That did not take very long to happen, didn�t it?
In fact, one reads what the Board is saying and the whole
thing is simply a farce. Sidor was nationalized by Chavez on a whim (What else
is new?) when Sidor�s Board would not agree on paying the steel workers a
monthly salary above that of a Full Professor at Venezuelan Universities.
Supposedly, this was unacceptable to Chavez, who had frozen the prices at which
the company could sell its products. So, he took it over, but has yet to pay
for it or even agree on a price.
Well, today, the robolutionary management team wants prices
to be increased, because the Government has held them down for too long, which affects the company. They are discovering basic economic principles really fast!!!
Funny, how these guys now defend price increases, now that
they are managing the company while siding with the Government earlier.
But to make matters worse, these guys not only want more
money from the Government, which had not put in a cent into the company for ten
years, but actually want money because they apparently have a business plan to
open hardware stores owned by Sidor which will bypass the middleman.
So, these guys are not only dangerous because they have no
clue as to what they are doing, but they even have a business plan that needs
resources. They are robolutionaries with initiative!A sure sign that the Government will drive Sidor into the ground
really fast.
Because the first thing the government did when it took over
Sidor was to put all of the workers under contract in the payroll, so that they
will get benefits as if they were regular workers.
So, as Chavez takes over more and more private sector
companies and they fall under robolutionary management, they are managed
inefficiently and incompetently and they add to the deficit, contribute to inflation and use resources that
could have been used to reduce poverty, improve healthcare or so many other things
that the �owners� of the country, the people, truly and sometimes desperately need.
It�s all part of the clueless robolution, under the guidance
of Chief Economist Hugo Chavez.


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Television Is Evil
Occasionally I think back to a striking bumper sticker that I once saw. It said, "Television is Evil."
It sure made me brake. Why in the world would people think this? Is it because television promotes value systems contrary to our own? It cheapens art? It creates couch potatoes and brings on an Orwellian future? These have certainly been the concerns of some Christian groups throughout the latter part of the 20th century.
This alarmist approach to mass media has not always been as such, however. Early electronic media had a very different effect on the culture. Peter Jennings' millennial book "The Century" tells of a time in the early 1920's when the beginning of radio did the opposite. Electronic media didn't separate people; it brought them together. Radio gave people an awareness of a world beyond the end of their isolated farmlands. Along with the automobile, it linked communities together. It hastened the dawn of what is now known as the "global village".
This newfound sense of community, however, came at a more nave time. The hysteria surrounding the radio broadcast of "The War of the Worlds", in 1938, reflected a sense of innocence and trust about mass media, a lack of criticism or analysis about new media's messages.
Television in many ways continued that lack of criticism. Asinine shows like "Gilligan's Island", seen in the same box as the hard-hitting reality of war and violence, confused, and still confuses, reality. Unlike film, which strives for fantasy, television always associated itself with what is real. Many people had concerns about an undiscerning audience's ability to distinguish the variety of images coming through the same box into the living rooms of America. Many put bumper stickers on their cars, preaching antagonism to mass media in church life.
But the rise of the Internet has in many ways, through a more sophisticated and media literate time, returned to us the idea of community. There are certainly still naive people who get in trouble looking for love virtually. But the net's ability to bring people together, like radio, is having a greater impact on our culture. For example, instead of promoting isolation, the Internet has personally allowed me to have deeper relationships with many like-minded people of passion for ministry through email forums.
In the big picture, digital media's three-generation gestation period, about the same as that of mass print in the 1400-1500s, is nearing its fulfillment. The Internet as we now know it is the adolescence of the digital age. We are beginning to see the full potential of the digital culture as a viable medium for communicating the Gospel. The church is about to be opened to an entire new world of ministry possibility, and the readers of this magazine are on the forefront of that explosion.
Our Message, the Gospel story, is capable of delivery through any communication system. Our job as ministers is to understand the characteristics of the media in which we work, and to maximize them. Just as there are techniques for better sermon delivery, there are techniques for better screen delivery. We are wise to remember the danger of the Gilligan era, and its potential for cheapening the Gospel message. We, as producers of the Gospel for the digital age, must be prayerful and studious about the pictures we make. We must maintain the integrity of Jesus' mission.
It's not coincidental that communication and community are almost the same word. Media has the potential to bring people together in Christ. How is what you're doing this week serving that purpose? Focus on that, and spend your mission there. Create digital media that connects people with Jesus. Although certainly valid and needed, don't limit your work in media ministry to just doing IMAG, or "support". Realize that what you are dealing with is an entirely new communication system. Like the book and magazine before it, it is neither innately evil, nor good. It merely has inherent characteristics that give us yet another opportunity to deliver the Gospel story.
Next time we'll begin to look at some of these digital media characteristics. Hint: the movies.


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Toronto Networking Seminar
Organized by Department of Computer Science and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
Online Social Networks: Research Challenges & Results
Peter Marbach
Abstract:Online social networks have revolutionized the way we interact and share information over the Internet. Popular social networking applications include YouTube, Flickr, MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter, which support millions of active users. While being enormously popular, these applications only scratch the surface of what is possible to do, and there are tremendous opportunities in developing new, more advanced online social networking applications. Creating such applications poses new and fascinating research problems. One of major research challenges in this domain is to develop a formal understanding of online social networks both in terms of how online social networks are formed, and how they can be used to efficiently share and distribute information. In the talk, we will discuss research aiming at creating a mathematical foundation of online social networks that provides a formal understanding and framework for the design and analysis of algorithms for online social networking applications. The first part of the talk will present a broader research agenda for online social network. The second part will focus on recent theoretical results on network formation, as well as search and trend adoption in social networks. An interesting aspect of the results that we obtain is that they provide insight into why real-life social networks are so efficient.
Bio:Peter Marbach was born in Lucerne, Switzerland. He received the Eidg. Dipl. El.-Ing. (1993) from the ETH Zurich, Switzerland, the M.S. (1994) in electrical engineering from the Columbia University, NY, U.S.A, and the Ph.D. (1998) in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A. He was appointed as assistant professor in 2000, and associate professor in 2005, at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Toronto. He has also been a visiting professor at Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK, at the Ecole Polytechnique Federal at Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, and at the Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France, and a post-doctoral fellow at Cambridge University, UK. Peter Marbach has received the IEEE INFOCOM 2002 Best Paper Award for his paper "Priority Service and Max-Min Fairness". He was on the editorial board of the ACM/IEEE Transactions of Networking. His research interests are in the fields of communication networks, in particular in the area of wireless networks, peer-to-peer networks, and online social networks.


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The Letteroom Crayon X Framed 3D Artwork, 34 x 29cm
The Letteroom Crayon X Framed 3D Artwork, 34 x 29cm
Product description
Product code: 77731224
Handmade using original Crayola crayons, this bright and bold letter is perfect for revamping your interior with that retro look. It's presented inside a white, wooden frame with a window mount, behind an acrylic screen.
Jackie and Sherrie Mead established the Letteroom in 2009, looking to create that elusive original gift. As the name suggests, they create products using the alphabet and lettering, working out of their beautiful, listed stable in Hampshire.
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- Made in the UK
- Orientation
- Portrait
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- Small (Less than 35cm x 45cm)
- Subject
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Agusta A 109 Hirundo
The Agusta A 109 is a light-duty, twin-engined helicopter developed for civilian use. It features seating for eight, as well as retractable landing gear. The nickname "Hirundo" ("swallow") was dropped early in production. Its commercial success resulted in the helicopter being adapted for use as an air ambulance, SAR aircraft, light freight carrier, and limited military development.
The Agusta A109 Power is the latest (1997) civilian version. It has a crew of one and can carry seven passengers with limited cargo. The helicopter burns 31.2 gallons of jet fuel per hour of routine usage. A full tank of fuel costs $480.
Agusta A109 Power
Subassemblies: Body +4, Top-and-tail rotor +0, two fixed Skids +0.
Powertrain: Two 500-kW Improved gas turbines; 1,000-kW Improved TTR drivetrain, 2,300-kWs advanced battery.
Fuel: 160 gallons jet fuel (Fire 13) in light self-sealing tank [Body] (fire +0).
Occupancy: 1 NCS, 7 NPS.
Cargo: 330 lbs. [Body].
Armor F RL B T U
All: 3/5 3/5 3/5 3/5 3/5
Body: Civilian Helicopter Package (autopilot, GPS, long-range radio (300 miles), navigation instruments, 1-mile searchlight, transponder), 8-man environmental control, duplicate controls.
Size: 37'x25'x11' Payload: 1.4 tons Lwt.: 3.1 tons
Volume: 348 cf Maint.: 16 hours Price: $6,300,000
HT: 12. HPs: 223 Body, 99 Rotors, 20 each Wheel.
aSpeed: 193 aAccel: 5 aDecel: 15 aMR: 4 aSR: 2
Stall speed 0.
Design Notes:
Body is 348 cf; rotor is 6.96 cf; wheels are 17.4 cf. Structure is light, expensive with fair streamlining. Armor is standard composite. Mechanical controls. Fuel tank is light, seal-sealing. The helicopter can have a 3-cell fuel system holding 160 gallons, 4-cell holding 185 gallons, or a 5-cell system holding 221 gallons. The chassis was built to accommodate 221 gallons of fuel, but is given 160 gallons for use; this matches the real world endurance of 4 hours, 51 minutes nicely. Real world cabin volume is 181 cf; this makes seating slightly cramped at 26 cf per passenger. Empty weight is 3,494 lbs. Asking price for a 2008 model was $6,300,000. Maintenance interval was calculated from the design cost of $163,603.
The A 109 (1971) was the initial version, and had only one engine rated at 515 kW.
The A 109A (1976) featured two 276-kW turboshafts. The Mk II was an upgraded version.
The A 109B was an unbuilt military version.
The A 109C featured different engines. The A109C MAX was an aeromedical evacuation version.
The A 109D was a single prototype.
The A 109E Power was another civilian upgrade. The A 109E Power Elite features a larger cabin and is operated by the RAF.
The A 109LUH is the military version of the M109E Power.
The MH-68A Stingray is an A 109E Power variant operated by the U.S. Coast Guard. 8 built.
The A 109K is a military version; the M109K2 has been modified for high-altitude and high temperature operations.
The A 109M is the military version. The -KM is for high altitudes/temperatures; the -KN is the naval version, the -CM is the standard military version, the -GdiF is for the Italian Finance Guard, and the -BA is for the Belgian army. Armament for the military versions can include a 12.7mm MG with 250 rounds in a pod, a pintle-mounted 7.62mm MG, a door-mounted 12.7mm MG, two TOW missile launchers, 81mm rocket pods with 7-12 tubes, or a rocket/MG pod with three 70mm rockets and a 12.7mm MG with 200 rounds.
The A 109S Grand is a civilian version with a lengthened cabin.
The CA 109 is a Chinese version manufactured under license.
From the Aerodrome for GURPS
© 2008 by Jim Antonicic


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10 Ways to Maximize Your Tax Deductions Without Itemizing
While it's true that many taxpayers rely on popular itemized deductions, those aren't the only deductions available. Taxpayers who file a form 1040 may also opt to claim a number of what the IRS calls "adjustments to income" -- that's another way of saying non-itemized deductions. Since deductions reduce your taxable income, they're a relatively painless way to chip away at your tax bill. Following are 10 ways to maximize your tax deductions -- without going through the trouble of itemizing:1. Educator Expenses. Teachers (for grades K-12), instructors, counselors, principals or aides who worked in a school for at least 900 hours during the school year in 2010 can take a deduction of up to $250 for qualified expenses (if you and your spouse are filing jointly and both of you were eligible educators, you can claim up to $500). Expenses over the $250 can be taken as an itemized deduction on a Schedule A at line 21. Qualified expenses include those paid in connection with books, supplies, equipment (including computer equipment, software and services) and other materials used in the classroom. Qualified expenses don't include expenses for home schooling or for nonathletic supplies for courses in health or physical education.
2. Alimony.Payments that qualify as alimony can be deducted on your federal income tax return. To qualify, the payments must be "to or for a spouse or former spouse under a divorce or separation instrument." In other words, you must have an official agreement requiring the payment of support in cash or cash equivalent; noncash property settlements or voluntary payments don't qualify. Additionally, payments that can be characterized as child support don't count as alimony payments -- child support payments are tax neutral.
3. Student Loan Interest Deduction. For those of us still paying off those college and graduate school loans, it comes as a bit of a relief to be able to claim interest on a qualified student loan as a deduction. To qualify, you must have paid interest during the year for a student loan used solely to pay qualified higher education expenses; your filing status must not be married filing separately; your modified AGI must be less than $75,000 ($150,000 if married filing jointly); and you and your spouse, if filing jointly, cannot be claimed as dependents on someone else's return. If times were tough and you couldn't make payments during the year so your parents made a payment on your behalf, the IRS may still allow you to deduct up to $2,500 of student loan interest.
4. Student Loan Interest Deduction -- For Someone Else. While it makes sense that you can take a deduction for your own student loan interest, you might not realize you may qualify for a deduction for student loan interest that you paid for someone else. For purposes of the deduction, a qualified student loan is any loan you took out to pay the qualified higher education expenses for not only you and your spouse but for any person who was your dependent when the loan was taken out -- as well as for any person you could have claimed as a dependent for the year the loan was taken out except that the person filed a joint return, the person had gross income equal to or more than the exemption amount for that year ($3,650 for 2010), or you (or your spouse if filing jointly) could be claimed as a dependent on someone else's return. If you qualify, you can deduct the interest even though someone else received the education.
5. Career-Related Moving Expenses. If you moved in 2010 for reasons related to your job or business or to start a new job, you may be able to deduct your moving expenses. Your new workplace must be at least 50 miles farther from your old home than your old workplace was from your old home; if you had no old workplace, your new workplace must be at least 50 miles from your old home. To claim the deduction, you'll need to complete federal form 3903, Moving Expenses.
6. Tuition and Fees Deduction. If you, your spouse or your dependent was a student in 2010, you may be able to deduct tuition and fees paid to an eligible school. An eligible school would include any college, university, vocational school or other post-secondary educational institution that participates in a student aid program administered by the Department of Education. The deduction is based on the amount of qualified education expenses you paid in 2010 for academic periods beginning in 2010 and the first three months of 2011. You cannot take the deduction if your filing status is married filing separately, you were a nonresident at any time during the year, you could be claimed as an exemption by any other person (even if they didn't actually claim you), if your modified AGI is more than $80,000 ($160,000 if filing a joint return) or if you were a nonresident alien for any part of the year. You may be able to take the American Opportunity credit or Lifetime Learning credit for your education expenses instead of the tuition and fees deduction but you may not take both in the same year. To figure your deduction, use federal form 8917, Tuition and Fees Deduction.
7. Health Savings Account Deduction. Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) are tax-favored accounts that allow taxpayers to save for medical expenses. You may be able to take a deduction for those contributions that you make to a HSA during the year; employer contributions, rollovers and qualified HSA funding distributions from an IRA don't count for purposes of a deduction. To be eligible, you must be covered under a high deductible health plan (HDHP) and have no other health coverage except permitted coverage. If you are eligible, anyone can contribute to your HSA. However, you cannot be enrolled in Medicare or be claimed as a dependent on another person's tax return. The maximum amount that can be contributed to your Health Savings Account depends on the type of High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) coverage you have. For 2010, the maximum contribution for individual plans is $3,050 and the maximum contribution for family plans is $6,150. You'll report contributions and figure your deduction using a federal form 8889, Health Savings Accounts (HSAs).
8. IRA Contributions. Contributions to a traditional IRA may be deductible so long as they meet certain criteria; keep in mind that contributions to a Roth IRA will not be deductible but may still count toward the saver's credit. To qualify, you or your spouse (if filing a joint return) must have earned income during the year. For purposes of determining the IRA deduction, earned income would, in addition to wages and self-employment income, include alimony and nontaxable combat pay; earned income does not include rental income, interest and dividend income, or any amount received as pension or annuity income or as deferred compensation. Additionally, to qualify, you must be under the age of 70 1/2 by the end of 2010. The maximum contribution you can contribute to a traditional IRA is the smaller of $5,000 ($6,000 if age 50 or older) or the amount of your taxable income for 2010, though limits and phaseouts may apply. And unlike many deductions which require you to pay up before the end of the year, you can make an IRA contribution through April 18, 2011, and it will still qualify as a deduction on your 2010 return.
9. Self-Employment Tax Deduction. When you're self-employed, the bad news is that, in addition to federal income tax, you are subject to self-employment (SE) tax. SE tax is a self-employed person's version of payroll taxes: You pay the equivalent of the employee and the employer's contributions to Social Security and Medicare. The good news is that you can deduct one-half of your SE tax paid as a non-itemized deduction.
10. Self-Employed Health Insurance Deduction. Generally, paying out of pocket for health insurance would be considered an itemized deduction that you would claim on a Schedule A. However, self-employed persons who pay for their own plans (as well as for spouses and dependents) may be able to deduct the amounts paid without itemizing. In addition, under provisions in the new small business jobs legislation signed last fall, you can save on payroll taxes due to a move that makes calculating the deduction more advantageous.
These popular non-itemized deductions can dramatically reduce your taxable income, which means you'll pay less in taxes. If you don't itemize, don't automatically reach for the form 1040-EZ; to claim these non-itemized deductions, you'll need to file a form 1040 or, in some cases, a form 1040-A (for more on choosing a tax form, check out this prior article). If you're not sure whether these deductions apply to you, use the "interview style" format found in your tax software or ask your tax professional.


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Quite a lot of factors decide the value a WC remodel including the size of your bathroom, the kind of cabinets you want, the type of fixtures you chose, alongside along with your countertop, lighting & tile picks. • Hold strains of communication open together with your contractor; be on the identical timetable web page of when issues will likely be completed and when you should utilize your new bathroom. Vainness costs vary from $200 to $20,000 relying on what number of you are purchasing, the type of wooden, and whether or not you choose inventory cabinets or have something constructed custom to the room.
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It only took 5 child sex abuse charges to get this guy to finally resign. Five!
What is it with big city Democrat West Coast mayors? Bob Filner in San Diego had to resign for sexual harassment charges a few years ago too.
If these were Republicans, it would be national news 24/7.


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If death has occurred or is imminent, please
call the funeral home at 719-583-1313. We are available anytime of the day or night.
Please let the doctor, hospital, nursing home or hospice know that you want Romero Family Funeral Home to be called when the time comes.
Immediately following a death is a very emotional and confusing time. The funeral home will take charge of picking-up and bringing your loved one to the mortuary. A time will be set for the family to come into the funeral home to make arrangements for the funeral services.
Our staff members are experienced professionals who can provide much of the information you need, emotional support and compassionate guidance.
During the initial call, the funeral director will gather information to be able to transport your loved one to the funeral home. He may ask you several questions, including whether your loved one made any pre-arrangements. The director will schedule a date and time for you to meet at the funeral home and begin making the arrangements. He'll also let you know what you should bring to the arrangement conference.
When a death occurs at home or in the workplace, a family member or co-worker should contact emergency personnel and the person's physician if he or she was under a doctor's care. If the death occurs at home with family or friends present, and the person is under a physician's care, the family will want to call us directly.
However, if the death
occurs in a residence and no one is there at the time of death, the
police will need to be notified and respond to the residence before the
deceased is removed from their home.
When a death occurs in a care facility, such as a hospital or nursing home, the professional staff will notify you and the necessary authorities. If the name of the funeral home has been left with them, the institution will notify the funeral home at the time of the death. The funeral director will contact you immediately following their notification to help you proceed. (However, we suggest you contact the funeral home immediately, so you've have the reassurance you need that all will be taken care of properly.)
If a loved one was in the care of a hospice program, a hospice representative will give family members instructions and procedures to follow. The coroner/medical examiner will be notified by hospice. Following their release, hospice will contact the funeral home. It is always a good idea for the family to contact us immediately so that we will be aware of the pending call from hospice.
If there is no pre-plan in place, there are several other questions that you may need to have answered in regards to the death of your loved one:
What type of service is preferred- burial or cremation?
By contacting our staff, we'll be able to help answer your questions and assist in making the appropriate plans. You can reach us at (719) 583-1313.
However, as we've said before, one of the best ways to make sure that all of your questions and desires are taken care of is to make pre-arrangements. This is as simple as outlining your wishes to having all of the details written down and the financial arrangements prepaid. Please contact one of our preneed counselors at (719) 821-5086 to learn more about preplanning.
One of the first things the funeral director will do is to provide you with our General Price List. He'll guide you through the entire arrangement process, explaining how you can create a memorable personal celebration of your loved one's life.
This process may include:
permits and authorizations relative to the funeral arrangements.
We'd like you to bring any photos, a favorite song, or memorabilia so that you and your funeral director can better discuss how you would like your loved one to be remembered. Having these things, and knowing their favorite song or favorite gathering place – even their favorite activity – will help us create a truly fitting funeral service.
Our funeral directors will assist you in planning a loving tribute that captures the spirit of the person whose life you wish to honor. To learn more about personalizing the service, please read the Honoring Life section of this website.
The following checklist will help you remember what information about the decedent and items will be needed when meeting with a funeral director.
- Full legal name- Home address
- Social Security number
- Date of birth
- Place of birth
- Father's name
- Mother's maiden name
- Veteran's discharge papers (DD-214
- Recent Photograph
- Highest level of education
- Occupation
- Place of burial (if applicable)
- Clothing
- Clergy name and phone number
- Survivors (names and relationships)
- Insurance policies (if applicable)


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All holes from the evil American dealer option side trim rivets are welded and prepped.*
*(I wonder what that sentence is like in German, one word? ...... Alle Löcher von den bösen amerikanischen Händler-Option Seitenverkleidungsnieten sind geschweißt und vorgedrungen..) .....Seitenverkleidungsnieten wow.....
Anyway so my friend welded up the holes, it's all prepped, we are still looking for a couple parts. The driver side window parts are hard to find, they get the shit beat out of them and the passenger side parts are easy to find. Regulators are not made anymore, Z's have a staggering amount of OEM and aftermarket support but not that part. I let him do things at his pace, I am busy with work myself so it works out for everyone. I do want it in time for nice weather! This car has come a long way, this car was probably pretty representative of what many Zs are like out there, or slightly better. This one was in a shed, the dog legs on these cars rot from the inside so you don't know anything is wrong until it pops out the skin. By then it's very bad. I had one leg that was showing signs, we just did both sides to kill it. I replaced the whole crossmember where the hatch closes, the tailgate, the right fender is gone now, it was rusting on the bottom, we patched it up before and since it was way below and tucked in I painted it and you couldn't see much. But it's all undercoated in there now, no more leaves to find under the cowl, I swear to fucking god every time I went in there I found more leaves!!! No more! The downside to all of this is I now have to park far away from everyone and possibly buy those magnetic door guards for when I leave it in more crowded lots! I will be even more of a lunatic... I love this thing though.
I think he's getting OCD on this thing because he painted certain parts of it already and he just primered everything again! Last week, you can see the trim holes:
Reference, this is when we fixed the rear end, all behind the lights and deck:
Oh and I almost forgot, we ordered a Japanese bumper months ago and it hasn't come yet, that one there is a bumper from my friend's parts stock, he has several donor cars and piles of stuff.


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Teaching Science the Virtual Way
As our education system experiences greater pressure to get more done with less (equipment, teachers…), science teachers may begin considering the use of online labs to partially or completely fulfill the laboratory requirement. Online science labs are not created equal. … Continue reading
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Today I Didn't Stand Up for Myself
Today I didn't stand up for myself. I was in a meeting, a professional meeting, when a woman made a derogatory comment about someone in my ethnic group. She was expressing disapproval of a program he had given (I wasn't there and never met the man in question) and said, as though it explained his disappointing performance, " well, he is ______" after all. I sat there in stunned silence and didn't say anything. She didn't know that I am of that group. We are a very small minority in these parts and I don't look the part. And so I pass. Indeed, when I do identify myself, I often hear, "wow, I've never met anyone like you before." It's a strange feeling, being a bit of a museum piece. But what I want to look at is why I didn't say anything.I'm sure that the colleague in question meant no harm.I suspect she may not even have known that what she said might have been experienced as offensive.
The question in my mind is not why she said what she said, but why didn't I say anything? The obvious answer would be that I was afraid of being somehow rejected by the group, but I don't think that is it – the group while worthwhile is not that big a part of my life. I think some part of it had to do with an almost archetypal fear – the experiences engrained in all of our tribal memories of past times and places where our ancestors were killed or persecuted just for being who they were .I suspect that almost everyone has this experience in their family tree, and this historical fear – even paranoia – persists long after the actual physical danger is past, carried down through the generations, passed on from mother to son and father to daughter, "be careful, be cautious, always know your escape route, don't make waves."
I suspect some part of it has to do with my socialization as a girl/woman in this culture. Even though "I've come a long way baby", I still shy away from conflict, and find myself hesitant to speak up in unknown groups or strange situations. It's not rational, but the hesitation is there. "Don't be too loud, don't be too aggressive, don't be too pushy – be a Lady." Mostly, I suspect it harkens back to my own issues with visibility. Messages from childhood that said not to make waves, not to be too much. While I long to be seen, I also fear being seen, and to have taken on this older, more established woman who I didn't know well would have felt like I was cannonballing into the deep end of the pool. And at that moment I didn't trust myself to swim. And so I was silent. And I feel shame that I did not speak up. Because to do so would have been to speak up not just for myself, or other members of my group, but to speak up for all peoples who are stereotyped and therefore diminished. It is an irony that this happened the day after January 20 – the day dedicated to honoring a man who stood up for his people against tyranny and paid the ultimate price. I do not have Martin Luther King's courage, but I aspire to grow into risking showing up and speaking up just a little bit more. If this topic intrigues you, you may want to journal or dialogue about it .Below are two dialogues you could do with a partner or friend or that you could use as a springboard to do some writing for yourself to explore your experiences around your ethnic or religious heritage, and your feelings about speaking up and taking risks.
Exploring Our Heritage
This dialogue came out of an experience I had when a colleague said a disparaging remark about my ethnic heritage (she didn't know I belonged to this particular group). As I struggled with the feelings that came up for me (resentment, anger, shame, helplessness, sadness), I realized that this is probably a universal experience, and that all of us carry mixed histories and mixed feelings regarding the labels we wear. And we all wear so many: male, female, Black, Hispanic, Native, Asian,White, Catholic, Muslim, Jewish, Protestant, liberal, conservative, wealthy, poor, blue collar, while collar, disabled, gifted, autistic, hyperactive,- well the list goes on. Most of us carry more than one. Sometimes they are a cherished heritage and culture, sometimes they are a terrible burden.This is the first of several dialogues to help you explore the impact brought by these many aspects of who we are.
As you may know, one part of who I am is (or one part of my heritage is) that I am
What I learned about being ____________ when I was a child was…
My parents attitude towards our heritage/culture/religion was ____________________
And what that was like for me was _______________________
As a child what I felt about being ____________ was……
What was hard about it was
What was good about it was
Now as an adult what I value about being ______________ is
And what is difficult about it is _________________
One way I would like to change or grow around my identity is ___________________
And the support I would like from you is _________________and I know this might be difficult.
Thank you for listening.
Taking Risks
Risks come in all sizes and shapes.Some are as small as driving to a new section of town, or saying I'm sorry.Others are huge – quitting a job, performing in front of an audience, taking financial risks.We tend to approach risk- taking in different ways, depending on our personalities, our culture and our upbringing. We learn about fear and safety and choices as children, and often model ourselves after our parents.It is not unusual for different members of a couple to have very different styles when it comes to taking risks.This can be a wonderful source of energy and excitement in a relationship, as long as it doesn't turn into a source of will struggle.The trick is to approach the discussion and difference with curiosity rather than digging into the conflict. This Dialogue will help you explore your reactions to risk taking and what it means to you. As I think about taking risks what I feel inside is
The kind of risks I am most comfortable taking are
The kind of risks I really avoid are
What I learned about risk taking as a child was
What's hard for me about taking risks is
And what I like about taking risks is
A risk I would like to think about taking is
Thank you for listening.


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Assistance and Advice for Entrepreneurs
To compliment your hard work, entrepreneurship, and ingenuity, your new business needs access to the resources and information that help create an environment of success. Whether you're still in the dreaming stages or pursuing product development and financing, the partners and resources below can provide the assistance and expertise you need.
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Our CO.STARTERS Entrepreneur Training links you with the tools and people to help you plan a new business. Visit the page to read more about the curriculum or sign up for program.
On the Launched in Lynchburg platform, we have curated videos from local business owners. Each video features a story or tip about starting a business in our region. Watch the videos to get inspired.
We regularly promote events and meetings focused on innovation and professional development. By subscribing to our newsletter, you'll be the first to know about these opportunities.
Local Resources
Our Navigrid Download quickly answers your questions about which organizations, departments and programs can offer assistance. Below are several local resources that can help your business grow.
The Small Business Development Center – Lynchburg Region (SBDC) is an effective provider of customized counseling and education for small businesses in the region. You can meet in private with a certified business analyst to discuss your specific issues. Additionally, you can attend small-group trainings for in-depth presentations on critical management topics.
The Greater Lynchburg SCORE provides free business counseling services to new and existing businesses. These services are provided by retired executives and business owners, so you can be confident that you are receiving sage advice.
The Lynchburg Business Development Centre provides hands-on guidance with writing business plans, learning how to market your products and services, and other business management skills that will help to ensure your success. Contact the center for information about financing and available space.
Other connections for startup success include the various departments and organizations below:
- Virginia's Business One Stop
- Lynchburg's Utilities and Taxes
- Department of Minority Business Enterprise
- Virginia Department of Business Assistance
- Virginia Department of Taxation
- State Corporation Commission
- City of Lynchburg


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The SUPPORT Act
What you need to know about the SUPPORT Act?
In October 2018, Congress enacted the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment, or SUPPORT, which aims to target full manufacturer-to-prescriber line of potential opioid-related fraud and misuse. Providers, prescribers, distributors and manufacturers across the health care spectrum should be aware of the SUPPORT Act's broad provisions that will become effective over the next few years.
Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (EKRA)
The Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (EKRA) is a smaller piece of the SUPPORT Act, but it became immediately effective.
The EKRA impacts the marketing activities of clinical labs, recovery homes, and treatment facilities. The EKRA makes payment structures that were perfectly acceptable under the safe harbors under the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) illegal.
Specifically, the EKRA makes it a federal crime to knowingly and willfully:
solicit or receive any remuneration (including any kickback, bribe, or rebate) directly or indirectly, overtly or covertly, in cash or in kind, in return for referring a patient or patronage to a recovery home, clinical treatment facility, or laboratory; or
Pay or offer any remuneration (including any kickback, bribe, or rebate) directly or indirectly, overtly or covertly, in cash or in kind –
to induce a referral of an individual to a recovery home, clinical treatment facility, or laboratory; or
in exchange for an individual using the services of that recovery home, clinical treatment facility, or laboratory.
A violation of the EKRA is punishable by up to ten years in prison and a $200,000 fine.
Unlike the AKS, the EKRA applies to all payors, including commercial health plans.
Additionally, the EKRA contains an exception for compensation paid to bona fide employees, but that exception is not applicable if the compensation paid varies with the number of individuals referred, the number of tests or procedures performed, or the amount billed to or received from a health plan.
Essentially, the EKRA makes commission based compensation for marketers employed by clinical laboratories, recovery homes, and clinical treatment centers close to impossible.


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Posted by Tricia on January 14, 2017, 2:48 pm, in reply to "What scans / tests did you get done 2 years post diagnosis?"User logged in as post
Hi, I was diagnosed with stage 2a breast cancer 10/15. I had a lumpectomy, chemo and radiation. I had my 1st post diagnosis mammogram 10/16. I will be alternating every 6 months with an MRI. I see my oncologist every 3 months now.
Re: What scans / tests did you get done 2 years post diagnosis? - Roseanne January 16, 2017, 10:13 am
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