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About Us
Past Regional SCAUG Conferences 1990 - To Date
Past OKSCAUG Conferences 1997 - To Date
Welcome to the Oklahoma Chapter of SCAUG
Anyone is welcomed to forward information regarding GIS activities within the Oklahoma region and SCAUG will gladly post information to assist in prompting activity. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Edmond User Group Meeting - April 3, 2018
Norman User Group Meeting - June 21, 2018
Tulsa User Group Meeting - August 7, 2018
2018 OKSCAUG Conference - September 24-27, 2018
Shellie Willoughby - Shellie Willoughby is the current Chair for OKSCAUG and Vice President for SCAUG. Shellie is the GIS Specialist for the Oklahoma Conservation Commission for which she has worked for the past 16 years. She also serves as the Assistant State Geographic Information Coordinator for the Oklahoma Office of Geographic Information. While working for the Oklahoma Conservation Commission she has been involved in the coordination efforts of the Oklahoma GI Council, the Oklahoma Office of Geographic Information and has coordinated the nationally recognized GIS Day at Capitol for the past 9 years. She has a Bachelor and Masters of Science degree in Geography from Oklahoma State University. As a member of SCAUG for 15 years Shellie has served on the SCAUG Board in various positions for the past 13 years as well as held multiple positions in the Oklahoma Chapter of SCAUG. Shellie loves to travel with her family and has been to 42 of the 50 states. Shellie resides in Guthrie, OK with the two favorite men in her life, her husband and little boy.
Charles Brady III - Charles Brady III has been involved with SCAUG for over 15 years. Charles worked for the Garvin County Assessors Office & Carroll Land Surveying while attending college at East Central University. He graduated from East Central University with a bachelor degree in Cartography in 1999 and has worked for the City of Ardmore as the G.I.S. Coordinator since 2000. He has his GISP and is an Honorary Member of the Oklahoma Society of Professional Land Surveyors. During the past 17 years Charles has coordinated and developed in every aspect of a municipal GIS as well as served several regional GIS organizations in various roles. Charles has served actively for many years in various capacities on the Carter County E911 Committee along with other regional committees. Charles also serves as the Municipal Government Representative on the Oklahoma Geographic Information Council. During this time Charles has served on both the Oklahoma Chapter SCAUG Steering Committee & the Regional Board of SCAUG in various positions. Charles & his wife of 17 years Penni have 2 children, a 13 year old son Charles IV & a 10 year old daughter Calin.
Willard Gustafson -I'm a scientist at heart; and a bit of a tinkerer. I love using GIS to solve spatial problems. After earning my Master's Degree in Geography in 2002, I began a career as a satellite imagery analyst; creating vegetation maps and performing other spatial analyses for wildlife biology studies at The University of Montana's Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit. In 2008 I continued my career, after starting a family and moving cross-country, with Meshek & Associates PLC where I now specialize in 3D data analysis, server applications, and mobile data collection technologies. I have been an active member of Oklahoma SCAUG since 2008, and have been a member of the SCAUG Executive board as the Oklahoma Representative since 2014. I aspire to bridge the gap between the GIS "Geeks" and "End-Users" by presenting the technology in a way that everyone can relate to and understand. I believe Geography is the hub of many disciplines, and if applied correctly, can be the means by which we connect and make sense of them all. GIS is the grease on the axles of business!
Talia Gammill - Talia has been with Cotton Electric Cooperative, Inc., a rural electric distribution company in Southwest Oklahoma since 2000. She began her career working with AutoCAD, and has been in the GIS field as a GIS Specialist since 2006. While working in this field, she provides all necessary GIS data to help aid the Coop in planning, design, and analysis to improve and maintain the electric distribution system. She earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in 2008 from Cameron University. Has been a member of SCAUG for 6 years and an OK SCAUG Steering Committee member for 4 years.
Sohail Hasanjee - Sohail works as a GIS Analyst for the Oklahoma Natural Gas. He worked with various state agencies for 17 years as a GIS professional. He earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree from NED University, Karachi, Pakistan and a Master of Regional and City Planning degree from the University of Oklahoma. He has been a member of SCAUG for 16 years and served as a user meeting coordinator in the Oklahoma Chapter of SCAUG since 2008.
Amber Cannon - Amber is currently at GIS Analyst III with Calibre contracting with Range Control Operation at Fort Sill. She has been a member of SCAUG for over four years and has attended many state and regional SCAUG meetings as a presenter or vendor. Amber is a 2012 honors graduate of East Central University in Ada, OK with a major in Cartography and Geography with an emphasis in Geotechniques and a minor in Mathematics and Physics. Amber is also a Brownie Girl Scout leader and serves on the executive leadership team as an event coordinator for the Norman, Oklahoma Girl Scout Service Unit. Amber loves to spend time with her family, take road trips, go horseback riding, dancing, attend concerts, and go on storm chases.
Pamela D. Jurney, GISP - Pamela received a master's degree in Geography (2006) and has been working in the world of tribal transportation since 2007. She is the Project Development Director for Cross Timbers Consulting. As part of the CTC engineering services, she handles the NEPA compliance that must be addressed for federally funded projects, and she is responsible for developing tribal transportation safety plans. In her prior career life, she taught secondary mathematics for seven years in the public school system. She has been serving as the Outreach Coordinator for Oklahoma SCAUG since 2009. She enjoys the people she gets to meet through OK SCAUG and hopes to empower and inspire others to embrace their geographic prowess.
Dustin Holt - I am currently a GIS Analyst with the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma in the Environmental/GIS office, where I have been fortunate enough to be involved in all aspects of GIS development here with the Nation. From Enterprise Server and Geodatabase management, data collection, custom web map production, COGO, EPA quality assurance project plans, historical cartography etc. I graduated from East Central University in Ada Oklahoma with a Bachelor of Science in Cartography and Geotechniques. While a student I worked as a GIS intern for the City of Ardmore Oklahoma, and a cartography technician at Oklahoma State University. I am currently enrolled in the Master of GIScience program at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri.
Carrie Landgraf - Carrie Landgraf has over 14 years of professional experience in the GIS field, spanning careers in local government, and small and large consulting firms. Currently she is the GIS Manager for the regional engineering firm Garver. With Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Geography, Carrie has a solid foundation in spatial concepts. She also held the honor of being an Esri Authorized Instructor for 7 years. This is Carrie's second time serving on the OKSCAUG Steering Committee, and she values the opportunity to support the growth of GIS professionals in the state. Carrie enjoys exploring new places – she has been to over 36 states and has visited 4 other countries. Her other passion is her family; she has been married to Chad for over 12 years and they have two amazing children.
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Meet The Maine Animal Coalition Board of Directors
Beth Gallie (President)
Beth is an attorney and lives in South Portland, Maine with her husband and two companion animals.
Michael Angelone (Treasurer)
Mike was born and raised in Maine. He grew up in a family pizza business and went on to run his own shops. After years of eating and selling cheese and meat, Mike evolved to a plant-based diet for ethical, environmental and health reasons. Mike lives in Portland with his wife and adopted dog.
Denise Zahares (Secretary)
Denise was a vegetarian for 20 plus years before becoming vegan in 2012 for ethical reasons. She has been married to Todd since 1988, and has three adult children, Kyle, Alexa, and Stephanie. She works for Bolduc Eyecare as a billing specialist. She lives in Old Orchard Beach with her family and three cats. They are also long time caretakers of two feral cats. She loves animals, reading, and yoga.
Barbara Downey-Capasso
Barbara is a graduate of the University of Connecticut and a Certified New England based Health Coach. A life long anmal advocate and vegetarian for over 20 years, she is excited to see trends shift towards a vegan lifestyle. According to Barbara, "A whole food plant based diet is where it's at for personal health as well as the health of our planet." Barbara is also certified in Anusara yoga and is presently studying Ayurveda at the Himalayan Institute. Barbara lives in Falmouth with her husband John and the best cat and dog ever!
Val Giguere
Val is a professional environmental engineer with a love for all animals. Val served on the board of directors of a Maine farmed animal sanctuary for 3-1/2 years where she was involved with many aspects of sanctuary operations including animal care, fundraising/grant writing and research and administrative work. Wanting to gain a more in depth knowledge of the required animal care for farmed animals and overall sanctuary operations, she attended Farm Sanctuary's Animal Care Conference in the fall of 2017. In addition to serving on the MAC board, Val volunteers with several other sanctuaries and animal advocacy organizations. Val also has a Certificate in Plant Based Nutrition from the T. Colin Campbell Foundation and lives with her 3 dogs and 2 cats.
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Review on Pierhouse Hotel & Seafood Restaurant
You can arrive at The Pierhouse by sea if you're so inclined, since it has its own moorings at the south end of the pier (Apr-Oct only). The building itself was once home to the local Pier Master and is perched on the shores of Loch Linnhe at the end of a twisty single-track road. From the terrace you can gaze out towards the Morvern Hills, Lismore and Shuna.
The awarding-winning Seafood Restaurant is undoubtedly the main attraction here and it makes the most of the catch from the local boats. One glance at the menu tells its own story: here you can feast on huge langoustines with crusty bread and cucumber mayo, oysters from the clear waters of Lismore, fillet of herring marinated in whisky or brochettes of monkfish with roasted peppers and chilli jam; alternatively share one of the giant mixed seafood platters.
Meat eaters also get a look-in with beef Stroganoff, char-grilled Scotch sirloin steak and pan-fried saddle of Highland venison with glazed onions, port and bramble sauce. Traditional puddings, ice creams and sorbets should satisfy those with a sweet tooth.
Pierhouse Hotel & Seafood Restaurant is also featured in: Good Food Guide, Hardens, AA GuideRate this Restaurant
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How Trump Can Beat HillaryBook - 2016
"Timed for the critical presidential election season, New York Times bestselling author and noted political commentator Dick Morris provides a strategy for winning back the White House in 2016 and putting an end to the Obama agenda of ruinous socialism"-- Provided by publisher.
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If you thought the obama administration corrupted the FBI, read this book, the FBI has been in the tank for years, if 1/2 of what Dick says is true.
A good example of how a relationship with a candidate and president can turn sour as it did for Dick Morris.
Morris was inner-circle to the Clinton s and is now the bitter outsider.
This book reads like a primer for much of the trash talk that soon-to-be president Trump provided during his campaign. The book reads more like a dump on Hillary Clinton than a way for Trump to win the presidency as the title indicates.
The book is co-written by Morris's wife. A woman Dick Morris has described as "brilliant" but yet cheated on with at least one prostitute (according to news articles).
Newsmax described co-author Morris as a long-time friend of Donald Trump.
The book's comments on Hillary Clinton ignore the Washington Post's Factchecker finding that Donald Trump was four times more likely to tell a whopper than Hillary Clinton and that most of the Trump statements analyzed were "whoppers."
And "Politifact designates the many campaign misstatements of Donald Trump as our 2015 lie of the year."
"Racial division that's tailor made for Dick Morris: He says "Trump triumph" is about white men righteously revolting — and he's half-right – Morris must be thrilled that Trump is exploiting the cultural angst of white men for political gain"
by Sean Illing , posted June 1, 2016, at Salon
"The Hill Dumps Dick Morris After He Takes Job At National Enquirer"
by Eric Hananoki and Joe Strupp, posted June 3, 2016, at Media Matters For America
"Dick Morris Falls On His Sword For Wrong Predictions, Misses Sword"
by Jason Linkins, posted November 7, 2012, at The Huffington Post
the entry about the author in RationalWiki
"The publisher of the "ObamaCare Survival Guide" is Humanix Books, which claims to have been "continuously publishing since 1969, making it one of the oldest publishing houses in the South Eastern United States." Humanix's website makes no mention of its ownership by Newsmax. ...
Why doesn't Newsmax want to promote the fact that it has a publishing division? It's not like it's anything new -- WorldNetDaily has operated a publishing operation for several years. Of course, WND Books does carry the taint of its parent -- something Newsmax is perhaps trying to avoid by pretending Humanix is completely separate.
Still, as it publishes more conservative-leaning books, as one can reasonably expect, expect Humanix to get that conservative-publisher reputation. Can it avoid the WND taint? We shall see."
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This big hullabaloo about Khirz Khan [Muslim attorney father of deceased Iraqi War officer] might appear at first to work against Trump - - but since Khan has just announced over CNN that there is no such thing as Sharia Law, it may backfire as well. [Wonder what Malala would have to say about that?]
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This is part five of my series on relationship skills for people who have experienced abuse and/or trauma. You can find the rest of this series on my blog.
Misunderstandings, projection and your history
There was an Ann Lander's newspaper column I used to hand out in my classes on this subject. Ann printed a dream someone sent her, then she asked her readers to respond with their explanations. Wow, what happened sure was fascinating!
Some people wrote her with painfully judgmental comments. Mean-spirited. I guess there was trolling even before the Internet. Other replies reeked of sexual innuendo. Some responses that were just off the wall!
None of them had any relationship to reality. Instead of interpreting a dream, people were telling the readers of that column about themselves. In their letters, thinking they were describing someone else, they told us how they thought and what their motives were. They unknowingly expressed their personal and deeply held emotional issues.
It's a defense mechanism discussed by Anna Freud and is known as projection.
This happens all the time in relationships. It doesn't matter if it's a close and intimate encounter or a brief nothing brush of two people simply in the same physical or Internet space for a moment.
In the absence of information, people fill in the blanks with what is in their very own personal histories. I think this makes a lot of sense. We interpret our lives based upon what we know. In my thinking, this is a minor and subtle form of a flashback.
As a flashback, it seems easier to see and understand than the more vivid ones that are shown in television movies.
Flashbacks can take a variety of forms.
People who have experienced painful life events have both subtle and severe flashbacks. Those of us with histories of child abuse and horrid traumas re-live our traumas all the time. This is not a deliberate or willful action. It happens out of our conscious awareness. We don't know that we are doing this.
I believe that this is your mind's attempt to heal itself. Your being is attempting to expel an experience that is hurtful to you.
We think about what happened. We dream (nightmares) of what happened. We live our lives as if these terrible experiences are happening right now. Again, this can be subtle or very dramatic. Some people react to conversations in ways that are just a little bit off responding to meanings that were not intended. You might see your memories as a photograph in your mind. Then there are the physical reactions where you feel as though your trauma is currently happening this very moment.
Anything that even vaguely resembles your original painful life event(s) can trigger a flashback episode. A time of year, song on the radio, driving down a certain street, or someone's tone of voice are all examples of the sort of thing that can trigger a flashback.
Flashbacks and Loving Relationships
Understanding flashbacks is vital to being able to see how they affect your loving relationships. The very acts of loving and being loved can and do trigger flashbacks. When you think about it, this makes a lot of sense. After all, if you were abused by your parents, guardians or family members, love is a trigger for you. If you were sexually assaulted, battered in relationship or betrayed by someone you love, again-love itself becomes a trigger for you.
Now you are out of the harmful situation. You are grown. It's a year or more after the assault. Or you left the person who hurt you deeply.
You have met someone delightful and fallen in love. Wonderfully, they love you in return. This situation is enough to trigger both subtle and not so subtle flashback episodes.
It seems out of the blue, but now you feel abused and unsafe. You become absolutely convinced that your partner is abusive. They resemble your parents. Or your other family members. Or your out of family perpetrator. You are on edge and wait to be betrayed or assaulted. You react to a lot of what they say and are often angry or frightened.
At that moment, you really do not know if your partner is dangerous to you or not. You cannot tell whether or not they are abusive. You wonder if they hurt you on purpose. And you are utterly convinced they did. And pretty sure they enjoyed it!
Some people run away from all relationships because of this. Other people strike back, becoming too well defended. Then others just withdraw from all intimacy. No matter what you do you are in danger of ruining the vital nurturing intimacy you are building with the one you love.
No matter how you take care of yourself, you can ruin your relationship. That's healthy if the relationship is dangerous or abusive. But it harms you if it's not.
What do you do? How do you prevent your history from depriving you of a loving relationship? How do you find out the difference? Sort the dangerous from the safe?
What to Do?
I am going to give you a place to start here. Learning how to get relatively unstuck from your past is much more involved than I can write in one article. At this point, I just want you to know that your flashbacks can color how you look at and interpret the actions of your partner. That's the beginning. To realize that you might be reacting from your past.
Thus, the first step is to take ownership of your feelings and reactions. You start the long process of learning when your reactions are from your past, and when they are from your present. This doesn't mean blame. You are not at fault for this. Flashbacks stem from a natural process that happens to all people who have been traumatized.
This often seems too simple. And from one perspective, it is. From another perspective, taking ownership requires a great deal of effort.
Then there is the emotional pain. Learning to live in your own skin, feeling your own feelings and personal history is painful. This requires determination and a desire to live within loving relationships.
The second step is to get acquainted with what it feels like to be you in a flashback. For me, it feels as though I am slightly like a robot. Physically, my body feels heavy and my muscles are tight. Emotionally, I feel compulsive and like I absolutely must take action this very moment. I often feel very young because I'm living my past in my present.
To gain this knowledge I had to practice what is now called mindfulness. First I imagined I placed a little piece of myself on my shoulder and began to observe my behavior. For this purpose behavior included my thoughts, feelings and my actions.
I journaled. A lot. All the time. I kept pen and paper [this was before computers] near me at all times. And I wrote what I saw myself think, what I imagined my feelings were, and what I did. When examining my actions, I tried to be objective like a scientist or "Joe Friday" in Dragnet, an old television show: "Just the facts, Ma'am!"
The moment you recognize you are reacting from your past, you come back to the present. You are able to react to the present event. Over time, you become acquainted with yourself and your flashbacks. You can recognize potentially triggering conversations and interactions. You will be able to plan solutions to them. Knowing more about yourself in this way will allow you to talk about them with your partner(s). This is the beginning of taking charge of them.
Then, if you wish, you can process the painful feelings from your traumas. I journaled more because I had the idea that I wanted to clean the entire events out of my being. I allowed myself to cry. Often and much. Then, I would do a history of every time I felt similar feelings. I saw these series of events as if they were beads on a chain. What those beads did is show me my patterns of reacting to people and events.
Slowly I became in charge of my behavior. I wasn't as controlled by the events and people of my past.
I count that as a win. I hope you win too.
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The second of a slew of suits filed against the world's largest pork producer went about as well as the first — not well at all. A federal jury last week ordered Smithfield Foods to pay a Duplin County couple more than $25 million for problems with odors, flies and noise after an industrial-scale hog farm was expanded near their home. Because of a state law limiting awards in such suits, this one payout will likely be reduced substantially. But the verdict may well signal a trend.
Last month's verdict followed on the heels of a similar April finding against the company, which is owned by Hong Kong-headquartered WH Group. The company has been sued by more than 500 neighbors across eastern North Carolina. This state is the second-largest pork producing state. Duplin and neighboring Sampson counties have the largest swine populations in the country, with millions of pigs raised in large-scale farming operations.
The suits have been filed against Smithfield rather than against the individual farmers who grow hogs under contract with the company, because those contracts spell out the conditions in which the hogs will be raised. That includes waste disposal, which is the reason for the suits. The company uses antiquated technology to dispose of enormous quantities of swine waste, holding the liquefied excrement in large, open-air cesspools that are referred to as "lagoons." The waste is later sprayed on farm fields as a fertilizer.
The lawsuits have targeted the intense stench that wafts on the winds from the lagoons and on the drifting mists of wastes that sometimes float away from the farm fields during spraying and have been found coating nearby properties. During the two trials, Smithfield has insisted that this is the only appropriate technology for waste management in North Carolina, even though in other states — notably Missouri — the company has agreed to cover the lagoons. Pork producers in other states also dispose of the waste differently, sometimes trucking it away and sometimes drying the manure before using it on fields.
The company is adamant that alternative techniques won't work here and state lawmakers fear that if the suits continue unabated, producers like Smithfield may leave North Carolina, which would have a devastating effect on the state's agricultural economy. That's why lawmakers just passed a law that sharply limits — and in practice will eliminate — nuisance lawsuits against agricultural operations. Just before lawmakers adjourned their short session, they overrode Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of the legislation.
Cooper and many other critics of the farm-protection law argued that it was an attack on property rights, conducted on behalf of a wealthy industry that makes generous contributions to lawmakers' campaign funds. Republican Rep. John Blust, a Greensboro-area lawyer, called the law "the first domino to fall," predicting that other industries would line up at the General Assembly's door, looking for the same sort of protection.
Just up the road in Lillington, there's a demonstration of a much higher level of technology that shows pigs can be produced profitably and with less pollution. Farmer Tom Butler is using hog waste to produce natural gas that runs a power plant. Butler's operation is turning into a mini-grid that powers an entire neighborhood.
That's the kind thinking our legislative leaders need to embrace. It's safe to predict that the new farm-protection law will end up in court, where it will likely be tossed out as an unconstitutional restriction on property rights. What then? Our lawmakers could do what they should have done long ago: Partner with the hog industry in developing new waste-disposal techniques, including the production of natural gas, and putting incentives in place that make it worthwhile for an agricultural giant like Smithfield to embrace the technology.
That way, everyone would win. Why can't our legislative leaders figure that out?
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I'm writing this a couple of days late, but better late than never. I recently returned from the Southern Writers/Southern Writing Conference at the University of Mississippi (endearingly referred to as "Ole Miss") in Oxford. Southern writing's Mecca. As with every conference, there was a lot to take in. It's like drinking from a fire hose. Panel after panel, one hour and twenty minutes each of constant talking, with only fifteen minutes in between to process everything you've just heard. All the arguments that have been made. All the discussions. I may not be the only one to admit that I could walk away from a two-day conference and really only retain one thing from it that sticks with me forever. But that one thing really makes a difference to your academic career. And that's what matters, right? More on that in a moment!
Seeing as Oxford is only a three-hour drive from Huntsville, I chose to spend my entire graduate travel stipend on one thing: a damn nice hotel. A previous conference I attended, which took place in Gainesville, Florida, required both air travel and hotel accommodations. So I bought the cheapest plane ticket straight out of Huntsville and stayed at a janky motel just outside UF campus. Down the road was an equally janky Winn Dixie, where I purchased some light snacks and some tea. Always nice to keep your hotel room stocked with snacks and tea for when you just want to relax and read or watch some Netflix after a long day at a conference. It was not terribly uncomfortable, but my locale was obviously subpar and the table lamp was adorned with a spattering that looked suspiciously like old blood. Just normal average janky motel things. Anyway, this is not about the UF conference, but about the Ole Miss conference. Since I would be driving, I figured spending all my money on a hotel was well worth it. I chose a hotel called The Graduate, which was located right on the corner of Jefferson and Lamar. It is within walking distance from historic Oxford Square, the old Oxford cemetery, and technically within walking distance from campus. More on that in a moment, too. This hotel was fantastic! It comes alive with the college lifestyle. The rooms are modestly furnished with 1960s style wooden furnishings that reflect an old college dorm room. There are paintings and photographs on the walls that reflect southern culture and the key cards are designed to look like library cards on one side with a student identification card on the other. The student IDs are usually of some famous person that went to Ole Miss. Mine had Eli Manning. Did he even go to Ole Miss? Did he play for them? I don't even know. This is not my forte. Anyway, the key cards were really very cute. The hotel staff were all very polite and accommodating. It was generally a nice place to be. The location was pretty convenient too.
On the first day, I had a lot of time to kill. It was registration day and no panels were going on. I checked into my hotel and spent the afternoon exploring Oxford until registration time. Before I even explored historic Oxford Square, I made a beeline for the cemetery. I knew exactly where I wanted to go. The grave sites. Faulkner himself is buried there, as well as many members of his immediate family. All in different plots. It was half the reason I wanted to attend this conference so badly. I wanted to explore this historic cemetery and find everybody's grave. Especially Mammy Callie. As a colored woman with no other family in Oxford to be buried with, her grave would be the hardest one to find. It was blazing hot outside and the humidity was beyond oppressive, but I made for it anyway. Up the hill I went, three blocks and I was there. The corner of Jefferson and 16th Street. The cemetery is pretty enormous. I didn't even know where to begin. There were no markers at the entrance to point me in Faulkner's direction so I went straight in. I began by climbing up to small hill-like vantage points to look down at the rolling sea of gravestones in hopes that I would see Faulkner's from afar. I know what it looks like, after all. It took a lot of searching before I made my way back to the entrance and decided to start with the edges. I walked down 16th Street, climbed a steep hill, and trotted back down again. At the bottom of the hill on 16th Street, I finally saw a marker that proudly informed me that William C. Faulkner, creator of Yoknapatawpha County, was buried just 20 paces from that sign. I didn't count my paces but I didn't need to. Faulkner's grave is bigger than the others and I could see it from where I was standing. Happy as a clam but sweating something fierce from the 100-degree heat index, I made my way to Faulkner's burial site, which was situated under the welcome shade of a tree. There he was. Buried by the side of Estelle Oldham Faulkner. I sat at the edge of the great marble slabs and surveyed the pennies that littered the entire area. A penny for every visit, to let the deceased know that you were there and you appreciate what they did for the world. I didn't have any whiskey on my person for the old man and I didn't know where the nearest liquor store was. In fact, a liquor store just a block south of that location could have made a killer living from the people looking to leave offerings for the patron saint of southern literature. I dug around in my purse and located an old tarnished penny. I placed it at the top of his grave, just above the middle of the "Cuthbert" part of his name. That's where I imagined his head would be. I told him thanks for all he's done, sat there for a while enjoying the peace, and eventually got back up again to search for Mammy Callie's grave. She was important to me because my paper was inspired by Dilsey from The Sound and the Fury, who was inspired by Mammy Callie. Faulkner adored his mammy. She was more of a mother to him than his own mother. He organized her funeral, ordered her plot in the cemetery, and commissioned the etching on her headstone: "Callie Barr Clark: Mammy. 'Her white children bless her.'" He knew her given name was Caroline, but he ordered the etching read "Callie." When Faulkner was a young boy if you can imagine that, he was unable to say her name correctly. He always called her "Cah-lin." Eventually, it stuck and Caroline Barr was always and forever "Mammy Callie." As a colored woman and a former slave, she would have been buried in the old "colored" section of the cemetery and her tiny modest grave with the smudged headstone would be very difficult to locate among the hundreds of people buried alongside her. I walked up and down what felt like the entire cemetery, focusing on the oldest part. I was sweating so profusely and it was getting close to time for me to figure out how I was going to get onto campus for registration, so I headed back to the hotel to dry off. I could always try again. My clothes were drenched but I didn't change out of them. I had a feeling my next walk would ruin my clothes again. I only had three sets. May as well only ruin one since I don't have a washer. I looked up the conference center and it was only a 1.3-mile walk away. How bad can it be?
As it turns out, pretty bad. It was 1.3 miles of uphill and downhill walking and shade was scarce. The sun beat down on me, the heat swallowed me up, the humidity stuck to me like hot leeches, and I walked straight through a construction site that covered my disgusting sweaty body with a nice thin film of red clay dust that was billowing in the wind. That's how I walked into registration. After registering and picking up my goods (a t-shirt, a pin, and a lanyard with an identification tag) I realized I would have to make the trek all the way back. I had no desire to walk back through the construction site, so I found an alternate route. Equally hot, equally long, equally terrible. Two or three miles of solid walking is normally a piece of cake. But normally, I'm wearing comfortable workout clothes, a hat, I take care to walk in the shade, and I try to avoid walking during the hottest part of a heat wave in the deep south. This was not the same thing as my usual morning walk. If you can imagine, I love the heat. I turn the A/C off in my house during the day because I like it when it feels like summer. This, though…this was too goddamn hot. There was so much sweat, I truly felt like I was melting into a puddle. Oh well. At least I only ruined one outfit. I promptly decided to try a bus route for my trip back to the conference center the next day.
As I expected, the bus routes were terribly confusing. I've been on public transportation plenty of times in my life but somehow the Oxford Transit System confused the fuck out of me. There were no maps of the bus network, no list of stops on any of the signs. The website provided me with a bus schedule, but it didn't help much. It did help me narrow my options down to the blue line bus that passes right through Oxford Square and takes you to campus. But the buses were directional. If you wanted to take the shortest route, you had to make sure it was going in the right direction. Otherwise, you could be on that bus for a long time or find yourself in a place that is totally the opposite of your destination. The buses do not tell you which direction they go. You have to ask the driver. Well, this would be fun! I waited down at the square by the courthouse for a blue bus, in hopes that the driver would be nice enough to help me. A blue bus came by, right on schedule, and I asked the driver if she was heading to campus. She was! I dropped a dollar in the box and happily made my way to the conference center. The first ride was a success!
The conference went on for several hours. They served us lunch. I presented my paper, and the panels were very productive. There's not much to say about the conference itself, but I will talk about the one thing that stuck with me even after the conference was over. The first panel was a roundtable discussion (roundtables are a type of open discussion between the panelists that take place at rectangular tables) on a podcast called "S-Town." I didn't previously know about this seven-part podcast nor that it would be eligible for discussion on southern writing. Boy, was it. The podcast is produced by the same people who work on "Serial" and "This American Life," which you may be familiar with if you listen to NPR. The podcast is hosted by Brian Reed, who is invited to a podunk town in Alabama between Birmingham and Tuscaloosa called Woodstock by a fellow named John B. McLemore (pronounced just like "Macklemore") . John B. endearingly refers to Woodstock as "Shit Town, Alabama." He claims the brutal murder of a young man occurred and since the suspected murderer involved is the son of a respected family, an elaborate police cover-up ensued. The podcast is called "S-Town" because calling it "Shit Town" would have been a little too profane for a title. Don't be fooled. This podcast includes recordings straight from the townspeople so it's rife with bad language, some of it very racially insensitive. Don't read the Wikipedia entry. It's super spoilery. Just go listen to the podcast from the link I included. It's fascinating. Brian Reed, an obvious New Yorker who doesn't really fit into Shit Town, gets to know and love the residents of the town of Woodstock. He does get to the bottom of the mystery (this is not a spoiler) and learns a lot about Shit Town Alabama's social structure in the process. There is no character in this world quite like John B. McLemore. If you have ever been in or lived near a place you yourself would call "Shit Town," especially in Alabama, then this is definitely the podcast for you. Go listen to it right now. It's on Apple's podcast app as well and it's free (because that's important, too).
After the conference, I decided to take a chance on the bus route again. I waited at a stop that evidently serviced blue, yellow, and orange buses. I hoped for a blue one soon because it was very hot and very sunny and I was wearing conference clothes. Several yellows went by, and a blue one zipped past on the corner (not quite at the bus stop) without stopping. I hoped maybe it was just turning around. It didn't. Finally, a blue bus came by and I hopped on to ask the gray-haired mustachioed bus driver if he was heading for Oxford Square. No, he said, he was not heading for the square. I would need to flag down a different blue bus but I had to make sure and stand on the corner and wave for it to stop because it doesn't stop. I got off the bus and looked bleakly at the blazing sunny corner away from the shade that I suspected would be my new home. I saw a blue bus that didn't stop at that corner and I didn't flag it down because I didn't know that was my bus. Why do university transit systems have to be so confusing? I stood on the corner, determined to wait for the next blue bus, no matter how long it took. The sun took its toll on me so I took out my trusty Japanese fan. I always carry one with me. I desperately wished I had also brought my parasol. Yes, I have a parasol. It is rose colored and it matches my fan. I thought it would be overkill, but right then it seemed more appropriate than anything else in the world. There I stood for what felt like hours. Buses came and buses went. Eventually a yellow bus came by, loaded up some people, started to leave, stopped again in front of me, and gave me a gentle honk. Snapped out of my heat delirium, I went up the steps to see what the driver wished to ask me. He was a kind, African American fellow with nothing but concern in his face. It was a very welcome sentiment. The conversation went exactly as follows:
"Where are you headed, little one?"
"Downtown square. I'm just waiting on a blue bus to get to there."
"You be waiting on a blue bus a long time, girl. You know, the red line will take you there."
"I don't know my way around here. Where is the nearest red line stop?"
"Hop on this bus, I'll take you to the red bus. You tell the lady on that bus, you tell her Low-Down said to take you all the way to the square, anywhere you want to go, and you tell her Low-Down said to make sure you was okay."
Realizing this was almost certainly the most Mississippi thing that has ever happened to me, I thanked the driver profusely and hopped on for a ride to the nearest red station. I tried to drop a dollar in the payment box but he wouldn't have it. He told me to spend it on the red bus. What a kind sir he was. My dollar bills really were in very limited supply. I had only two left. He took me straight to a red bus and I did as I was told. I told the African American lady bus driver that Low-Down said to take me to the square and that Low-Down specifically requested that she see to my welfare. She cackled with laughter and told me to take a seat. The driver known as Low-Down pulled up beside her and they had a short chat before she drove away. That air conditioned bus and those two generous and kind drivers saved me from certain heatstroke. I don't know if they even realize how grateful I was but I uttered as many thanks as I could and offered to pay extra. They would not have any of it. It was that moment I swore to return to the cemetery and find Mammy Callie's grave because if I didn't know any better, Callie was watching out for me that day. Her white children bless her. I'm not the least bit spiritual, but I know when I need to pay my respects.
I went to the cemetery straight away and began my second hunt for Caroline Barr Clark. No such luck. The heat began to take its toll again and I returned to my hotel to rest after a very eventful afternoon.
The next day, day three of my search, I returned to the cemetery with a plan. I looked up Caroline Barr's burial record and found only that she was buried in "Section 5" of the cemetery. I had no idea how the cemetery was sectioned so I scoured the internet for a blueprint. I eventually came upon a very rough pencil sketch of the cemetery layout that indicated each section. I saved the picture to my phone. My efforts to find the image again, just so I can provide a link, have proved futile. The image came to me when I needed it most and then disappeared. It's still saved to my phone. I pulled up the image and rotated it so that it best matched my direction. I then used my handy dandy compass directions to stay in and around what was marked as Section 5. On the third day of searching and after a lot of climbing hills and treading graves, I finally found the headstone of Caroline Barr Clark. The feeling was more rewarding than finding Faulkner's grave or finding anything really. Her grave had no historical markers. No fancy headstones. No pennies. No flowers. Nothing to indicate she was the most important person in William C. Faulkner's life, creator of Yoknapatawpha County, and one of the most inspirational people in his writing. Just a small, modest stone inscription that had become so dark and weathered that it was barely legible anymore. I dug another penny out of my purse and knelt down to leave it on the otherwise barren grave. Somehow, this penny mattered more than the penny I left on Faulkner's grave. Faulkner's grave had at least $3.00 worth of pennies on it. Pennies littered his grave from head to foot. They littered Estelle's grave. They littered the headstone and the concrete pavilion around it. Pennies that had been there for who knows how long, through the wind and the rain. My penny was a proverbial drop in the bucket. But Callie's grave had no pennies. It had nothing. No shade. No concrete pavilion. It was bare. Untouched, except for the elements. Much like Dilsey's character in The Sound and the Fury, there was no love for Mammy Callie. Nothing to show me that people took the time to find her. To leave her a token of their appreciation. She served with genuine affection in her heart for the children she cared for. She worked like a slave, she was bound to the family she served by force, but she loved those children like a mother. She was their figure of authority. Their support system. Their warm cradle. She treated them like she would treat her own children. Because children are blameless. Faulkner really was a goddamn genius.
To Mammy
Caroline Barr
Who was born in slavery and who gave to my family a fidelity without stint or calculation of recompense and to my childhood an immeasurable devotion and love.
— Go Down Moses, Dedication


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Clearing ice was a job for us all
FOLLOWING the recent snow and ice that affected the area, many local shopkeepers have been moaning that they have had the worse pre-Christmas week trade ever and blaming the council for not clearing the pavements of snow.
The council were having enough trouble clearing the roads so why didn't the shopkeepers get off their backsides and do something about it instead of moaning?
All it would take is 30 minutes to clear a path along the pavement outside your shop (I did mine).
If each shop did this then there would be a clear route from one end of the village to the other.
I visited the village five days after the snow and it was sad to see people struggling on the ice (the elderly appear to have stayed at home).
A few shops had cleared a path and it was nice to see a group of shops where a continuous clear path had been made, ie. Boots, Cassidys, Smiths TV, Roy Castle, Backhouses and Barclays.
However many other businesses hadn't bothered including most charity shops, banks and even the Post Office which the elderly need access to.
A few had cleared a tiny patch outside their door which was pointless. I made a point of only doing my pre-Christmas shop at businesses that had made the effort and then got the train into Liverpool and did the rest there.
The above also applies to local residents.
I did the pavement outside my house, did you?
Police praise
I WOULD like to convey my grateful thanks to Formby Police.
At the height of the bad weather I was unable to rouse my elderly neighbour.
Within five minutes of my phoning them they had gained access to my neighbour's home and then stayed until the paramedics arrived.
I am pleased to say that there was a positive outcome to the incident.
Many thanks to Formby Police.
Good samaritan
CAN I just express my sincere thanks to the kind gentleman who gave my young son and I a lift back to my car on Monday, December 27.
I was parked on Larkhill Lane, Freshfield and had lost my bearings after an afternoon in the snow on the sand dunes.
The man was with his son and dog and very generously returned me to my vehicle without a moment's hesitation.
It was simple act which spoke volumes in kindness.
Your help was greatly appreciated.
Where was grit?
I WAS astonished by the statements made by Sefton Council's network manager, Mr Jerry McConkey, about the condition of Sefton Roads in the recent spell of bad weather.
It seemed he was stretching credibility a bit when he claimed that "we have gritted and ploughed our routes consistently with many gritters carrying out double runs and ploughs working around the clock."
As I travelled around various parts of Sefton I saw no evidence whatsoever of any gritting.
Is it possible that the council chose the bits that it gritted so selectively as to be almost invisible to the vast majority of people?
When I asked around the office I work in, a number of people came out with the identical report of having seen gritters around with lights flashing but in all cases no grit was being spread.
Could I use the columns of your newspaper to canvas your readers if anybody had their roads gritted?
Alternative idea
APROPOS the article re: the campaign to improve road links to Ormskirk
Hospital which has the support of our local MP.
I would suggest that a
more popular solution would be to revert to the previous situation and
bring the services back to Southport Hospital.
This would benefit the
residents of Hightown and Formby and also those holidaymakers in the
resort who need a hospital during their stay.
Admittedly our MP has only been in the constituency a short time having previously lived in the South of England, and is probably unaware of the difficulties which resulted in moving facilities from Southport Hospital
to Ormskirk.
This suggestion would improve patient care.
Student setback
I AM just writing regarding my concern over the severe cutbacks in higher education.
As a current university student, I fear that I will experience these cuts first hand in the form of reduced government maintenance to support my studies and lower levels of investment in the university's facilities.
The only saving grace for me is that I will not bear the full brunt of these cuts, in particular the new £9,000 cap on tuition fees.
Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for those who wish to enter higher education from 2012 that will be forced to pay this excessively high new rate.
What's worse is that this coalition government proclaim to be helping those from poorer backgrounds go to university but it's predicted that only 18,000 people stand to benefit from these proposals which is absolutely disgraceful considering around half a million people go to university.
In conclusion I feel this will hit the young people of Formby hard and will put many off going to university.
Altcar Lane, Formby
Milk got through
WE should have a reduction of our Sefton Council Tax.
The total lack of services during the recent bad weather was made more evident when every morning our milk was on the doorstep.
Paul McNeil had to drive from Formby to Bates Dairy in Southport; then, with his loaded milkfloat, travel back to Formby to ensure that his customers received their daily supply.
Well done Paul and Bates Dairy, you could show Sefton Council a thing or two.
Help our soldiers
THIS new year brings uncertainty for all of us as the deficit reduction measures take effect on the availability of spare cash to support our favourite charities.
However, on this occasion I am appealing for a different kind of support. How would you like to become a fundraiser/supporter in your community for ABF The Soldiers' Charity?
Whether it be within your circle of friends and relatives or in your workplace, local pub or local organisation, I would like you to consider organising local events, no matter how small, in support of this vital charity.
What about a dinner party or even a curry evening for friends involving a donation or raffle to raise funds? Are you due to reach a significant age and you have all the things you need, why not consider having a party and inviting donations in lieu of presents?
So many of us have links to the Army, most people know someone who was, or still is, serving their country.
There are many ways to help and I would be delighted to talk to you about them.
This year will bring many uncertainties to the Army family, whether currently serving or having completed their service to our country from World War II onwards.
The Soldiers' Charity supports soldiers, former soldiers and their families for life and needs your help to continue that support through a period of increasing demand on our services.
To find out how to help, email email@example.com or visit www.soldierscharity.org
Lt Colonel P J Aindow MBE TD
Regional Director,ABF The Soldiers' Charity


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IDTRoundtables: World of Pecha Kucha
From E-Learning Faculty Modules
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 minutes and 40 seconds, add 20 slides, and welcome to the world of Pecha Kucha!
Jump into the craze of the short, concise presentation style that is sweeping the nation. Join us as we grab a taste of new experience, and share ideas and thoughts afterwards. The Pecha Kucha format is 20 PowerPoint slides shown for 40 seconds apiece, leaving you with a 6 minute and 40 second automated presentation. We have scheduled Michael Wesch, Andrew Barkley, Gayle Doll, Cyndi Danner-Kuhn, Mike Finnegan, and Sue Williams.
This video is from a presentation titled "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 minutes and 40 seconds, add 20 slides, and welcome to the world of Pecha Kucha!" that was presented Feb. 25, 2010. This was part of the K-State Instructional Design Technology Roundtable (IDTRoundtable) series.


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06-May-2016 13:18
It's not easy to immediately put what you learned into action (you might understand a subject theoretically but might not be comfortable enough with the subject to put it into practice).
Disclaimer: I received this book for free through the O'Reilly Blogger program. is a very short "book" on RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), a way to tag and identify objects over varying ranges, and how to use Arduino to create a few interesting RFID projects.
We have access to the most boats in Samui so you can choose which site you want to go, and on what day.
Our staff have been leading dives in the Koh Samui area for years, we can show you the best of each site.
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We offer a full range of PADI dive courses at Discovery with flexible scheduling to fit your holiday plans.
When either of us comes into the room, all we have to do is tap our key fobs on a reader mounted by the door, and the room turns on or off what we normally use. The reader by the door reads the presence or absence of the tags.
The content available so far gives you a brief background on the relevant parts of language — grammar, pragmatics, discourse analysis, etc.The book assumes that you have some experience with Arduino and micro-controllers (i.e., do you know what a breadboard, jumper wires, and circuits are? We start with a very brief introduction to RFID, follow up with two introductory technical tutorials on Arduino, and end with a fairly simple home automation project: Between my officemate and me, we have dozens of devices drawing power in our office: two laptops, two monitors, four or five lamps, a few hard drives, a soldering iron, Ethernet hubs, speakers, and so forth.Even when we're not here, the room is drawing a lot of power.Whether you just want to try out diving for a day with our Discover Scuba Program or are looking to "Go Pro" and get trained as a divemaster or instructor, we have the most experienced full-time instructors on Koh Samui to help you achieve your goals.
For certified divers, we have multiple daily trips to the top sites in Thailand and are usually able to fill your request for a special site also.Disclaimer: I received this book for free through the O'Reilly Blogger program. When you see "I am a sentence I am another sentence," you know that you're really looking at two different sentences even though the period between "sentence" and "I" is missing.


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While the media continues to focus on the refugee crisis in Europe, the fate of 23.5 million people left behind in Syria in Iraq in need of urgent humanitarian help receives less exposure, even though most of these refugees come from those two countries.
Many of the Syrians and Iraqi's left behind are living in conditions that are as horrifying as refugees stranded in Europe, yet there is an imbalance between the media exposure given to the refugee crisis in Europe and the situations that internally displaced and vulnerable people are also enduring on a daily basis inside Syria and Iraq. Both are urgent and important, but there is a disparity in the coverage and subsequently the general awareness.
The refugee crisis in Europe is visible. It is here. It is in the countries where we holiday, the places we have relatives, the areas we do business in, and we cannot ignore the multitudes of desperate and traumatised people at our borders.
Anyone wishing to see for themselves or offer a helping hand can travel to Europe and give support with relative ease and safety. People return with stories and photos of the misery they have witnessed personally, and the compassion that these helpless situations stir up.
Sadly, the situation in the Middle East is just as complicated, and infinitely more dangerous.
Few are willing to risk the very real dangers of travelling to Syria where personal safety, trust, and hope itself have largely disappeared from a society which has broken down beyond any recognition.
What does life look like for those still living inside Syria who have been displaced and are trying to survive in makeshift accommodation? These people have no income and little hope of finding employment in a devastated economy and country where children are taken out of school to serve as breadwinners for their households. Even the majority of those in employment are unable to take home salaries high enough to meet their needs for daily living.
In a country where an estimated 3 in 4 people now live in poverty, with 67% of the population in extreme poverty, ordinary people have been reduced to surviving by any means they can.
One of my Syrian partners describes to me how before the war, they used to travel from Aleppo to Damascus in the middle of the night, but now they don't dare to leave their homes after 7pm. Travelling distances in Syria is no longer safe as civilians are targeted on many roads by gangs and groups like IS who kidnap, ransom and execute people as they travel from place to place. Before the war, they slept with their front doors and windows open. Now they sleep with their eyes open wide.
They do not dare to let their children play outside, and schools in areas of conflict no longer allow children to play in the open air. Employing someone to care for their children to enable two professional parents to work is not an option, as the level of trust in their fellow human beings has reached an all-time low. Ordinary people who lived normal lives before the war now resort to theft and violence, and there is no longer a police presence to challenge this deterioration.
With the lack of media attention it is easy to forget that survival at the heart of the crisis is a battle that shows no significant signs of improvement.
If life inside Syria was more bearable and there was more support for these vulnerable people in their home country, fewer would be making unsafe journeys in hope of escaping the bitter reality of life inside Syria.
But what are the options for the people in a country where 8.7 million people are unable to meet their food needs, 11.5 million are in need of urgent medical care and there are more than 6.6 million internally displaced people?
The one thing that is absolutely clear is that support for these people inside Syria must be treated as a priority. We, as fellow human beings with the gift of compassion, must keep searching our hearts to find ways to encourage these people, and bring a glimmer of hope to these traumatised lives.
For more information about how you can get involved in supporting the Syrians and Iraqi's left behind who are in need of humanitarian assistance, please request an information pack www.samarasaidappeal.org/collectors


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There is always a Safely Remove icon on my taskbar, so I click it and there is nothing to remove.
In Device manager, it is also present under Disk Drives. Even under my computer there is a disk drive with the letter "D" that is grayed out and when I click on it, it just says "Please insert disk"
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Tavis Smiley fires back at sexual misconduct allegations: 'PBS made a huge mistake'
JOI-MARIE MCKENZIE, SABINA GHEBREMEDHIN and RENEE HENSON, Jacksonville Free Press | 12/21/2017, midnight
Talk-show host Tavis Smiley defended himself again against sexual misconduct allegations on "Good Morning America," saying, "PBS made a huge mistake here."
PBS suspended the distribution of his namesake talk show earlier this month after an investigation, citing "multiple, credible allegations," the network told ABC News in a statement.
A PBS representative said, "PBS engaged an outside law firm to conduct an investigation immediately after learning of troubling allegations regarding Mr. Smiley. This investigation included interviews with witnesses as well as with Mr. Smiley. The inquiry uncovered multiple, credible allegations of conduct that is inconsistent with the values and standards of PBS, and the totality of this information led to today's decision."
During a live sit-down interview on "Good Morning America" today, Smiley, 53, said, "I've never groped, I've never coerced" female staffers into sexual relations "in 30 years over six different networks."
He added, "I celebrate and applaud these women who had the courage to come out," but he's concerned that because of the recent climate, "people end up being guilty simply by accusations."
Smiley had relationships with women while working on "The Tavis Smiley Show," he said, adding he can prove they were consensual "with letters, cards, gifts and, certainly, photographs."
He noted that one woman with whom he had a romantic relationship still works for him now.
"I certainly understand people can have a viewpoint any consensual relationship in the workplace is wrong … but there are also other points of view on this," he said. "While we don't encourage [them] … we don't forbid them."
He added that during those relationships, he never instructed the "team" that runs his company on any employment matters.
"I never gave any favoritism upward or downward," he said.
Smiley also pushed back on claims that he has created a hostile work environment, saying, "I have feelings. I have emotions, and when the ball gets dropped," he has had to pick it back up.
"The environments are intense at times," he said. "I'm not an angry Black man, and this notion of a hostile environment just doesn't fit."
After the investigation, Smiley said, he was unsure whether he would return to PBS, which distributes his talk show.
"PBS made a huge mistake here," he said. "They need to fix it. They need to correct it. I'm going to do anything to protect my reputation."
PBS responded to Smiley's appearance on "GMA," writing in a statement, "Tavis Smiley needs to get his story straight."
"First, today on 'Good Morning America,' Mr. Smiley acknowledged he has had multiple sexual encounters with his employees, then struggled to recall the number of current employees with whom he has had sex. This contradicts his Facebook post from last week, where he cited only one previous relationship with an employee. Mr. Smiley even told viewers, 'I don't know where your heart's going to lead you.' PBS is certain that it should not lead to multiple sexual relationships between the owner of a company and subordinates over many years, particularly where employment decisions may be linked to sex.


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text: The College is committed to keeping parents and families informed about life on campus. To that end, we have created a number of websites and publications filled with information, events, and news. Parents of incoming students will receive a Summer Mailing for Parents in July with information about University resources that will be helpful to your student throughout their time in the College. In subsequent years, you will receive our Upperclass Parent Calendar with important dates and deadlines throughout the year. These publications will be mailed to families utilizing the address information received from your student. It is a good idea to review the mailing and email addresses on file each year to ensure that you don't miss out on anything. Your student can find this information in their student portal at my.uchicago.edu. Websites for Parents and Families Parents & Families Website (parents.uchicago.edu) The Parents & Families website is your source for information about the University, including contact information for campus offices, directions to campus, and important announcements throughout the year. We encourage you to bookmark this site so you can return regularly to keep up with campus happenings. The Parent and Family Program Whether you are interested in attending events, volunteering with the University, or giving to the College, there are many ways to support the University of Chicago through the Parent and Family Program. Visit this website to learn more and find contacts who can help you get engaged in the UChicago community. Alumni Association As a parent of a UChicago student, you are a valued member of the University of Chicago community. The Alumni Association serves alumni, parents, families, and friends through events, activites, travel, and more in an effort to provide thoughtful, and thought-provoking, opportunities to engage with other like-minded community members. Vist this site to find out more about Alumni Association events and lifelong learning opportunities, such as the Harper Lecture Series or the Alumni Travel Program. Publications for Parents and Families The Parent Connection Quarterly Newsletter Each quarter the College publishes a new edition of the Parent Connection, a magazine-style newsletter for parents and families. Each issue is filled with stories, information, and events, aimed at giving parents a taste of campus life. The Parent Connection is published electronically and made available in the Parent Newsletters and Publications section of the Parents & Families Website. You will receive an announcement about new issues via email at the start of each quarter. UChicago News Weekly Digest The University of Chicago is always making news, and there is no better way to keep up to date with everything that is going on than by signing up for the weekly news digest from UChicago News. Visit their website and complete the online form to have an update sent to your inbox each week with information about faculty research, awards, community interaction, and exciting events.


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This page lists information about a lecture Shaykh Hamza gave. It organizes what quotes he made, which books he recommended, and links to a transcript, if one is available.
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The band Episode Six released several singles in the UK during the mid-sixties. It featured Ian Gillan on vocals, Graham Dimmock on guitar, Roger Glover on bass, Tony Lander on guitar, Sheila Carter on keyboards, and Harvey Shields on the drums. Despite extensive touring, they never had their big break.
In 1967, a band called The Flowerpot Men and their Garden was formed, formerly known as The Ivy League. It was concentrated on a trio of singers. The new name was clearly derived from the children's show The Flowerpot Men, with the obvious psychedelic-era puns on flower power and "pot". The band's most popular song was "Let's Go To San Francisco." Some listeners assumed that the song was a parody of Scott McKenzie's "If You're Going to San Francisco," but the band has denied this. It featured Tony Burrows, Neil Landon, Robin Shaw, and Pete Nelson on vocals Ged Peck on guitar, Nick Simper on bass, Jon Lord on organ, and Carlo Little on drums. Jon Lord had formerly played in The Artwoods, Nick Simper had been with Screaming Lord Sutch's The Savages, where he also played with guitarist Ritchie Blackmore
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We were cautiously pessimistic about how "fun" it would be to play Style Bistro's guessing game, "Who has the best brows?"
First of all, only we are allowed to answer that question. But we went ahead and played the game anyway...
Who Has the Best Brows?
We got 17 out of 20.
How did YOU do?
Be warned: you'll be confronted with horrific "choices" like this....
Other brows featured belong to:
Doutzen Kroes
Jennifer Connelly
Brooke Shields
Cindy Crawford
Maria Menounos
Miley Cyrus
Cheryl Burke
Audrina Partridge
Victoria Justice
Carmen Electra
Diana Agron
Jessica Lowndes
Katie Holmes
Coco Rocha
Jennifer Hudson
Christina Milian
Katy Perry
Serena Williams
Lauren Goodger
Nikki Reed
Vera Farmiga
Leona Lewis
Elizabeth Olsen
Abigail Breslin
Victoria Beckham
Olivia Palermo
The Monster Fergie
J Lo
Our pick for the best, based on the photos they used, is actually Jessica Lowndes. We'll feature her some other time.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Brow Smackdown from Style Bistro
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- bold natural brows said...
What horrible choices... the majority of those brows were bad! .. Lily Collins and Victoria Justice by far were the best.
- January 12, 2012 at 4:08 PM
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Muntons position on Brexit
The decision made by the UK to leave the European Union, or 'Brexit' as it has become known, means that we must embrace the challenges that this decision will bring. In order to ensure that our business is sustainable, we have put into effect a number of strategies which will ensure the strongest possible outcome for our company as the transition away from EU membership takes place.
Inevitably there is still a great deal of uncertainty as the Brexit negotiations take place and therefore our plans are intended to allow for a degree of flexibility in the interim period. Assurances have been made by the Government that, following Brexit, farm subsidies would continue to be paid by the UK at the level set within the EU until 2022. This provides some respite in the interim period but at this stage it is impossible to predict the final outcome following this period. The importance of agriculture to the UK economy should ensure that Government policies will be shaped such that they do not place the UK agricultural industry in a disadvantageous position compared with the rest of the EU however we are not complacent.
We recognise that as Brexit unfolds a number of parties will be concerned, including our customers, European based suppliers and our network of agents and distributors. Equally, within our own organisation wide ranging sections of our business are likely to see changes; areas including customer services, sales, procurement, finance, compliance, the samples team, human resources and information technology. We have therefore considered, amongst a number of areas, the potential impact of changes to tariffs and Customs borders, the potential impact on our costs, administrative workload and our employees, but also the effect of increased volatility of exchange rates. In order to strengthen our EU position, we have opened an office in mainland Europe to underline our commitment to our European customers, agents and distributors and our suppliers.
As a prelude, we have already researched the implications of potential tariff and quota restrictions and considered the potential disadvantages, and advantages of these. We have undertaken a review of our supply chain for components and raw materials to mitigate the impact of any major changes following Brexit and explored possible changes needed to our policies and processes. Steps have been taken to mitigate any potential risks concerning EU citizenship of any members of our staff. As a company well versed with the demands of international trade, we have every confidence in the skill and expertise of our administrative staff and their understanding of export procedures to be able to cope with any changes necessitated following Brexit.
We will be undertaking a review of our agents and distributors contracts to ensure that they are relevant. We wish to reassure our partners of our ongoing commitment to continued trade, both within the EU and with our other export markets.


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The Concordia String Trio explores and expands the eclectic repertoire of an under-appreciated genre—the string trio. This versatile ensemble has built a reputation for its exciting performances and innovative programs, juxtaposing pieces from the standard string trio repertoire with new compositions and little-known works of great composers. This spring, the Concordia String Trio will be presenting seven concerts throughout the Midwest. Formed in 1999, the Trio has performed recitals, educational programs, and given lecture/demonstrations in Boston, Vermont, Kentucky, Texas, Utah, and California. They were featured on WTVP public television in a program entitled "Marcia and Friends" as part of the Peoria Symphony's Sound Bites series. The Trio has also been resident ensemble at the Warebrook Contemporary Music Festival and recorded a Capstone CD entitled "90's Timeflow – Chamber Music of Alan Schmitz." Their new recording "Viennese String Trios" will be released in the spring of 2017 on the Centaur Label.
Members of the trio are Marcia Liebenow, Concertmaster of the Peoria Symphony Orchestra, and professor of Violin, Viola, and Chamber Music at Bradley University; Leslie Perna, Professor of Viola and Chamber Music at the University of Missouri-Columbia, violist of the Esterhazy Quartet, Director of the Missouri String Project, and a founding member of the Concordia String Trio; and Karen Becker, Professor of Cello in the Glenn Korff School of Music at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.


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Pastor Roberts
젨by m. james moore
젨Pastor Roberts decided out of the blue to walk to church that day. It was, after all, a small town and only about seven or eight blocks away. He put one og othse round sticky bandages on his cheek as he'd fallen asleep with his glasses on again and got scratched in the middle of the night. He decided to bring a few more in case he required a replacement.
젨It was a clear warm day with a lovely breeze here and there. Despite the great weather conditions, Pastor Roberts was worried. He wasn't really worried about the sermon he was about to deliber, not about what to have for dinner later, or if they would get on time today. He worried about whether he was fulfilling the great commission well enough.
젨"Lord," he said, saying a little prayer on his way, "tell me if I'm doing things right. Am I doing a good job representing you and your kingdom?"
젨He closed the prayer appropriately as he passed an antique shhop window. There, he saw a spectacular display of finley polished silver cutlery, china teapots, serving trays, even a pair of old spectacles and wax fruit as a nice touch. Previously a shop owner himself, Pastor Roberts was compelled to comment, although no one stood around to hear him.
젨"A fantastic arrangement! Perfect!" he spoke, wrinkling his eyebrow and gazing closer. A soft moan broke his concentration. His eyes glanced randomly trying to hear the sound again -- happening to land on the "Be Back Later, Will Return" clock in the door of the shop. He heard it again and figured it had come from across the street. A vagrant sat kneading his hand and id not look up.
젨Pastor Roberts glanced at his watch, and began walking to church again, rolling his sermon over in his head.
젨Pastor Roberts arrived at church, said his sermon, and was on the way out to his car. "Oh, wait. I walked," he thought. Shrugging, he set back out in the same direction he'd come that morning.
젨Aproaching the market square again, things began to come to life. Cars moving, people looking in windows, some waiting for them to open. Through the small increasing bustle, he head the moan once again. He paused, then continued walking.
젨"I've got folk at home to feed," he said quietly, as if trying to excuse himself. He was on the side of the street that the vagrant was not and increased his pace. However, he slowed to the antique shop window. The arrangement was just as neat and proper as it had been before, but the window was smudged and smeared with dust and speckles.
젨Had it been that way when he walked past the first time? About that time the owner and his son arrived and propped the door open.
젨"I've got things for you to do..." said the owner to the son, mumbling off as they got further into the store. Just then, the moan crept up on Pastor Roberts again. He paused, looking at the dusty window, and felt compelled to go across the street to the vagrant. So he did.
젨He approached the fellow in tattered clothes, who say up against the bricks of a shop. He knelt down to the fellow's level.
젨"What's your trouble, friend?"
젨The vagrant slowly upturned his head and the ill expression turned soft and happy. "Howdy pastor. I rolled over on my eye glasses here in the night. They broke, and I plumb cut my hand on the back when I was trying to get the lens back in."
젨Pastor Roberts squinted and remembered his small bandages. He retrieved one from his suit pocket, peeling the plastic lining off and took the man's hand. He placed the tiny sticky bandage firmly on the cut. A smile came across the vagrant's face, and he patted the pastor on the shoulder, and handed him the frames of his near-broken spectacles.
젨Pastor Roberts helped the fellow up and led him across the street to the antique shop. He led him inside where he saw the spectacles earlier, to buy the pair he'd seen.


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Danny Willett is hoping inspiration rubs off on him after a chance meeting with popular Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp this week.
The Sheffield golfer is in Germany this weekend for the BMW International Open – the first tournament he won on the European Tour back in 2012.
As Masters champion, Willett is golfing royalty and arrived in Germany on a private jet which produced a chance meeting with Klopp, boss of his beloved Liverpool.
"That was nice," he said. "We landed at the airport and Jurgen was about to fly out on holiday with his family after a fairly busy season.
"It was just great to meet him. I've been to Anfield a couple of times this season so it was pretty cool to meet him.
"We didn't talks much about golf to be honest. It was mostly football.
"He's a pretty inspirational character and is obviously hugely popular here in Germany."
Willett returns to Golf Club Gut Larchenhof, where his upward curve of success truly began four years ago.
Since then the 28-year-old has won a further four tournaments, culminating with his first Major title at the Masters in April.
He said: "It's nice to be back here.
"There are some lovely memories from that week.
"It was just more confirmation that I could compete out here and win.
"There are so many great players at the start of every week that it is very difficult to win and you never really know that you can do it until you get it over the line.
"So that win gave me a lot of belief and confidence and proved to me that I could win at a pretty high level.
"Any time you can be up there and in contention then your confidence grows."
Willett tees off at 12.20pm today, looking to put a frustrating weekend at the US Open behind him.
He has been top Swede Henrik Stenson and Germany's Maximillian Kieffer for the first two rounds.


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Junior Dewayne Neeley, age 41, of McKee, KY, passed away on Thursday, September 21, 2017 at the University of Kentucky Hospital.
Junior was born on March 13, 1976 to the late Sherman Harrison Neeley and Barbara Carrender Neeley. He loved fishing, hunting and camping.
He is survived by two sons, Wayne Neeley and Nathan Neeley of Somerset; four brothers, Jessie (and Debbie) Neeley of Bronston, James (and Wanda) Neeley of Monticello, Mack (and Anna) Carrender of Nancy and David (and Anita) Neeley of Monticello; four sisters, Ruby (and James McKinney) King of McKee, Rhonda (and Robert Wiggs) Neeley of Burnside, Barbara (and Ernie) Simpson of Bronston and Lois (and Paul) Blevins of Bronston; ten nephews and eleven nieces.
Along with his parents he was preceded in death by one brother, Bobby Neeley.
Visitation will be on Monday, September 25, 2017 from 10:00am until 12:00pm at Lake Cumberland Funeral Home.
His funeral service will follow on Monday, September 25, 2017 at 12:00pm at the Chapel of Lake Cumberland Funeral Home. Burial will be in Alexander Chapel in Bronston.
You are welcome to view the obituary and send condolences to the family at our website: www.LakeCumberlandFuneralService.com
Lake Cumberland Funeral Home is entrusted with the arrangements for Junior Neeley.


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Become a member! As a member of the AMMV you will be entitled to personalized benefits, and help provide valuable support that helps sustain our mission.
All members are entitled to 1 year of:
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- Members only newsletter
- FREE admission to any AMMV hosted event
Membership cost:
- individual membership $15.00
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What To Expect:
We feel that it's our responsibility to clear the way for you to come to church. Through modern worship and practical teaching, we present the timeless truths of the Bible in a format that's easy to understand - even if you've never been to church. We hope that you will come join us this week!
Here are a few thoughts to help you prepare for coming this weekend:
1. Dress Casual. Most people dress casual. Jeans are the norm.
2. When you arrive come by the Cafe to pick up a cup of coffee. It's on us and is our small way of saying that we're glad you came. If you have kids you can check them in at Anthem Kids. If you have any questions feel free to find a host team member or someone at the Get Connected table and they can help with any questions you may have!
3. On your way into the auditorium you'll receive a bulletin. It will tell you all about what's happening around the church and what we are talking about that morning. In the seat back in front of you, you will find an information card, we'd love for you to fill it out and bring it by the Get Connected table in the lobby after service. We would love to meet you and help answer any questions you may have!
4. Enjoy the service. Participate as much or as little as you feel comfortable. We'll let you know if we are about to stand or sit down, so just hang back and check us out your first week.
5. Before you leave stop by the Get Connected table! We would love to meet you and give you a free gift! At the table you will also find information about the church, how to get involved in team Anthem and what Small Groups are available. We look forward to meeting you!


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Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Oooh, I Got Some Shiny New Business Cards
Even the smallest, most insignificant things make me happy.
I decided it would be prudent to open a Post Office box rather than list my home address on a card I intend to hand out to different people, so this afternoon was spent picking a Post Office, printing the forms, rifling through files for secondary identification papers and running back and forth to the local PO to turn in the forms and pick up my keys. I also dropped off the contracts for my anthology sale, which still feels rather nice.
Anyway, the legwork's all done and I'm now the owner of an empty box down at the local PO. There's a certain nostalgia and romance I always end up feeling when I walk into a Post Office, much like what I experience when I stay in hotels, so I'll be looking forward to more of that in the future.
The cards should be here in time for next weekend's Horror Realm convention, which is perfect. I should have planned this out long ago, but the idea of business cards as a necessity didn't strike me until very recently.
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- Rhys-Lain-Austurias said...
Very nice. So HR is next weekend? I may keep it in mind when I am going about my business next year, but, with a mind like mine, there are no promises.
Is there anybody you plan on attracting the attention of with these card(someone specific)?
- September 10, 2009 at 8:23 AM
- Jessica Brown said...
Next weekend, here in my hometown. It's been going on for a few years as ZombieFest, but this year they changed the format a bit. It's going to be great.
I didn't buy the cards with anyone specific in mind, but seeing as everyone else is going to have them I figured it would be a good idea to have some of my own as well.
- September 10, 2009 at 8:52 AM
- Rhys-Lain-Austurias said...
Nice-there isn't much that goes on where I live and I am in Central Florida.
I don't know if I will be making any cards any time soon, but I congratulate you on your foresight. Are you going to promote Rain while you are there?
- September 10, 2009 at 9:46 AM
- Jessica Brown said...
Probably not, seeing as I'll only have posted the seventh chapter by the time the convention begins.
When I'm done with a rough draft of something, at least in the past year or so, I send a copy to Staples to have it printed and bound so I can scribble notes on the pages for editing ideas. My first draft copies of Teahouse and the first twenty chapters of Rain are usually on my person (so long as I'm lugging around my laptop, as they're always stashed in my laptop bag), so I might have those on hand. I doubt I'll be showing them to anyone, though.
- September 10, 2009 at 9:22 PM
- Rhys-Lain-Austurias said...
Aww, you should. Selling yourself as a writer requires to be bold and a public speaker. People want to know that you would be willing to talk to them about your work.
How about this: you go up to at least five random(we could dispute what constitutes random) people and give them a little preview of what goes on in your work and where they can find it. It will be odd and you will feel stupid(initially), but, just like a job, you need to talk to people to get their attention.
-Licorice Lain
- September 11, 2009 at 8:31 AM
- Jessica Brown said...
I'm already a rather comfortable public speaker.
Most of the people I'm going to come into contact with are on the Permuted boards, so they're already aware of the project. The rest of the time I'll be spending there will have me in an audience listening to readings.
- September 11, 2009 at 9:05 AM
- Rhys-Lain-Austurias said...
Hmm, that is good to know. Now that something new has gone up, it is time to promote.
Check this out: http://www.dieselpunks.org/forum/topics/a-rough-fragment-of-something
- September 11, 2009 at 9:23 AM


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Worcester start the 2014/15 season in the Greene King IPA Championship with high hopes for promotion straight back into the top flight of English Rugby.
With a new-look squad, including current England International Chris Pennell, Warriors are looking to build up from their Academy right through into the 1st XV.
Worcester Rugby Football Club owes its foundations to the cleric, the Rev Francis John Eld (died in 1922), a headmaster of the Worcester Royal Grammar School. It is recorded that the club began under 'most favourable auspices' with members paying a small subscription, and were each asked to find a friend to play who lived within three minutes of the city.
By November 8, 1871, in white shirts bearing the city's coat of arms, and blue knickerbockers, the team, turned out for their debut against the Worcester Artillery at Somerset Place, subsequently the site of the Flagmeadow Walk ground. Of this first season of only nine fixtures, our first recorded victory came against Gloucester College. Although no score was recorded it is understood that Worcester won easily.