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This week's sermon is available here. We're digging into our series on listening to God, and this week we focused on hearing God through the main way He speaks — the Bible. As Pastor Dan put it, the indispensable foundation for hearing God is the Christian Scripture. This is where God has spoken to us. It is His speech written down for us to know Him and His ways. Hebrews tells us… Read More
You can watch this week's sermon right here. This week we explored the story of the Bible — from beginning to end! We took some time to remember and talk through all that God has done — the way He has provided for our salvation, and the faithfulness He has to His promises. There's so much we didn't get to cover in talking through God's story, so I just want to recommend… Read More
This past summer, we had nearly 1,300 people pick up New Testaments here at CrossRoads. We did the Community Bible Experience, reading the entire New Testament together in eight weeks (or so). Many people got together each week to discuss what they were reading in small groups. Others read and then talked with family, children, or friends about what God was teaching them through His Word. We heard lots of stories of… Read More
This week's sermon about God's story throughout the Bible is available here or you can watch it below. This week we talked about God's big story — from beginning to end! Using Biblica's "Drama of the Bible in Six Acts" as our base, we went through the entire narrative of Scripture and how God has been at work to reverse what was broken by sin. We went through the beginning when God… Read More
Earlier this month CrossRoads sent a small team of 3 (Jordan Polson, Todd Newfield, Tracy Minke) to Lebanon to go and learn first-hand from the Persecuted Church and Believers. What we found was inspiring, heart-wrenching and it gave us a clear call to action- specifically through prayer. Below is the story of one man we met who is in desperate need of prayer and God's hand. Kamal is a father of 3 from… Read More
Hey, all! It's the first week of the Community Bible Experience, and we're so excited! As a church, a lot of us are reading the New Testament together this summer, and we're using Biblica's Books of the Bible, which gives us a fresh new format and invites us to talk about what we're learning in community. Most of us have begun reading this week and will get together in small groups or… Read More
Have you ever tried to read the Bible and just not gotten very far? Well, get excited because this summer we're going to change your experience with the Bible forever! Here at CrossRoads, we'll be doing the Community Bible Experience, a way for us read the Bible like the amazing story it is. As a church family this summer, we will read big, read real, and read together. Biblica has provided us… Read More
Pastor Dan's latest message, "Home" in the "Not By Bread Alone" series is available here. ———————————————————————————- Did anyone get hit by a ball falling on your head from the ceiling yesterday? I loved the illustration Pastor Dan used to show us how many hours parents have with their children! Such a good reminder of the opportunities all of us (parents or not) have to influence those around us. (If you have no… Read More


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Local residents fear clean-up efforts have not cleansed all of Caterpillar's 40,000 litre oil storage spill from Larne Lough nearly one month on.
Caterpillar admitted responsibility for the red diesel spill on June 11 after a leak at its Larne factory.
With the massive slick stretching from the Gobbins to Drains Bay, fears were raised over the safety of sea birds and marine life
During a recent Assembly session, the Minister for the Department of Agriculture, Economy and Rural Affairs (DAERA) Michelle McIlveen told MLAs that the leaked fuel had "spread rapidly." upon reaching the sea and "much of it evaporated in the first few days after the spill."
"The remainder of the oil has been broken down by natural dispersion and biodegradation, and very little evidence of the spill can now be observed," she added.
However, Sandy Bay resident Gary Andrews said there was still a "strong smell" of diesel at Sandy Bay.
"When I walk my dog you can still smell the diesel, it has been like that since it happened," he told the Times.
"Some part of the clean-up effort hasn't been as thorough as it could have been. You can't see the diesel but it must have been carried onto the rocks and I am avoiding taking my dog onto the beach. I would like to see someone held to account."
Commodore of East Antrim Boat Club Stephen Craig said he was "frustrated" at the clean-up effort, and "concerned about the long-term impact" on Larne Lough and on his club's equipment.
"When DAERA were contacted by the club they said they didn't think there was a problem," he revealed.
"I'm not aware of anyone coming near our club. Our club was holding its regatta, and some sailors saw dead fish and sea birds.
"We are waiting for members to say if the equipment on their boats has been damaged or contaminated. We will be contacting Caterpillar to highlight the impact of this."
A Caterpillar spokesman said: "We continue to work closely with the NIEA, who are monitoring the situation, and with other parties, including our specialist environmental contractor. We are committed to continuing to assist with a clean-up if required and where appropriate and will continue to engage with and take advice from relevant parties in this respect."
A Northern Ireland Environment Agency spokesperson revealed that "no traces of diesel" were found in water samples collected from beaches at Sandy Bay, Brown's Bay, Ballygally and Carnlough on June 22.
Responding to claims of a diesel smell at Sandy Bay last week, the spokesman added: "NIEA will of course investigate this latest suggestion of a smell of oil to determine if it is linked to the previous spill."
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Ulster Wildlife said it would be "very difficult" to calculate the effect of the diesel spill on local wildlife.
"Diesel is toxic and this is a massive spill, but it's very hard to relate that directly to the impact on wildlife," stated Ulster Wildlife's Nature Reserves Manager Andy Gray.
"Unless you have birds you can do tests on there's no way to tell, and the bird populations fluctuate anyway.
"This could have been crude oil or another chemical and we would have been looking at a disaster situation. It's as near a miss as we want to get, we've had a lucky escape."
An RSPB spokesperson added: "In the area we are monitoring in Blue Circle and Swan Island there have been no adverse effects and no dead birds reported to date, and we will continue to monitor the situation."
The Environment Agency said in the past week that it would "not be appropriate" for the Department to comment on whether it will prosecute Caterpillar over the diesel spill.
In a statement to the Larne Times, the NIEA spokesperson said: "This was a serious pollution incident.
"As the investigation is ongoing and may result in legal action it would not be appropriate for the Department to comment publicly on the possible outcome at this stage."
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Temporary custody of grandson
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Noone is immune to tragedy. What should have been a joyous trip to pick up a family member to spend the summer with turned into disaster on May 26th 2017. A horrific car accident that left one dead, one in jail, and an innocent baby only a few months old thrown into custody of child services. This petition is to ultimately grant temporary custody of the baby to the maternal grandmother and to change the law and eradicate state statutes and the power of temporary custody to family members from falling within the domain of state power. There should be a blanket federal law set in place with specific guidelines.
The main concern is the welfare of the infant. It is in the best interest of the baby to be placed with the maternal grandmother. Tennessee's child welfare services office should have been investigating the situation and making a determination for the court to consider. Not all people can afford to retain their own lawyer to advocate for them. The maternal grandmother is eager to start the investigative process with the Tennessee child welfare department. She is hopeful to open her home for the agency to inspect. She is firm in her ability to care for her grandson. She can provide a safe environment. She is the one who can best make decisions concerning the health and welfare of her grandson and can meet all needs. She can best provide love and affection. She can insulate stability. Her character alone presents a compelling case. No other family member is asking for temporary custody. Prior to the accident a substantial percentage of involvement existed between grandmother and grandson. The baby's mother wants her son to go to her mother. She is willing to sign a temporary relative custody form.
But the child welfare services of Tennessee are not communicating with this family. Not with the daughter and not with the grandmother. It is just shy of an entire month and nothing has been said or done. Meanwhile this baby is a whole month older. And this is all too common. I'm calling on the state of Tennessee's child welfare department to make a positive recommendation to the court for temporary custody. Visitation is a hardship as the family is from New Jersey and the accident occurred in the state of Tennessee. Let's get this baby home to New Jersey with his grandmother where he belongs.
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Description of problem:
I just tried to compile package proj-4.4.8-4 from
Redhat Fedora Extras development tree.
The Intel compiler said
pj_gridinfo.c(491): warning #269: invalid format string conversion
The source code is
fprintf( stderr, "pj_gridinfo_init_ntv2(): "
"failed to find parent %8.8s for %.\n",
(const char *) header+24, gi->ct->id );
I'm not sure if the compiler is complaining about the %8.8s specifier,
or the %. specifier. They both look wrong to me. Suggest %8s and %d
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What do you mean by intel compiler? Were you using gcc?
I suggest you submit a bug report to remotesensing.org at:
and paste a link to the bug here. I will follow your progress.
>What do you mean by intel compiler?
Intel are a large computer chip manufacturer. They make a
C compiler for their chips. I used version 8.1
>Were you using gcc?
No, Intel. You can get gcc to complain, if you use the -Wall flag.
>I suggest you submit a bug report to remotesensing.org
Thanks for your suggestion, but I won't be doing this.
I've got hundreds of packages to fix, and having to deal with third
parties for every one isn't practical.
Feel free to submit the bug report if you like.
I understand Extras is a volunteer project.
I compiled both proj-4.4.8 and proj-4.4.9 using gcc on FC4 with the Wall flag
turned on. In both cases, gcc raised a warning for the line of code in question.
This issue could be resolved by changing the format string from
"failed to find parent %8.8s for %.\n"
"failed to find parent %8.8s for %d\n"
I have raised this as an upstream bug with the proj team (see bug #886 at
I can upgrade Fedora Extras to use proj-4.4.9 and generate a patch to fix this,
however I'm still trying to get my CVS access sorted out.
I've been in touch with the upstream maintainer and they've patched the source
code and resolved the bug. I've created a patch with the same fix and will
submit it to CVS as soon as I can get access. I will also upgrade the package to
proj-4.4.9 which should resolve one of the other bugzilla issues against this
[just reassigning...]
The new version of proj (4.4.9-1) is now in FC4 and devel. This version contains
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Lackawanna Teen on Team That Wins Regional Culinary Competition
Niagara Falls Culinary Institute's halls were percolating with excitement as 90 teen-foodies ate up their professional tips and delectable samples. Erie County high school students, who are enrolled in the culinary and baking programs at Erie 1 BOCES, also meet with local employers while they waited for the results of the day's capstone event, the culinary cook-off.
Three teams, representing culinary classes from three different career centers in the county, faced-off to create a triumphant meal. The teens from the Harkness, Kenton and Potter career and technical centers hurried as they measured, chopped and tended to their stoves. The Mystery Basket Challenge pitted students in a heated race to deliver a creative and delicious meal in 60 minutes.
The teens from Erie 1 BOCES Potter Career & Technical Center won first place in the Mystery Basket challenge. The team was comprised of three high school seniors including Greg Metzger from Hamburg, Carlos Sanabria from Lackawanna, and Dominic Voss from Cheektowaga-Sloan.
During that same span of time, representing the same three career centers, six opposing baking-and-pastry students where challenged to create a captivating cake. Baskets were woven and colorful roses appeared out of icing. When time was called and spatulas rested, Natalie Hochadel was named the winner of the Bakery and Pastry Arts Challenge. Natalie is from Clarence High School and is enrolled in the baking class at Harkness.
Dishes were judged on appearance, taste and texture, degree of difficulty, time management, safety and sanitation. The judging panel consisted of Chef Instructor Monte Dolce; Sarah Wells, American Culinary Federation team member; David Davis, student of the competition and advanced culinary techniques course; and Chef Instructor Nathan Koscielski.
During the fast-paced cooking competition, the audience of high school seniors observed their teammates and visited representatives from Salvatore's, Sheraton Niagara Falls, Delaware North, Canterbury Woods, 3 Pillars Catering, River Stone Grill, Seneca Casino & Resorts, Dash's Markets, Wegmans, Bob Evans Restaurants, Millennium Hotel, Hyatt Hotel, Say Cheese Pizza Co., Hard Rock Café, Peek n' Peak, Sweet Beginnings Bakery, American Niagara Hospitality, and University at Buffalo Dining.
Morning demonstrations included an ice carving by Chef Matwijkow, innovative cooking trends by Chef Steiner, sugar work by Chef Barron, pretzel art by Chef McDermott, and smoked gazpacho by Chef Koscielski. A hospitality presentation was provided by James Carlo.
Erie 1 BOCES programs are (ACF) American Culinary Federation certified. As part of public education, BOCES offer a variety of career and technical programs during the normal school day to high school students. Erie 1 BOCES partners with Erie County school districts to offer unique learning opportunities in a cost effective manner. High school students interested in learning more about how they can participate in various programs such as culinary, welding or aviation technology should visit http://www.e1b.org/cte or speak with their high school counselor.
Pictured above: Carlos Sanabria from Lackawanna.
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The insights in this curriculum may save your life, as it may have saved mine back in 1963, the year before I was born. Mom's chance meeting with "the door mat murderer," is her remarkable story about facing a bonafide killer stalking into the back of her house. Mom was a living example of all that is good in "finding our power, and learning to use it wisely." Many saw her as a sheep, but when the wolf was at the door, she showed her true character in facing the wolf to protect her flock as a sheep dog protector.
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When he was young dad did not understand my mom's "people-person" logic relating to human interaction, and the needs of the human soul. Mom did her best to help him understand, but her smarts about people were driven by instincts and insight, not two dimensional schematics laid out on a table. They were internal guided by feelings, and as such they were hard to explain.
Mom got weary of trying to justify her sincere understanding of how to use your power wisely in the human realm, to my dad who had clearly found his power in the realm of analytical logic. Mom's insight came from a deep well of knowing, but knowing something is entirely different than being able to explain it verbally – maybe that is why we are all not professors.
What she needed was a willing audience, and someone who loved her for who she was – awesome. In time mom got tired of extruding every feeling through analytical logic, and dad stopped working to try to understand her. Without any judgment on either of my parents, I became aware that when we do not learn, or are unteachable, in time it makes us unreachable, and their marriage ended.
Today, all these years later Dad has become one of my most patient friends, and I am grateful to have him in my life.


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With the holidays just around the corner, it's time to start buying gifts for all of your friends and loved ones. Finding the perfect present for each person on your list can be a bit of a challenge. Thankfully, one of the hottest cars on the market, the Tesla Model S, is selling for just $499 this season. It's a Chrismukkah miracle!
Oh, did we forget to mention that it's a tiny toddler version being sold by Radio Flyer? Minor details, really. The miniature electric vehicle is built specifically for kids between the ages of 3 and 8, but we're sure grandma could squeeze into one if she really tried. (Weight capacity? We thought that was just a suggestion…)
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Radio Flyer went all out for the mini Model S, offering extraordinary luxury to humans whose hands are usually sticky. Included in the vehicle is an MP3 sound system (for those seriously hip toddlers) along with space under the hood for diamond encrusted Legos, we're assuming. The attention to detail on the car is quite impressive, with a working horn and headlights.
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The tiny Tesla is "fully customizable" according to the Radio Flyer website. What this means is that parents can choose one of four colors for the vehicle (red multi-coat, deep blue metallic, midnight silver metallic, and the new pearl white multi-coat) as well as having the option to choose between two sets of rims. Optional accessories include a customized license plate, a custom parking sign, and even an adorable little Tesla car cover.
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Residents abandoned Treece in 2012 as part of a government-funded relocation program after the US Environmental Protection Agency named it one of the most environmentally devastated places in the country. Where churches, a city hall, and small businesses formerly stood, torn-up roads and murky, orange waters remain.
Before the exodus, Brooklyn-based photographer Dina Kantor traveled to Treece on numerous occasions to document a community that would soon cease to exist. She kindly shared her journey with us.
A hundred years ago, a mining company truck broke down on its way to Oklahoma. The crew dug a hole to pass the time, so the story goes, and discovered a reserve of lead and zinc underground.
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Customs bust smuggler with $11m worth of goldLocal | Phoenix Un 8 Dec 2017
Customs officers have arrested a 31-year-old man who was trying to smuggle 35 kilograms of gold bullion worth HK$11 million into Hong Kong.
It was the third such case in three months and the authorities believe they are part of a smuggling syndicate, the leaders of which are still at large.
In the latest case, the man was stopped for a spot check as he was entering Hong Kong via the Shenzhen Bay Port late on Wednesday. However, officers became suspicious as he was evasive in behavior and in answers to their questions, so they searched the car thoroughly.
A total of 35 gold bars, each weighing one kilogram, were found in the trunk and the driver was arrested when he could not present any mainland export ratification or Hong Kong import declaration of gold.
The importation or exportation of undeclared goods can result in seven years' imprisonment and a fine of HK$2 million.
On October 15 customs seized 15 pieces of gold bullion worth HK$5 million in a car at the Lok Ma Chau Control Point.
On November 23, customs seized 10 pieces of bullion worth HK$3.3 million on a truck in Man Kam To Control Point.
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Another lucrative trade is to ship gold from the mainland to Hong Kong and then to Japan where the price is even higher.
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Good news for all those applicants who applied for the written exam conducted by HSSC. Recently they are going to conduct an examination for the posts of Gram Sachiv and Patwari in Haryana state. The exam will be a written examination followed by a personal interview. Then only the most suited candidates will be selected for this post.
Notification to apply for Gram Sachiv and Patwari posts were revealed out few months back. Numerous citizens of the Haryana state were waiting for this job opportunity since a very long. Now the wait is over and all the job seekers can apply for this recruitment notice. To apply, candidates need to fill the online application form available on the main link of HSSC. Interested candidates are suggested to fill the application form within the given dates only, as no application form will be valid after the last date is over and such forms will be rejected.
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Numerous candidates have already applied for the exam. As a total 1327 candidates will be selected among all the participants for the desired posts. There are total 892 unoccupied seats for Patwari Posts and 435 vacancies for Gram Sachiv posts, which makes a total of 1327 vacant seats. The written exam will be organized in all the districts of the Haryana state with the examination centers allotted with the applicants' preferences. The written exam is officially organized by the HSSC.
The word HSSC is expanded as the Haryana Staff Selection Commission. It is a state government agency which is formed mainly to conduct and examine different competitive and recruitment examination in the state. Every year they bring out some or the other government job recruitments. The commission is providing job opportunities to various job seekers since a very long. For this session they decided to have an exam for the above mentioned posts.
Unfortunately, the final date for organizing the exam is not yet revealed but the good news for all the applied candidates is that the commission will release out the HSSC Gram Sachiv Admit Card before 10 to 15 days of the examination. Admit cards hold various important information about the exam and the applicant. Official date for the written exam will also be mentioned on the HSSC Gram Sachiv Admit Card of the candidate. Along with the exam date, name of the center of examination will also be prescribed on the admit card. Admit card is compulsory for all the candidates who want to participate in the exam. If any of the candidate is not having his or her admit card, then such candidates will be barred for appearing in the examination. Admit card of every candidate will be checked at the time of entry in the examination hall. in the absence of it, the candidate will be prohibited to enter into the examination hall.
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So we recommend all the applicants to visit on to the official page www.hssc.gov.in and download the admit cards. HSSC Canal Patwari Admit Card has a great role in the examination and it must be with every applicant to participate in the exam. To download is not a difficult task, as candidates just have to follow the steps prescribed underneath…
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Click over the examination section 2016.
Select the link for Gram Sachiv & Patwari exam 2016.
Then select the sub – heading for the exam admit card 2016.
Candidates then have to enter their application form number and some other info.
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Take a hard copy along with you and bring it along with you on the day of examination.
The All formalities regrading the HSSC Gram Sachiv Admit Card and HSSC Canal Patwari Admit Card is now Completed. Now the applicants those fill the form for this recruitment, Now download it form the HSSC Official website. The official website is mentioned here. This is www.hssc.gov.in. If you Have any question or Updates you need please visit our social medical updates.


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Mobiles address health concerns
Mobile phone manufacturers are to distribute their first consumer guide to allay fears that their products pose a health risk.
The manufacturers – including Ericsson, Nokia and Motorola – have got together to produce the information through their industry body. It is the first time the Federation of the Electronic Industry (FEI) has had to address health concerns.
Two leaflets have been produced, one for consumers displayed at point of sale in mobile phone outlets and and another more in-depth one, kept at the London offices of the FEI.
Many mobile phone users are concerned about the adverse effects on health of radiation emanating from the phones. There have been reports in the national press of users suing manufacturers after developing immune-related illnesses.
FEI spokesman Tom Wills-Sandford says the organisation and its members believe there is "overwhelming" scientific evidence to show there is no link between mobile phones and adverse effects on health.
"It is fair to say if consumers are concerned, we're concerned. We do take it seriously. We are not concerned about the health threats themselves but we are concerned about our customers' concerns."
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AT THE recent election, Councillor Jim Moher asserted that a majority Labour council would put the civic centre project and the so-called One Council Programme of £50million plus cuts under close review after May 6.
Yet now, despite a majority, we find the Labour council pursuing the same old, same old.
You report the reaction of council leader Ann John to the supposed impact of a new civic centre as "key to saving money" (Town hall cuts will cost jobs, Observer, July 1).
How could Labour's analysis change overnight, not even for fear of contradicting itself? How does putting cuts under close review after May 6 square with rubberstamping such cuts and reversing one's analysis of the civic centre proposal at the same time?
Doesn't such behaviour risk undermining trust in politics and our politicians? Was this not an empty promise from the Labour group?
Brent Green Party has been calling for public debate on the consequences of the civic centre project on taxpayers' pockets and its implications for cuts in local jobs, services and the fate of a Grade II listed town hall since 2008.
A feasibility study commissioned by the council in 2003, and obtained by us only after freedom of information requests, predicted that even with efficiency savings, a new civic centre would cost more than the present dispersed portfolio of council buildings.
The study states that "over time, the procurement of a new civic centre would cost the council substantially more than the baseline situation. In fact, it would not become cheaper on an annual cost basis until about 2025/2026".
The additional cost would require jobs to be lost and Labour has acknowledged this self-evident linkage in the past.
It is high time for the council to mend its ways by putting jobs and services ahead of grand, unsustainable schemes.
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Two months in Puerto Lopez fit me just right. I taught English to rowdy and awesome students at the public school, fought off swarms of bees at the restaurant I helped at, and met some great travel friends. It also gave me the chance to settle into a place for a bit and get to know people and places over time. Then I got an idea.
Without getting too deep into Ecuadorian politics, you just need to know there are changes happening. Especially in Puerto Lopez. It was semi-recently
declared a zone of focused tourism development and a master plan was released to redevelop everything from water to markets to the beachfront. Ecuadorian president, Rafael Correa, even came to town to give a speech when the new pier opened.
The community developer in me wanted to know what people thought. What should change? What should be saved? Where are the important places? Where can the kids hang out? I also was curious about sharing ideas in general, specifically, what are ideas worth? Does it matter who's giving them?
Roughly translated, my stand said "Ideas are bought here" Anyone who walked by was offered the chance to sell their ideas, stories, and thoughts about Puerto Lopez for cookies, paintings, or cash en efectivo. Here's what I got.
Tattoo artist
36 years old
lived in Puerto Lopez all his life
Julio was a friend of friend and we hung out mostly talking about his business, life, girls, and messing up tattoos (he's never done it, but told me it happens to other people). We never got down to business, but it was nice time in the plaza.
Price: 1 art card
2 guys (name/age unknown)
lived in Puerto Lopez all their life
They were stoked at my stand and wanted to come back after they ate. [between laughs] "We need time to think man. This city has some stories. Bastante." We talked about how much had already changed. Before, the power plant could only produce enough energy to light the streets for 2 hours from 7-9 at night.
price: free, they didn't come back
Lived in Puerto Lopez his whole life
The main beach street is his favorite part. He's heard about the changes and feels good. As a kid he loved a play park that was removed for a new street. "Nowdays" he says, "the kids play on the beach."
price: 2 cookies for his girlfriend
Family from Quito
Visiting Puerto Lopez
We chatted as they ate their corn on a stick "I don't like the food of Puerto Lopez." Later, "The hand of God created the scale and magnitude of the oceans. It's incomprehensible. You can walk across land but you'll never be able to swim across the ocean."
price: they refused to take any payment and offered me some corn as they left.
Paola and her friends came to see the whales. Her favorite spot was also the main beach street. An idea to improve the city? An aquarium
price: painting on a shell
When it was all said and done, I at very least made the night a little weirder. Most people were reluctant to take any payment for their ideas, especially
cash. But, I think ideas, from common people as much as from politicians and policy makers, have value. It seems the only thing people want in exchange for their thoughts is a listening ear. And sometimes cookies.


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This is an English occupational surname of medieval 14th century origins. It is the patronymic form of the surname Wright, originally a word used to describe an engineer or builder who worked mainly in wood. The derivation is from the Old English pre 7th Century wyrhta meaning a craftsman or carpenter. As such it was a derivative of the verb wyrcan, meaning to work. The popularity of 'wright' as a descriptive word lead to its frequent use as a compound to give a specific descrption of a particular skill such as wheelwright, cartwright, and wainwright. When 'Wright' is used as a surname on its own, it usually referred to a builder of windmills or watermills. The surname development since the 13th century includes examples such as Robert Wricht of Shropshire in 1274 and Thomas le Wrighte of Derbyshire in 1327, whilst Richard Wrightson was a christening witness at the church of St. Lawrence Jewry in the ancient city of London, on May 29th 1552. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Robert Wryghtson. This was dated 1379, in the original Poll Tax register for the county of Yorkshire, during the reign of King Richard 11nd of England, 1377 - 1399. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
John Wryghtson, in 1350, depicts an instrument similar in every way to the Roman modiolus, which was operated by rolling the shaft between the palms of the hands (Fig. 516, C).
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There was an Iohn Wrightson a Felt Maker of Bride Lane, London taken from the London Subsidy Roll 394b assessed 1 Oct 1599 and again on 1 Oct 1600
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COMBAT was set off on April 22nd, 1991 to fulfill the needs of the Brazilian market in terms of weapon accessories. The company started developing products for the customization of the existent weapons in the country. Located in Porto Alegre, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, it has about 4 thousand registred clients. It serves the civil, military, police and industrial markets.
COMBAT is known for agility, quality and specialized assistance. Beside holding a capable and trained team in the segment of accessories for shooting, it counts on the experience of 11 representatives spread over Brazil, providing a straight contact with all the clients.
Presently, COMBAT, has more than 80 self produced items and about 300 imported and national products, stored in an area of 400 m² and sold all over the country.
The wide product line developed by COMBAT includes: anatomic grips for revolvers, pistols and shotguns (Pistol Grips), magazine extensions, recoil pads, rubber rings, sling rifles, ammo cases and defense daggers. Besides that, its partner in the manufacturing of these products holds the ISO 9002 quality certificate. Among the companies represented by COMBAT, we highlight: HOGUE (USA), MTM (USA), OEC (CHINA), HKS (USA), MAXFIRE (USA), PEARCE GRIP (USA), INSIGHT (USA), PELTOR (USA), TETRA GUN (USA), LYMAN y PACHMAYR (USA).
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by April Watts (Photos by Anthony Tilghman & Shevry Lassiter)
Last Saturday (exactly 47 years after the historic March on Washington and Dr. King's legendary "I Have a Dream Speech"), the Nation's Capital was divided by ideological opposites. Political commentator Glenn Beck and civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton both held rallies in Washington. Beck touted his Restoring Honor Rally as a "non-political" gathering centered on bringing America back to its core values. The rally was held at the Lincoln Memorial.
Sharpton promoted his Reclaiming the Dream Rally as an effort to impress upon the next generation the ideals and beliefs of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with heavy emphasis on education. The rally was held at Dunbar High School—the first school for blacks in the District—after which attendees marched to the site of the proposed MLK memorial.
While estimates for both rallies are sketchy, both events brought out thousands. Most reports claim the Glenn Beck rally had a noticeably larger turnout than the Sharpton rally.


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Jeep's 2016 Grand Cherokee Trailhawk has broken through ahead of its official appearance at the New York Auto Show.
Joining the Renegade and Cherokee Trailhawk variants, the Grand Cherokee Trailhawk takes the Grand Cherokee large SUV and beefs it up with numerous off-roading goodies.
An electronic limited-slip rear differential, modified air suspension with extended travel, up to 270mm of ground clearance and a tweaked 4WD system are all included in the Trailhawk package.
The exterior also boasts 18-inch wheels wearing all-terrain tyres and a removable front bumper section, while Trailhawk signage completes the exterior look.
Inside, the new Trailhawk adds a combination of dark grey and piano-black highlights, leather and suede seats with red stitching and an ungraded infotainment system designed to display an array of off-roading information (such as suspension height).
Jeep is yet to confirm whether the 2016 Grand Cherokee Trailhawk will be coming to Australia, but the carmaker last offered a Trailhawk variant in its Grand Cherokee range as a limited edition model back in 2013.
Fans hoping for a "Trackhawk", rather than this Trailhawk, may have to wait until another day. Why Jeep is all but certain to debut the Trailhawk in New York, there's little word on when or if Jeep will use the Trackhawk name that it trademarked in 2014.
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i have walked this road before and it seemed lonely too
i haven't felt that way though ever since i met you
the road hasn't changed but the feeling seems wrong
i will be walkin this road with you but not for long!
you numbed my senses, you dried my tears
now that your leaving, you dug up my fears
have you thought about how it will be?
surviving this world without you near me!
you chose your path, am still on this road
my shoulders are heavy, so is the load
your path maybe different, but we travel the same
hope our paths merge into one beautiful lane!
May 13, 2009
A path which never ends!!
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After a rocky year that saw Burkina's people rise up to oust a longtime leader and then repel a military coup, the west African nation on Sunday elects a new president in a vote hailed as a fresh start for the country. "We will ensure that true democracy is consolidated in Burkina Faso," interim leader Michel Kafando said last month as the nation of 20 million people geared up to elect a new leader for the first time in almost three decades. Little more than a year ago, in October 2014, then ruler Blaise Compaore fled the country after 27 years at the helm after being toppled by a popular uprising that lasted less than 48 hours.
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Maybe mom could send me a sleeping bag just for the MTC ;) it's starting to get pretty cold around night time and morning now. I won't have to deal with it too much longer! It's still crazy to think that I've already been at the MTC for almost 3 weeks and it's already almost over! I can't tell you guys how excited I am to go to Africa!! Our teacher went there and has told us some things and it sounds like the coolest thing! Every little thing I hear about Benin and Togo just get's me more excited to go!
I'm glad grandma and grandpa got to be apart of that because that sounds pretty awesome! :) Oh and thank brother Myles for sending me his letter will you! It's amazing to see how good he is. Honestly, when I saw the letter, I knew what it was and was so excited! He's pretty amazing!
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Alright so I guess for my closing paragraph I just want to let you guys know that while I'm in the MTC for the next 3 weeks my companion and I are zone leaders now. I don't really know what to expect yet but my companion is super excited about it and is willing to work so it should be a good time :) Anyway, I just wanted to let you guys know that and I don't really have anymore than that cause it's been a pretty standard week. Not to concern you guys or nothing but I got flipped over a kid playing basketball. It hurt for like 2 seconds and was a little sore the next day. Nothing serious so no need to worry! I'm being a lot more careful though.
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Living Streets Meeting for November – Date Change
It would be helpful to hold this month's Living Streets meeting on the second Thursday of the month rather than the third one, as this will give us time to discuss and prepare submissions on the riverbank plan, which is open for public consultation until November 28th. This project has the potential to allow some new pedestrian and cycle bridge construction across the river, in addition to many other proposals, and it would be good to get plenty of input on what might be viable possibilities.
If you would like to take a look at the plans prior to our meeting, start here: http://www.hamiltoncityriverplan.co.nz/feedback. This page gives you access to the plans and of course there is the opportunity to make individual submissions online on any aspects that you have an interest in.
So, as a reminder again, we will be meeting on Thursday, November 13, 7pm at 29 Claude St.
Come and join us in a working bee in the A.J. Seeley Gully,
Armagh Street, Hamilton.
There will be a variety of jobs for people of all ages and ability.
Please bring your own gardening tools and gloves. Rain or shine.
BBQ will be relocated if weather is poor.
BBQ from 6pm. Please bring a salad or side dish
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More volunteers are always welcome. Any queries please contact:
Barbara Brook 824 1641 or Gerard Kelly 838 6501.
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The more high tech our lives become,
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The Institute of Advanced Motorists have conducted research that
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What happens in those quiet moments when you're near 50, living in the 'burbs with kids and husband in tow, teaching law to undergrads, and a hopeful liberal? You grab a coffee and read a few blogs. Write one.
Thursday, July 14, 2005
The Beach
I planned on writing about my visit to the shore the past couple of days with M and my sister and children at her in-laws' house on the Strand in Manhattan Beach. The boys stayed home because of summer school and a burning desire to spend afternoons with their friends. I wanted to write about how I sat at the edge of the water in my low-down, red chair, burying my feet in the warm sand, watching the kids play in the gentle surf, and listening to the to-and-fro harmony of the waves. At one point, M came up to me, wet and sandy, shivering a little, and asked, "Do the waves stop when I go inside the house to sleep, Mama?" Her question made me think of the famous query, "If a tree falls in the forest, and there is nobody around to hear it, does it make a sound?"
I didn't play around with my response, "The waves never stop, not ever." The concept of infinity is beyond her youth now, but not beyond mine. The children screamed into the coming waves that were so much bigger than they, waves that thankfully broke into harmless, foamy, ankle-deep water at their feet. The children looked to be a vision of defiant humanity, insistant on surviving the unstoppable tide of time.
But I'm not going to talk about all that. Not quite.
While I focused my camera on the children, my sister told me her best friend was coming to dinner, a young, unmarried woman who works the corporate arena. Jt's great – she's funny, observant, and can hold her liquor better than anyone I know. That evening, after dinner, after A and I put the kids go to bed near nine, the three of us drank wine at the dining table, looking out across the now-dark ocean, catching up on the goings-on in Jt's life.
As we worked on our third serving of Merlot, Jt's cell phone beeped. She checked it, saying she thought she knew who it was, and listened to her voice mail. She showed us the blinking red light on her phone, the one that announced a message waiting at her office phone. My sister, A, and I nodded appreciatively at her possession of the latest communications technology. After a moment of more listening, she chuckled, and indulged our curiousity, telling us about the vendor who called, that she called at a quarter-to-eight, that the vendor is most likely nervous because Jt invited the vendor's boss to a meeting without giving the vendor a timely head's up.
"She's probably upset at me."
I asked her, "What meeting is this?"
"A client meeting."
My sister asked, "And she's upset…because…?"
"Her boss will be at the meeting."
I asked, "And that's bad because…?"
"Because she might not want to be seen in action by her bosses, she might get nervous, she might think I'm ambushing her. You know, it's a client meeting."
"I used to have client meetings," I noted, a touch of wistfulness in my voice.
"I used to have vendors," my sister said, "Man, could I manage those vendors!"
Jt refocused the conversation, "Notice she called at a quarter-to-eight."
"Quarter-to-eight," A said, looking mortified, adding, "Criminy."
I couldn't keep up the ruse. "And a quarter-to-eight is bad…because…?"
"Because she's clearly working at that time and she's making a point that I'm not in the office working, too!"
We belly-laughed along with Jt as if we were intimately familiar, currently familiar, A and I chiming in at the same time, "the bitch!"
The talk turned to e-mail, computers, comparing today to the days of when we typed papers in college using a typewriter, single drafts, only able to correct typos by backspacing and retyping over the errors with corrective White-Out paper. Jt told us business correspondence is changing, that casual communication is the order of the day. Problem is that sometimes the notes get too casual. Recently, she had to chastise an employee about his not capitalizing the pronoun "I" in status e-mail sent to clients.
"How did you find he was doing that?" my sister inquired.
"I saw copies of his e-mail."
"Clients sent them to you?" I asked.
"No, he cc'd me."
"Oh…cc'd you…"
I talked about letters I used to write to clients, how formal my voice remained throughout all levels of correspondence.
"But the law is different, traditional, no matter the format, phone calls, e-mail, snail mail."
The house got quiet, the voices of the children long muted, the night fully rolled in. Jt tapped her foot against the leg of the table, her foot in expensive leather heels. She played with the stem of the glass and I sipped my wine.
I wondered if I'd locked the door downstairs, imagining some child molester coming in and stealing away one of the girls or all three of the kids without our knowing because we're so entrenched in listening to Jt's adventures in corporatism. A revealed what was on her mind by saying, "I took my baby to the doctor and he says not to worry yet that she's not crawling even though she's eleven months."
The conversation had turned again.
When midnight came, Jt got her things together and we said our goodbyes, planning a dinner soon, out on the town. As soon as she left, my sister and I fell into a couple of chairs, laughing and laughing because we couldn't believe just how far we'd come from the single life, from the cubicles in the glass-walled world of Century City, El Sugundo, West Covina.
"A quarter-to-eight?" she choked out, hardly able to finish the thought.
"A quarter-to-eight…my god, what's this world coming to?"
At one o'clock in the morning, I'm in the kids' room fixing M because she's rolled off her sleeping bag into her cousin Aa's sleeping bag. Near three, Aa woke up, calling for her mom over a nightmare, but I go in because my sister was upstairs sleeping with the baby and she needed all the sleep she could get. Near five, Aa was in my room because M rolled into her sleeping bag again and I drag myself to fix them up again. Near six, my sister was up. I heard the footsteps and baby Iz crying a storm. I slipped back into sleep until seven-thirty when M and her cousins fully woke, running out of their room to the tube to watch Sponge Bob in the living room and play a game of meowing cats. Meowing...loud enough to break glass.
A quarter-to-eight the time read when M came to my room asking if I could get them all some yummy, "Coco-pups."
"Sure," I said, "you got it."
There's no question that time is as relentless as those waves that never stop.
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- narrator said...
I read this having escaped work, sitting a coffee shop, looking out on the tiny Main Street of where I am, and thinking how much I have come to hate American Corporate Culture, how unhappy I am with the "Protestant Work Ethic" and the American sense that wealth is proof of life success.
I want to go back to Catholic culture. To a sense of balance. To cities like Dublin and Barcelona and Rome where people would laugh in the faces of the corporate clones who'd be working in a daytime office at 8 at night trying to impress someone.
After years of careful observation I've realized that working Americans have the lowest quality of life of anyone in the developed world. Oh, they have the biggest houses, the most cars, the most toys, but God, what they have given up in pursuit of useless shit.
Time does roll on, just like the tide. And the time wasted in pursuit of what is meaningless, is irretrievable.
- 11:00 AM, July 15, 2005
- Brenda said...
No-one writes about daily life like you do, Adriana. Daily life is a marvelous unfolding of time in your writing. Full of coy surprises and familial love, and always against the larger backdrop of the forces of nature, the spinning of the universe itself that we find ourselves living in. xo
- 2:49 PM, July 15, 2005
- Fromage de Merde said...
Before I was a mom and my kids were just glitters in someone else's eyes I'd be up all night waiting for those damn venders to show up while faxing bit to a fro and… Hey wait a minute I never had any venders, or a fax machine or even a fro! Sorry, wrong past life recall experience!
Ah, never mind, I shut up and go away now!
- 5:18 PM, July 16, 2005
- Adriana Bliss said...
Narrator, exactly right. Your conclusion was much what I had realized when I dumped my law office so I could stay at home with the kids, especially so I could take care of my just-born-at-the-time daughter. I saw early on the difference in "quality of life" as between my husband's teacher life and the partners at the firm (or what I had to be in order to make my solo practice profitable). What was the point of living with paperwork (never ending) and phone calls piling up whenever you step away from that desk? Where was the joy or the obligation-free moment of watching the proverbial butterflies dance? Or the first time your child stands up on her own. Cliche maybe...but really, there's so much to see.
Thank you Brenda for such a wonderful compliment!
Fromage...you're too much!
- 10:58 AM, July 19, 2005
- newspell said...
i'm so glad that i came back to this post. i needed this... a reminder that i had made the right decision. that my life will be better.
your writing always brings a tear. sometimes happy, sometimes sad, but never without emotion.
- 9:21 PM, July 19, 2005
- Jim said...
Hi Adriana,
I found you from my blogmap. How refreshing it was to find a local blogger who wasn't all about Conservatism and Jesus.
A quarter to eight is meant for drinking wine with friends ... :)
- 7:29 AM, July 21, 2005
- Adriana Bliss said...
Thank you, Rick, so much. As a note, corporate life is truly a bad road for anyone with creative slant. Such folks just wilt - so much better for you that you've gotten out. Now the trick is to find some bit of work that will keep the family afloat and safe.
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