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Building Leaders
By Frank Radosevich II
June 25, 2013
A diverse group of academics, executives, government officials, community organizers and more gathered on campus to discuss the fundamental principles of leadership at the Bradley University Alumni Association's inaugural Leadership Summit on June 13-15.
The three-day event brought together high profile individuals from a number of sectors to explore multiple perspectives on strong, ethical leadership. Aspiring leaders and those in executive positions alike had the chance to interact with proven decision makers, learn from their real-world experience and develop new skills as a leader.
"The idea is to bring people back on campus and engage them in conversations about leadership and help them pick up some addition skills," said Mike Davis '75, one of the summit's co-chairs. "Leadership is important in all walks of life, whether you are talking about your career or personal life."
Davis said the summit also served as a chance for alumni to reconnect with Bradley and see the many changes that have taken place on campus. Breakout sessions were hosted in some of Bradley's newest facilities, including the Renaissance Coliseum and the recently renovated Westlake Hall.
Though the summit featured many Bradley alumni, the event was open to the public and cultivated leadership skills from all aspects of life.
The Leadership Summit consisted of breakout sessions and renown keynote speakers from a variety of industries such as education, finance, government, technology and nonprofit. The list of speakers included the Honorable Ray LaHood '71; Delta Air Lines Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Stephen Gorman '78 MBA; New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chief Operating Officer Nuria (White) Fernandez '82 and many more.
Speaking at the summit's gala dinner, LaHood reminded participants of where many of them experienced their first brush with leadership — on Bradley's campus. He said the University was integral in steering him toward a life of serving the public.
"This is the place that set us on our course for an opportunity in public service," he said about his and his wife's time studying on the Hilltop. "We've had leaders here, whether they were our professors or the people that were leading this University. Bradley has a rich tradition of leadership."
Recent Bradley graduate Charlotte Uteg '11 MA '13 said the personal and professional conference helped open her eyes to the possible career paths that lie ahead and inspired her as she enters the professional world.
"This shows me all the success that Bradley alumni have had," she said, "and they started where I am right now. It makes me feel proud to be apart of the Bradley family."
Although she was nervous about attending the summit alone she said the ease of networking with participants helped engage her throughout the weekend.
"Everyone has been friendly, willing to talk and get to know me," she said. "I've learned about so many other people and their careers, both presenters and participants."


text: In his always descriptive, profound and witty style, Knox covers a very wide variety of pastoral themes for Christian living and growth in spiritual perfection. Themes such as "The Fatherhood of God," "The Sermon on the Mount," "The Gifts of God," "The Triumph of Suffering," "The Divine Sacrifice," and dozens more. In his "occasional" sermons on saints and Christian heroes, he shows how these heroes of history struggled with many of the same spiritual battles that modern believers encounter daily, and overcame them with faith, courage, character and virtue. These are the shining witnesses of the truth and charity we all seek to emulate.

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Hi, everyone. I've been wanting to do another Behind the Curtains post for a couple of weeks, but it wasn't until today that I had a semi-solid something in mind to write about. (Also, my brain juice for new short stories is a bit low at the moment. (If anyone has any stories they'd like to see continued, please let me know.)
Yesterday, after a year of growing my hair out with the intention of cutting it off again when it got just so long, I had eight inches (or 20.32 centimeters according to Google) lopped off. Short hair isn't new for me. So, one would logically conclude that changing back would be easy, right? I didn't have any sort of "separation anxiety" the first go around when I chopped off what was probably 10-12 inches, but this time I've been hit with a panic attack over it!
The ironic part of it is, my friends, family, and even myself, really love the way the cut looks on me! Everyone who is important in my life (with the exception of my dog who was utterly confused by the ponytail I brought home) is supportive of the change.
For some weird reason, though, I woke up at 2:30 this morning wondering, innocently enough, about one of Marilyn Monroe's better known shorter styles. (Yes, I'm a big Monroe fan. haha) I was wondering if I could curl some of the longer bits of hair in the front to look a bit like hers.Once my brain is awake, it's awake and so I grabbed my phone. Upon Googling Marilyn + Short Hair I was suddenly beset by articles of people saying how ugly they automatically considered women with short hair. One article went so far as to say that no matter what a woman looked like, the second she cut her hair above her shoulders she was, by default, uglier than any other woman in the room with longer hair. Oh, and that any woman who is complimented by another woman on her short hair is only being complimented because the other woman is secretly happy the short haired lady is now "uglier." It went on and on about how it was an evolutionary thing and so on.
Now, I'd distantly heard all these things before, but I've bever had them set before me so vehemently. Normally I don't much care for what any random person says about what's on the outside of me (not saying I appreciate being bullied if or when I am, I do stand up for myself) but personal opinions online, that aren't even directed at me, just roll off my back. This time they stuck, though. My stomach knotted, my heart began to do a jittery jive (not as fun as it sounds), and my mind was off to the races on a circular track of guilt/condemnation/confusion/sadness/fear that I couldn't understand.
Part of this is due to the fact that I'm single and hearing what seems to be a large swath of straight guys condemn me for my hair choice as undateable isn't fun. But even that I don't completely understand in myself. The right guy won't judge me based on how long my hair is, I'm not interested in any more than that one guy (I'm a simple girl that way), and quite frankly I'm as repulsed by the ones who would judge me as they are by me(which is fine because to each their own, but for my part who wants that pressure??)
All of this being said, I was left feeling less than. Like I'm somehow now a "class below" some level that I didn't ever know was a thing. This line of thought inevitably turned to how this could affect my writing career as I was encouraged by my former editor to put on my resume that I used to model. The one thing I agree with them on is that the way an author is perceived is inexplicably tied to the sales of their book. I hope and pray my writing is able to stand on its own with aid from me in whatever way I can provide, but the thought still picks at me.
The point of this post? I want you to know my characters are hopefully as close to real as I can make them because my mind can be full of land mines. I'm not perfect and try to impart that imperfect as perfectly as possible to my stories and books. More importantly, though, I have panic attacks jump on me out of the blue. Over the world's dumbest possible topics. To anyone else living through this, you are not alone. You are wonderfully made and beautiful or handsome from the top of your head to the soles of your feet, exactly as you are.


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It is pretty simply, really. The NFL team that scores more and yields the fewest points is usually the best team at the end of four quarters.
So it stands to reason the team with the most dynamic players that can score points and the most outstanding players that can prevent scores and turn in plays that can go in the other direction has the best chance of winning.
The guys that turn in those plays are playmakers.
And the Dolphins have not had enough of them in recent years. So, as I wrote in my column in today's Miami Herald, I believe the chief assignment of the Miami coaching staff during training camp is finding playmakers.
I give you a list of guys in the column who might step forward and become playmakers. None have as of yet. I'm hoping in the comments section you can tell me which player you have the most "trust and confidence in" (Nick Saban term) to step forward this season.
One more thing not mentioned in the column: The Dolphins have allowed themselves a rainy day fund of sorts, salary cap space and money set aside through training camp, in case a player they like comes available unexpectedly.
Do any of you know of a playmaker that might come available as Chad Pennington did last year? Anquan Boldin, under a new agent after firing Drew Rosenhaus, is now much less likely to be traded than he was last season, so that has fizzled.
I know the Broncos will attempt to trade Brandon Marshall by the October trade deadline, but I have serious doubts the Dolphins will be the most interested team based on his history, Denver's asking price, and the demand from other teams.
Guard Brian Waters, unhappy in Kansas City, is not a playmaker. Good lineman, but not a playmaker.
So who might come available? I trust you guys have a name ... or two. Also kindly provide a reason that playmaker might come available.


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Several weeks ago (4-2-15) our family experienced the passing of my mother-n-law. She was 92 and had a wonderful life. As part of my tribute to the family and her I made this cherry and Maple urn to keep the ashes in. About 15 years ago I had made a similar container for my father-n-law. His container was not quote as nice. It was in my earlier days of wood working. I know Virginia would be very happy with the results. This container will be buried in the ground next to her husband.
This was made of cherry and maple. In the corners I added the corner splines. Being my first time doing this I was not very pleased with how they turned out. You may be able to see 1/2" dowels..well I had some of the cherry split out on me, so I elected to add the dowels to add that little feature and cover the mistakes. The top portion of the urn was screwed by using pocket holes. The bottom was screwed straight on from the bottom. The finish is Minwax semi-gloss polyurethane. With sanding of 220 in between coats.
-- Tom in Madison, Indiana
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#1 posted 04-29-2015 07:29 PM
Tom, sorry for your loss and that is a very nice looking project and as you said you're sure she would be pleased, nice job.
-- Rick, Union,KY firstlightwoodworking.blogspot.com
#2 posted 04-29-2015 07:47 PM
Looks good. We may have a theme today.
#3 posted 04-29-2015 08:13 PM
Looks nice. You did her proud. Sorry for your loss
-- Perform A Random Act Of Kindness Today ... Pay It Forward
#4 posted 04-29-2015 10:41 PM
I am also sorry for loss and I know how tuff it can be to have to make one of these , but you did a very good job on it and I am sure everyone will be gratefull to you for it.
#5 posted 05-01-2015 12:21 PM
Sorry for your loss Tom and family. This is really nice. What are the dimensions? Thnx in advance.
-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Keep your dust collector fed. firstname.lastname@example.com
#6 posted 05-01-2015 12:35 PM
Roger, the overall size of the urn is 6.00" wide x 6.25" tall x 8.00" long. I had the ashes available to confirm my size. I have seen that to size for such an item, you need to know the weight of the person than work a formula to estimate the cu. inches required. That formula and information can be found online at this link: http://www.mainelyurns.com/cremation-urn-size-calculator.html
-- Tom in Madison, Indiana
#7 posted 05-01-2015 12:42 PM
It is a beautiful urn and will be a wonderful memorial. I'm sorry for your loss.
helluvawreck aka Charles
-- helluvawreck aka Charles, http://woodworkingexpo.wordpress.com
#8 posted 05-01-2015 01:26 PM
Very good Tom, thank you for that link too.
-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Keep your dust collector fed. firstname.lastname@example.com
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education design
Numerous city agencies, universities, and international private schools have reached out to MKM to master plan and design their campuses and facilities. We create play and educational environments that reinforce learned analytical skills and engage and challenge students socially and physically. Our educational design approach is based on the belief that through iterative, vigorous, and tactile exploration, children perform better academically and retain knowledge for life.
Kathleen Grimm School for Leadership and Sustainability P.S. 62
MKM is part of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's team for a new net-zero energy primary school in Staten Island. The project is designed to be the first net-zero-energy school in New York City and won the AIA NY 2016 Committee on the Environment (COTE) award. The landscape architectural components of the project follow the NYC Green Schools Guide and include a bio-retention area with amphitheater serving as an outdoor classroom, a large rooftop garden area for cultivating fruits, vegetables and herbs, green roofs to reduce runoff volumes, greenhouse for biology and plant ecology, permeable unit pavers to further reduce stormwater discharge on site, and extensive use of native plant material to promote habitat value.
The Bilkent erzurum school
The Bilkent Ezurum school, in east central Turkey, was developed as a magnet school for the region's brightest students and prepares them for entrance into the world's top universities. Recognizing MKM's experience and skill, school directors and FXFowle Architects reached out to MKM to incorporate sweeping changes to the landscape design and infrastructure. Plans include both lower and upper school play areas, an orchard, greenhouse, and farming areas, an equestrian facility, athletic facilities and fields, and basic infrastructure such as parking and snow removal areas.
Tulip Plaza at Marmara Dining hall
As a continuing partnership with Bilkent University, Mark K. Morrison Landscape Architecture was commissioned for a plaza design connecting the newly constructed Marmara Dining Hall to the Rector's Building and the Kutuphane Library. Previously dominated by parking, the design recaptures the space for connectivity and events for the University. The final design was also inspired by the geometry of the tulip, which is native to Turkey.
Campus Design
MKM has completed plans and designs for numerous campuses including:
Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey
SUNY Binghamton
SUNY Buffalo
SUNY Framingham
SUNY New Paltz
Lowenstein Sandler corporate campus
Wesleyan University
Tulane University
Columbia University
New York University
Bronx Community College
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Have you seen this stupid graphic on the "Mommy Business Trip" yet? If you haven't, please go and have a look -- and then we'll discuss. It's basically a cartoon strip of all the "wild" times we mommies have when we travel for those blogger conferences. Mainlining cheeze doodles from the minibar, FTW! Right.
Honestly, I just had to laugh. Because if these guys had any idea what really goes down at these mommy blogger conferences? Holy hell, they'd shut us down in a heartbeat.
I mean, let's start with mini-bar attack. You think we're hitting the Sabor de Soledad chips in our hotel room? Aw hell no. It's all about the mini-bottles of booze. But that's just for breakfast.
We're not using the remote control to watch TV. You wanna know why? Because the savvy brand marketers of today know what we moms really want: Free sex with the hot gigolos they always hire. Oh, you didn't hear about that? Yeah ... there's a reason why birth rates spike approximately nine months after these conferences.
More from The Stir: 25 Mom Confessions to Top All Mom Confessions
Everyone makes it sound like these conferences are big kumbaya love-fests, wall-to-wall kissy faces and hugs for miles like it's one big wedding reception line. Not so! In fact, these conferences are swirling with feuds and intrigues. I've never seen so much white wine getting splashed into faces. We make the Real Housewives look like Girl Scouts.
And when things get really heated, we take it downstairs. All the way downstairs, to the basement wrestling arena where mom bloggers duke it out, Fight Club style. I'll never forget the way The Bloggess Jenny Lawson ripped out Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond's extensions (oh please, that hair is NOT real, girl) right before Ree dislocated the Jenny's shoulder. Partly because at the time I was in incredible pain from having both knees kicked out by Lindsay Ferrier's stilettos.
We pick up all that swag the brands insist on pushing on us and we sell it all on the black market. Because those blogs aren't gonna pay for Mommy's Louboutins, honey.
But what we really come for is the INFORMATION. That's right, we're spies. We're actually a totally different branch of the government you don't even know about. It's that classified. All those happy tweets you see coming from the conferences are actually encoded messages. "Loving this panel on life/work balance" really means "build three schools in India stat or our contact in Goa is splitsville."
After all the brunch cocktails, and the midafternoon rum and cookies, and the pre-dinner cocktails, and the belly button wine tastings, and the tiki bar fire walking orgies are over with, we finally get down to business. Oh yeah, the cocaine-fueled disco inferno after parties. We're all doing eight balls and it's a miracle any of us ever make it home.
So yeah, that cartoon of Mommy sleeping in until (GASP) 8:45 a.m. and feeling so darn groovy that we're not doing the school run? Bitch, please. We're just dragging our hungover asses home at that hour, false eyelashes and false boobs askew, missing a shoe, stockings ripped, the usual.
But hey, thanks for noticing, media. We know you tried to really capture the zeitgeist, or whatever. Better luck next time.
Did you think the Wall Street Journal's portrait of "Mommy Business Trips" was stupid and condescending?
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Craig Francis Power is an artist and writer from St. John's Newfoundland. His first novel Blood Relatives was a finalist for the 2010 BMO Winterset Award, and won the 2011 ReLit Award.
1 - How did your first book change your life? How does your most recent work compare to your previous? How does it feel different?
The first book really fucked up my shit. It wasn't just the writing of it, the editing, the eventual publication and the tour itself, but a combination of these things, I guess. I was becoming a Writer, you know? Capital W. I began to introduce myself as a Writer, as opposed to a Waiter, or Dishwasher or whatever, so I guess that was a big change. Also, the knowledge that people I don't know were reading it and judging me accordingly kinda made me want to hide away somewhere.
The newer work (which seems to be another novel at this point) is still putting itself together so it's hard to really gauge what the differences might be. That said, it feels like a better book, but I'm sure everyone says that about their new work. But I do think it's funnier at least.
2 - How did you come to fiction first, as opposed to, say, poetry or non-fiction?
I didn't. I wrote poetry for a long time and generally was pretty shitty. I failed utterly. Fiction, for me, is a bit of a cop out. And to be honest, comic books were really where it was at for me growing up. So maybe I'm saying after all that I came to fiction first. But it was comics all the way. I wrote and drew my own. Super hero stuff, but then bizarre comics about ghosts or dogs or seafaring vessels or the Barba-Papas et cetera.
3 - How long does it take to start any particular writing project? Does your writing initially come quickly, or is it a slow process? Do first drafts appear looking close to their final shape, or does your work come out of copious notes?
It's fast at first, but it varies of course on how much time I put in at a day job. And most of my stuff just comes out blah blah right away. I tend to edit as I go, you know: writing a couple of paragraphs and reading and rereading them and fixing them as I go and then it's on to the next bit. I hate writing drafts but am also resigned to the fact that if I want my writing to not suck, I'll need to go through some revisions.
4 - Where does fiction usually begin for you? Are you an author of short pieces that end up combining into a larger project, or are you working on a "book" from the very beginning?
It often begins in dialogue or short scenes that stitch together more or less. I never really seem to know where the hell I'm going with something. I don't really do plot or whatever. The whole thing just kinda reveals itself to me over time, I guess. Like last time I was pretty sure it was a collection of short stories I was doing, but my pal and mentor at the Banff Centre, Curtis Gillespie was like, No way, you've got a novel here.
5 - Are public readings part of or counter to your creative process? Are you the sort of writer who enjoys doing readings?
Public readings are vital, but this is not meant to suggest I enjoy them. In fact, before readings or what have you, I usually have myself a good puke somewhere before going on. Someone recently mentioned there may be medication for this, but I haven't investigated, and further, not to sound all bulimic about it, but puking before a public read really helps my nerves.
Also, the best part of reading in public is not the actual reading, but, and I allow for this whenever possible, the Q&A session which sometimes follows. I find the conversation after a reading to be way more fun for everyone involved, whereas sometimes when I read at a place where that doesn't happen I just feel like I've filled out some DMV form or something. I've checked off the boxes and can just go have a beer at home now, thanks, good night, you know?
Otherwise, I like events wherein the writer or whomever gives a presentation on their cute cat photos or something unrelated to whatever book they're trying to push. There's really a lot of room for experimentation that I enjoy.
6 - Do you have any theoretical concerns behind your writing? What kinds of questions are you trying to answer with your work? What do you even think the current questions are?
If by "theory" you're referring to Literary Theory, then no, not really. I mean, I don't really know anything about it. If I'm interested in falling asleep I'll read that stuff because it's just like reading the phone book or something. It's just a bunch of words strung together that don't really seem to mean anything. I suppose it's possible I'm just dumb, like, I'm missing something or whatever, some magic gene or something, but otherwise I've found that I'm interested in certain things having to do with narrative form, class and gender that speaks honestly about my experience of the world.
7 – What do you see the current role of the writer being in larger culture? Does s/he even have one? What do you think the role of the writer should be?
The role of the writer in our society is to write ad copy or to work for the TV/film industry. As for what writers should be doing, you can be sure I have an opinion about it, but would prefer to let them figure it out for themselves.
8 - Do you find the process of working with an outside editor difficult or essential (or both)?
It depends on the editor, but my experience thus far has been pretty sweet. I like not feeling like I'm in it alone, yet I also feel a kind of crazy possessiveness over what I'm writing, of course. Like, Don't tell me what to do, but also, Please please tell me what to do. What a blast.
9 - What is the best piece of advice you've heard (not necessarily given to you directly)?
Dee Snyder: Stay Hungry.
10 - How easy has it been for you to move between genres (fiction to visual art to arts writing)? What do you see as the appeal?
It's sometimes a real struggle. It's just a different kind of thinking between fiction and visual art, but I find arts writing to be like a vacation. It's not that it's easy to write about art, but so much criticism is so safe and dull and sometimes incomprehensible that it's fun to write in opposition to that tradition if you know what I mean. I had a friend who'd gotten a gig for one of the national Canadian art magazines and she covered this big-shot dude who's been around forever and in public, everyone just fawns over him while meanwhile, maybe in private, they don't so much. So she had this dilemma because the show of his she went to see she thought was just a totally vacuous rehashing of his career repackaged as something new or whatever. I mean, she just hated it. But she obviously just couldn't trash the guy because who the in the country would ever hire her again? That's a good and challenging place to be as an art writer.
11 - What kind of writing routine do you tend to keep, or do you even have one? How does a typical day (for you) begin?
I do most of my writing at night, drunk out of my mind on cans of Labatt Blue.
12 - When your writing gets stalled, where do you turn or return for (for lack of a better word) inspiration?
I have one or two books that I always go back and re-read passages from to spark myself. Just as a kind of reminder of how varied and beautiful writing can be. That helps. Also, walks are good. I live in Newfoundland and while my writing has very little to do with natural wonder or what have you, you should check out these cliffs. Further, I've been accused by friends in the past of just willing to hang out with undesirables I've met in some random bar because I just want to see what'll happen next, know what I mean? I find inspiration can come from just listening to some drunk taxi driver in some dive go on and on about the Habs. Somehow.
13 - What was your favourite Hallowe'en costume?
Two years ago my girlfriend and I dressed as a monkey bridal couple. Her, the groom, me in a wedding gown. We got these masks I think from the dollar store. The satin actually felt really nice and she wore a very handsome suit. Second place goes to Spider-Man circa 1982. My grandmother made the costume for me.
14 - David W. McFadden once said that books come from books, but are there any other forms that influence your work, whether nature, music, science or visual art?
All of the above.
15 - What other writers or writings are important for your work, or simply your life outside of your work?
I guess I'd have to say Noam Chomsky. My "intellectual" friends always chortle when I mention him, I suppose because he's just so undergraduate or something. But whatever, his writing really changed the way I see the world.
16 - What would you like to do that you haven't yet done?
Finish plastering and painting our bedroom.
17 - If you could pick any other occupation to attempt, what would it be? Or, alternately, what do you think you would have ended up doing had you not been a writer?
18 - What made you write, as opposed to doing something else?
In grade six, my teacher Mr. Rick Slaney, enrolled me and a girl in my class in a two day workshop for kids who were adept with the English language. If I remember correctly, it was a pretty awful experience, but something definitely happened inside me. We were treated to reading "difficult" texts and so on. There was something about having to write sentences that made sense. Also, I began to notice boobs. These two events had a profound effect on my imagination.
But to be honest, what made me write had something to do with being more or less pissed off and bored with everything I'd been reading.
19 - What was the last great book you read? What was the last great film?
Gun Dogs by the poet James Langer. I've known this guy for a long time, but damn what a fine collection of poetry. Best film? Drive, starring Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan, which I just saw and despite my initial scepticism, have to admit, really nails it.
20 - What are you currently working on?
Novel Number Two. It's about Lee Wulff, the real life American sports-fishing god and conservationist who had a hand in starting what now is the cultural tourism industry in Newfoundland.
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i made these itty bitty tie onesies for my sister-in-law this week.
don't mind the wrinkles hopefully they'll be gone by the time my nephew arrives :)
they are certainly imperfect but the idea is just so precious i can't get over them.
and my brother is mr. professional so the thought of a tiny paul replica wrapped up in a onesie is just about too much!
we can't wait to meet you little man!
this idea was stolen from my bestie, cory who stole it from this tutorial. sorry for my theft, who could resist?


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Jan. 31, 2014, 2 p.m. - None
Catherine Laporte obtained her Ph.D. from McGill University in 2010 and is now a professor at the department of electrical engineering at École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS). She teaches courses in medical imaging, biomedical instrumentation and algorithms. Her research group focuses on the development of new methods for the analysis of ultrasound images to address problems such as 3-D reconstruction, motion and deformation tracking, segmentation and registration, with applications in orthopaedics and speech science.


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Being Safe: 2016 May Day, Seattle
The Seattle Police Department (SPD) is recommending Capitol Hill and Downtown businesses be on alert for this year's May Day Seattle parade. Each May 1, El Comité, a Seattle social justice organization, hosts a peaceful march through the streets, in support of justice for immigrant workers and other "socially and economically marginalized communities." According to the group, the march is held, "In the spirit of unity and solidarity with communities across the country, organizers in Seattle." Unfortunately, this annual parade, begun in 2006 as a peaceful show of support for immigrant rights, has become an occasion of fear and hostility in the streets of Seattle's Downtown and Capitol Hill Communities.
May Day Seattle has attracted the attention of, and in some ways been co-opted by, groups and individuals determined to use vandalism and violence to bring attention to political agendas outside the original intention of the May Day parade. While the motivation for this behavior has divided people, regardless of which side one's on, one thing remains clear: May Day Seattle has been devolving into an occasion for vandalism and destruction.
While past protests tended to focus on the Downtown retail core, stronger police presences there have had the unintended effect of localizing the protest on Capitol Hill. However, even with increasing police involvement in that neighborhood—and, just last year, riots—many local businesses in the Downtown and Capitol Hill neighborhoods are justifiably wary of the parade. Although it's impossible to know exactly what to expect this May Day, it's best to be prepared with the most relevant and up-to-date information.
Townsquared partner, the Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce (CHCC), is no stranger to the fallout from May Day Seattle events and a release to their members this week stated, "Recently these protests have migrated to Capitol Hill and have led to property damage and aggressive behavior that makes residents, employees, business and property owners concerned for their safety."
Executive Director of the CHCC, Sierra Hansen, has made it clear that the Chamber is actively working with the SPD to mitigate the damage. The CHCC further stated that the SPD " have the legal right to ensure that the time, place, and manner of the protests do not result in risk to individuals or property. If individuals begin initiating violence, law enforcement will give three warnings. If the warnings are ignored, they will take action to disperse the crowd and help prevent the [destructive] activities."
Beyond acknowledging Capitol Hill businesses' May Day concerns, the Chamber also outlined some tips for mitigating danger to yourself and your property:
- Stay informed about the protest to ensure you are aware of activities that may occur near and around you.
- Know where fire extinguishers and fire exits are located in your business, home, and other buildings.
- Watch for suspicious activity and call 911 if you see anything suspicious.
- Remove outdoor fixtures such as flower pots, chairs, tables, and signs if the protest moves up to Capitol Hill.
- Consider closing your windows if you hear reports of tear gas or flash bombs being used near your workplace or home.
- Record and/or save any video from the day in case law enforcement contact you about suspicious or dangerous activities.
Without advance notice of where the disruptive groups may be planning to congregate, it's impossible to say when and where exactly one should exercise the most vigilance. Given this, it's best to maintain awareness of your surroundings and stay in contact with your neighbors here on Townsquared, monitor SPD's Twitter feed, @SeattlePD, and the Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce's Twitter feed, @caphillchamber.
The most current information we have regarding the permitted parade organized by El Comité is as follows:
When: Sunday May 1st, 2016.
A preliminary program will begin at Judkins Park at 1:00 p.m. The march will depart from the starting point at 3:00 p.m.
Where: The march will begin at St. Mary's Church (611 20th Ave South, Seattle, WA 98144) and will end with a rally at the Federal Courthouse in Downtown Seattle (700 Stewart St., Seattle, WA 98101)
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Liam Neeson's 'The Grey' Debuts on Top with $20 Million
(NEW YORK) -- The Liam Neeson thriller The Grey earned enough green at the box office over the weekend to debut in first place. The film collected an estimated $20 million.
The previous box office champ, Underworld: Awakening, dropped to the runner-up spot, having raised $12.5 million. The Katherine Heigl action-comedy One for the Money opened in third place, with $10.4 million, and the new thriller Man on a Ledge landed in fourth place, with $8.3 million.
Here are the top 10 movies from Friday through Sunday, with estimated ticket sales:
1. The Grey, $20 million.
2. Underworld: Awakening, $12.5 million.
3. One for the Money, $11.8 million.
4. Red Tails, $10.4 million.
5. Man on a Ledge, $8.3 million.
6. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, $7.1 million.
7. The Descendants, $6.6 million.
8. Contraband, $6.5 million.
9. Beauty and the Beast, $5.3 million.
10. Haywire, $4 million.
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The 220th General Assembly Church Orders and Ministry Committee jumped ahead in its agenda Monday evening and entertained a motion to approve an amended version of an overture from Sacramento Presbytery.
The committee will recommend that the full Assembly approve the following statement:
- Jesus taught that our highest ethical obligation is to '… love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself' (Lk. 10:27); and this is how 'everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another' (Jn. 13:35);
- having experienced Christ's gracious love for us while we are yet sinners, we are called to 'welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God' (Rom. 15:7);
- we affirm the solemn commitments expressed in the constitutional questions for ordination, installation, and commissioning, including that we intend to fulfill our ministries 'in obedience to Jesus Christ, under the authority of Scripture, and … continually guided by our confessions'; that that we will be friends among our colleagues in ministry; that we 'seek to follow the Lord Jesus Christ, love [our] neighbors, and work for the reconciliation of the world' (Book of Order, W-4.4003);
- … we hold that interpretation of the Scripture to be orthodox and genuine which is gleaned from the Scriptures themselves (from the nature of the language in which they were written, likewise according to the circumstances in which they were set down, and expounded in the light of like and unlike passages and of many and clearer passages) and which agree with the rule of faith and love, and contributes much to the glory of God and man's salvation' (The Book of Confessions, Second Helvetic Confession, 5.010);
- the larger Catechism lifts up the duty of holding '… a charitable esteem of our neighbors,' and forbids the sin of '… misconstruing intentions, words, and actions' (The Book of Confessions, 7.254–.255)."
The 220th General Assembly (2012) acknowledges that faithful Presbyterians earnestly seeking to follow Jesus Christ hold different views about what the Scriptures teach concerning the morality of committed, same-gender relationships.
Therefore, while holding persons in ordered ministry to high standards of covenant fidelity in the exercise of their sexuality, as in all aspects of life, we acknowledge that the PC(USA) does not have one interpretation of scripture on this matter. We commit ourselves to continue respectful dialogue with those who hold differing convictions, to welcome one another for God's glory, and not to vilify those whose convictions we believe to be in error. We call on all Presbyterians to join us in this commitment.
The amendment struck language from the Sacramento overture that said, "we decline to take an action that would have the effect of imposing on the whole Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) one interpretation of Scripture in this matter" and substituted the other wording because they thought they could not ask the Assembly not to take an action.
The committee also approved a comment that said they would request that this statement be brought before each presbytery.
The action became the answer to two other similar overtures, 07-18 from the Presbytery of Chicago and 07-24 from the Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area.
The final vote to approve recommendation of the amended overture was 39 yes, 14 no, and 1 abstention.


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[Julie White. Sisters and Solidarity: Women and Unions in Canada. Toronto: Thompson Educational Publishing, Inc., 1993.]
As I have learned in the course of writing many book reviews on this site, there are many different ways in which a book can be difficult to review. It might be a loose collection of essays in many different voices about which very little can usefully be said in general and overall, say. Or it might trigger some sort of gut reaction of an intensity, positive or negative, that I know is idiosyncratic and that makes it hard to evaluate the book fairly in other ways. Or it might deal in ideas that engage me but that are in some sense a bit beyond me at the moment, and wrestling with them in print feels exhilirating but also risky and potentially embarassing.
Reviewing this book is difficult for none of those reasons. Rather, Sisters and Solidarity is a dated and unexciting volume containing a mix of useful-to-me content, not so useful-to-me content that is still politically useful in general, and some politically problematic content, and I'm worried that my own lack of excitement about the book itself might come across as lack of sufficient regard for the ongoing hold of patriarchy and other oppressions on the organization of work and on the Canadian labour movement. I seem to remember lugging stacks of this book around when I worked in the textbook section of a university bookstore but, unlike this book, it actually reads rather like a textbook. Which is too bad. But I know that it is important stuff, for reasons quite close to home: it is not at all an issue of openly sexist behaviour by any individual -- a disclaimer I add just in case any colleague of hers happens to stumble across this post -- but my own partner's decisions about her level and kind of participation in her current union have everything to do with navigating structural barriers that are gendered.
The book begins with a couple of chapters on the history of women and unions. Because it is only a couple of chapters, it isn't able to be as detailed as I might like, but it is a useful overview and, though it is fairly conventionally written history, it does introduce some ideas that are worth thinking about as well.
The next chapter is framed as a look at the advantages of unionization for women. This book is actually a drastic updating of a book written by the same author more than a decade before, and in her previous book this chapter was organized as an intervention in a debate ongoing at the time about whether or not unions were good for women. I hadn't realized that had ever been a subject of active contention within the women's movement, and it was interesting to learn that it was. However, by the point this book was written, this debate was largely settled, and in this book the author's focus is a basic introduction to what unions are, with a feminist approach to understanding how they can be of value to women working for pay even though battles against sexism within the movement are ongoing. It covers fairly basic territory so I didn't find it a terribly useful chapter for me personally, but I can see why it would've been useful when the book was being used as a textbook.
The next two chapters look at the status of women within the labour movement, in terms of representation in different kinds and levels of leadership and in terms of union structures and policy decisions. This is obviously some of the content that is dated, but at the same time I think it is good to have this historical snapshot collected in one place even if it is not particularly relevant to my own work. On the down side, these chapters were very tedious to read -- reviewing numbers and policies for twelve labour centrals and a bunch of individual unions across the country cannot help but be dry.
The next chapter looks at women who are not currently union members, and at questions related to organizing. As with the chapter on the benefits of unions, the general observations are not going to be anything new if you have even a fairly basic background in these issues, but I enjoyed the specific case studies related to organizing unorganized women -- the International Ladies Garment Workers Union and the Public Service Alliance of Canada organizing homeworkers, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers' largely unsuccessful attempt to organize cleaners, and strategies for legal change from the Ontario Federation of Labour.
The final chapter is called "Racial Minorities, Persons with Disabilities, and Gays and Lesbians." On the one hand, at least in some sections (though, most troublingly, not much in the two chapters looking at the current situation of women in unions, which were based in the author's own primary research), issues of racism seemed to be integrated more frequently through the rest of the book than in this recently reviewed volume from the same era and on the same topic. However, the presence of this catchall chapter at the end draws attention to the fact that, like that other volume, the most frequent frame used for incorporating consideration of oppressions other than gender is a politically problematic "difference" frame.
Overall, I suspect this book will mainly be of interest to people doing research of one sort or another -- the issues it deals with are still current, of course, but much of the original information that it presents is out of date. But it does make me think that there would be room for a new publication taking an unflinching look at oppression within the Canadian labour movement, past and present, and a discussion of the efforts by gender-oppressed, queer, racialized, disabled, and other workers to truly make it a movement for all workers.
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Saturday, June 09, 2007
Review: Sisters and Solidarity
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Purple is a colour I particularly associate with the sacred, with Spirit, so I am seeing it as an ally at this time, revealing itself through these spring flowers which can heal both internally and externally, physically, emotionally and spiritually.
It made me think of how all creatures have a nesting instinct, a desire to make or dwell within a place that is home. The animals manage it quite effortlessly, while we humans tend to have much more difficulty. As Jeanette Winterson wrote in Written on the Body (1992):
Finding the nests seemed an apt reminder to further nestle myself into spring, and into this land that is my home, and to let it energise and inspire me. Perhaps I am already nested here, more than I consciously realise.
It's so easy sometimes to get carried away by my own trivial human worries, and to forget that nature carries on regardless, and that I am one small part of her constant unfolding. She is always there to help me, if I let her—medicine emerging through violets or bird's nests, mist over the mountains or a magpie singing in the rain. It is Mother Nature who can show us how to bloom.


text: There's this feeling of which I can't locate. How strange that the intellect limits the means to describe a feeling? It's a sadness. It's a quiet mulling over of nothingness. It's of striving to be the best I can and the fight to achieve that, the uphill motions. I know more than anyone that living is the now, to remain positive is to lap up the current, to look around and absorb everything that makes me .. me. The family of which I am forever grateful but take for granted; the food derived from love of a mother, not just the food I eat but the emitting of love from everything she does; the way in which my family don't know a significant part of me. Some would say it's nobody's business, but it's all relative and I want them to share who I am before it's too late. I guess it's fear that holds me back, the fear of change, the fear that my life will be different. Perhaps it won't, perhaps if I if were to slot in the fact that I like dudes won't change a thing. I haven't started living yet, I'm unable to be myself. I know that when I do tell, when it does surface, when what's really within me it'll feel like the crashing of a waterfall to its bed, like a bird in flight against a hazy, deep orange sunset, like the blooming of a flower in the spring's new day, like the birth of a baby, the weep of joy and new beginnings. It's only me who holds back what I want to happen, but the outcome of how people feel is not up to me and I guess that's what stops me in my tracks. This is why I believe leaving the country to really become comfortable in being able to expose myself at a later time is of need. I don't want to run from my family, from what I know, but it feels like a gut instinct. I feel I need to tear myself away in order to tear what they know about me in half. We're governed by fear and love, those two emotions rule every other feeling. I guess, though I hate to admit it in my stubborn ways, that fear is overriding the love at present. I can go days without noticing sometimes, but moments like now just bring stuff to the surface and I'm losing my battle with being a master of disguise. It's repressing who I am, I can't be this person, I need to regain myself, I need to be me and to be loved in being me. My personality is suppressed, it's fading, like the closing of an acorn, trod on, squashed, tired. I'm tired. This doesn't mean that at times I don't appreciate what I do have, the fact that I have lungs to breathe and legs to walk and a fingers to type and heart to love with. I am humble in the world's presence, in the love others give me, in the breath of fresh air. I love life, I just want for it to be free, no cost, not governed by a society or culture that makes people like me hide themselves. There must be millions of others like me and for them I feel pain too. We're a world trapped in so many wrongdoings. Aside from all of that, this life is for the taking and we are the rulers of our garden. It's time to climb.


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H.R.841 - Continuity in Representation Act of 2005109th Congress (2005-2006)
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|Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5] (Introduced 02/16/2005)
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|H. Rept. 109-8
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|Senate - 03/19/2005 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 61. (All Actions)
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Continuity in Representation Act of 2005 - (Sec. 2) Amends Federal law concerning the election of Senators and Representatives to require States to hold special elections for the House of Representatives within 49 days after a vacancy is announced by the Speaker of the House in the extraordinary circumstance that vacancies in representation from the States exceed 100. Waives the 49-day requirement if, during the 75-day period beginning on the date of the vacancy announcement, a regularly scheduled general election or another special election for the office involved is to be held.
Requires determination of the candidates who will run in the special election: (1) not later than ten days after the vacancy announcement by the political parties authorized by State law to nominate candidates; or (2) by any other method the State considers appropriate.
Sets forth requirements for judicial review of any action brought for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge such a vacancy announcement. Requires a final decision within three days of the filing of such an action. Makes a final decision non-reviewable.
Requires a State, in conducting a special election under this Act, to ensure to the greatest extent practicable (including through the use of electronic means) that absentee ballots are transmitted to absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters not later than 15 days after the Speaker of the House announces that the vacancy exists. Requires a State to accept and process any otherwise valid ballot or other election material from an absent uniformed services voter or an overseas voter, as long as the ballot or other material is received by the appropriate State election official not later than 45 days after the State transmits it to the voter.
Applies this Act to the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.


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(The Leader's Progress)
This dawning of a new day for David was an open window of opportunity. It was certainly an extraordinary day. It was a day of transition (in his leadership 2:10) for progress(in the pursuit of God's will)! It was a day of new vision!
"The value of a vision is that it encourages you to give up, at any moment, all that you are, in order to receive all that you can become."
David is a wonderful example of man who was willing to do that (give up all that he was in order to receive all that he could become) and of God's blessing upon those who do.
"Measure your possibilities, not by what you see in yourself, but what you see in God through you."
If I had only one choice in how my life would end, I would choose to be found faithful to God. I think we all enjoy the fruit of progress but we hate to pay the price it takes to achievement it.
With the rise of a new day there are new challenges to face and the same can be said for the will of God. Each day, is a day of opportunity and new challenges. While some days are more significant than others, each day is vital and important to our personal progress in the pursuit of God's will. When the opportunity of transition for progress presents itself, what are some the personal common challenges that accompany it.
There is the challenge of:
I. CONFIRMATION 2:1 Of:
A. Need - 1:27 "How are the mighty fallen" My life will only be significant as I obey Him. I can't afford to miss a day of what He has for me!
B. Faith - 2:1 "David inquired of the Lord" I believe God has a purpose for me.
C. Prayer 2:1 "David inquired of the Lord" Lord what do you want me to do?
I am sure there were times when he wished he was back in the field tending sheep. Nevertheless, he continued with the necessary process that brought positive change. It includes:
A. Acceptance 2:2 "So David went up"
The problem for most Christians is that they accept so few of their God given opportunities that they don't realize what they're missing.
B. Adjustment 2:2-3
C. Application 2:5ff
The commitment of David to make progress in his pursuit of God's will was characterized and accompanied by:
A. Perseverance 2:1 He experienced many up's and down's
B. Patience 2:1 "And it came to pass"
C. Prayer 2:1; 5:19; 23, 25 "David inquired of the Lord, saying"
D. Responsibility 2:4; 5:3 "They anointed David king over the house of Judah"
E. Supporters 2:3-4
F. Problems 3:1 Civil War
G. Mistakes 3:2-5; 13 polygamy
H. Growth 3:1
I. Trust 4:9
J. Success 5:4, 10


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I recently reviewed "A Day of Fire: A Novel of Pompeii" and some time before that "A Year of Ravens: A Novel of Boudica's Rebellion". Both are similar to "A Song of War: A Novel of Troy" by Kate Quinn, Christian Cameron, Libbie Hawker, Vicky Alvear Shecter, Russell Whitfield, Stephanie Thornton and S.J.A. Turney in that all are novels written by several authors.
Each author writes their story from one or two point of views, which means that these change in the course of the book. But it works very well, here perhaps even more seamlessly than in the other two previous novels, or maybe it's just that I've gotten used to this method.
We see the Trojan war and the events that led to it through the eyes of several characters, both Trojan and Achaean; kings, princesses, slaves, warriors… The situation lends itself to delicious drama and conflict. There are battles, there is betrayal, there is love; some seek honour, some vengeance, some victory... One of the central themes is honour and hubris, and the utter senselessness of war. The characters sacrifice so much, or even everything, but what do they win?
It would be hard to choose a favourite among these stories, so I'll just say a few words about each.
Kate Quinn: The Apple. The story that begins the novel is told by Hellenus, half-brother of Hector and Paris, and Andromache, Hector's young wife. Both suffer from feelings of not quite fitting in, which makes them endearing characters. Their tale of the wedding of Odysseus and Penelope introduces us to many of the key characters. The beginning may not be as dramatic as the later parts, but Quinn is an experienced author and that shows; the story gripped me right from the start. I loved the humour and I really cared about Andromache and Hellenus.
Stephanie Thornton: The Prophesy. This part is told by Priam's daughter, Cassandra. As she is often known as a mad prophet, it was clear that this part must have been a challenge to write. On one hand, it is a truly fascinating perspective, dark and intense, but on the other hand, you don't want the character to appear so insane as to alienate readers. Stephanie Thornton handles this with enviable skill: you don't only understand Cassandra, but her descent to madness is so real and relatable it's almost scary.
Russell Whitfield: The Sacrifice. This part is told from the perspective of Agamemnon, a king weary of the war and the world, tormented by his guilt and his grief. It is gritty and tragic, and if, by the end, I did not quite like or admire Agamemnon, I certainly pitied him.
Christian Cameron: The Duel. Once a queen, now a slave, Briseis finds herself becoming the lover of the legendary Achilles – and taking the place of his chariot driver. I couldn't quite get into this story at first, but when I did… what a ride! The story gains momentum as it hurtles towards its poignant, tragic end.
Libbie Hawker: The Bow. This part has two narrators: Penthesilea, a fierce amazon, determined to seek honour and death, and Philoctetes, an old, crippled warrior, hopelessly in love with Achilles. I fell in love with both. Add to that the lovely language, the haunting and beautiful imagery… I wanted more! I have actually read one novel by Libbie Hawker before, but this story definitely convinced me to check out her other work.
Vicky Alvear Shecter: The Horse. This part has one of the most well-known narrators in the collection: Odysseus. There's quite a lot of humour in this account of the wily trickster, but underneath it runs desperation. The war is dragging on. Someone should do something. Which is more valiant, fighting on (and on and on) or using any means to end the conflict?
S.J.A. Turney: The Fall. The end is seen through the eyes of Aeneas, which is fitting in many ways. Even when Troy falls, all the threads of the narrative are woven together. There is tragedy and so much sorrow, yet there is also hope of a new beginning.
All in all, I enjoyed "A Song of War" immensely. The story is literally legendary and very familiar – from other books, movies, TV shows… but even though I knew what would eventually happen, I never really wanted to put the book down.


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The table and pie chart below show how the funds will be used. About 75% is necessary to meet mandates and transition the power supply to create a clean energy future for Los Angeles. The remainder will support the infrastructure reliability program and increased fuel costs.
5-Year Budgeted Costs
*Historical average is based on most recently competed fiscal years, 2012-13 and 2013-14.
**Supply transition and mandates includes coal transition, renewables and repowering coastal power plants.
Where the New Revenues Will Go
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Thursday, February 9, 2012
Unbelievable High/Low
Above is a pair of vintage James Mont style black lacquer chairs with brass accents and cushions for $3200 for the pair at 1st dibs. Below is a vintage pair of James Mont style black lacquer chairs with brass accents and raw silk cushions for $325 for the pair at LIV Vintage. I might have to retire my High/Low feature after this because this is going to be tough to top!
Posted by Beth Connolly at 8:00 AM
Labels: chairs, High/Low, James Mont
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- Vickie H. said...
Loved her chairs; can't get them off my mind! She even quoted me a very reasonable shipping price...still can't pull the trigger...! Darn indecision!
- February 9, 2012 at 9:56 AM
- Karena said...
Amazing! Beth this will be hard to top! Love the Foo Dogs below as well; the Z Gallerie are actually my favorite!
Art by Karena
- February 9, 2012 at 10:57 AM
- Jessica Rowe {The Aestate} said...
Wow. This is why I always always always shop around...
- February 9, 2012 at 1:54 PM
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Make number of places left visible on event summary
Now that we have more control over the ability to limit the number of places available for registrations, it would be good to be able to display this information on the event page.
Currently, you see how many places are left as part of the registration process (incidentally, I have had some people advise that this is somewhat confusing as its not clear that the number of places left are not including the current registration - so I have had people contact me not sure if they're registration was successful on account of it saying 0 places left while they were registering), but it would be good if you could choose to have that information visible near the registration types - this would allow us to create a sense of urgency for the event and potentially encourage more people to register and maybe even to register earlier :-)
If this is implemented, I think it should be optional as to whether you wish to display it or not as I realise that having it display by default will not suit everyone. Perhaps something like the following in terms of available display options:
* Display available places for each registration type
* Display total number of registrations
* Do not display
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Makes sense - we do show "Spaces left" in event details when total even limit is defined, but we don't show limits for particular registration type. I think we just missed this during design.
I will keep this post under Usability category so we can prioritize it in further development.


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In our Getfash x Eina Shop Style Challenge, our contestants bravely step out of their fashion comfort zone.
If you ask us, Singaporean women are a pretty adventurous bunch. We backpack, go sky-diving, go mountain-climbing, and more. When it comes to fashion, though, it's a lot more difficult for us to step out of our comfort zones and try something new. It boils down to this: we think we know what works for us – and we steer clear of items or styles which we think we can't pull off.
But here at Getfash, we love being experimental, and having fun with fashion. So we've teamed up with local label Eina Shop, and issued a Style Challenge to our 8 contestants!
As Eina Shop puts it, life is too short to wear boring clothes. Eina Shop is all about having fun with fashion without worrying about being judged – so in the spirit of being unabashed and unapologetic in your fashion choices, we picked out several items of clothing from Eina Shop which are polar opposites of our contestants' usual styles.
Using these specific pieces from Eina Shop, our contestants were then challenged to style an outfit around their given item. How did they fare? Scroll down to find out!
#1: Michelle Bei
Michelle, @michbei : "My usual style can be summarized in one sentence: black is always the new black. I usually tend to go for more edgy items, so this girly top from Eina Shop is definitely out of my comfort zone. Because it's a pretty elegant and feminine piece, I styled it with a pair of dusty pink shorts to complement the overall look. Black heels and my trusty Chanel bag complete the outfit!"
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#2: Cassandra Tan
Cassandra, @cassandratanmonde : "I'm always partial to clean-cut, minimal styles, so it's definitely a challenge for me to style this larger-than-life blouse from Eina Shop! Because it's so voluminous and architectural, I paired it with a pair of simple, fitted shorts to balance it out. I also kept my choice of accessories simple so that they don't distract from this statement-making top!
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#3: Angie Tan
Angie, @msploiploy : "I hardly have any officewear pieces in my wardrobe, and my usual go-tos are my favourite pair of ripped jeans and sneakers. Since I've been challenged to style this feminine dress, I decided to dress up for once and paired it with a yellow clutch and nude pumps. I don't recognize myself with this new outfit - but it's a pleasant change!"
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#4: Eliezer Toh
Eliezer, @liezerliezer : "My wardrobe is full of colourful pieces, and I tend to feel dull and inspired when I wear monochrome outfits. Whilst this midi dress from Eina Shop is definitely not something that I'd normally pick, surprisingly, the look does work with the right accessories and my denim jacket which I tied around my waist. I feel like I'm all ready to explore the cobbled streets of Rome in this outfit!"
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#5: Goh Kai Yang
Kai Yang, @kaiyanggoh : "My usual style is pretty basic - I'm always in relatively casual, loose-fit clothing. This green midi skirt from Eina Shop is more formal than I'm used to, but I was able to tone it down by pairing it with strappy open-toed sandals instead of flats, or heels. The end result is something that's colourful and fun, but not overly dressy!"
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#6: Cherie Foo
Cherie, @saltandtruffles : "I normally gravitate towards more polished pieces such as pencil or midi skirts, and I prefer clean-cut silhouettes as well. This off-shoulder top from Eina Shop, with its wavy details, is not something I'd normally wear, but it inspired me to try out a more casual and tropical look."
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Last night, Paul McCartney took home four Grammy Awards:
- Best Rock song: "Cut Me Some Slack," with Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear.
- Best Long-form music video: "Live Kisses."
- Best Surround Sound Album Live Kisses (Al Schmitt, surround mix engineer; Tommy LiPuma, surround producer).
- Best boxed or special limited edition package "Wings Over America (Deluxe Edition)", with Wings — (Simon Earith & James Musgrave, art directors).


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GM Overview
The culmination of detailed planning efforts by the various members of the Brightblade Brigade and 1st Nightstalkers to free their commander and ally, Darius Brightblade, High Fist Nevar Fallenhammer, and two fellow unit members Jhale and Kal'Reegar, was finally put into motion. With the aid of a new ally Lyle Shadowfoot, a past associate of Captain Tannis Racheson of the 1st Nightstalkers, people and supplies were gathered to make the daring attempt. They would head through the sewers to a sealed off access that had previously served as a bolt-hole for the pre-Imperial rulers of the Citadel that was located at the bottom of the well. Once within the Citadel grounds they would steal in through the kitchen servant access in the back of the building, and then split up once leaving the common room with the majority of the force heading down into the secure depths to free the prisoners and get necessary supplies while the smaller force would sneak up and notify any other sympathizers to their cause of their escape and allow them to join with them. They would then meet back up in the common room and head back out through the well into a different branch of the sewers that would take them close to the city walls on the outskirts where they hoped to escape to freedom.
But before the plan can be launched as expected things take a surprise turn as The Inquisitors and their elite squad of Death Seekers begin to close in on the White Goose Tavern where they are holed up. Warren DeMontegue rushes in to warn them that while patrolling Gherig Diamante had spotted a large force headed their way and so they had but a short few minutes lead to leave if they had any hope of putting their plans into action. Warren leaves to notify Gherig while the rest quickly gather their gear and head out. Lyle and KRAK deploy some tactically placed caltrops in the roadway and the rush is on to the nearest sewer entrance. Upon arriving Tannis has everyone enter while he stays back to make sure that Warren and Gherig make it safely.
Lyle leads the way to the sealed off section, and after Magnus knocks a small hole in the wall Krak is able to put more of his alchemical deviousness into action as he drops a "bomb" behind it to make way for the group. They quickly clear the debris and scale the well to gain access to what just hours before had been their quarters. With no sign of Tannis, Warren, and Gherig catching up to them, Jackovich is left to stand guard at the well in case they do arrive or if the Inquisitors happen to make an unexpected appearance.
Once gaining entrance to the kitchen area they find the common room has occupants: Liara and 2 scullery maids. Lyle and Krak stealthily advance, intentions unknown. Krak whispers to Liara to signal if she is with them, and upon the confirmation asks her to distract the maids. Liara complies by leading them away to her quarters to show them something special. At this point Nimue and Garan split-off to go contact others who might be willing to join with the group while everyone else heads into the basement entrance to free their allies.
A quick engagement with a unit of Imperial guards defending the entrance ensues with the small group of Lyle, Krak, Magnus, and Loki making short work of the 6 guards. After retrieving some keys from the guards, they unlock the giant steel doors and begin exploring to find the way to the prison proper. At the next intersection a trap is triggered as Krak tries to open the next steel door, making it apparently impassable. Lyle finds a side door leading to what appears to be a servant access, as well as a room filled with equipment and a mysterious wheel mounted to a rod going into a wall. Quick experimenting makes it apparent it is what is used to reset the trap at the steel door, and once it is safely reset the group is able to advance. While Loki and Magnus secure the main doors they entered and listen for pursuit, Lyle and Krak advance down the new hallway. At the end of the hallway they find yet another steel door barring the way, and after accidentally tripping a double-trap, they nearly find themselves sealed in the hallway, fortune shining upon them that they'd left the prior door open which successfully "blocks" the stone slab that would seal the door from the inside.
After resetting the trap again, they find the next door is able to open and descends deeper into the depths of the Citadel. Moving quietly, they can hear the voices of guards talking about the noise they are hearing from above as they await either foes or a relief of guards notifying them of it being secure. Meanwhile, down the passageway behind the guards in theirs cells, Jhale and Kal'Reegar hear the anxiety and confusion and begin to try and antagonize the guards, hoping to distract them. Lyle puts a quick crossbow bolt into one of the guards and then ducks back around the corner, hoping to draw the guards to the group.
Will they group make the plan fall into place and free their friends and escape? Only time will tell.


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It seems to me like there is a constant battle going on in the world between those who are devout and pious and those who are not and on the outskirts of spirituality. We have these religious fanatics who live on the far right and even though I would consider most people moderate, they always seem to leave their own little mark on the world. Their mark is left in many ways. We have the relatively small cults that we hear about, I'm talking about the Jim Jones' of the world, the David Koresh. These two types of people are both perceived"cult leaders" and are as extreme as you can get, both with their own ideologies which differ from the mainstream of religion, and honestly, you can't really speak much about their legacies because none of us really know what went on there. But what really irks me in today's society is the social institution of organized religion.
We in American society see the ultimate goal is to have a family, raise children, have a secure job that is financial stable, be involved in a somewhat prominent church, and live happily. I really don't understand while that last part is important, though. Maybe I've have just been raised in the south in a pretty fervent small town, but I can see it as I go to college as well. People tell me that they are either Catholic, Baptist, Episcopalian, Jewish, DOC, Presbyterian, Methodist, Gnostic, Agnostic, Methodist, Mormon, Buddhist, Baha'i, Pentecostal, and the list goes on and on. The question that always strikes me is: Does it really matter? I mean, honestly. I study religion and I know the differences between each Christian denomination, each major religion also. But what's the point? Why does there have to be difference between a person who believes in confession and one who doesn't? I thought it was the same God? It seems to me like it only makes more division between humanity.
I see these people who attend church regularly and it just seems to me like it is simply just a ritual to them. They go just for the social setting of the services and listen, give money, and leave. Do they really listen, though? Do they really hear the things that are said. I think that by giving their money they must truly support all the doctrines and opinions conveyed by the church and it's clergy. This is what has somewhat conflicted me from the church I used to attend. I remember going on a Sunday morning a few months into my freshmen year of college. I had finally left the comforts of home and really the social structure of Cleburne, Texas. I had never met a Jewish person in my life until college, I had virtually known nothing of any other culture besides the typical Cleburne culture which is mostly Christian. I actually don't think I knew of one person who was not a Christian.
I remember reading in my World Religions class about primitive religions such as the one's Native American's have, and seeing the similarities to that of Christiany. Then we got to the origins of Judaism, which soon became Christianity, that which branched off to Islam and the smaller Mormonism, and even completely split itself off into Protestant and Catholicism. My Professor tells us about how each religion(Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) trace their roots back to Abraham. Abraham had 2 sons, Isaac and Ismael. Abraham represented the Jews, Isaac Christianity, and Ishmael Islam. This is where the confusion gets me the most. These are 3 separate faiths and yet they all praise the same God(Yahweh, Allah, God) and have basically the same principles of justice and the same ideologies of what is righteous and what isn't. Why must they differentiate? Why must we be perpetually confused? Why does this confusion lead to anger and even war? When I grow older and take things into consideration, it continues to make more sense to me why these things have happened. I reach this conclusion: 1) God is truly real, he is the same, unchanging. He has tried to explain himself throughout the entirety of man's existence. He tried to come as what is familiar to each culture, and as each culture of man is different, their perception of God is going to differ. We have the same past, but we get so convoluted that we let these petty differences ruin the unity God wants us to have as humans. 2) Man is ignorant, stubborn, self-righteous, greedy, impressionable, and most of all: Prideful. Just look at the Bible, I have read this my entire life, and was raised with the impression that every single word of it was holy and unquestionably true. That ideology is ignorant and almost idiotic to say. Now, I consider myself pretty Christian, but saying that a book conceived, produced, interpreted, translated, and compiled by man is infallible is almost insulting to human intelligence. Let's consider when the Bible was written, the last book of the Bible was circulating before the first century AD. The notion at this time was that the world was flat, and people were even killed for trying to imply that science could even be considered. Come on now. God gave us a brain to use it.
I'm not trying to offend, and I'm absolutely not saying that the Bible is entirely false, not at all. I believe that a lot of it is to be revered, and revered dearly. It has a great instructions, by great men who truly knew God's wonder and glory, to live life a way that does truly please the Lord. Yet, we must also put into consideration who wrote what, and most importantly, what their intentions were when they wrote it. Which brings me to that Sunday morning which made me realize that this entire organized religion thing may be full of some human error, and actually a lot of bullshit to go along with the bureaucracy of it all. As a disclaimer, I have to say that not all churches have this same opinion, and of course not all churches are bad and I'm sure there are tons of them that are open-minded and truly on the path to help people be more spiritual.
I sit there listening to the Head Pastor's words and I can not help but just feeling outraged on the ideas he was conveying as facts. The most appalling is that he was implying that this was God's feelings and it was only righteous to feel this way. He was speaking about homosexuality, particularly that there were homosexual churches out there. I remember him saying that these people were simply all just going to Hell, and anyone even remotely associated with them or their beliefs would surely burn in Hell as well. I'm not sure about you, but my picture of Jesus is not him as being a gay-basher. God created love, that's actually what he uses to prove his existence in my opinion. I never feel closer to the Lord until I feel that emotion of Love. I'm not exactly talking about intimate love, there are so many different levels of Love. You have love for a friend, love for a family member, love for a significant other, and there's the feeling of love and warmth that simply comes with the acknowledgment of beauty in something. Jesus never addresses homosexuality in the New Testament, so is this religious leader condemning an entire group of people? Does Jesus Hate? I don't believe he did whatsoever.
I walked out and really didn't even feel comfortable talking to the members of the church I had attended for the past few years. It burned me in a way in which I looked around and felt as if I was somewhat of a coward for not confronting this obvious message of hatred that conveyed in the name of God. It got me thinking, and in the months that came and went I realized why he had these opinions. He was ignorant. Brainwashed even. His entire life he had attended different churches, all of which conveyed the idea that God had a disdain for homosexuality. Even some cultures had painted homosexuality as something to be ashamed of, and even that of a deviancy. In Ghana, they are trying to pass a law in which every person who is convicted of homosexuality is to be put to death. This is also really appalling to me.
I essentially feel that organized religion is to blame. I'm not going to get into Catholicism and the incidents that happened there because I simply do not know enough to state upon such matters, I only speak of the things I've seen in my own life, in my own experiences, and sadly the place I called my home church for so long. Was I brainwashed to hate? I honestly thought going to this place of worship was making me a better person. I thought that by going, I was becoming closer to God. Was my entire life and spiritual growth just some sort fallacy guided by misinformed people who I had respected more than life itself? I honestly don't think that is true, but this I know is true:
God gave us a mind to think, a heart to love, and most importantly, a soul that connects us all. We are all the same, every one. We have the same plight and purpose in this world so why let this institution continue to separate us? We have to realize that in every positive and beautiful thing in this world, there will always be someone or some entity that will try to defile it. The church can be a beautiful place of fellowship and genuine love for the Lord and eachother, but we can not stand for such hate in any variety. Jesus did not hate, so how can continuing disdain bring us closer to a relationship with him? It simply won't.
Finally, I want to make it clear that I'm not condemning organized religion and the church entirety, on the contrary, I'm simply condemning the ignorance of man to ruin something that was intended to be so pure and so great.
Please, continue to go to church if that's what you feel makes you closer to God and closer to people. Realize though that simple attendance does not make you a better person. Have faith in God, have faith in people. Let your heart tell you what's right. Just because you're told something does not make it fact. I am just a man so I have some fallibility in the things I say. I am not perfect. I strongly feel that as humans we should follow a simple ideology: Live to Love and for nothing else.
This is my first blog so please excuse any typos or any syntax problems and also if I ranted a little bit, but this is a personal blog, not an essay. I would really appreciate any comments at all, be it agreeing or disagreeing.


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Another terrorist bomb blast killed at least eight people and wounded 32 others outside a senior Shiite Muslim cleric's office in the Iraqi city of Kerbala. It came on the first day of campaigning for the crucial Jan. 30 election - and as Defense Minister Hazim al-Shaalan was bitterly accusing neighboring Iran and Syria of providing aid and intelligence support to terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Meanwhile, interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi announced his candidacy and Sunni Muslim elder Adnan Pachachi, who had advocated postponing the election, said he'd also be a candidate.
By a 407-to-262 vote, the European Parliament called on its member states to open negotiations with Turkey as soon as possible for full membership in the European Union. The effort also was aided by new European Commission President José Manuel Barroso of Portugal, who said, "I believe this is the moment." EU heads of state are scheduled to meet Friday in Brussels to consider the matter. Turkey's human rights record and relative lack of economic development have held back its bid to join the 25-member bloc, and the parliamentary resolution urges the Ankara government to adopt a "zero- tolerance" policy on the use of torture by authorities and to acknowledge Turkey's role in the 1915-1923 genocide against ethnic Armenians.
Television viewers across Greece were gripped by live coverage of a day-long hostage drama as the Monitor went to press. At last report, two gunmen who commandeered the vehicle on the outskirts of Athens were demanding a $1 million ransom and a plane to fly them to Russia. The bus was surrounded by police and special forces troops, although the hijackers, believed to be Albanians, were threatening to blow it up, along with 14 passengers. Ten others, among them the driver and ticket collector, were freed or escaped in the early moments of the takeover.
Two more Buddhists - one of them an ice cream vendor - were shot to death by suspected Islamist militants in southern Thailand in the second straight day of such attacks. Another ice cream seller was wounded in a drive-by shooting. Against that backdrop, the Thai government opened a temporary employment program for up to 70,000 southern Muslims to help offset an expected major eruption of violence early next month on the first anniversary of the start of the current trouble.
One of two brothers who argued aboard a bus in Zimbabwe's capital will spend Christmas in jail for saying, "Don't be thickheaded, like Mugabe." The dispute was overheard by a secret police agent, the state-owned Herald newspaper reported. Invoking hard-line President Robert Mugabe's name as an insult is a crime under the nation's sweeping security law.


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TTCN-3 Tools Plugtests
A TTCN-3 Tools Plugtests has been hosted from 2 to 3 June 2009 in Sophia Antipolis organized by ETSI TC MTS.
The goal of the event was to validate TTCN-3 standards ETSI ES 201 873-1 V3.3.2 (2008-04), ES 201 873-4 V3.3.1 (2008-04) and ES 201 873-7 V3.3.2 (2008-04).
The TTCN-3 test cases of the 3rd generation mobile reference test suite (ETSI TR 102 976) which have been derived from the 3GPP TTCN-3 benchmark test suite were executed against their mirror test cases.
ETSI provided a neutral event location where commercial TTCN-3 tools were assessed and showed that, despite of using a complex test suite as a basis, standards have been well adopted in industry.
After some clarifications in the preparation phase of this event all TTCN-3 tools during event (as well as more tools prior to the event) managed to compile and run the same TTCN-3 test suite without any problems.
A more detailed presentation about the TTCN-3 Tools Plugtest was presented at the ETSI TTCN-3 User Conference 2009 in Sophia-Antipolis, France. It can be downloaded from the TTCN-3 Web site.


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As a bonafide shopaholic and purveyor of all things fashionable, one of the hardest things I had to learn in college was budgeting. Living on your own, contrary to its fabulous depiction on TV, is much harder to do in real life. What could formerly be described as living in the moment and being carefree is now seen as foolish and silly. So whats a spend-loving gal or guy to do?
I have overcome and conquered my spending errors of the past and the best advice that I, or any financial planner for that matter, can give you is to make a budget. A budget is so much more than knowing how much money you have in the bank, it's about taking responsibility for your actions and it begins with how we feel about ourselves.
Strange? Not really. Studies have shown that we buy things to make us feel better about ourselves. Those things can be a new plasma television, a new pair of heels, or new computer equipment. When we stop buying useless things to serve our ego, we start to serve our bank accounts with some much needed cash.
Therefore, saving more money starts with asking ourselves a few questions:
Is it $50.00? $100.00? Only you know that answer. Also keep your receipts handy. At the end of each month add up all of your receipts and see for yourself how much you spent. You'll quickly realize that those daily Venti Frappuccinos add up like nobody's business! If you end up being shocked by how much you've spent in a month, cut that amount down by 10%-15% and gradually wean yourself off of the frivolous spending.
Are you primarily concerned about having money to go out with friends? Do you need to have proper supplies for school? Is having weekly grocery money the most important thing to you? Whatever your priority may be, set aside money for that first. Everything else must come later.


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Tribune Co. sells Cubs, Wrigley
Ricketts family will hold 95% stake in propertiesNEW YORK -- The billionaire Ricketts family has signed a definitive agreement with Tribune to acquire a 95% stake in the Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field and Tribune's approximately 25% interest in Comcast SportsNet in a deal valued at $845 million, the parties said late Friday.
The Ricketts family will have management control of the joint venture, and Tribune will retain a small ownership interest.
"The Cubs have the greatest fans in the world, and we count our family among them. We look forward to closing the transaction so that we can begin leading the Cubs to a World Series title," said Joe Ricketts.
The deal agreement comes after a process that began more than two years ago.


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Just in time for the start of 2012, the new videos are up and ready to help you celebrate!
LoadingReadyrun: Ways to Ring in the New Year
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With Christmas just passed, New Year's is right around the corner! And since this may well be (not really -m ) the last new Year's we ever get to celebrate, we figured we ought to help you ring it in in the best possible way! Get your resolution in order, pick your favorite celebration, and prepare for the start of the greatest year yet!
Cheers everyone! See you in 2012!