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GRANDVIEW - The Prosser High School wrestling team came out on top of the Grandview Invitational this past Saturday.
The Grandview invite was supposed to feature seven teams, but Omak was unable to make it because of inclement weather, said Greyhound Coach Jeff Sevigny.
Prosser won the invite team title with 168 points. Kiona-Benton was second with 165 points. Grandview finished third with 158.5. West Valley-Yakima took fourth place honors with 122.5. Quincy was fifth with 112 and Kennewick took sixth place honors with 70.5 points.
While Grandview didn't win the invite, the tournament gave the Greyhounds a good look at Kiona-Benton, who they will be facing this Thursday at home with the league title in the balance.
Grandview heavyweight Andrew Morales was the lone Greyhound to take top honors at the invite. Morales won a 5-3 decision in overtime against Kennewick's Mark Reavis in the finals. Morales scored a takedown with two seconds left in the overtime period.
"Andrew wrestled really good earlier in the day," said Sevigny. "That was such a defensive match in the finals. I think Andrew wrestled too tentatively."
Matt Saldana made it to the finals for the Greyhounds at 130 lbs., dropping a 9-4 decision to Brandon Stelter of West Valley.
"Stelter is a tough kid," said Sevigny.
Saldana was in the match early, said Sevigny, but faded late.
Shay Seimears found himself once again in the finals for Grandview at 135 lbs., losing a 9-2 decision to Kennewick's Michael Marlow. Sevigny said Marlow is a tough, competitive wrestler who won the Hanford invite at 140 lbs.
At 160 lbs., Grandview's Jesus Soto made his way to the finals, losing 11-5 to Quincy's Santana Echazarria. Sevigny said it was a good outing for Soto, who has been wrestling well lately.
Tovias Magana had a tough task in the finals for Grandview at 171 lbs., losing a 12-3 decision to Prosser's Ivan Merino.
"Tovias wrestled a solid tournament," said Sevigny. He got in the finals and made some mental mistakes."
At 189 lbs., Grandview's Heleodoro Lopez ran into a chainsaw in the finals, dropping an 18-3 decision to Pat Barnick of West Valley.
Kaelan Nelson continues to be a strong point for the Greyhounds at 125 lbs. Nelson finished third this past weekend, beating Jeff Slape of Kiona-Benton 7-2 in the consolation finals. Nelson dropped a heartbreaker in the semifinals, losing a 6-5 decision to Gabe Lindquist of Quincy.
After starting the season 1-5, Nelson has amassed an impressive 12-3 record during the past three weeks.
"He has been doing fantastic lately," said Sevigny. "He is kind of settling down."
At 152 lbs., Grandview's Jacob Robillard took third place honors, winning an 18-2 decision over Quincy's Nick Melburn in the consolation finals.
Rigo Rodriguez placed third at 171 lbs., winning a 9-2 decision over Kennewick's Ricky Carrillo in the consolation finals. Rodriguez had wrestled a solid match against Merino in the semis, losing 6-2, said Sevigny.
"Rigo was fantastic," said Sevigny. "Saturday, he looked really good."
At 215 lbs., Grandview's Junior Pina won the consolation championship, defeating Josh Castilleja of Prosser 6-3.
At 103 lbs., Grandview's Andrew Tucker finished fourth, dropping a 4-0 decision to Tim Kruse of West Valley in the trophy round.
First year wrestler Kevin Concienne finished fourth at 135 lbs., losing to Jerry Haug of Ki-Be 7-2.
Grandview's Michael Benavidez finished fourth at 140 lbs., losing by pin to Quincy's Todd Yeates.
Freddy Magana lost by pin to James Gleason of West Valley at heavyweight to place fourth.
Fernando Godinez went 1-2 for Grandview at 119 lbs. Teammate Max Saldana was 1-2 at 130 lbs. At 140 lbs., Grandview's Rene Montelongo went 1-2. At 145 lbs., Grandview's Yoni Kausor was 1-2. Also finishing with a 1-2 mark were Keagan Christensen at 160 lbs. and Tony Chester at 171 lbs.
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This is said to be based in the US. The company behind this is called "Best In U". Their office is located in Santa Monica California. This is a web app that helps you find the best deals online. It will be installed in your web browser like chrome, firefox or safari and every time you search for something you want to buy in the internet it will help you find the lowest price possible for that item. A very brilliant and handy app to have right? Well if you want to be a distributor you have to pay $249. Still interested?
You may ask why!!???
Look at Yahoo, Facebook, Google they have top of the line technologies but they are free to use.. Why is shopping sherlock costing you money???
I think I have the answer. Those internet giants with far more powerful free technology, products and services are not engaged in Networking or Multi Level Marketing (MLM). They got money their money from advertisers and they advertise them to us when we use their free technologies.
How about Shopping Sherlock?
I will be frank on this, for me, this really smells fishy. Instead of advertisers, they got most of their money from us users. I don't think Shopping Sherlock will have any value that people should pay premium for its use. Shopping Sherlock is far more inferior compared to those free to use technologies provided by established internet companies.
In my opinion, the reason why it will cost you money is because shopping sherlock is engaged in MLM/Networking. Part of the money you pay will be the commission of the one who introduce Shopping Sherlock to you. In addition, you also have to pay the commissions of those useless layers of uplines going up the pyramid.
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These reasons are enough to convince me that Shopping Sherlock is a Pyramiding Scheme and possibly a Scam.
If you want to have the best deals online Google shopping is better. I tested it myself, see the video below:


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Walt Jocketty joined the Reds in the L.A. today. So my first question to him was any significance to showing up now? The short answer: No. He had planned to be on the whole trip, but he had to attend a memorial service in the St. Louis and a funeral in Minneapolis.
He did take a side trip on the way to St. Louis to see Jay Bruce play at Louisville.
"I told him to be patient," Jocketty said. "What he's doing is not going unnoticed. Keep working. He went out and went 2-for-4 with a home run."
I'm saying with prediction that Bruce gets the call when the Reds return home. Again, that's just a hunch.
Jocketty saw left-hander Matt Maloney throw. "He looked very good," Jocketty said.
Daniel Herrera, the little lefty the Reds got in the Josh Hamilton deal, also threw. Herrera was 0.61 ERA and has allowed only eight hits 14 2/3 innings. His out pitch is a screwball.
"Everything is slow," Jocketty said. "But he keeps hitters off balance."


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On paper when you see the Pittsburgh Penguins squaring off against the New York Islanders in the first round of the playoffs, you wouldn't expect the series to be tied at 2 after 4 games. Some fans may have expected the Islanders to have already been eliminated, but the Islanders are sticking around and they owe a huge thank you to Marc-Andre Fleury. With Fleury not playing his best hockey, is it time for the Penguins to turn to Tomas Vokoun?
After the Pittsburgh Penguins made major strides to build the team for a deep playoff run, seeing them struggle in the first round is a big shock. Heading into the playoffs the Penguins had a roster boasting the likes of Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, James Neal, Jarome Iginla, and Kris Letang. When looking at their roster it's hard to find a weak spot but it's becoming more apparent goaltending may be that weak spot.
After last years melt-down in the first round against the Philadelphia Flyers, there have been questions about Marc-Andre Fleury's goaltending. Just how worried were the Penguins about their goaltending? Worried enough to acquire Tomas Vokoun to help lighten the load and be ready in case Fleury has another playoff implosion.
It appears that once again Fleury is having a playoff meltdown and that meltdown appeared to hit rock bottom after a laughable 6-4 loss in game 4. The Penguins helped out their netminder as much as they could but when they needed a big save they didn't get it, instead they got several questionable goals.
This is nothing new for Marc-Andre Fleury and is a major cause for concern for the Penguins. For a goaltender playing behind a world class team Fleury's lack of playoff success is alarming. In his last 10 playoff games (including last year) he's 4-6 with a 4.11 GAA and a .860 Save Percentage, not the type of numbers a team needs to advance in the playoffs. For those who don't put their stock in GAA and Save Percentage, Fleury has allowed 3 or more goals in 10 of his last 13 playoffs games and 4 or more goals in 9 of those last 13. Whatever Fleury is doing isn't working and he's beginning to get a reputation as a playoff "chocker".
Even when you look back at the year Pittsburgh won the Stanley Cup, Fleury's numbers weren't good at all. He recorded a 2.61 GAA and .908 Save Percentage in 24 games. When you dig a little further and look at Fleury's regular season stats he's right around the middle of the pack, average, he seems to just float by in the regular season. Which begs the question, does Marc-Andre Fleury just benefit from a skilled Penguins roster?
For a goalie that has a Stanley Cup ring, Olympic gold medal and two World Junior Championship silver medals, Fleury certainly isn't playing like a championship level goalie.
It doesn't matter if a team has the skill to score 8 goals a game, if they don't get key saves from their goalie when they need them they will continue to lose. When a goalie lets in a weak goal, the team know's and it takes a lot of momentum out of their game. What good is it to score 6 goals if your goalie is just going let in 7?
If you watched the game and saw the reactions of the Penguins players after the weak goals, you can see how frustrated the Penguin players are with their netminder. The players have lost faith in Fleury and now is the perfect time to play $4 million back-up Tomas Vokoun.
Tomas Vokoun is 3-0 against the New York Islanders this season with a .90 G AA and a .970 Save Percentage. Putting in Vokoun who has been solid against the Islanders, may be the Penguins only move in game 5. Fleury and the Penguins are reeling and looking for answers, Vokoun may be the answer. Switching goalies may serve as a wake-up call for the Penguins who have been out-played 5 on 5 by the Islanders in games 2, 3 and 4. Vokoun is a very capable goalie and not your average back-up goalie. With 13 NHL seasons under his belt he's been around the league and has experience.
Two things people can take away from this series; The Penguins aren't as good as everyone believes they are and the Islanders aren't as bad as everyone believes. The Islanders have been, out-working and out-skating the Penguins, using their speed and youth to their advantage. The Islanders also don't have any pressure, no one gave them a shot in this series, if they pull off the upset all the focus will still be on what went wrong for the Penguins. The Islanders deserve some credit for playing their best and forcing the Penguins to make a goalie change, they've come out a lot better than everyone expected.
While goaltending isn't the only issue for the Penguins in this series, it's a big piece of the puzzle. At this point heading into game 5 the Penguins don't have any other choice than to play Tomas Vokoun. You can't throw a delicate ticking time bomb in Fleury back out there, that would be feeding him to the Wolves who already know they can eat him.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. If the Penguins want to advance in the playoffs they'd be wise to give Tomas Vokoun some playing time. Crosby has the skill and wants to win multiple Stanley Cups, don't waste his skill waiting for a goalie to figure out his playoff woes.
Wednesday, 8 May 2013
Is It Time for the Pittsburgh Penguins to Play Tomas Vokoun?
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It's that time of year where we celebrate one era ending and another one beginning. There is something special about New Years and the possibility of new beginnings. So to all of you I wish you a very Happy New Year. May next year be full of hope, love, dreams, laughter and happiness. Let it be everything that you make it to be!
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The Most Powerful Haircut in America
"Make me look like a power lawyer," I ordered a hairstylist in a chic Manhattan salon, my steely demeanor clearly an attempt to hide my apprehension about making such a major change in my hairstyle. I had always loved my long hair, but I was in my twenties, fresh out of law school, and working at a firm with colleagues many years my senior. To get ahead, I assumed my halfway-down-my-back waves had to go; I needed to mirror the powerful women I saw around me—the ones with bobs that had side parts and the precise edges of a samurai sword. The effect of my short chop? Polished, blunt, and to the point. "Take me seriously!" it hollered.
Looking back almost 10 years later, was I being overly dramatic? Maybe. But I wasn't entirely misguided. That style remains the most powerful haircut in the United States. Of the 23 female CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, 15 sport versions of it, including the curled-at-the-ends cut of HP's Meg Whitman, the layered, tucked-behind-the-ears interpretation of Avon's Sheri McCoy, and the stick-straight look of Yahoo's Marissa Mayer.
Power Bobs Sheri McCoy, Marissa Mayer, and Meg Whitman
These women are the latest in a long line of historical power figures to adopt the style. Some historians say it was even inspired by Joan of Arc, the ultimate woman of power. But most, including Midge Wilson, Ph.D., a professor of psychology and women's studies at DePaul University in Chicago, agree that it came about in the 1910s and '20s when women began entering the workforce and believed long hair was a hindrance to doing their jobs. The cut again gained steam in the '60s as even more women sought employment, was bolstered in the mid-'70s with the first power suits, found a soulmate, thus critical mass, in the shoulder pads of the '80s (think Connie Chung and Murphy Brown), and has held on as stubbornly as Aquanet ever since.
But how can a haircut—this haircut—wield so much power? It turns out there are scientific reasons behind the trend. According to a study published in The Journal of Social Psychology, attractiveness is a strike against women up for "masculine" jobs, such as corporate managerial positions. The bob, says Wilson, is "somewhat of a masculine style" that strikes a balance that's neither too butch nor too silly. In a paper on hair and first impressions based on a study funded by Procter and Gamble, study director and Yale University psychology professor Marianne LaFrance, Ph.D., wrote, "Within seconds of meeting you, people begin forming a first impression about the type of person you are, and it's not your face that gives you away; it's your hairstyle." And according to the study, women with shorter hair are perceived as more intelligent and confident than those with longer styles.
"Fashion and hair are ways to express yourself or to get attention, but for many women who have a seat in the boardroom, that's not what they want to be noticed for," says Sophie Eden, who has been conducting executive searches for a decade and cofounded the London recruitment agency Gordon & Eden. "You're taking a chance with a different hairstyle."
Despite the bob's proven power in the boardroom, I've never really been that big of a fan of the style itself. (When I switched careers, I let my own blunt cut grow longer with soft, easy layers.) So it's with sweet relief that I'm sensing change afoot in other industries as well. For one, the new chief executive of General Motors, Mary Barra, wears a sweeter, slightly longer 'do with side-swept bangs. And even in more conservative centers, like inside the Beltway, in D.C., ladies have a more balanced relationship with their cans of hairspray. For example, "Michelle Obama's hair has a lot of movement, and if you look at Sarah Palin's hair, she has this bang and it's sexy," says Ted Gibson, a New York City stylist who counts celebrities like Lupita Nyong'o but also many high-powered CEOs as clients.
Gabriele Vigorelli, a stylist at Sharon Dorram on Manhattan's Upper East Side, agrees. He's the man behind Spanx founder Sara Blakely's bouncy feminine 'do, and he flat-out refuses to cut generic bobs for his clients. "Why box somebody in?" he says. Rather, he prefers an individual approach. "Basically we designed the haircut to what Sara was feeling," Vigorelli explains. "It's not long, long hair, but the length gives her versatility and playfulness and also the feeling of being sensual."
Looking back, I'm not sure going under the shears made much of a difference at the law firm. Certainly the partners couldn't have cared whether my hair was long, short, or like Rainbow Brite when it came to churning out contracts at 1 A.M. So although the power bob is still the clear chop of choice, I find it liberating to know it's not the only option. If it were today, perhaps my twentysomething lawyer self would have chosen the chop anyway, but it would have been for a look all my own. Gibson agrees: "It's the diversity in the way women can look that's really empowering."


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Since these paper are sturdy and heavy enough for making box, I designed a little surprise gift box.
- Authentique Paper "Thrilling" series.
- IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento Luxe™ Mixed Media Pigment Ink - Tuxedo Black
- IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Jumbo Daubers™
- IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Vertigo ™
- Spellbinders Nestabilities Circles (S4-114), Squares (S4-126)
- Spellbinders - Holy Motifs die (S5-057)
- Grosgrain ribbon
- Paper Flower (Prima)
- Black Pearls (Hero Arts)
- craft glue
How To:
|Cut four 3" Circles, 2 3" circles in contrast design, 2 3" Squares using Nextabilities die, or hand cut
|Cut in half and make 4 half circles from contrast design
|Fold in half
|Fold in half for four pieces of circles
|For box bottom, cut 10-1/2" square.
|Score 3-1/2" from each side (make # score line)
|Fold diagonally all four corner blocks and fold up to make box
|Ink edge with Memento Luxe Tuxedo Black using Jumbo Dauber
|Ink edges for all circles and half circles, and one square.
|Ink box edges too.
|Take circles, glue just half of wrong side
|Adhere to square piece (uninked one)
|Adhere half circles to each corner.
|This will be the lid for the box
|Cut Holly Motif from black card stock. Adhere "Magic" label sticker from the paper collection.
|Adhere to the lid top
|Apply grosgrain ribbon, paper flower and black pearl to the lid. Also sticker flags are applied for box sides.
|Make a Vertigo ghost, Heat the Vertigo film with heat gun. Shape when it get soft enough. (Be careful - it's very hot)
|Applly wiggle eyes, then glue to the inked suare, then adhere to inside of box buttom
Note: Vertigo film is not flexible even heated enough, I just wanted to try it and share my experience.
I'll make a few more boxes and fill them with candies for this years Halloween.


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Score: No. 17 Saint Anselm College 19, No. 16 Southern New Hampshire University 9
Records: SNHU 8-4 (6-4 Northeast-10), Saint Anselm 7-4 (6-3 Northeast-10)
Junior Corey Cairo (Wading River, N.Y.) tallied four goals and an assist Wednesday, but a seven-goal second quarter propelled No. 17 Saint Anselm College to a 19-9 victory over No. 16 Southern New Hampshire University in Northeast-10 Conference men's lacrosse action at Grappone Stadium.
Junior Dan Malave (Wading River, N.Y.) also scored twice for the Penmen, while senior Daniel Trainor (Billerica, Mass.) and junior John Miller (Bedford, N.H.) each added a goal and an assist in the setback.
Alex Pacitti totaled a game-high six points on four goals and a pair of helpers for the Hawks. Patrick Sweeney chipped in with four goals and an assist, while Mark Vitello potted four goals as well.
Southern New Hampshire started fast with two goals in the first 3:14 of the opening quarter. Senior Zach Jacobs (Tewksbury, Mass.) collected a feed from Trainor and deposited his 14th of the year into the back of the net just 2:15 into the contest before Cairo fed Malave on the man-up 1:01 later to build a two-goal edge. Sweeney broke through for Saint Anselm at the midway point of the first, and it sparked a four-goal run to close the quarter to give the hosts a 4-2 edge through 15 minutes of play.
The Hawks continued their run into the second, as Vitello scored twice in the first 1:54 before Cairo brought the Penmen back to within three when he buried a feed from sophomore Joseph Mayernik (Pearl River, N.Y.) at 3:26. After Saint Anselm responded with three consecutive strikes to establish a 9-3 advantage with 6:20 to play in the first half, Cairo went back-to-back at 8:57 and 13:44 to slice the deficit back to four. The Hawks again answered back, with Sweeney adding his second and Pacitti completing his hat trick in the final 26 seconds of the half to make it 11-5 at the break.
Neither side was able to generate any offense through the first eight-plus minutes of the third before Saint Anselm went off for three-straight tallies to balloon its advantage to 14-5. After Cairo recorded his second with 1:01 to go in the third, the Hawks struck for four-straight to start the final quarter and take an 18-6 lead with 8:16 remaining. Senior Cameron McGuire (Melrose, Mass.) stopped the run at 7:17, and after another Saint Anselm score, Malave and Miller capped the game's scoring.
Senior Matt McIntire (Milford, Mass.) suffered the setback in the Southern New Hampshire cage after stopping seven shots in the first 23:40. Classmate Tyler Walsh (Northampton, Mass.) made eight saves in the ensuing 28:04 before junior Michael Brawley (Tewksbury, Mass.) steered aside two of the three attempts to come his way in the final 8:16.
- The Hawks won both the turnover (25-15) and groundball (39-29) battle Wednesday, while the Penmen held an 18-12 edge at the faceoff X. Saint Anselm finished 4-for-7 on the man advantage compared to a 2-for-5 showing on extra-man opportunities by Southern New Hampshire.
- Saint Anselm earns two points in the 2016-17 Queen City Cup standings, and now trails the Penmen, 20-14.
What's Next:
Southern New Hampshire resumes play Saturday (April 22) when it heads to Waterbury, Connecticut for a 4 p.m. faceoff against Post University.
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It was just 2 years ago that my baby was really and truly a baby, and celebrating her first Christmas. Look at that little doll!
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Miami, FL - With the Mercury plummeting up north, the annual migration to warmer climates has begun for Melges 20 sailors participating in the 2015/16 Miami Winter Series. Hosted by the Coconut Grove Sailing Club (CGSC) and taking place in arguably one of the best, pure, sailing venues in the world - Biscayne Bay, the first event of the Melges 20 Winter Series commences this coming weekend, December 11-13.
Featuring an entry list of top flight Melges 20 teams from around the globe, competition for the overall and Corinthian trophies will be as tight as ever. With several perennial teams taking a brief hiatus after the World Championship last October, where the fleet lacks in size is made up for in an abundance of talent and newcomers from Monaco, Russia, Germany and Canada.
Michael Illbruck's Pinta, Yuriy Morozov's Russotrans, Matteo Marenghi Vaselli's Raya and Russell Hopper's Crazy Horse are all brand new to the Miami Winter Series. Each has traveled a great distance to experience Miami first-hand.
While the Melges 20 fleet comes together like a large family off the water, the veteran teams will be making sure the newcomers earn their stripes before they walk away with any trophies. "The fleet continues to improve and we see new and old teams mixing it up on the racecourse," commented Slingshot frontman Jonny 'Rockstar' Goldsberry. "There is never an easy pass in the Melges 20 fleet which is what makes it fun and such a great challenge."
Not only is a glorious win at the first event on the line this weekend, but teams will look to earn a top ten finish to get a strong start in the MWS standings.
Culminating with three events, the Series typically is decided in the final race of the final regatta in each stage, so while the final act is not until March, the journey begins now.
The all-amateur, Corinthian fleet will fire up this weekend, steeped in just as much talent and intensity as the open division. Several teams will battle it out for the top trophy including the likes of Canada's Paul Currie on Wild Deuces, Justin Quigg's Character 2.0 and John Brown's Blind Squirrel to name a few.
South Florida has been pounded by rain over the past week, and if early forecasts hold true, the skies will part and the fleet will enjoy sunshine and warm temps - perfect conditions for a true Miami sea breeze.
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The Ice Bucket Challenge is sweeping the globe and game East Kilbride people are among thousands who have drenched themselves in freezing cold water for a good cause.
Famous faces have joined in the fun, with David Beckham, Britney Spears and George W. Bush accepting the challenge from fellow celebrities.
First Minister Alex Salmond and Better Together campaign leader Alistair Darling have also braved a soaking.
Those hardy enough to take part are urged to share a video of the event and nominate others to do the same, while making a donation to motor neurone disease or cancer charities.
Other individual causes that hold a special place in people's hearts have also been chosen.
East Kilbride miracle boy, five-year-old Aidan McAvoy, nominated his grandad Stephen, who completed the challenge for the Bobath Centre, who care for children like Aidan who have cerebral palsy.
Businesses in the town also got in on the act this week.
Staff at The Torrance Hotel raised money for MND Scotland and Macmillan and every £3 raised by staff was matched by Manorview Hotels. Manager Jim McCann even braved a soaking to the delight of his employees.
Youngsters at the local Starlight Dance Company also got to drench their instructor, Jennifer Connelly, and raised a fantastic £70 for Macmillan Cancer Care.
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Nigel made the right vote for Kourtni to stay, but then again he was the only one who noticed that Comfort's solo was weak and that at this point in the competition Comfort shouldn't be getting props simply because she' a hip hop dancer and should be held to the same standard as everyone else.
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- Tony said...
Does being really tall make it hard to dance certain styles? It looks that way to me.
- 6/7/08 04:51
- lost clown said...
I don't know. I am tall (Kourtni's height 5'8") and I have trouble but is that because I'm not quite getting it or because I'm tall?
As you can see I have no way to gauge that or not. Although I do think that if you choreograph something for small people then it would be a challenge for tall people to do it. Though in the most recent hip hop and jazz routines I did I was the tallest and we were all doing the same things (though the one I'm thinking of was choreographed by a small person). Yeah some parts were harder for me, but I think it's because when there were major weight shifts (jumping around the chair in the one routine) I had to move faster and jump higher then everyone else (to get my feet to the desired height above the floor) all in the same count because I started farther away (long legs take me places); same with walks I had to make mine smaller to match more closely with theirs. It's harder to work with a short person.
With ballroom dancing I will say however that on the dance floor even when you're dancing with tall guys they don't always compensate for a tall partner. I've gotten conked in the head a few times by people who didn't adjust for someone tall. (And this with guys who were appx 6' tall-no excuse here.)
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There are no "take twos" in weddings or journalism. Even if a shoot could be done over, often it's at great time, expense, and a hit to your reputation.
Whenever I buy new memory cards, I want to QC them myself. I suppose I could go out on a photowalk and shoot until my card is full, but that would mean reviewing all of those images back home to verify that nothing is corrupted. Sounds like a lot of time to me.
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Newcastle United are contemplating a fine on Senegalese striker Demba Ba, following comments about joining Arsenal. The 27 year old African was quoted as saying: "Arsenal are one of those teams who makes you dream". The Telegraph believes a fine in the region of £90,000 (two weeks' wages) will be imposed.
It probably did not help the Magpies that the Gunners are reportedly looking for a striker in the January transfer window; the likes of Atletico Madrid's Adrian Lopez and Schalke 04's Klaas-Jan Huntelaar have been discussed. Ba has had a stand-out season with the St James' Park side so far, scoring 11 goals in 16 appearances. And Alan Pardew, predictably, is not happy with his player's comments.
Ba's present contract expires in 2014 but it is the bargain release clause in his agreement that has St James' Park worried. A new deal has been offered but an agreement has yet to be reached.
"We've tried to do a deal with him and take the clause out and that's probably where the speculation is. The clause is always hanging over us and it makes it difficult for us, the club and him. We accept that and that's the way football is," Pardew was quoted by Sky Sports.
Ba's Replacement
Meanwhile, France international Loic Remy could be the man to replace Ba at Newcastle, according to the Daily Mail. The report states £16m offer could be enough to persuade Ligue 1 club Olympique Marseille to part ways with their forward.
Remy had a good season with the club last year, scoring 12 times in 29 league appearances. This year, though, he has made only two league starts (and 12 appearances off the bench) for only one goal. And like Ba, the Frenchman has spoken of an interest in his prospective suitor.
"Newcastle are a very good team, they are a big club with good players, very good fans and a nice stadium that is always full. The window opens in January, and there will be speculation from now until the window closes - if I have to leave then all parties must be happy. I have a contract so let's wait and see what happens," Remy was quoted by the Mail.


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Staff & Leadership
Chamber Volunteer Leadership
The Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce is a membership organization. The Chamber, Visitor Bureau, and Economic Development Commission are led by a unified Board of Directors, made up of senior executives from member companies and partner organizations. The Board provides strategic and policy guidance to ensure the Chamber's program of work serves the best interest of our members and the Santa Maria Valley community.
2018-2019 Officers
Chairman of the Board
Ray Arensdorf, Arensdorf Chiropractic
Chairman Elect
Jean-Luc Garon, Radisson Hotel Santa Maria
Vice Chairman
Janet Silveria, Community Bank of Santa Maria
Vice Chairman
Dr. Kevin Walthers, Allan Hancock College
Past Chairman
Cameron Stephens, SM Tire
Board of Directors
Mark Allen, Marian Regional Medical Center
Ed Carcarey, Mega 97.1
Ron Cossa, Tolman & Wiker Insurance
Edgar Gascon, Hacienda Realty
David LeRoy, Toyota of Santa Maria
Butch Lopez, V Lopez Jr. & Sons General Engineering Contractors
Eddie Murray, Murray Group-Morgan Stanley
Era Polly, Era Polly Real Estate
Hugh Rafferty, Coast Hills Credit Union
Cynthia Schur, Santa Maria Times
Michelle Shipman, Searchlight Properties
Laurie Tamura, Urban Planning Concepts
Tim Williams, Digital West
Tim Woodbury, Woody's Butcher Block
Professional Staff and Delivery Team
The Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce and Visitor & Convention Bureau is a nonprofit association of businesses and organizations that work together to build a healthy, robust economy in the Santa Maria Valley. Under the direction of our member-led Board of Directors, the Chamber has a strong team of professional staff members who serve the daily needs of the membership.
Professional Staff
Glenn D. Morris, ACE – President & Chief Executive Officer
Glenn D. Morris, ACE – President & Chief Executive Officer
Office: (805) 925-2403, ext. 825
Cell: (559) 909-1012
Glenn came to the Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce in July 2014. He brings nearly two decades of experience and leadership to bear in the areas of leadership, organizational excellence, and partnership development. In addition to his most recent role as the President and CEO of the Visalia Chamber of Commerce, he has professional experience with nonprofit business organizations in Utah, California and Nevada. Glenn brings with him to his new position professional experience in economic development, tourism, and convention and event planning.
Terri Oneschuck – VP, Chamber Operations
Terri Oneschuck – VP, Chamber Operations
Office: (805) 925-2403, ext. 824
In May 2011, Terri was hired as the Finance Manager for the Chamber of Commerce. She is responsible for all accounting and business management. Because there is a staff member with the same name, Terri Oneschuck is referred to as 'Terri O'. Terri O is also the Chamber Liaison for Business Committee & our Board of Directors.
Jennifer Harrison – Director, Visitors Bureau
Jennifer Harrison – Director, Visitors Bureau
Office: (805) 925-2403, ext. 815
Jennifer joined the Chamber of Commerce team in February, 2006. In her current role, she leads the Chamber's Visitor & Convention Bureau activities, including tourism and group marketing programs for the community. Jennifer is responsible for establishing and promoting the Santa Maria Valley as a premier destination for leisure, recreation, and group events. Jennifer is also responsible for supporting group tour operators, meeting planners, and special event coordinators in ensuring their visits to Santa Maria are successful. She is the liaison to the VCB Tourism Marketing District.
Molly Schiff – Marketing & Communications Manager
Molly Schiff – Marketing & Communications Manager
Office: (805) 925-2403, ext. 816
Molly joined the Chamber of Commerce team in February 2016. Molly's primary responsibility is to coordinate the public relations and marketing efforts of the Chamber and its various programs. Molly manages the Chamber's marketing campaigns, online presence, social media, and various communications and publications.
Cara Martinez – Membership Manager
Cara Martinez – Membership Manager
Office: (805) 925-2403, ext. 852
Cara joined the Chamber of Commerce team in January, 2008. Cara is responsible for membership development and retention for the Chamber. Cara focuses on building relationships with new and existing members and ensuring they understand the benefits and services available to them. Cara serves as liaison to the Ambassador Committee.
Alex Magana – Events & Special Projects Manager
Alex Magana – Events & Special Projects Manager
Office: (805) 925-2403, ext. 814
Alex has been working for the Chamber of Commerce since 2016. Alex plays a lead role in organizing the Chamber's ongoing member and community events. Alex is responsible for event and meeting planning, logistics, and operation.
Yarely Corona - Tourism Coordinator
Yarely Corona – Tourism Coordinator
Office: (805) 925-2403, ext. 851
Yarely joined the Chamber Staff in July 2018. As the Tourism Coordinator, Yarely helps promote and facilitate the services of the Santa Maria Valley Chamber & Visitor Bureau to event and meeting planners, helps attract visitors to our community, and ensures that the visitor experience exceeds expectations.
Patricia Horta – Administrative Support Coordinator
Patricia Horta – Administrative Support Coordinator
Office: (805) 925-2403, ext. 812
Patricia joined the Chamber of Commerce team in February, 2011. Patricia is responsible for incoming calls and information requests. She is also responsible for processing registrations for Chamber events and assists with processing and recording of all payments to the Chamber. Patricia also approves submitted events for our online events calendars. She also assists with inquiries pertaining to chamber luncheons and chamber events.
Taz Dougherty – Administrative Clerk
Taz Dougherty – Member & Visitor Services
Office: (805) 925-2403, ext. 853
Taz joined the Chamber Staff in July 2017. His primary responsibilities include assisting with incoming phone calls, office visitors and information requests. Taz also works to keep the Chamber and VCB websites current and full of useful information.
Consultants & Support Team
Economic Development Commission
Suzanne Singh – Economic Development Services, LLC
Cell: (949) 433-2258
Message: (805) 925-2403, ext. 817
Suzanne Singh has provided leadership for the Chamber's Economic Development Commssion since January 2017. She previously served as President for the Rancho Santa Margarita Chamber of Commerce, where she successfully re-built & created a thriving organization by concentrating on attraction, retention, and support for the community and the businesses within the region. Through the Economic Development Commission, Singh provides support for the businesses already in Santa Maria, while also promoting Santa Maria as a premier location for new businesses. She is passionate about working with the local community to continue to make Santa Maria a thriving place for business.
Membership Sales
Terri Lee and Douglas Coleman - TLC Marketing
Phone: (805) 878-5732
Carlos Escobedo - Membership Sales (Bilingual)
Phone: (805) 819-8727
Energy Watch Partnership of Northern Santa Barbara County / Recycled Materials Development Zone
Dave Cross – Fletcher Cross & Associates
Phone: (805) 928-7559
Leadership Santa Maria Valley
Terri Oneschuck
Phone: (805) 925-2403 x 824
Tourism Marketing District
Cheryl Cuming
Phone: (805) 471-0182
Chamber Ambassadors
Our Chamber Ambassadors are volunteer Chamber Members whose sole purpose is to act as a Public Relations Arm of the Chamber and the Community. The Chamber could not function at the level we do without the help of this valuable and dedicated group of local business professionals!
If you are interested in becoming an Ambassador, contact Erika Weber at (805) 928-5000 ext. 135 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Esther Acosta, Pacific Realty Property Sales & Management - Esther Acosta
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Diane Alleman-Stevens
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Paula Arnold, American Self Storage
Tina Barnard, CenCal TEK
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Allison Borja, Poor Richards Press
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Bethany Brewington, Rabobank, NA Operations Center
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David Brogren, Heritage Evangelical Presbyterian Church
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Julie Colegrove, Shaklee Distributors - J & J Colegrove
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Jim Colegrove, Shaklee Distributors - J & J Colegrove
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Michael Corob, Youani Arts
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Brenda Corona, American General Media
Jacob Cuen, Morris & Garritano Insurance
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Leona Doidge
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Susan Friesen, Toastmasters International
Jack Garvin, Studio 23
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Edgar Gascon, Hacienda Realty
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Sabrina Green, Smooth Criminal Speed Waxing
Heidi Gruetzmacher, Frame Gallery
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Beverly Johnson, Valley Art Gallery
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Paul Klock
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Kathy Martinez, Mary Kay Cosmetics-Kathy Martinez
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Carolyn McCall
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Diana Moffitt, Morris & Garritano Insurance
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Regina Ojeda, SESLOC Federal Credit Union
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"The American people will never again be asked to foot the bill for Wall Street's mistakes. There will be no more taxpayer-funded bailouts. Period."
-- President Barack Obama, after passage of financial reform legislation
The financial reform bill addresses many causes of the financial crisis. Among a long laundry list of reforms, the new regulation creates a systemic risk council to address firms that may be "too big to fail." It makes rating agencies such as Moody's
But one of the complaints about financial regulatory reform is that it didn't address the biggest bailout of them all: Fannie Mae (OTC: FNMA.OB) and Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC.OB). Now the administration and Congress are just beginning to take on the momentous task of reforming our nation's housing finance system, and opinions run the gamut. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, weighed in on how he thinks we should restructure the housing finance system. He also offered his thoughts on the final version of financial regulatory reform. Paul is in favor of privatizing the housing finance system and says he thinks the financial regulation bill did not usher in true reform.
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Jennifer Schonberger: How should we restructure the U.S. housing finance system? What should we do with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?
Rep. Ron Paul: Sell it because the majority of mortgages are probably still pretty good. But we should never have these guarantees. I argued against Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for 10 years, saying that just the implication that there's a line of credit to the Treasury means that there will be an artificial number of houses built.
So yes, there's probably a lot of good mortgages. Find out what they're worth. But when the Fed buys these mortgages, we don't know what they're worth. As a matter of fact, even the Chinese government owns a lot of these, and they monetize them for us. So you need the market value of these mortgages [first], then people should buy them. The ones that are worthless will get wiped off the books.
But the government shouldn't be in that business. Only the market can determine these values. I have no trust or faith in the politicians and the bureaucrats that I know in Washington that know anything about value, because they can't know. Nobody's smart enough to know that. Only supply and demand and the people evaluating these mortgages will decide their worth.
The market would have a "Fannie Mae" and "Freddie Mac." People would bundle these together, and sell them, and there would probably be a private rating agency. Somebody has to evaluate them -- you'd get higher interest for the ones that are riskier. Right now, everything was thrown in a bundle, and a lot of them became worthless. Then we had the derivatives piled on. After they became worthless, the Federal Reserve buys them up at nominal value and sticks the taxpayers with these. The sooner we get that type of system behind us, the better.
Schonberger: On financial reform, do you think the newly passed regulation solved "too big to fail" and reined in systemic risk? What do you make of the legislation that has passed?
Paul: I didn't like the legislation, and I voted against it. It's sort of a bill that plans how we will sort out the pieces the next time we have a similar crisis. They didn't change policy. They just thought that if we had more regulations, and more protection, then we would take care of it in a different fashion. They're trying to patch up the old system. It can't work. It hasn't worked this go-around.
Just pretending that we can continue with the same monetary policy, the same Federal Reserve system, and all these guarantees sort of concedes that we're going to have another bubble. If we have regulations and plans for how we distribute these assets later on, it just says that nothing has changed. That's another reason why there's no confidence in the market. People realize they're just propping up a system that has already failed.
Schonberger: Do you think anything good has come from this legislation?
Paul: The best thing that has come out of it was the fact that we ended up with 320 people in the House that supported transparency of the Fed to find out what they do in secret, and that they have to be accountable to the Congress. Even though that didn't get passed, more and more people now understand that the Fed is the culprit and not the solution. They created the bubble, they're responsible for the problems we have, and they will never be off the hook. I think that is just great.
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Kalard (カラード)Kalard (カラード Karādo) was the father of Éclair. Kalard lived around 400 years ago with his wife and his daughter, Éclair. However, Éclair was called upon by the Fire Village to act as their priestess while Kalard worked on the Dispelling Magic required to dispel the Magic on the Phoenix Stone. After the Fire Village was attacked, Kalard was relieved to learn from some of the survivors that Éclair had also survived.
Kalard eventually managed completed the Magic needed to dispel the Phoenix Stone, however, he fell ill and soon died. Before his death, he gave the Sacred Arrow, a weapon containing the Dispelling Magic, to the Magic Council and left a message for his daughter in a crystal ball in his house in the Boundary Forest, protected by a strong barrier to ward off monsters surrounding his home.
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The Pleasures of Reading, Viewing, and Listening in 2015
by Kristin King
Here is a short sampling of some of the books, movies, and music that have touched me this year.
Everfair by Nisi Shawl
I got a sneak peek at Everfair, by Nisi Shawl, which will come out in 2016. It will be well worth the wait. A horrible era in human history, the time of King Leopold II's brutal reign over the Belgian Congo, is transformed in this steampunk novel by a utopian project led by a diverse and wide-ranging cast of characters. And by hot-air balloons. Each character is compelling enough on their own to merit a novel, but it's the story of the place that brings them all together, the common dream they share. This novel is an epic, fantastical journey through time.
Verity Podcast
The Verity podcast < https://veritypodcast.wordpress.com/> made my list of Pleasures in 2014, and it's back again for helping guide me through what was for me a rocky year in Doctor Who. Series 9 of the show, while brilliant and masterfully done, dug deep into the horror of having to be an immortal hero, or that hero's friend. I was glad to share in the Verities' enjoyment of the show and especially glad to have the company of Erika, who, like me, was intensely upset by "Face the Raven."
Persona by Genevieve Valentine
Persona by Genevieve Valentine is a gripping dystopic thriller, a romance, a spy novel, and a mystery all rolled into one. Our hero, diplomat Suyana Supaki, is trying to save the rainforests by playing a role as a celebrity to charm the public. Instead, she ends up on the run with a partner she can't trust -- a photographer in a totalitarian society where photography is illegal. My review of this book appeared in The Cascadia Subduction Zone in July 2015.
The Jewel and the Key by Louise Spiegler
The Jewel and the Key by Louise Spiegler is a lovely young-adult time travel story. The reader knows time traveling is happening but the main character does not, at least at first. Addie travels across town to a gorgeous new theater, the Jewel, where she falls in love with the sets and the costumes and the actors, but does not realize she has also traveled from the (unspecified) present day to the early 1900s. War is looming in both times, and as she comes to a gradual realization that the Jewel is crumbling, she also understand that there is something important she must do. The novel got bonus points from me not only for mentioning the Wobblies who were active in Seattle in the early 1900s, but for mentioning that we still exist.
Kabu Kabu by Nnedi Okorafor
Kabu Kabu by Nnedi Okorafor is a delicious book of short stories arranged around the illegal Nigerian taxi motif. They're inventive, magical, fun, startling -- but also quite dangerous. You might not get out alive. The narrator of the first story smashes the "Magical Negro" trope into a thousand pieces and then jumps out of the story to grab you by the lapels and tell you what's what. Next up, the novella "Kabu Kabu," co-authored by Alan Dean Foster, is a hilarious tale of a magical cab ride. And the stories just get wilder from there.
2Cellos by 2Cellos
2Cellos is the debut album by the Croation duo 2Cellos. I knew that cellos have a soul-filled, sonorous voice, but until I heard this CD I had no idea it could master rock music or impersonate a fiddle or that it could be played with so much intensity. For a taste of their work, you can watch their version of Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" on youtube. < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx0xCI1jaUM>
Still Got Legs by Chameleon Circuit
The band Chameleon Circuit plays in a genre called "Time Lord Rock" or "Trock" for short. The songs in Still Got Legs cover Series Five of Doctor Who, from the time the tenth Doctor regenerated to the time the eleventh Doctor faced the universe's second Big Bang. The haunting and catchy melodies have an astonishing breadth of emotion, from the sadness of the tenth Doctor's death to the pure silliness of the series finale and everything in between. I am especially struck by the gentle angst of the song "Mr. Pond," which tells a simple story of a husband worrying about his wife.
Cold Magic by Kate Elliott
The fantasy novel Cold Magic by Kate Elliott is anything but predictable. The worldbuilding is amazing -- it's an alternate history in which the Roman Empire lasted well into the Middle Ages, and the cultures are Afro-Celtic. Our main character is a Phoenician young woman, well-established in her home and community, who must suddenly confront the reality that her life has been a lie when she is forced into a surprise marriage, then kidnapped and dragged off on an adventure she never wanted. The complexity of the world and the gripping suspense provide the perfect balance in this enjoyable read.
Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson
I reread Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson this year, and it enthralled me even more than it had on its first reading, several years ago. Tan-Tan, who is stolen away from her peaceful home by the thoughtless actions of her father, must learn to survive, and maintain her strength of spirit, on the rough-and-tumble world of New Half-Way Tree. She is duty-bound to save two lives, and it takes the whole book to understand what that means. It's scary and sad, but Granny Nanny is there, with her beautiful Caribbean storytelling voice, to bring us through.
The Sarah Jane Adventures episode "Death of the Doctor"
The Sarah Jane Adventures episode "Death of the Doctor," which aired in 2010, is a two-parter that is enjoyable in its own right but also a joy for fans who care about the show's companions and its canon. Sarah Jane finds out that many of the companions from Classic Who have grown into powerful women with happy lives -- especially Jo Grant, who has been quite the rabble-rouser. Also interesting: when the (white) Doctor bodyswaps with a black teenager, we also learn that Time Lords can regenerate as either white or black. You wouldn't think this would need to be explicitly stated, considering that every other aspect of their appearance can change. But it does. This year Doctor Who showed a Time Lord changing from a white male to a black female, and a certain segment of the fan base was shocked at this "change" to the canon. So it makes me very happy that this "change" was set in place way back in 2010.
The Midnighters trilogy by Scott Westerfeld
The Midnighters trilogy by Scott Westerfeld, like Midnight Robber, called out to me for a reread. Teenagers with sensory processing difficulties, like sensitivity to light, find that everything changes in that secret hour of midnight, where the world turns blue and everyone they know is frozen in time. They find powers they never knew they had, and fight monsters nobody else can see. It's a beautiful, thrilling ride.
Vi Hart Videos
Vi Hart's youtube videos. Vi Hart is a "mathemusician" who does recreational math on youtube. In her confident and softly humorous voice, she'll start the video with something like "Say you're me in math class, and you're doodling . . ." And then she'll be off on some grand mathematical adventure, involving Fibonacci sequences, fractals, logarithms, or maybe the "in-between-finite" nature of pi. She's mesmerizing. It's math as it should be: beautiful. One of my favorites is "Doodling in Math Class: Spirals, Fibonacci, and Being a Plant [2 of 3]" < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOIP_Z_-0Hs>
Kristin King (http://kristinking.wordpress.com) is a writer, parent, and activist who lives in Seattle. Her work has appeared in Strange Horizons, Calyx, The Pushcart Prize XXII (1998), and other places. Two of her stories appeared in an Aqueduct Press anthology, Missing Links and Secret Histories: A Selection of Wikipedia Entries Lost, Suppressed, or Misplaced in Time. A selection of her short fiction has been collected in Misfits from the Beehive State.


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I am learning about dying to self.
It's painful.
It feels like I imagine physical death might feel.
Everywhere I turn I am given messages, inside and outside of the church, that I am strong, and good, and blessed and wonderful.
It feeds me, those messages. It feeds ME. It feeds the SELF.
They do not force me on me knees at the foot of the cross seeking forgiveness and redemption.
I wonder why I need the cross.
The world tells me I deserve good things. The world tells me I am owed….I deserve….good things. The world tells me to demand what is rightfully mine.
"Any voice that under any circumstance drives you away from Jesus Christ is the voice of the deceiver." ~Paul Washer
When I am alone with God, I pray desperately for understanding, discernment, protection and the willingness to continue to seek Him. When I read His Words, His Scripture…His undying love-letter to my soul…. and I hear His voice, it is completely contrary to the messages I am bombarded with daily. The reality is that we are living in not only a world filled with hate for Jesus Christ, but often, in a world where leaders of flocks claiming to be at the service of our Lord and Savior are in fact, blind to the workings of Satan within our own church walls.
The world is infected. There is a constant war being waged against our souls. We are all playing a part in the war. Are we fighting as soldiers that abide in Christ? Do we even know what that means? I confess, I am Often confused about this myself. The only clarity I ever obtain is when I am alone with Jesus and His Word. But oh! How Satan attacks the moment I re-enter the world that can often consume my life. I am acutely aware that lack of diligence and watchfulness over my own heart, soul and mind must not wane. I praise the living God that when I live by my flesh, my Savior is there, waiting to draw me back to him with love and mercy. I pray for the moment I gain the wisdom an understanding I need to live in this world but not become seduced and diseased by it.
"For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin. For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good. So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me." Paul, Romans 7: 14-20 ESV
There is nothing good in me. I cannot overcome my sinful nature. I am a picture of the fall. LOOK AT ME. LOOK AT US. I need a Savior. WE need a savior. I find Paul's words so convicting that they drive me to the cross time and time again. It is there that through faith I am saved by the grace of the Father and the death and resurrection of His Son. What an amazing love I am reminded of at the foot of the cross. I need more hours in the day at the cross. I need a daily reminder that breaks my heart over my own sinful nature. How Christ must weep for us. For me. What kind of love he must have for His world.
And how angry I am at what my self-seeking has done to the simple, convicting sword of the spirit…why are we not collectively opening our Bibles and begging God to reveal His Truth to us? Why are we not begging our brothers and sisters to fight our spiritual war along side of us?
Oh…the danger we are in.


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Missouri Mesothelioma Victims Center Now Urges a Public Utility-Energy Worker with Mesothelioma in Missouri to Call Them for Direct Access to the Nation's Top Lawyers for Better Financial Compensation Results
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA, June 8, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Missouri Mesothelioma Victims Center says, "We are urging a public utility, electric, water, or gas natural gas worker who has recently been diagnosed with mesothelioma in Missouri to call us anytime at 800-714-0303 to ensure they are talking directly with some of the nation's most skilled and experienced mesothelioma attorneys. We specialize in assisting public utility and power/energy workers who have been diagnosed with mesothelioma in Missouri and nationwide. Our top priority is making certain people like this receive the very best possible financial compensation-which could exceed a million dollars." http://Missouri.MesotheliomaVictimsCenter.Com
The group fears the Internet makes the process of getting direct access to the nation's top mesothelioma attorneys extremely confusing. There are law firms or groups that try to make it look like they are somehow the Veterans Administration or a federal financial claims group, or, worst of all, there are Internet ads that suggest 'no lawsuit needed' which is false advertising. As the group would like to explain anytime at 800-714-0303, "There is a direct connection between having the nation's most skilled, experienced, and capable full-time mesothelioma attorneys and a person with mesothelioma receiving the best possible financial compensation." http://Missouri.MesotheliomaVictimsCenter.Com
The Missouri Mesothelioma Victims Center specializes in assisting the following types of people in Missouri with mesothelioma:
* Public Utility Worker
* Municipal Electric Worker
* Municipal Water District Worker
* Electric Utility Worker
* Local Natural Gas Company
* Municipal Light and Power Worker
* Natural Gas System Worker
* Municipal Water & Sewer District
* Regional Electric Worker
* Municipal Water and Light Worker
* US Navy Veteran
For more information about public utility districts in the State of Missouri please visit the state website: http://mpua.org/.
The Missouri Mesothelioma Victims Center proudly offers their free services to a person with mesothelioma in any community in Missouri including Kansas City, St. Louis, Independence, Columbia, Lee's Summit, O'Fallon, St. Joseph or anywhere in Missouri
For the best possible treatment options in Missouri the Missouri Mesothelioma Victims Center suggests the following healthcare facilities:
* Barnes Jewish Hospital Saint Louis, Missouri: http://www.barnesjewish.org/cancer-center
Saint Louis University Cancer Center Saint Louis, Missouri:
* https://www.slucare.edu/cancer-center/resources/saint-louis-university-cancer-information-center.php.
High-risk work groups for exposure to asbestos in Missouri include Veterans of the US Navy, civilian workers at Whiteman Air Force base, power plant workers, factory workers, public utility workers, plumbers, welders, industrial workers, electricians, auto mechanics, machinists, and construction workers. Typically, the exposure to asbestos occurred in the 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, or 1980's. http://Missouri.MesotheliomaVictimsCenter.Com
For more information about mesothelioma please refer to the National Institutes of Health's web site related to this rare form of cancer: https://www.cancer.gov/types/mesothelioma.
Michael Thomas
Missouri Mesothelioma Victims Center
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I'm currently recovering from a minor injury that i caused to my penis, and am thinking of going back to basics when i start again next monday.
Which do you guys find the best & most effective: having separate girth days and stretch days, or having just one routine?Blue balls build character ^ ^
Looks like King Winter's on our side!
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I usually cycle between a length-oriented routine and a girth-oriented routine every 3 months or so and I like how its done for me. I've mixed it up on a daily basis in the past and it was ok, but the approach I've been doing now seems much better so far. I guess it all comes down to what you like
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So does that mean you do both length and girth on same days, but one more than the other?
eg. during your length routine you do 70% length exercises and 30% girth exercises ??
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I've done both, NR. I now prefer getting it all done in one session, simply because I don't like the added chore of stretching on a busy morning (breakfast, shower, brush teeth, get dressed...you get the picture).
Both can work.I am no longer an active member on the PEGym.
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I do them each everyday. Have noticed gains in both length and girth using this approach. Good luck on your journey. Stay consistent and dedicated and gains will come.
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Amazing water refraction photography
Markus Reugels – phtographer, artist, visionary. His incredible flickr page is a bible of amazing stuff, and we unashamedly eulogise him. Take his twenty shot series Refractions. Reugels takes high speed macro photos of water droplets falling infront of an inverted backgrounds. The pictures are then refracted and the image presented in the sphere of the water droplets.
Much of Reugels photography centres around the disturbance of fluids. Be sure to check out his flickr page for more incredible photos like the one below.
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I woke up the following morning thinking that there would be absolute mayhem on the streets, with people running around like chickens with their heads cut off. But I was wrong. Other than the footsteps of the various Heartizens walking up and down them, the streets were silent. It made me wonder if the chaos happened after I went home last night-I tended to miss a lot of action since I was expected to be home on time for supper every night.
As I stepped out onto the streets rather late that morning (late for me anyway), the first thing I noticed was that everyone I saw was dressed in maroon (including me-I figured there was no need to draw more attention to myself), as most Heartizens did after someone they knew had died. Men were dressed in dark maroon suits or blazers, while women were wearing maroon dresses and maroon hats of some sort (most of the hats I saw were dark maroon sunhats) to shield their eyes ... probably to hide their tears. The only "pop" of color I saw were some bright red and pink ribbon pins that were in the shape of a heart (red for the guys, pink for the girls) that just about everyone seemed to be wearing on the left side of their chest. I had no idea where they got them. I debated asking someone, but ultimately decided against it-I didn't feel like dealing with crabby Heartizens first thing in the morning.
The same news reporter I heard yesterday came back onto the street monitors. She confirmed that the King's death was in fact a suicide, news that was unsurprisingly met with a nearly unified gasp from Heartizens. In my mind, it was almost inevitable that all hell was gonna break lose right about now. But it didn't. Not long after the reporter's announcement, the Hearts Royal Family appeared on the street monitors. The Queen looked gorgeous as ever in her beautiful, long, maroon dress and birdcage that covered most of her face, her dusty rose hair up in a bun. The Jack looked very proper and professional in his tailored maroon suit with a matching maroon tie laying on top of his black button-down shirt, his long black hair slicked back per usual. The soon-to-be King, who was standing between them on the screen, looked as cute as a button in his suit that looked to be a miniature version of the one the Jack was wearing, his chocolate brown hair slicked back as well. The future Queen, Princess Chattum, was also standing between the Queen and the Jack, and to the right of her brother on the screen. She looked adorable with her Chiffon tiered maroon dress, and a maroon rose in her curly golden locks with pink tips. Her rosy cheeks and sweet dimples suggested that she would be stunningly beautiful when she got older, just like the Queen ... but anyone with eyes could tell that she, along with her freckled, curly-haired one-day husband, were not the biological children of the Queen and late King of Hearts.
The Queen was first to speak, grabbing the attention of everyone on the street as soon as she began. "Thank you all for your kind words," she said looking straight into the monitor, a stoic expression on her face. "We are so humbled by all the love and support you have shown both us and this entire suit during the last sixteen or so hours. My husband, your king, would be so proud to know that he had such loyal, caring people standing behind him, if he did not know already." I could tell that she was doing her best to keep it together. "We ask you to forgive us if we are not quite ourselves during this difficult grieving process. That being said, we in no way expect this to be the demise of our suit in the ongoing war; we will prevail victorious."
"The King was the best father I could have ever asked for," Prince Kortian said. "I think I speak for everyone when I say that he will be deeply missed by his family, friends, and loyal subjects."
"We love you, Daddy," Princess Chattum added as if her decision to contribute to this announcement was on a whim.
Then the Jack spoke. "While this entire suit will be grieving the loss of our beloved king, we need to remember that they are the ones who caused our great leader to kill himself, they are the ones that cause our suit to live in fear, they are the ones who cause our parents, our siblings, our children, our relatives to die in the line of duty every single day." Though he was being vague in his use of the word "they," I knew exactly whom he was referring to: the Black Allies. "It's time to put a stop to their games once and for all! Let's win this fight for the King!" I thought people would cheer after that empowering speech ... but everyone just stared at the screen blankly, that is, if they weren't wiping away tears. How pathetic.
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Detroit Files Chapter 9, Should They be Bailed Out? [POLL]
The city of Detroit is filing for bankruptcy. Do you think the government should bail them out?
There are about 100 other cities in the country that are in the same shape financially. If Detroit gets help is that fair to the other cities?
Detroit's filing of a petition for Chapter 9 bankruptcy on Thursday marks just a skirmish in what is expected to be a prolonged legal battle between labor unions, bondholders, and state officials over the future of a city that once symbolized the nation's industrial might.
At issue is the fate of $5.7 billion in unfunded retiree health insurance and $3.5 billion in unfunded pension payouts for some 30,000 retirees and current city workers. Under federal bankruptcy law, contracts regarding the city's obligations to these pensions can be severed. But labor unions, arguing that Michigan's Constitution prohibits the diminishing of accrued public pension obligations, vow to keep up the fight in court.
via Detroit bankruptcy: The war shifts to the courts - Yahoo! News.