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Esperance - The great escape.
Esperance's most renowned feature is its magnificent beaches, the coastline acclaimed for having some of the whitest beaches in Australia.
Southern Right whales migrate along the Esperance coastline between June and October with whales and their calves frequenting sheltered coves can often be seen from the shore and the many beach paths.
Esperance's Pink Lake (in town) unfortunately isn't as pink as it used to be. These days more of a 'blush', however, the other veeeery pink lake is Lake Hillier, Middle Island. This can be seen by fixed wing, helicopter or boat tours, which generally only run peak holiday season.
Explore The Great Ocean Drive, this spectacular tourist loop stretches 38kms; allowing for a scenic tour of local highlights along the coastline. Outstanding stop off locations include the Rotary Lookout, West Beach, Blue Haven and Twilight Beach.
There are 5 national parks situated around Esperance. each is unique, yet all share common elements, including the prestigious coastline, tranquil bushwalks, and the beautiful surrounding fauna and flora. Located 48km from the centre of Esperance is The Cape Le Grand National Park with its massive granite peaks where the friendly kangaroos at Lucky Bay can be seen lazing on the luminescent beaches - a must see. If you're lucky enough to catch Robyn or Doc in the Lucky Bean Café van on the beach, stop for a chat, not only great coffee but a magical view - the indigenous family a wealth of knowledge on country and local aboriginal culture.
Things to do at Esperance Chalet Village
Catch a fish on your door step. Drop a line in Bandy Creek
Bandy Creek (known to local aboriginals as 'barngiup' the place of the river bream) is now fully tidal and open to the sea with good bream fishing, depending on the time of day and the tide, or grab a kayak and explore the bush from the water, the creek is alive with the soothing sounds of nature and abundant bird life.
SOME THINGS TO DO IN ANd AROUND TOWN
- Start your day with a coffee at Coffee Cat, BeanBreak or fab espresso bar Down Town (killer pastries too!)
- Morning swims are always beautiful at West Beach or spend the day with the family at Twilight
- Blue Haven a village fav, Observatory Point and Eleven Mile Lagoon at low tide pretty special
- Take a stroll along the stunning Esperance foreshore, be sure to admire not only the beautiful bay but the many locally grown, indigenous plant species too
- Grab a juice or smoothie at the jetty and a have a yarn with Mario at S'Juice he's always up for a custom blend of goodness and punches out a homemade hearty soup during the cooler months
- Taylors Street Quarters great for a casual weekend breakie, lunch or dinner (weekdays and weekends) on the deck overlooking the water, enjoy local brew and live music on Sunday's for the perfect sunset and early evening session - the Blackberrry Bramble cocktail a summer winner
- Hit the road for a tour of the breathtaking tourist loop beaches with a refreshing pit stop at the Lucky Bay Brewery - pale ale a fav, owner/brewer Nigel passionate about his crafted brews
- Fat Albert Cycle Tours, a unique way to cruise the squeaky white sand - cycling 'on' the beach
- A day cruise with Woody Island Eco Tours woodyisland.com.au to magical Woody Island or fishing charter with Esperance Diving and Fishing (they also do tours of Lake Hillier, Middle Island)
- Goldfields Air Services fly over Lake Hillier too 1800 359 427 for bookings.
- If you in need of personal maintenance - facial, mani, pedi head to B Naturally You (great stash of cossies too).
- Hair Picasso for a holiday trim or quick blowie and for the menfolk Dempster Street Barber - old school hot towel shave a real treat
- Retail therapy favourites Flame, Woven, Innertube Surf Shop, Amanda at ESP stocks a treasure trove of goodies and the girls at Naturally Esperance for a hand crafted gem from an array of local artisans - pottery (Mint Blue Sea) soaps, candles and more (located in the museum village)
- The Barefoot Tribe has a super cool collection for bubs an kiddies (and the cutest little store!) also stocking some local talent Knots and Weaves Co, and B and B Designs.
- Splash Out Coastal Living Home Art, an array of little gems and cool art workshops that run throughout the year - see Louise for details.
- The Toy Station great for holiday games
- Colour your world bright with Jody Ellet Art
- Be captivated at Baxter & Maree Gallery, snap up Tammy Andrews evocative and unique Esperance work or invest in a one-off piece. Tammy's hubby Warren from the Courthouse Framers/ camera shop local beach photographic prints
- Get lost in dreamtime stories at Kepa Kurl Gallery for indigenous art and gifts and White Sands Gallery for some large scale Esperance canvas or framed art (also museum village)
- Fenwick Cinema for a great holiday flick if the weather turns
- The Book Box for a hit of localness stocking WA authors and more
- The newly built skate park a hit
- Cafés - Onshore (next to cinema), Ocean Blues, do great cakes and coffee
- Sumo Salad for all things Sumo and takeaway sushi
- The Pier Hotel a good, solid pub feed (with excellent wood fired pizzas)
- The Esperance Hotel for a dose of live music and the best chicken snitzel in town
- The Loose Goose for some fine food local fare or café dining at Brown Sugar with an indigenous flavour (try the traditional damper and quandong jam)
- Or the Gibson Soak bit of old school pub love, always worth a trip just out of town
- The Esperance Bay Yacht Club perfect for a Friday night easy dinner with loads of room for kids spilling out on the lawn
- Pop to the Museum Village Markets on Sunday mornings for bit of vintage, craft and food stall fun (Rolled with Love sushi and gozleme a hit)
- Pop into the Esperance Café at the Museum Village for a B.L.T. or a steak burger
- Esperance Growers Market, a small but thriving gathering of passionate locals. Evette Manstead's homegrown coleslaw salad the best and Bread Local sourdough next level
- Yirri Grove Olives is the place to go for a long weekend lunch or stock up on Anne's award winning olive oil - the marinated chilli olives a favourite
- Spend the day out at the Duke of Orleans, be sure to check out the Condi Tavern hand built from stunning local granite. Glamour burgers or hearty fish and chips never fail. The family run business homemade baked cheesecake a winner
- Stonehenge for its sheer, raw beauty - the full size replica made entirely from local pink granite (the summer and winter solstice breathtaking)
- Fish Face local seafood dine-in and takeaway delicious or head to Bandy Creek boat harbour and buy direct from the boat, visit Abalone Australia who export their first class catch world wide
- BJ's Fruit and Veg for hand picked goodness and health foods
- The closest IGA supermarket only a few minutes drive up the road stocks all the essential's including local fare Two Rae's sausages, Hellfire Bay Hot Sauce, Esperance Eggs (you can also buy direct from the farm close by - kids love seeing all the chooks!) and more, open 7 days a week from 7am - 7pm or Super IGA in town weekdays and Saturday only. Limited store trading on Sundays, we generally all at the beach! Hope to see you soon.
Explore Our Region
Explore our region with your 4WD. Wiley Bay (beach access) 5 minutes down the road from the village, get into 4WD mode and hit the sand (check tides) the spectacular drive stretches all the way to Cape Le Grand, beach fishing, swimming and surf spots along the way including local break Kelp Beds.
* Indicates 4WD only marked roads
- Cape Le Grand National Park
- Dunn's Rock*
- Alexander Bay*
- Duke of Orleans Bay
- Mount Ridley*
- Thomas River
- Cape Arid *
- Poison Creek*
- Stokes National Park
- Lake Monjingup
- Helms Arbetorium
- Kepwari Wetland Walk Trail
- Lake Windabout
(**This is just a selection of the places to see/eat/shop/explore/experience and enjoy around town, by no means a comprehensive list, many other gems to discover)


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Why picking up a healthy new year gift is a must
What would you as a devoted dog lover want the best thing to happen to your beloved and darling dog? A quick response to this may be the health and happiness of the dogs. But how many of the dog lovers actually dig deeper and look for option that shall be a major health keeper? Actually, very a few.
Given the time that it's a New Year time and most of the dog lovers may have given very elaborate and lavish yet expensive New Year gift to their pooches, but how many of them would have given them a healthy New Year gift so as to keep them healthy and happy. Yes, giving a healthy New year gift in the form of a flea medication for an instance to ward off dog fleas becomes a must.
The painful condition of fleas and ticks have touched a new high and given the intensity of pain involved and the way it derails a pet animal's life, it is a norm of serious nature to keep away the menace by taking Frontline Plus for dog and giving it as an ideal healthy New Year gift.
Frontline Plus for dogs could easily be considered as a very good flea medication to be given as a perfect healthy New Year gift so that the bad condition of fleas and ticks become a thing of the past. Frontline Plus for dogs kills all fleas and ticks easily by removing all larvae and eggs and serving as a side-effects free flea medication.
Frontline Plus for dogs keeps away side-effects such as Lyme's disease and Tapeworms away and also works for a month's time so being a cost-effective medium to cure dog fleas to be picked up as a better and healthy New Year gift.
So, what are you still waiting for? Pick up Frontline Plus for dogs and give a healthy New Year gift to your pooch this year! All the best!


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Watch Isla Fisher get eaten by piranhas in the opening for Now You See Me!
NOW YOU SEE ME, the magician thriller from director Louis Leterrier (THE INCREDIBLE HULK) has slowly generated a warm welcome for the summer season, which I think has the potential to be the sleeper hit of the summer. Naturally, that will depend on reception, but it shows a lot of promise. Today, Fandango has shared the first few minutes of the film, which highlights the various magician characters doing their thing, including Isla Fisher seemingly being devoured by piranhas. All in a day's work.
I'm particularly excited for NOW YOU SEE ME for a couple of reasons. One: The cast. Jessie Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, and Dave Franco not enough? No problem, we'll just throw in Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman to boot! That's a hell of a stacked deck. Two: It just looks like a whole lot of fun. We've got a lot of popcorn munching spectacles heading our way this summer, but of them all this one looks to be like a crowd-pleasing ride and sometimes that's just what you need. I like that the film isn't making bold promises about being something that will change your life, it simply wants to entertain you. I can respect the hell out of that.
NOW YOU SEE ME brings the magic on May 31, 2013
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10/29 update - we have a winner!!
From Michelle Bennett:
Jeff Perkins is the best boss I have ever had. Actually he is more than a boss, he is a leader. He has a unique ability to get inside of everyone's mind and relate with them on a level that nobody ever can. He is the best teacher I have ever had as well. He was kind enough to share his wealth of knowledge with me and help mold me into a leader that will hopefully be as good as him someday.
Congratulations, Michelle!
Two free books (I even pay shipping) are still up for grabs. I haven't received a single "best Boss" (actually great leader) nomination.
Here's a perfect opportunity to say a few nice words about a current or former leader who's made a difference in your life, just in time for National Bosses Day tomorrow. You can score a few brownie points and save money on a card!
Your nomination may not just be the best entry - it may be the only one. Come on, there must be a few good leaders out there worth mentioning?
Great Leadership's Best Leader Contest
There's a lot of boss bashing going on these days.
Working America, a community affiliate of the AFL-CIO, holds a "bad boss" contest every year in which people tell their bad-boss stories. The three best (worst?) just got published published.
Take a look at the "winners".
There's a site called "badbossology", kind of a resource for strategies on how to cope with a difficult boss, and there's "bigbadboss.com, with more of the same.
And when I first started this blog, I piled on with my list of the "Worst Leaders of All Time".
Being a manager makes you an easy target. And while I'm sure there are a lot of bad bosses out there, I'll bet there's even more leaders that day in and day out are doing their best to enable their organizations and employees achieve extraordinary results.
So, with National Bosses Day coming up on October 16th, I thought I'd run a "Best Boss" contest. (Actually, it's more of a "best leader" contest, given that "boss" is really a double SOB spelled backwards.)
Please leave a comment or send me an email with a brief description of that leader in your life that enabled you to achieve extraordinary results. Someone who inspired you, helped your grow, and made a difference.
It could be a current or former manager, coach, or anyone in a leadership position.
Please also let me know what you learned from that person about leadership. What did that person do or say that taught you a valuable lesson about leadership that you carry with you today?
I'll select and publish the winner and two runner-ups in time for Boss's Day on October 16.
The winner will receive a set of two recent leadership books (sent to be by the author's publicists):
"Unleashing the Power of Rubber Bands", lessons in non-linear leadership, by Nancy Ortberg,
and "Lead Well and Prosper", 15 strategies for becoming a good manager, by Nick McCormack.
Oh - and win or lose - why not send a note to that person and let them know you nominated them.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Looking for a Few Great Bosses - Free Books Still Up for Grabs!
10/29 update - we have a winner!!
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- Rachel - I Hate HR said...
Can I nominate myself? :)
- Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 7:21:00 PM EDT


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BNY Mellon was named the top trustee for high-yield bond issues in 2015, as reported this week by Prospect News. BNY Mellon had been ranked fourth in 2014.
Kathleen Scott, head of BNY Mellon's corporate and insurance business in the Corporate Trust group, noted her group's market share improved to 31 percent from 13 percent in the prior year and attributed the gain to process improvements the group began implementing three years ago.
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In 2015, BNY Mellon was appointed trustee to more than $80 billion in high-yield bonds in 89 tranches.
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Duffield Arts Festival
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Festival 2018
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Theme for all competitions -
"LIGHT and SHADE"
Janis Clark SHORT STORY competition
Opens on April 23rd – closes July 18th (DEADLINE EXTENDED!)
Up to
500 words
for ages 8 to adult (or 300 if you are aged 5-7)
Full rules will be available in the Library, at the schools and here on the Festival website. There are cash Prizes to be won, a public reading of the winning stories at the awards evening and a display.
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PHOTOGRAPHY competition
Opens on April 23rd – closes August 24th
Run and judged by Ashley Franklin. Full rules and entry forms will be available here on the Festival website. Cash prizes and mounted prints to the winners in the 4 age categories as well as a display at the festival.
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DCA CHILDREN'S ART competition
Opens on April 23rd – closes September 7th (DEADLINE EXTENDED!)
If you are aged 5 – 18 there is a category for you and prizes and cups to be won, a special awards afternoon and an exhibition. A4 paper entry forms and rules will be available at the schools and the Art club. Entry fee £1
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Who doesn't love Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler? No one, that's who. We love them apart, sure, but we really love them when they come together. The Wedding Singer is one of those movies that has me canceling my plans and hunkering down in front of the TV with pizza and a blanket every time it airs.
Drew and Adam are back, starring in the new romantic comedy Blended, hitting theatres this weekend! I was lucky enough to get a chance to sit down with them and find out what it is they look for in projects they tackle together, and what they think they hardest part of vacationing as parents really is.
While the video certainly captures some awesome moments, there are some things you guys don't get to see. You don't get to see me confessing my nerves to the duo, or Drew Barrymore kindly cooing at me. You also don't get to see Adam Sandler make everyone clap for me when the interview is over. But all of this happened and it was all amazing.
I got a chance to see Blended before I spoke to the stars, and it is, in a word, excellent. It's the perfect holiday weekend movie. The location, the romance, the goofiness, and comic gold are a winning combination. That said, if you're a Terry Crews fan, you should be even more excited. his bit part? Yeah, it basically steals the whole movie.
Are you going to see Blended?
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Hello! 'Diving Into Dart' has been on hiatus but I am getting things line up to get it going again. I happened upon my first ever Dart project - a conversion of my Python game Drone Onslaught. Unfinished but playable! Hope you enjoy it. Code
should appear somewhere soon is on github.
How to play : Use Arrow Keys To Move and 'S' to fire. Click here to play.


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The Epitome Of Sexual Chocolate Idris Elba Speaks On Being Homeless Living In A Van And "Trying Every Drug"
Idris Elba Speaks On Being Homeless And "Trying Every Drug"
Damn did you know all of this???
Via USA Today:
Before stardom, before The Wire and before his current gig on BBC crime drama Luther, sexy English actor Idris Elba hit a very rough patch. "It was a wickedly tough time," the star, 41, tells Playboy magazine's November issue 20Q feature.
"I lived in a van for about three months. I'd had three or four years of unemployment, not getting acting jobs. I was watching Denzel Washington and Wesley Snipes and saying, 'I can do that. I can be right there with them.' My (then) wife was about eight and a half months pregnant by the time I got the news I was going to be on The Wire. If I didn't get it, I was going to leave the U.S."
He also tried drugs. "At first I bypassed drugs. I didn't start smoking weed until later in life. I'm not gonna lie — I've tried everything, just between you, me and the people who read this magazine. I've tried it all. I played one of the biggest drug dealers in the world on TV, so you think I'd know what I was talking about."
He stars as Nelson Mandela in upcoming biopic Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, and says there were challenges that came with playing the part. "The difficult part was inventing who he was as a young man, when nobody knew him. I'm five shades darker than he is, so the audience is going to be challenged by the fact that I don't look like him. When I played him as an older man, with prosthetics, there was more of the Mandela we know, and I could hide behind the costume."
Other highlights from the interview:
On his on-screen vs. off-screen persona: "In real life I'm a shy person. As soon as the spotlight's on me, I feel awkward. Idris feels like he doesn't have much to offer. I'm great at hiding in characters. When I deejay, I'm great at standing behind the turntables. If I go to a club, I'm awkward. Should I stand there? Should I dance? You're not going to see me dance. I end up standing by the DJ."
On regularly being included on Sexiest Men lists: "When I wasn't on TV or in films, I didn't get any special attention when I went out. Some beautiful people always attract attention. I didn't until I got on television. So I'm on these lists only because I'm on TV."
On how stardom has affected his luck with women: "I'll sit in a pub and nobody will recognize me, I might see an attractive woman, but she doesn't recognize me, so I'm not getting any love. Then one person goes, 'Oh, it's you,' and suddenly they all overhear and start asking questions. … I've been in and out of relationships, I've been married, and it's hard to keep a relationship when you're an actor."
Nice. Hit the flipski if you want more of Idris and his beautiful self..
"Just because him is sooooo fioonnneeee."
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Samsung Galaxy S5 is Now Released in the UK. The Galaxy S2 was the very first Android smart phone that becomes the dangerous competitor for iPhone. And we love Galaxy S3 and S4, so we can say that Samsung Galaxy S5 is a big crucial one, and now we finally meet this incredible gadget.
We had been expecting the release of the phone in March, but our long waiting was paid on 11th April. One thing for sure is that now we can get this phone at our hands without any hassle.
So, what's the Galaxy S5 like? It was rumored that this phone will sport metallic design. But seems like it was beaten since there are 4 shimmery colours we can choose: Copper Gold, Electric Blue, Charcoal Black, and Shimmer White. One of the new features that is stunning is the all-new Finger Scanner that will enable secure mobile payments. It also allows the user to access "Private Mode" that no one else will be able to do it.
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|HIV treatment
Aug 1, 2011
Hi Doc,
Both of my parents is diagnosed HIV+ (both of my parents has herpes, and my father has hepatitis B) only because of the ELISA test that they took was positive and have not yet been confirmed by Western blot test(which the result will be out in a month), so the Doctor already told my parents to start their medications which are : 1. Staviral stavudine 2. Hiviral lamivudine 3. Efavirenz comprimes 600mg
My question is : 1. Is it safe to take the medication before they really are positive ? 2. My father has Hepatitis B, I read that the medications of HIV might worsen the Hepatitis B infection ? 3. If the Western Blot test came out Negative, Should they continue to take these medications ?
The Doctor also told my parents that if the WB test is negative that they should continue to take their medications, because the HIV virus might be "Sleeping" and if they don't take their medications the virus might get worst if it "Waken up". Why would the Doctor insisted that my parents should keep taking their medication ? Please help Doc, I don't want my parents to end up with the wrong prescription.
Response from Dr. Henry
Starting HIV meds is rarely an emergency so having all the facts together regarding HIV status (including western blot and t-helper cell count results) and treatment options usually recommended. If a person has hepatitis B then ideally one would like to use tenofovir (if available ) instead of stavudine so that there would be 2 drugs active against hepatitis B (the other being lamivudine). Tenofovir is also better tolerated though not as widely available as stavudine in many areas of the world. Recommend your parents get advice from the local HIV specialist regarding treatment options in the setting of active hepatitis B infection. KH
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On March 2, 2010, the Commission filed a civil action against Alan Todd May and Prosper Oil and Gas, Inc. a/k/a Prosper Energy, Inc., alleging their involvement in a multi-million dollar oil and gas offering fraud targeting U.S. investors. Pursuant to the Commission's motions for emergency relief, the court entered a temporary restraining order against the defendants, froze their assets, and appointed Kelly Crawford of Dallas as a receiver over both of them.
The SEC's complaint alleges that Prosper and May, a felon with a long criminal history of theft and fraud, raised at least $6 million from investors through the unregistered and fraudulent offer and sale of fractional, undivided royalty interests in oil-and-gas properties. The SEC alleges that the Defendants attracted investors through classified advertisements in various well-known business publications and postings on at least one auction website. In those advertisements and in correspondence with investors, the SEC alleges, the Defendants claimed that investors would earn between 25 and 38 percent annually from revenues based on oil and gas production. In reality, the SEC alleges, nearly all of the distributions made to investors were Ponzi payments from new investor funds.
The SEC's complaint, which was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, alleges that May and Prosper violated Sections 5(a), 5(c), and 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder.
The Commission acknowledges the assistance of the Texas State Securities Board in this matter.
See Also: SEC Complaint


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For a city that is bursting at the seams with people, the huge majority of whom live in apartment complexes, one might expect there to be few pets roaming Beijing's streets of an evening. In fact, the capital's dog population is exploding along with its middle class – the number of pet dogs in Beijing increased from 100,000 to 1.5 million between 2001 and 2007. Likewise, pet stores have popped up all over town, under-regulated and often overstuffed with animals.
Inequalities amongst Beijing's dogs seem to mirror those amongst its human citizens. On any given day, I will see pampered puppies padding around in tiny booties, coats artistically trimmed, sporting designer dog clothes and sparkling canine bling. On the same street, I rarely escape the sight of a dog or pair of dogs clearly in poor health, with running sores and infections, untrimmed matted hair and a myriad of other afflictions. Their owners generally seem oblivious to the ailments of such dogs and many must suffer terribly from their own poor hygiene. Few dogs are fully vaccinated in China.
Aversions to spaying and neutering mean that the couple of million dogs in the city are constantly producing more dogs, usually in the course of a morning walk (in what can't but be an equally intimate encounter for the respective dog owners as they idly look on).
Add these factors to the ongoing and evidently still profitable trade in dog meat (restaurants were banned from selling 'gourou' in 2008 for the Olympics but the specialist restaurant just down the road from my place demonstrates the short-term nature of that particular edict), and the means by which that trade is carried out (some say that beating a dog to death with a club, instead of, say, slitting its throat, enhances the flavour of the meat), and you get a dangerous environment for every down-at-heel mutt in town. The unwanted offspring, the grown dogs turned out onto the streets on which they were purchased for a handful of spare change as a wet-nosed pup in a back-alley pet market, would be advised to keep well out of sight.
A more caring future is undoubtedly within reach. On 15 April, a Chinese driver passed a truck on the highway packed with over 500 dogs heading for the slaughterhouse. He stopped at the next toll station and blockaded the truck's path. After hastily sending out a plea for help on micro-blogging site, Sina Weibo, he was quickly joined by 200 like-minded citizens. After a 15-hour standoff, the driver agreed to release the dogs into the care of the group for around US$17,000. Many of the dogs were treated for dehydration and viral infection and suitable homes are now being sought.
As these values become more widespread in China, education campaigns take hold, and the regulatory environment gradually moves toward serious legal ramifications for purveyors of animal cruelty, change will come. I would, however, hold out equally serious concerns for other animals. Dogs are, after all, "man's best friend". What of China's less cuddly creatures?


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Bono, the Beagle mascot down at the Treasure Beach Pet Rescue Center has sad eyes. He is an older pooch and doesn't really walk but sort of waddles around the main office. When he looks up at the volunteer dog walkers, they just melt.
"We all have our favorites," said Patty Debusk, giving Bono a snuggle on the head. Dubusk retired from a 30-year career in the insurance industry only to find this new career as a volunteer dog walker for S.A.F.E. (Saving Animals From Euthanasia) Pet Rescue Inc. Her story is actually pretty common at the office, a place that appears to run on the fuel of daily miracles.
Kim Laursen retired from a 30-year career as a finance executive. He and his wife, Cheryl, happened in to the storefront adoption center a little over a year ago when this S.A.F.E branch opened in his Treasure Beach neighborhood. Now, most every morning, he can be seen taking some of the bigger dogs for a walk around the tree-lined streets of Treasure Beach.
"I don't think my neighbors would recognize me if they saw me without a leash and a handful of poop bags," Laursen quipped.
"I have fun; I think it is good for the heart and soul," Laursen said. "You get exercise, friendship... I think everyone who comes here enjoys it as much as the dogs."
The Treasure Beach branch has three rows of kennels spread out in the storefront center, one room each for big, medium and small dogs. There were more than 30 dogs waiting for adoption this past week. The numbers change so rapidly the staff can't keep track. When a walker appears by the storefront window and peeks in, the dogs snap to attention with yips and barks. They all want to go out for a walk, and if they are lucky, maybe out to the beach. Chaos is the norm here.
A recent weekday morning found S.A.F.E. director Katherine Hawkins jumping up and down in front of the center.
"Yes, yes," she screamed, "we have and another walker." A young woman who works at an area hotel named Alexa wheeled up in her compact car for her second day at the center. In less than a minute, Hawkins had a leash in her hand, poop bags in her pocket, and "Snoopy," a younger version of Bono, was going to the beach.
"You don't know who is going to show up," Hawkins explained, before rushing off to tend to a puking mutt in the big dog section.
"Some of our walkers are here on vacation," Laursen explains pointing across State Road A1A to the beachfront condominiums. "They have to leave their dogs at home and they miss them, so they come over here."
At that moment a man in a pickup truck arrived with a box of Chihuahuas. No one was expecting him, but Hawkins took it in stride. The small dogs go fast, it is the big dogs she worries about.
"We have a fantastic staff, but we really could use some more volunteers," Dubusk said last week. The only time staff and volunteers have a chance to clean up the kennels is when they are out walking. Volunteers, also, often end up fostering one of the dogs they walk.
"My wife and I adopted two," Laursen told me. "We used to have a Boxer, and we just missed her so bad. The volunteers get a lot of enjoyment out of this, but they also get very attached."
Being a dog walker, Hawkins said, is easy. All you have to do is love dogs and show up. She really wishes she had a few more like Dubusk and Laursen.
"We just try to give the dogs a little exercise and a little love, maybe give them a chance to sniff the bushes a little bit," Laursen said. "If I was going to go for a walk, I would much rather have a dog with me; it makes it more fun."
S.A.F.E. takes in dogs from County Animal Control and from locals who surrender them. The center has two locations, Treasure Beach and 1250 Old AIA, near Tom's Fruits and Gifts. The Old A1A location has cats too.
"We do quite a few adoptions," Hawkins said. All of the pets are spayed/neutered and vaccinated prior to being adopted. A $100 fee for dogs and a $30 fee for cats helps the center cover those expenses.


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Articles for February 2010
Hacking to Improve Security
12 February 2010
Are digital mobile phone calls secure from hacking?
Society Recognitions: February 2010
12 February 2010
The following members were honored by IEEE societies
Recipients of the 2010 Medals and Awards
5 February 2010
The recipients of the 2010 IEEE medals and awards have been announced
Power Engineers Look to Make the Grid Smarter, More Secure
5 February 2010
Conference covers smart grid tech
Program Helps Engineers Master Technical English
5 February 2010
Pilot program offers training on technical English
From Engineer to Manager: Tips You Need to Know
5 February 2010
Webinar covers management duties
Progress Made in Developing Technologies for Three Humanitarian Challenges
5 February 2010
IEEE members, technologists, and others from 15 countries have begun working on technical solutions to three challenges facing developing countries
Advances in Artificial Intelligence Make Games Smarter
5 February 2010
Game developers are using AI to make characters more realistic and follow human player's behavior
IEEE Foundation Awards Grants, Establishes Three Funds
5 February 2010
Grants went to educational, humanitarian, historical preservation, and peer recognition programs
Introducing Gandhian Engineering
5 February 2010
Learn about this growing movement and what it stands for
In Memoriam: February 2010
5 February 2010
IEEE mourns the loss of the following members
Member Recognitions: February 2010
5 February 2010
These IEEE members were recently recognized for their work by other organizations
IEEE Xplore Adds IBM Journal Articles
5 February 2010
IEEE Xplore digital library will include more articles on computer hardware, software, and information systems.
New Tool Checks IEEE Publications For Plagiarism
5 February 2010
Makes checking submitted manuscripts for plagiarism or responding to accusations of such misconduct easier
Alan Mantooth: Plumbing For Green
5 February 2010
The IEEE Fellow is busy with all things energy efficient
Giving Babies a Better Chance
5 February 2010
An IEEE member is working on software that can help diagnose babies' illnesses faster in rural areas
New Effort Focuses on First-Year Members
5 February 2010
IEEE is deploying the multifaceted initiative, the First-Year Member Experience, to help guide members to the resources and activities that best match their needs


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The Competent Palace
The hotel is situated on the main Dehradun-Chakrata Road, very close to the industrial area, and is 20kms away from the main city of Dehradun. There are a total of 40 rooms with a palatial ambiance, a multi-cuisine restaurant serving a sumptuous feast and a meeting venue ideal for corporate as well as for an intimate gathering. Weddings, theme parties, seminars, exhibitions and the like are arranged on prior notice. The hotel is a melange of modernity with traditions.
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Please sign my guest book to place comments and to keep in touch. May God bless You........
Thomas Verbeek said:
August 9, 2010 4:44 am PST
I admire that you stand up for what you believe in. I have already lived through many situations that most people don't experience in their lifetime. They make me doubt whether there is anyone watching over me. I do believe that you have an amicable character and am glad you have found your purpose, and are helping others find theirs.
Irfan said:
August 3, 2010 8:45 am PST
I m a inter student and i cant remember the answer i have read and i m always confused can u help me sir please
Pastor Joshua Y. Sumo,I said:
July 29, 2010 6:59 am PST
we need to work together in the vineyard can we? I am the same one your face book friend
Christine Raynald said:
July 4, 2010 4:52 pm PST
I,m a backslider and I am not please with myself to say this,but I never forget that God is real and no matter what He is always by my side. I have 3 wonderful children and two beautiful grand, that I adore so muchbut, I was seperated from them because of a illegal situation and, I have not seening them in 4 years. Now I,m livinig in St. Lucia and trying to get $1000.00 for airfare for them to come and visit mebut, no matter how I try I just can,t see anyway out . my son constantly cry how much he misses me it brake my heart it has been 5 years now that we havn,t seening each other. please pray for me that God will send me a miracle I really love and misses my children.
dhunna salman said:
June 24, 2010 10:36 pm PST
hie my name is salman n m a muslim i donno y but i clicked at ur link m frm india mumbai.m 18 yrs old.i wanted u to pray for my studies,my family,n that i cn get my true love.i love a girl but is unable to tell her plz pray for my regards, salman.
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Okay, so I sort of promised that my next blogpost would be scrapbook-related. And this one is. Half of it, anyways. I'm in the middle of editing the babyphotos I mentioned earlier and they're like, way too cute not to be shared like, immediately…sooo.
Right, card first ;) This is actually a CD-card I created for the babysession before this latest one – and I used Pencil-Lines sketch #230 and Fancy Pants Designs-papers for this card.
I used lots of older products on this one – this babyline is an older one, the badge from American Crafts and the journaling from Making Memories aswell. All part of my grand scheme to shrink my evergrowing stash (as if it helps ><)
Off to the photos: please meet sweet, sweet Alma! :)
Such a sweet sweet girl, I truly enjoyed shooting her (even when she started crying and required a nap to be able to tolerate even more shooting :p).
Now, notice the catchlights in her eyes? Sure, it's just details, but hm, do you think it looks silly when they show at the bottom of the eyes? I *think* I read somewhere they should be between 10 and 2 o'clock sorta, to look somewhat more natural…which I ofcourse forgot about when I shot her. The catchlight here comes from my reflector, by the way.
At least the catchlights are "correct" here, hm. Hi Alma!
Starting to show the first signs of "do I really wanna cooperate?" :p
(now, I know this picture should be culled, but I have a hard time culling and I find such non-perfect pictures pretty darn cute still)
Look at this chubby, cute baby! *soft sigh*
Ofcourse – the mandatory must-have-feet-and-toes-picture…:)
Adding this picture just to show how we (ok, mostly her mom) tried to make her stay happy and watch in the general direction we hoped she'd look at for the pictures and stuff..teehee..
So darling…
This picture sort of has a serenity I just love being able to snap. I have at least another picture like that too, of mother and child, but I forgot to check w/her whether it was ok to have her on the blog as well so not sharing it here.
Right. As mentioned - I'm almost halfway through editing these pictures – hope to be done by Monday or Tuesday – and will probably share more pictures by then. The last pictures we shot were the best (think: awesome, vividly colored grannysquare-blanket) – I have no idea how I'll pick which pictures to edit from this part of the session, sigh..I'll probably just keep most!


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or Vi·et Minh
[vee-et-min, vyet-, vee-it-]
a Vietnamese, Communist-led organization whose forces fought against the Japanese and especially against the French in Indochina: officially in existence 1941–51.
(used with a plural verb) the leaders, supporters, and fighters of this organization.
of or relating to the Vietminh.
Origin of Vietminh
< Vietnamese Việt-Minh, short for Việt-Nam Độc-Lập Đông-Minh Vietnam Independence League
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Viet Minh
a Vietnamese organization led by Ho Chi Minh that first fought the Japanese and then the French (1941–54) in their attempt to achieve national independence
a member or group of members of this organization, esp in the armed forces
(modifier) of or relating to this organization or to its members
Word Origin for Vietminh
from Vietnamese Viet Nam Doc Lap Dong Minh Hoi Vietnam League of Independence
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EvacuKids Youth Outreach Program
Evacuteer offers a flexible environmental science and hurricane preparedness children's program called EvacuKids, which targets under-served youth and children. Despite the annual threat of hurricanes and flooding, New Orleans' schools do not offer a standard preparedness curriculum. EvacuKids works to train our city's children valuable lessons in hurricane preparedness and hazard knowledge relevant to living on the Gulf. We offer:
- Six, one-hour PowerPoint presentations paired with hands-on experiments and worksheets, including the Red Cross Pillowcase Project
- Trained young professionals from local universities and community organizations who are vetted and ready to serve
- In-school, after-school, or summer programming-- we can accommodate your needs
- Curriculum available for grades 3-5
Want to learn more about the EvacuKids program? Contact our Operations Director at email@example.com or call: (504) 517-3580
Check out a preview from one of our EvacuKids lessons in the video below!
Proven Results
Since its development in 2009, we have reached over 800 underserved students to-date in the Gentilly, Central City, New Orleans East, and Broadmoor neighborhoods. Data from 2013 show successful preparedness implementation: 76.4% of students are able to identify what constitutes a complete preparedness kit and 84% of students were able to recall the location of their neighborhood Evacuspot and directions there.
The Need
In Orleans Parish, there are 78,845 children under the age of 18, of which 39% live in poverty, and 19% of overall households do not have access to a car. Thus, it is crucial that EvacuKids is expanded to reach the most at-risk residents: our children and young adults. Of our program participants, 98% receive free or reduced lunches. Some communities are not only socio-economically vulnerable, but geographically vulnerable due to a higher likelihood of living in flood zones.
The Solution
Fostering preparedness and literacy, the program teaches students about the science behind hurricanes, cyclonic formation, and other naturally occurring phenomena. Curiosity of the natural world is reinforced through the promotion of critical thinking and reasoning skills. Evacuation routes are important map features and EvacuKids are challenged to engage in spatial reasoning to locate the Louisiana coastline, Mississippi River, the City of New Orleans, their neighborhood, and their nearest Evacuspot. This learned preparedness expertise empowers children and youth to act before and during storms. Ultimately, our curriculum and coordinators foster self-sufficient, informed citizens who contribute to creating a sustainable, safer community.
EvacuKids Curriculum
The curriculum combines emergency preparedness, literacy enrichment, science exploration, and mapping/spatial recognition. The most important component of the EvacuKids program is emergency preparedness. For Orleans Parish, we want to ensure students leave with a complete understanding of City-Assisted Evacuation (CAE), including the ability to identify and locate their closest Evacuspot. Once equipped with this knowledge each student leaves the program with new methods to prepare for disasters, and they share this information within their families and neighborhoods. Based on programming experience, the EvacuKids curriculum also combats the low literacy rate in New Orleans by integrating spelling, writing, and reading comprehension enrichment activities into fun, hands-on experiments.


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Mandarin Monday: 要坚持才能成功
This Chinese essay I wrote last week during our 45 minutes class. That's never enough time for me to write a longer essay and my teacher always likes to point that out, my essays are way too short!
Click the essay to see a larger version!
For those of you who don't follow my Facebook page, me and my boyfriend are looking for a new apartment. My landlord wants to raise our rent and it's already high enough. So we decided to move, just don't know where yet! The following two weeks will be full of apartment hunting, packing and cleaning so there might be even fewers posts.
I'll write more about apartment hunting in Guangzhou when we find one and are settled in!


text: Ben Goodman, PhD, is a research scientist at the Center for Child and Family Policy (CCFP) and a senior fellow at the Center for Child & Family Health at Duke University. He currently serves as the co-director of the Family Connects home visiting programs at CCFP: Durham Connects. In this capacity, he oversees program evaluation for all communities implementing Family Connects and leads the impact evaluation of two randomized control trials of the Family Connects program in Durham, N.C.:Community Prevention of Child Maltreatment and Low-Cost RCT Evaluation of a Universal Postnatal Nurse Home Visiting Program. In addition, he is evaluating the dissemination of the Family Connects model to four low-income, rural counties as part of the North Carolina Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Grant: Family Connects Evaluation.


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Deepen the Conversation: A Burning Landscape
Event Information
27 Feb 2012 6:00pm
- State Library of Queensland, Stanley Place, South Bank 4101
- Brisbane
- Queensland
Other Information
- Cost: Free: Bookings required. Please visit website link below.
Historian Bill Gammage explodes the myth that pre-European settlement Australia was an untamed wilderness, revealing the complex, country-wide systems of land management used by Aboriginal people.
Inspired by early European accounts that some of the Australian environment resembled well-groomed English estates, Bill has written the book The Biggest Estate on Earth, exploring the ways Aboriginal people lived with the landscape to ensure a rich and fertile environment.
Join Kate Evans (ABC Radio National) in conversation with Bill Gammage as they discuss how Aboriginal people understood and shaped this historical landscape, and the impacts of this knowledge on current land management strategies.
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Walking Dead comes back this week! Woot!
May I ladel you a piping hot bowl of sexy?
Here are some zombie home decor items I thought were fun. You can click the picture to see where you can buy them. You are welcome to present them to your home decor designer as inspiration photos ;)
What are you doing for the mid season premier? I am going to my friend, Trena's from Rainey Creek Home. She is responsible for my Walking Dead obsession.
What are you hoping to see this season? I hope to see Daryl and Merle step it up a little and do something the "Governor" because, frankly, he's annoying as all heck and I think they only thing that will be satisfying to me is to watch him be taken down by Daryl and Merle ;)
I hope Carl doesn't turn into a psycho that burns ants with a magnifying glass.
I would like to see Andrea get a grip! She's all bozzin' and whorin' it up with governor and that was a disappointment. She's weak.
I would also like to see a lot more of Carol. I like Carol.
I think Hershel will die. Just sayin'. He doesn't stand a chance.
What would you like to see this season? Any predictions?
Walking Dead, AMC this Sunday!!


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Archive for July, 2009
>Caption contest
>You write the caption for this photo (leave it in the comments). The funnier the better. We'll put the best ones here on the main page.
"OK! I admit it. Stupid is as stupid does! But, I got invited to the white house for a beer with the president."
"How in the Hell did you two get elected?"
"Beam me up Scotty. There is no intelligent life here"
"Badges … we don't need no stinkin badges." [… bonus if you can name the movie that made that quote famous]
… and many more. Check the comments for all of them.
>Greenville Farmers Market – Saturday
>The biggest line-up of vendors so far! Downtown Greenville at 4th & Boradway, next to the courthouse. Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Francis Byers: Long time market favorite, Francis will bring his early season fruits and veggies. Arrive early to get the best selection of yellow squash, zucchini, red potatoes, okra, beets, broccoli, cabbage, green beans, cucumbers and more!
E.A.T. Food for Life Farm: Your local, grass-fed, Certified-organic family farm. Check out the weekly CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) packages. Grass-fed chicken, beef, lamb, pork and buffalo. Grains such as rolled oats, spelt berries, crackers and flours. Try a sample of one of the varieties of hard cheese. For further information www.eatfoodforlife.com.
Cookie Bookie: Elizabeth Kniesly will be sharing her old family recipes to create a product that tastes just like Grandma's. Try the moist and flavorful banana bread, baked in mini bread pans or one of her many cookies, cobblers or cinnamon rolls.
Heather Kreider: Homemade baked goodies including cherry pie, rhubarb pie, old-fashioned sugar cookies (a market favorite), pecan tassies and mocha frosted drop cookies.
Indiana Honey: With a growing beekeeping operation in Union City, Indiana, Indiana Honey will be offering local honey, lip balms made from beeswax and honey straws in 10 flavors. New this year is creamed honey, a smooth, spreadable product! Great on biscuits and toast. Available in natural, blueberry, cinnamon pecan and strawberry. Check them out at www.indianahoney.com.
Woodsview Alpaca Farm: Bob and Michelle Dircksen own this farm that enjoys raising alpacas and grain. Alpaca fiber and yarn products, as well as fashions can be found at the market. Alpaca apparel, such as sport and dress socks or beautiful sweaters, gloves and scarves are a must see. The handcrafters will enjoy finding lovely alpaca yarn in natural and colorful dyes and mixes, rovings, battings and alpaca blankets in all their natural colors.
Ted Mangen: Fresh off the vine and out of the garden summer squash, zucchini, green peppers, onions, potatoes and cabbage, as well as honey and baked goods.
Tammy Klepinger: Stop by Tammy's table and check out her fresh cut flowers and herbs, homemade apple bread, muffins and fudge, and fresh picked organic produce.
Wolf's Produce: Fresh tomatoes, melons, beets, green beans and blackberries will be available this week, along with fresh baked cookies and cinnamon rolls.
Fred Worch: Pick up some fresh sweet corn for dinner tonight! Stop in and see what Fred has fresh out of his garden this week.
Prayer Preserves: Tabitha and family pray over every batch of jelly and preserves they create. Taste a sample of peach, red raspberry, strawberry, blackberry, red raspberry wine or hot pepper jam.
Check out the Communal Table hosted by Main Street Greenville…again this week is the homemade original recipe Celery Seed Dressing (former "House" dressing @ The Market Deli), made fresh with natural ingredients. Stop by for a sample and buy a bottle for dinner tonight! Also at the communal table, hand woven rugs, barn siding yard decor and whatever else shows up before 8:00 a.m.
>Linguistics lesson for the Darke County Commissioners
>The word "corps" is pronounced (kôr), like the core of an apple. The "p" and the "s" are silent.
The word "corpse" is pronounced (kôrps), and you do pronounce the "p" and the "s."
"Corps" means a group of people, while "corpse" means a dead body … so it's kind of important, especially to the people in the corps, not to mix up the two.
>Greenville EMS poll is closed (which means you don't click on the picture)
>This poll was 2-to-1 the whole way. DarkeJournal readers say "no" to City of Greenville EMS. Any ideas for the next poll?
>The Alice-in-Wonderland of local politicians
>In the world of athletics, coming in third place is getting bronze instead of gold. In the world of love and business, third place means loss and despair. But not so with the politicos that visited The Andersons at their home in Maumee, Ohio. To them, coming in third, after investors and employees, means The Andersons are fine people – even though they only spoke to a "counterpart". Their visit served to support their contention that their constituents are hysterical troublemakers that carry a disease that is causing the city to fester and if not cured, perhaps die. Whoever paid for their trip wasted their money. In the 21st century a simple email asking the Anderson's, "If you are fine religious people, do you conduct your business by the "Golden Rule" or the "rule of gold" where Greenville comes in third?" would have been more productive. Other politicos are suggesting that Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) is a partisan issue between Democrats and Republicans. According to the Darke County poll, conducted by the DarkeJournal.com, over 97% of the respondents were against CCS while less than 3% supported it. If this is a partisan issue, which of the two parties is claiming the 97% victory? Of course this is nonsense, but here in the Alice-in-Wonderland world of Greenville/Darke County such pronouncements are perfectly rationale and can spark a big rally of two or three people. The CCS supporting politicians believe that shaving off mountain tops in West Virginia to produce coal for smog belching electric plants that generate the power necessary for the 1500 psi sequestration, all at tax payers expense, is a good thing. Then if you oppose the scam (or as Greenpeace has labeled it, " a boondoggle), they try to convince you that you are opposing the American way. Even more upside down is their belief that supercritical carbon dioxide (SCCO2) will sit in a glob three thousand feet down under our aquifer without ever emerging into the atmosphere where it supports plant life and crop growth. This is their conviction although scientists working on CCS recognize there is "back leakage" and serious attending risks. They are totally unaware of the work coming from the Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory that calculates over time the latent energy at a sequestration site can exceed approximate 20 kilotons of TNT contained in the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Although we live in one of two earthquake epicenters in Ohio further complicated by hundreds of abandoned oil and gas wells through which the CO2 can erupt with massively fatal consequences they regard such an event as the luck of the draw. They revel in being risk takers and regard the recent seismic tremor in April 2008 in Greenville as nothing more than a caution light that can be ran. Others, not given to scientific thought after over a year are still "studying the matter".
Also in this Wonderland we must include the Darke County Chamber of Commerce that apparently has bolted from the National Chamber of Commerce whose position is against "Cap and Trade" under which CCS is the darling centerpiece. Ironically the local Chamber considers themselves Midwest conservatives and perhaps are unaware that CCS is straight out of the West coast California Pelosi-Waxman-Boxer-Feinstein playbook. Perhaps the Darke County Chamber would suggest, "Isn't it nice to have a bit of California with a little Beach Boy music in the background here in Darke County?" Do they not realize that California has replaced the US dollar with IOUs?
To those politicians and public servants that have chosen to leave this Alice-in-Wonderland world, we offer our thanks, appreciation and support. Adding to this group are the Darke County Commissioners who in Resolution 200-09 politely asked the Anderson Marathon Ethanol plant to honor their request to halt the project (CCS).
[submitted by Rebecca Reier]
>Roundeye Bluegrass Festival – this weekend
Painter Creek, Ohio at 8805 Painter Creek-Arcanum Rd. Painter Creek, Ohio 45304
ADMISSION: Friday $6.00 – Saturday $12.00 – Weekend $15.00
For information call (937) 548-7219 … (937) 477-2422 … (937) 839-4747 … email: email@example.com … or click here to get the details on the free beans and cornbread (yes – really!)
>Commissioners Reduce Employee Hours for a Second Time
Posted by jackpriceblog in Uncategorized on July 29, 2009
>At its regular session today, the Darke County Commissioners cut its staffs hours for the second time in three months. As of April 26, 2009, the commissioners staff was cut from 80 hours per pay period (2 weeks) to 75 hours per pay period. Today's resolution makes a further cut to 70 hours per week, and this cut also applies to the maintenance employees. Commissioner Haworth noted that these cuts are not pleasant but are necessary (paraphrased).


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Right – time to tell you how I got on!
I ran the Wyvern Christmas Cracker 10k yesterday – which starts and finishes on scenic Weston-super-Mare beach. You may recall (if you ever read the post in the first place) that I was aiming for sub-50'. Did I achieve my goal? Hmmm… let's find out…
I headed down to sunny Weston-super-Mare with Simon From Church (Simon Faulkner), getting there in good time. As avid readers of this blog (of which there are none) will recall, my only previous 10k had been The Sheffield TenTenTen, with a few hundred runners registering and getting set in Endcliffe Park. So Weston was a shock… all that stuff was indoors, in the comfy, almost luxurious surroundings of Weston College! Changing facilities and everything! They even had a crèche!
I ran the Wyvern Christmas Cracker 10k yesterday – which starts and finishes on scenic Weston-super-Mare beach. You may recall (if you ever read the post in the first place) that I was aiming for sub-50'. Did I achieve my goal? Hmmm… let's find out…
I headed down to sunny Weston-super-Mare with Simon From Church (Simon Faulkner), getting there in good time. As avid readers of this blog (of which there are none) will recall, my only previous 10k had been The Sheffield TenTenTen, with a few hundred runners registering and getting set in Endcliffe Park. So Weston was a shock… all that stuff was indoors, in the comfy, almost luxurious surroundings of Weston College! Changing facilities and everything! They even had a crèche!
There was just one thing I needed to check: whether there'd be distance markers. To achieve my goal I knew I had to pace myself: start off around the 5'/km mark and ensure I had enough left in the tank to up the ante during the second half. Next year I plan to use a GPS watch for this purpose but Father Christmas hasn't done the 2012 rounds yet! Anyway, so long as there were markers in place I could make do with my stopwatch and my perfectly decent mental arithmetic skills: alternatively, I'd have to strap my smartphone to my arm. Something I do on every training run, something which I'd never done in a race: it's harder to hear the phone's voice reading out distance and pace and I dread it coming off in the crowd. But there was an over-riding goal here… not for the first time, fashion was not the issue! Not to worry, anyway: promptly assured kilometre markers were in place, the phone went into runner 2505's bag which was duly handed in.
We walked across to the beach and lined up for the start just before 11:00. Out of the corner of my left eye (you know, the one where my vision might be impaired) I spotted a runner sporting a… Sheffield Wednesday hat!
There you go. You train hard, you put in the hours and the miles, just for some muppet to turn up in something like that. Not quite as bad as when I went to the top of the Empire State Building and saw a family of Tesco-bag wearers there, but still… a Blade's gotta do what a Blade's gotta do!
That's right – introduce himself. "Look, if you're going to be wearing that I must tell you I'm a Blade!". He suddenly went on the defensive, claiming he was a Rotherham supporter and he'd just borrowed this off his son. I instantly believed him, purely because you wouldn't claim to be a Rotherham supporter unless you really had to. We exchanged best wishes and got our minds back into The Zone…
…shortly afterwards, the gun went – and the crowd of 2,000 set off! There were meant to be 2,000 of us, anyway – although the results page 'only' shows 1,604 and I doubt there'd have been 396 DNFs*! And no, you're not having the link to the results just yet…
…as I set off, I felt good. I didn't place myself too close to the front and it's really true, it does feel good to overtake other runners rather than starting off too ambitiously and watch others fly by you. My mind felt I'd found the right pace and my legs felt they had the challenge in them. A glance at the watch at the first marker confirmed I was right about the former. As for the latter… well, it would take another nine kilometres to find out!
And I wasn't particularly keen on running those 9km on my own. I wanted to find someone to follow, someone who might pace me to sub-50'. I eventually settled on a guy wearing a blue vest with "Minehead" on the back, just because he was running pretty much at my pace and so it seemed fair enough to assume he was aiming for a similar goal. Again, you train hard for weeks, you spend time planning your race… and then put your fate in the hands of a complete stranger. Makes sense, right?
Actually, it does. You're using him or her as a marker but you're still keeping an eye on your watch and leaving yourself time to take remedial action. But Mr Minehead and my watch got on just fine as we wove our way through the flat roads of Weston-super-Mare. Around the 7km mark, and still feeling I'd not been overtaken by many, it felt safe to see whether I could stretch the contents of the tank, so I upped my pace slightly and hung onto the back of someone else. A kilomentre or so later I wondered whether I'd regret this, as my legs found themselves having to counter the fresh sea breeze of Weston-super-Mare beachfront: but I coped just fine until, with a few hundred metres to go, I even managed to put in a bit of a sprint… and crossed the line in what my watch stated to be 47'05" only for the chip to shave off a couple of seconds for an official time of 47'03"!
Cracking cracker! 3'42" inside my Sheffield TenTenTen time of 50'45". I'm not surprised I set a PB: I'm fitter than I was in September, I had figured I needed to pace myself better – and, most importantly, the Wyvern Christmas Cracker is virtually flat! But I did exceed expectations with how comfortably sub-50' I was. Back in September, my TenTenTen time was 5.7% better than any training 10k I'd run in the build-up. Yesterday's 47'02" was 5.27% inside my training best of 49'40". Thanks adrenaline – and thanks flat Weston sand!
Last but by no means last, thanks Mr Minehead! As he crossed the finishing line shortly after me, I felt compelled to go up and thank him for pacing me to a PB! He'd put a hat back on, one he'd taken off around the 4km mark. I tapped on his shoulder but wasn't prepared for what happened next…
…as he turned around, he became Mr Wendy hat! I'd seen the hat before the race and the Minehead top during it… and not made what is hardly the most obvious connection! [says Giacomo Squintani, born in Sheffield and now residing in Portishead having grown up in Italy]
He again apologised for the hat. I obviously checked the timings online later in the day but scrolled a little further down: I wanted Mr Wendy Hat / Mr Minehead Vest to have a proper name. I duly found it on the results page and got in touch with him. He enjoyed the post but has chosen anonimity. He also enquired as to what a "Wendy hat" may be. One oft forgets that there are people not caught up in the United/Wendy banter out there… so here's hoping the context of that comment clarifies it without me having to spell out that name!
There you go: the secret to a PB is following a a stranger sporting the hat of a team you loathe! Just as well I didn't realise that was the other side of Mr Minehead or I'd have felt an irrational need to overtake him earlier – and believe you me, I did so just at the right time. And before any Blades start lauding me for the 54" I finished ahead of Mr Minehead – his result stands proudly in the MV50 category, far more so than mine in general Male one! Still, much as these (few) races I run are against myself and the clock, not the rest of the field, coming in 253rd out of 1,604 doesn't sound too bad for a fat lad from Sheffield!
Simon and I were both in a good mood on the way back to Portishead. He'd claimed on the way down to be nursing a slight twinge and to not having trained as much as he'd like, though his time of 40'48" hardly suggests that! And me, I had my PB. And trust me, I really enjoyed that little sprint along the beach!
Next up for me: well, in 2012 a bit of a rest! From 'racing', anyway – this morning's 12.5km marked day 60 of my runstreak, which I shall endeavour to keep up over Christmas (albeit on reduced mileage)! As for 2013…
…it will feature the Bath Half Marathon, 03/03/13, followed by the Greater Manchester Marathon (28/04) and the Sheffield Half Marathon (12/05). As for 10ks in 2013, I will probably stick to the TenTenTen (13/10) and this here Christmas Cracker (I'm guessing 10/12). Cousin Natalie is suggesting the BUPA Great Yorkshire Run instead, which takes place on September 29: far flatter and more suited to a PB. Having looked at the course, I can see why! But I'm not setting out to record a PB every time: besides, I can wait till December for that. I feel indebted to the TenTenTen and genuinely want to make it a fixture of my running calendar, even if it were to become the only fixture on it! And I don't mind that hill: it's what makes the race. And a good race it is, too. Hopefully in 2013 I can record sub-50' there, after September's 50'45" – sounds a reasonable goal. What about Christmas Cracker 2013? What do you reckon – sub-45'? A further two minutes off this year's time?!?
Sounds good, eh? Well, let's see. There could be another couple of thousand miles between now and then. Who knows.
* Did Not Finish. Jeez, am I starting to use jargon and TLAs under the assumption they are universally known?!?
* Did Not Finish. Jeez, am I starting to use jargon and TLAs under the assumption they are universally known?!?


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I decided to try the transparent plastic in Piggy's shoes. As usual, first I needed the insoles.
I glued fabric on them.
And turned the edges under the soles.
I'm usually not particular about the placement of patterns in insoles, but this time I made sure the they would be identical.
Then I cut wide straps from plastic, added strips of stickers, and applied glossy sealer to stop the stickers from falling off.
I made holes at the end of the straps as before and used double-sided tape to keep the straps in place before gluing.
I used one pair of the polymer clay heels just made. I applied one coat of glossy sealer, let it dry, added stickers, and then applied more sealer. The purpose of the first coat of sealer was to make the surface less porous and help the stickers stay in place.
I actually applied the last coat of sealer after assembling the shoes and hung the shoes to dry. The result is always neater, if you can apply the sealer to all necessary surfaces (sides, back, front, bottom) at once, but that means you need to figure out a way to place the heels/shoes to dry in a way that the wet surfaces won't touch anything.
Here are the shoes on 16" Miss Piggy.
For the previous post on using transparent plastic, see here.
Friday, September 7, 2012
More plastic
Labels: miss piggy, plastic, stickers
3 comments:
- Azucena said...
Astonished!! they're really beautiful!!
- September 7, 2012 at 12:05 PM
- Brini said...
These shoe are so cute. I'm so jealous of your talent and time you have to make them.
- September 10, 2012 at 12:32 AM
- Vanessa said...
Amazing, once again!
- September 10, 2012 at 4:29 PM
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This article is a collaboration between MedPage Today® and:
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and psoriasis all have an elevated risk for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), but the degree of risk varies among the disorders and according to the treatments used, a population-based study found.
The risk of a composite endpoint including myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accident, or cardiovascular death was increased among patients with rheumatoid arthritis compared with controls, whether they had been prescribed a disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD; HR 1.58, 95% CI 1.46-1.70) or not (HR 1.39, 95% CI 1.28-1.50), according to Alexis Ogdie, MD, of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and colleagues.
Patients with psoriasis whose disease was severe enough to warrant treatment with a DMARD also had an increased risk for MACE compared with controls, with a hazard ratio of 1.42 (95% CI 1.17-1.73), but the risk among patients with psoriatic arthritis was elevated only in those who had not been given a prescription for a DMARD (HR 1.24, 95% CI 1.03-1.49), the researchers reported in the February Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.
Considerable evidence exists supporting a link between incident MACE and both rheumatoid arthritis and severe psoriasis, but Ogdie and colleagues recently found no increased risk in mortality in a longitudinal cohort study of patients with psoriatic arthritis.
"This led us to question whether psoriatic arthritis is associated with incident cardiovascular disease from a population-based perspective," they wrote.
"We hypothesized similar rates of cardiovascular disease among the three groups given known associations with systemic Th1-driven and Th17-driven inflammation," they stated.
The study population was drawn from the U.K. database known as The Health Improvement Network and consisted of 41,752 patients with rheumatoid arthritis, 8,706 with psoriatic arthritis, 138,424 with psoriasis, and 82,258 controls enrolled between 1994 and 2010.
For patients with rheumatoid or psoriatic arthritis, DMARDs included methotrexate, sulfasalazine, azathioprine, and biologics, while for psoriasis, DMARDs included therapies such as retinoids, phototherapy, methotrexate, and cyclosporin.
Potential confounders included age, gender, blood pressure, body mass index, smoking, comorbidities such as diabetes, and use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). The analysis adjusted for the traditional cardiovascular risk factors.
About half of patients with rheumatoid or psoriatic arthritis had been given a DMARD, compared with only 3% of those with psoriasis. Two-thirds of patients with rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis had been given a prescription NSAID, as had 24% of patients with psoriasis and almost half of controls.
The incidence rate for MACE among all patients with psoriatic arthritis was 5.7 per 1,000 patient-years, while the rates for those treated and not treated with DMARDs were 4.6 and 6.8 per 1,000, respectively.
For rheumatoid arthritis, the incidence rates were 12.1, 11.1, and 13.5 per 1,000 patient-years, respectively, and for psoriasis, the rates were 5.5, 6.5, and 5.4 per 1,000.
Along with the composite MACE endpoint, the researchers also calculated hazard ratios for the individual components.
For myocardial infarction, risk was increased for patients with psoriatic arthritis treated with DMARDs (HR 1.36, 95% CI 1.01-1.84) and also for those not using DMARD therapy (HR 1.36, 95% CI 1.04-1.77).
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis were at risk for myocardial infarction if given DMARDs (HR 1.96, 95% CI 1.75-2.19) or not (HR 1.33, 95% CI 1.17-1.51).
For stroke, the risk was increased among patients with psoriatic arthritis not taking DMARDs (HR 1.33, 95% CI 1.03-1.71), with similar effects being seen for rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis.
For cardiovascular death, the risk was increased in rheumatoid arthritis with DMARDs (HR 1.66, 95% CI 1.48-1.86) and without (HR 1.43, 95% CI 1.28-1.59) and for severe psoriasis (HR 1.54, 95% CI 1.15-2.05).
The precise effects of DMARD use on cardiovascular risk in these diseases remain unclear, in that requirement for such treatment may reflect more severe inflammatory disease that could heighten risk, but also a decrease in risk because of the drugs' anti-inflammatory effects.
"Future prospective, randomized, controlled studies are needed to better understand the impact of systemic therapy in decreasing the risk of MACEs in these diseases," Ogdie and colleagues noted.
In an accompanying editorial, Naveed Sattar, MD, and colleagues from the University of Glasgow in Scotland agreed that uncertainty persists regarding the influence of inflammation on cardiovascular risk in these patients.
"We lack clinical trials to show that modulation of inflammation lessens cardiovascular risk, although current observational data with their inherent limitations point in this direction. It is hard to design appropriate cardiovascular disease endpoint trials to test the inflammation-cardiovascular disease hypothesis in autoimmune conditions," Sattar and colleagues wrote.
"What is now clearly needed is education programs for rheumatologists and dermatologists to help them better manage cardiovascular and metabolic risks in their patients," they observed.
A limitation of the study was the lack of information in the database about disease activity and use of over-the-counter NSAIDs.
The study was supported by the American College of Rheumatology, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and the Icelandic Research Fund.
The study authors disclosed financial relationships with Amgen, Abbott, Centocor, Celgene, Novartis, Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Genentech, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Bayer, and Cegedim.
The editorialists reported no disclosures.
- Reviewed by F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE Assistant Professor, Section of Nephrology, Yale School of Medicine and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner
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Annals of the Rheumatic DiseasesSource Reference: Ogdie A, et al "Risk of major cardiovascular events in patients with psoriatic arthritis, psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis: a population-based cohort study" Ann Rheum Dis 2015; 74: 326-332.
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Annals of the Rheumatic DiseasesSource Reference: Kristensen S, et al "Psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis and cardiovascular risk: are we closer to a clinical recommendation?" Ann Rheum Dis 2015; 74: 321-322.


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In 2007, the NC Supreme Court held that the NC Workers' Compensation Act applies to injuries occurring during social and recreational activities related to employment. Frost v. Salter Path Fire & Rescue, 361 N.C. 181, 185, 639 S.E.2d 429, 433. However, this question continues to come up frequently due to the unique set of circumstances surrounding this type of claim.
Just this month, the NC Court of Appeals held in Holliday v. Tropical Nut & Fruit Co., No. COA 14-1030, that an employee's leg injury sustained during a game of laser-tag at an out-of-town mandatory sales and marketing conference was, in fact, compensable. The Court of Appeals considered the following six factors in its decision:
- Did the Employer sponsor the event?
- To what extent was attendance voluntary?
- Was there some degree of encouragement to attend?
- Did the Employer finance the occasion to a substantial extend?
- Did the employees regard it as an employment benefit to which they were entitled as of right?
- Did the Employer benefit from the event, not merely in a vague way through better morale and good will, but through such tangible advantages as having an opportunity to make speeches and awards?
In the Holliday case, the Court found that because the employer paid for the laser-tag event, expressed mandatory employee attendance, took attendance at the event and benefitted from the event, the injury was related to the employment and, therefore, compensable.
EMPLOYERS: If you are going to sponsor these types of events in North Carolina, be prepared that any injuries incurred by your employees could very well be compensable workers' compensation claims.
ADJUSTERS: When faced with these types of claims and making a decision on whether to accept or deny a claim, ask the six questions posed by the Holliday court. If the majority of the answers are "yes," you will more than likely be facing a compensable claim.


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Well I am sorry to hear that your application for the Marriott school was placed as an alternative. I can understand how that would be quite a downer and pretty discouraging. Don't give up though! You can still apply again come August and whatever comes it will work out how it should.
Do you remember what happened almost 4 and half years ago? This would have been about the very end of February or beginning of March. I was in my junior year of high school. I was taking my classes, 3 AP classes in fact (Calculus, Physics, and U.S. History). Do you remember that throughout all of February I went to every single early morning conditioning training in preparation for high school soccer tryouts? Never missed one. Do you remember that I went to try outs and that there was well over 100 people trying out? And remember that I made it to the last day of try outs? Do you remember what happened?......I was cut. Didn't make either team. Do you remember how sad and distraught I was? I was so sad that I just said I am done with soccer. I don't want to play anymore. Even several Seniors told me that I was good enough and should have made the team. But Dad talked me and reassured me into playing with my club team for the fall, my last fall to really be able to play on a competitive soccer team. And you know what in retrospect I look back see how much there was that blessed me from what happened, even though at the time I had a vision and desire of what I wanted to have happen (to play on the high school team my junior and senior year). I had much more time during the spring that I could practice and prepare for my AP tests that I got a 5 on the BC Calculus test and a 4 on each of the Physics and U.S. History tests. Then even though that last year of competitive soccer we weren't the best or anything, we all just had a fun time just more kind of playing for fun.
Then even look at what has happened over the last couple years. Went to the MTC, came home, going through probably some of the most difficult trials and times of my life. Making it back out, staying in the MTC the full 9 weeks. There are no such things as coincidences. If I had gone to Taiwan at any other time I would not have been trained by Elder Dailey (which I still feel and know with my heart that he was exactly the one who needed to train me). I mean even look at it. I was called to the exact same mission again. As my mission time goes on and I talk with others, I have come to learn just how rare it can be that a missionary who had a call previously gets the exact same call the second time. It doesn't really happen that often.
So keep your chin up! Heavenly Father knows exactly what you need to do and where you need to be.
So my last area that I was in was the ZhongXing Zone (中興地帶), I was serving in Zhanghua City (彰化市), and I was in the Zhanghua 1st Ward (彰化一支會).
Also while it is on my mind, yes I did get your package as well as the big letter you sent. I love the talks you included! Especially the one by President Monson about the Goliaths we face. Thanks so much for sending the package! With some of the cookie packages I would put them in with my oatmeal, soymilk, banana breakfast. Really yummy! :D Today though I made for breakfast a chuabing (the tortilla thing with an egg on it) and added on it this time mango. Super yummy! :D I don't know what I am going to do when a few months pass by and the mango season ends. Or even when going back to the states where there aren't really any good mangos. But so yeah you can maybe send a sweater in a package to wear for the winter time, that way I am not just having my rain jacket only (like it was last winter).
So I feel actually that Elder Randall and me are doing really good. Like this past week we have really grown a lot closer. We did go on exchanges at one point and talked with the missionaries we were on exchanges with about finding the middle ground to work well together (basically we have come to the conclusion that Elder Randall and I work really well in different strengths that differ from each other). So we are working to become even better building off what each others strengths are and working as effectively as possible. But so this past week (actually just a couple days ago) we got our Duanchuan, or short term missionary. He is from the Nantun district here in Taizhong and will be with us for 10 days. So not actually set apart but opportunity to see what being a missionary is like. He is 17 and is still in High School. And yes we can tell and know that he is still 17. I know I am only 21, but even at times I still feel too mature for my age and really work at just trying to be a kid sometimes and enjoying the childhood joys and wonders in my life. The best way I can explain how our duanchuan is is that one you would need to watch a MASH episode from season 4 about when Hawkeye helps patchup a really big marine who then while he is still at the 4077 healing up goes crazy out of the way of always trying to repay back Hawkeye and Honeycutt. But like he is kind of oblivious of how he acts or is treating others. Our duanchuan is good, but funny too how much still is like a kid. He has a really good testimony and isn't afraid to share the gospel at all. It's like when I was little and we would go to parks or other places I would insist on running out in front leading, but I honestly had no clue or idea where we were going so I would always look back at you and Dad to see where we were going. Our duanchuan very much is like this. So it makes me feel like Elder Randall and I are like parents and helping teach and such our duanchuan. That is what we are trying to find the balance right now with our duanchuan is letting him have fun but also teaching and kind of disciplining him a little. Like he has sometimes kind of acted like he is the one running the show and calling the shots (which no he is not). But I am just a more quiet person and not super mean or harsh in speaking towards people. So I don't ever snap at him when he has done sometimes things like that. But he has actually been doing really good now on the 3rd day. It was kind of cute and funny that he was so tired this morning that he fell asleep during the first 20 minutes of personal study. Granted I feel bad that he has to sleep on the sofa because we literally have no other mattresses. Elder Randall and I each have one mattress (which more feel like the spring boards of a bed) and then underneath a wood plank board. Not really much, but no way am I giving up my bed! Have to face some realities duanchuan! Plus I am too big for the sofa. So is Elder Randall. And so is our duanchuan. So it doesn't really fit for anyone. But we will make do for the week.
But I think having the duanchuan has helped Elder Randall and I to grow closer and build our relationship. To be all honest the first day I had a hard time having our duanchuan because his personality is exactly the one I do not like and if had my choice I would just leave and let be, never really being a friend or anything to a personality like that because it doesn't fit well with mine at all. But it is something I see more now with Dad's comment that you can't run away as a missionary. You can't fight as a missionary. All you can do is humble yourself. Which actually I have been doing more now over the last couple days and today while studying on Charity in Preach My Gospel really stood out to me more. Charity is the pure love of Christ. It is the love that Christ has for every single person. It made me think of a scripture that I read recently as I have carried in the Book of Mormon nearing the end of Mosiah. I think it is in the beginning of Mosiah but it talks about how Christ has never taught nor the prophets never taught that salvation can never come for any person. Christ's salvation is given to every single person. That means the ones that make bad choices, the ones that ridicule, hate, kill, harm, criticize, and destroy. He still has love for every single person. That is what it means to have Charity. When you can love every single person. No wonder the Lord taught to love those that despise you, to love your enemies. Even more Charity is gift. It is something we need to ask for....all the time! But one other particular part that stood out to me is how those who strive to have charity they avoid things such as envy, lust, covetousness, etc. You can't have these feelings and have charity and love for someone. They simply can't coexist. You can't see someone as a child of God, truly love them as the Savior would and be happy for them if you have these competing feelings of envy, lust, etc. It made me really feel how small my charity and love is and how much I need to grow and improve my charity. Something the mission does. Makes things so much crystal clear of what you need to improve, change, and add upon.
Yeah as for English class this past week guess how many people we had (this was the day of the typhoon, which wasn't really that bad and also the rain gear I have is fine. Works really great for the rain storms. The lighter rain is when things get annoying because you can start to get wet with light rain or start to sweat a lot because it is still fairly hot with the light rain)? We had a total of 20 people. The Beginning class didn't even have any students so the Sister missionaries joined our intermediate class. But yeah hopefully this Wednesday with no typhoon (which people always get scared about) we should be back up to hitting 100 people. We also really emphasized in our Ward correlation meeting with the ward mission leader how we want more members attending our English class to help during spiritual share, help with meeting with investigators afterwards, and getting to know non-members. And I was super happy that our ward mission leader was a boss in following up and reporting about it in Ward Council yesterday and in priesthood opening exercises. So hopefully it goes through well that more members attend.
Well this is pretty long now. I hope all is well with you! Let me know if there is anything I can do! Love you lots!
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Las Vegas-based table game maker Galaxy Gaming, Inc. said Monday it was approved by the Colorado Gaming Control Commission to place new table game products and gaming management systems in the state.
Galaxy officials said the approval will allow the company to expand its presence in the state. Some 20 state-regulated casinos in Colorado offer live table games. Galaxy Gaming's proprietary table games will be offered in 17 of the properties.
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Last week, Galaxy announced an expansion of its presence in Pennsylvania's casino market.
Galaxy Chief Executive Officer Robert Saucier the company is awaiting approval of additional products in Colorado that could offer additional sales in 2013.
"We have certain specialized products that dovetail perfectly into the Colorado casino operators' needs," Saucier said.


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