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Morningside Wrestling Nears Start (Final)
The familiar shuffling of ice-packs and aroma of hard-work are back. The Morningside Mustangs wrestling team has high hopes for the upcoming 2013-2014 season.
The lone returning All-American is 184 pounder Joe Sievert, brother of 2013 National Champion John Sievert. Both decorated high school athletes, the Sievert brothers joined forces on the mat at Morningside under former Mustang head coach Tim Jager, and John was able to bring home the gold last year.
Joe described his excitement for the upcoming season in typical Sievert fashion; "I saw what my brother did last year. I want that. I want a national title." The mustangs' roster boasts an impressive total of 10 returning National Qualifiers, Sievert included. Of those qualifiers, five are in their final year in the program. Aside from Sievert, the other four seniors: Jordan Langley, Kevin Olson, Harrison Johnson, and Tyler Kacmarynski, are all looking to find their place on the podium.
Kacmarynski, a native of Spencer, Iowa, is looking forward to his final year after back-to-back disappointing season riddled with injury. His goals are no secret. He's incredibly open about his final season. "All-American. National Championship. I've been through this before, and I've worked harder than anyone else. One goal; one dream." Kacmarynski currently sits at 12th on the all-time wins list in Morningside history, with a total of 73.
Still a little over a month away from the first live action, the excitement is growing amongst the team, as their off-season lifting program increases its intensity. Since the hiring of new strength and conditioning coach, Chad Traver, many Mustangs feel they have really seen positive results. "I just really feel like I get better every time I go in," junior 141 pounder Nate Taylor noted. "Its been an adjustment, but I can definitely tell that he knows what he's doing, and I know it's going to make a difference once the season starts." The Mustangs have been lifting 3 times a week, with additional cardio workouts twice a week.
Junior heavyweight Eric Draper described the new lifting program as "intense." He noted a difference in the amount of effort it takes to get through each day. "If you don't show up to work hard, you're going to get sent home. You can either sit in your room, or you can just suck it up, bust a sweat, and get better."
Junior 141 pounder Garret Lambrecht wasted no time in describing the team's chemistry. "It's just a different atmosphere now. We're a family, and I love spending time around these guys. They're my best friends, and we sweat and bleed next to each other every day. I can't wait for practice to start."
With practice still a couple weeks away, the team is continuing preparation, beginning to cut their weight, and trying to maintain focus on academics with the upcoming season looming.
Looking at the season ahead, there are several possible candidates to join Sievert on the podium. Joining Sievert (84) and Kacmarynski (73) on the top 50 career wins list are returning senior Jordan Langley (49), junior Garret Lambrecht (40), and senior Harrison Johnson (38). Head Coach, Jake Stevenson, still sits a top the career wins list with a total of 130. As the most decorated wrestler in Morningside history in his four years from 2004 to 2008, he also owns the records for 3-point near falls (28), technical falls (7), and victories in a season (45).
The Mustangs take to the mat in a mere couple weeks to begin practice, and with Stevenson leading the charge, the future looks bright for this group of grapplers.
For Morningside Wrestling Information: http://www.morningside.edu/mustangs/wrestlng/index.cfm
For 2013-14 Schedule: http://www.morningside.edu/mustangs/wrestlng/schedule.cfm
For Records/Wins List:http://www.morningside.edu/mustangs/wrestlng/records.cfm
Government Shutdown Nearly Effects Rivalry
The United States government has shut down due to the inability of the House and Senate to reach an agreement on a funding plan for the future. The implications of this are far-reaching, but I'm here to shed a little light on the general consensus around the Morningside campus.
The typical college student won't spend time at a museum in the next week. They won't visit a national park. They will, however, crack a cold one and spend a Saturday afternoon watching a slate of college football games. One such game, rich in history and bathed in tradition, was in serious jeopardy until early Wednesday afternoon.
The Air Force-Navy rivalry dates back to 1960, with the teams meeting every season since 1972. Due to the government shutdown, there will be absolutely no government funding for any contests until an agreement is reached.
When examining Navy's budget and income throughout the year, a typical income brings in about $4 million in tickets, fees, and other game concessions. According to an ESPN source, "not one dime of government money will be spent."
Until an agreement is reached, even Saturday afternoon football can't be taken for granted.
A Deeper Look at Miley Cyrus
If you were to google "Miley Cyrus," you'd undoubtedly get several scandalous headlines and many ridiculous pictures of a once PG teen-pop star turned X-rated. You'd read about how she's "embarrassing" and a "disgrace."
The fact is, however, she's being herself, and you just don't see that a lot in today's celebrities. In a world where public relations hold the key to income, and even the simple drop of a four-letter word can turn the head of a bible-waving perfectionist, Miley is standing tall with her middle finger in the air. Her recent VMA's performance turned the entertainment world upside down, and since then, the true identity behind childhood hero "Hannah Montana" has been taking a bashing from media and former-fans alike.
There is a silver lining for Miley, however. A recent "Rolling Stone" cover story allowed Cyrus to spill her guts as to her entire image, as well as her true feelings on the situation. She's sited as explaining that she "thought there was a chance the network might pull the plug on her mid-performance, but she didn't expect so much shock and vitriol." Instead, she was allowed to finish, and the social media world exploded.
She explained the unjust in the American opinion, as co-performer Robin Thicke got little heat from the situation, and most of it was piled upon her 108 pound shoulders. Her views on the subject quickly changed, as she turned the heads from the VMA performance, and focused on America as a whole.
In that same "Rolling Stones" article, Cyrus said it best. "America is just so weird in what they think is right and wrong," she continues. "Like, I was watching 'Breaking Bad' the other day, and they were cooking meth. I could literally cook meth because of that show. It's a how-to. And then they bleeped out the word 'f***.' And I'm like, really? They killed a guy, and disintegrated his body in acid, but you're not allowed to say 'f***'?
The importance behind this article is that Cyrus may just be on to something. Surely her performance was ridiculous to some, but other artist, namely Kanye West (also featured in the article), it was art. In recent interviews, Cher Lloyd has expressed her appreciation for Miley's exploration and attempts at breaking out of a shell.
The fact that Cyrus could care less about what people think makes her not only worthy of paying attention to, but it makes all her performances that much more believable. In a time and age when the cultural and social "norm" is what everyone is striving for, maybe this world needs a few more public role models like Miley Cyrus. Don't get me wrong; she's crossed several lines, but when someone is willing to risk their reputation just to prove a point and find their own strengths and beliefs, it's difficult to hate them for it.
Rolling Stone Interview: http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/24/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/miley-cyrus-rolling-stone/index.html?hpt=hp_t5
Cher Lloyd's Support: http://www.teen.com/2013/06/19/music/cher-lloyd-its-all-good-fruttare-interview/
LA Times on Media Reaction to VMA Performance: http://articles.latimes.com/2013/aug/26/entertainment/la-et-st-miley-cyrus-vma-performance-media-reacts-in-shock-20130826
Fantasy Football: America's NEW Sport (News Article 1)
NFL Fantasy Football has been growing in popularity since its first inception in a New York Milford Plaza Hotel in 1963.
Fantasy football is based upon a scoring system for yardage and touchdowns, and all based upon the statistical performance of professional athletes. It is now available in several different formats, from yahoo.com to NFL.com, all of which have the capabilities to live-score each and every match-up for each team.
An average of four hours are spent each week making roster moves, surfing the waiver wire, and looking for that one player that just might score enough points to put you over the edge.
According to a surprisingly insightful article from the folks at turbotax.com, here are some interesting statistics about America's new obsession:
39% of male fantasy football players admitted they'd be willing to give up beer to win their fantasy football league
- 8% of men's relationships end due to their obsession with fantasy football
- 75% of male fantasy football players are willing to wager money on their matchups
- An estimated 22.3 million workers spend more than an hour working on their fantasy team while on the job
CNN recently reported that the industry has now reached an approximate value of nearly 2 billion dollars, and is expected to rise even higher in the coming years. The explosion of social media has certainly helped drive the pastime along, enabling friends and co-owners to communicate and trash-talk each others' teams without much difficulty.
The phenomenon of the game is that team performances don't necessarily matter; the results of your match up rely simply on the performance of an individual. For instance, "The Vikings can get beat by 40 as long as Adrian Peterson scores a couple touchdowns." It's a selfish reality, coupled with a nonchalant attitude toward that actual outcome of the game.
Not only is the industry valuable, but it's everywhere, and readily available to all who want to access it. The ever-so-intriguing "Bleacher Report" points out the available sites with fantasy football opportunities include: ESPN.com, NFL.com, yahoo.com, and CBS.com. It's painful to throw out cliches, but sometimes the shoe fits: "If you build it, they will come." The NFL has built the industry, and Americans are coming.
There's little doubt that Fantasy Football is a pastime that will stand the test of time.
Cleveland Rocks: Yet Another Disappointment for Browns' Fans
The Cleveland Browns shocked the football world on Wednesday afternoon by dealing 2012 first round draft choice Trent Richardson to the Indianapolis Colts for their 2014 first round draft pick.
In order to understand the magnitude of this move, let's travel back in time.
When Cleveland selected Trent Richardson with the 3rd overall pick in the 2012 NFL draft, there was finally reason for optimism in northern Ohio. The franchise, and more importantly, the fan-base finally had found a face to associate with all things Cleveland Browns.
With the addition of Oklahoma State quarterback, Brandon Weeden, Cleveland had seemingly retooled its offense. Fans were excited. They dawned their number 33 jerseys with pride, and finally flocked back to the FirstEnergy Stadium.
With the dealing of Richardson, and the announcement that Brandon Weeden is no longer guaranteed his starting job at quarterback, it seems the fan base will have to once again struggle through mediocrity and wait until next year. Unfortunately, for a franchise that hasn't reached the playoffs since 2002, the fan base has to shoulder the disappointment once again.
From a purely football standpoint, the move makes sense. Richardson doesn't fit newly hired head coach Rob Chudzinski's scheme. Weeden is nearly 30 years of age, and still only in his second full professional season. For a fan base however, it's difficult to fathom finally getting your face of the franchise, and watching him pack his bags for a contender just a few short months later.
There is no question that this team is moving in the right direction. They have a solid, young defense. They have weapons in place on the offensive side of the ball. The question remains whether the fans will follow the direction the team is going. For the Browns' front offices' sake, they'd better hope so.
For more information, visit the links below.
Stumbling Upon Controversy: Casual Conversations about News
With merely 15 minutes left in class, our Journalism professor sent us out into the world with a goal in mind. Each of our goals was different, and mine was to find a "conversation about current news events."
I was incredibly happy to stumble upon the chatter-session that I did. As a Hawkeye fan, born and raised, I love nothing more than hearing controversy surrounding the Nebraska Cornhuskers. As I entered the Admissions Office of Lewis Hall, I overheard a couple folks voicing their opinions on the current Pelini issue.
In recent news, footage has surfaced of Pelini venting his frustration in a foul-mouthed rant toward the "fair weather fans" of the Husker nation.
One fan declined to comment, but Emily Greenlee of Morningside College showed no remorse in speaking her mind. "I think he's a human being who is capable of making mistakes. Good fans should get over it. It was two years ago, and fans were being jerks. He didn't know he was being recorded, or obviously he wouldn't have confided in that person."
Two year-old news has officially landed Pelini on the hot-seat.
Suh Saga Continues in Detroit
Ndamukong Suh is at it again. It seems his negative headlines flood the press more frequently than attacks on Gotham City called the Dark Knight into action. While his talents are certainly worth the headache in the right organization, one has to wonder just how many more hits his reputation can take before serious action is taken.
Let's hop in the time machine. Let's take it back to Thanksgiving day of 2011. Many sat nestled around a television with piles of tender turkey, creamy mashed potatoes accompanied by thick gravy, and Grandma's carefully constructed stuffing. Suh, on the other hand, was busy trying to feast on quarterback, Aaron Rodgers. Clearly frustrated; held to a singular tackle, he made his biggest mistake.
Suh stomped on Packers offensive lineman, Evan Dietrich-Smith nearly halfway through the 3rd quarter. He was flagged, ejected, and publicly ridiculed for the remainder of the season. To view footage of the incident, visit the link below.
Until recently, Suh had behaved according to the rules.
According to NFL Network analyst Ian Rapoport, Suh and his agent, Roosevelt Barnes, may have a point.
"Suh's recent good behavior isn't being taken into account by the league," Rapoport said.
On Sunday, Suh made what some would consider a controversial block on Vikings offensive lineman Johnathan Sullivan. The block came during an interception return, and it looked highly unlikely that Sullivan had any possibility of catching DeAndre Levy as he streaked toward the end zone.
Below are a few articles to give you more insight into the situation, so that you may form your own opinion on the former Nebraska star. According to his agent, Suh is being unfairly persecuted by the league.
The relevance of Suh being in the news again, is that the league has placed such a high priority around player safety. The spotlight is shining bright, and the future players of the NFL are watching. If actions speak louder than words, Suh has a lot of explaining to do.
ESPN article from the Thanksgiving incident: http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7276717/ndamukong-suh-detroit-lions-ejected-denies-stomped-green-bay-packers-lineman
Suh issues apology for illegal block: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000242597/article/ndamukong-suh-apologizes-to-detroit-lions-players
Is Suh being persecuted by league?: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000242895/article/agent-ndamukong-suh-persecuted-by-nfl-media
Is Fantasy Football Killing America's Sport?
Football is a game. Plain and simple, it's a pastime; something to enjoy. The National Football League is by far the most popular medium, with 32 teams garnering the allegiance of nation-wide fan bases.
The newest epidemic sweeping these fans is fantasy football. In essence, players receive points for yardage and touchdowns. The popularity of the NFL has skyrocketed in recent years, and many point to the simple scoring system that began its development in the New York Milford Plaza Hotel in 1963.
In talking to several students around the Morningside campus, it was apparent that fantasy football was their Sunday focus. Students can be overheard talking about how many points their players score in almost all common areas.
In speaking to Josh Porcher, a Mustang football player said it best. "As a fan of the game, I can't enjoy watching the actual game itself. I'm too busy wanting one player to do well instead of the whole team. In fantasy football, wins don't matter. You only care about individuals."
And that raises an interesting question. Has the inception of fantasy football dimmed the game itself? Have fans surrendered their team colors for a set of players and a complex scoring system.
Reviews are split amongst the fans. Just ask Eric Draper of the Morningside wrestling team.
"I'm definitely more interested now. I've never really been interested in the NFL, but now that I'm playing fantasy football, I feel like I'm a part of the action."
Chris Stevenson, a business accounting major from LeMars, Iowa, also gave his point of view on the topic. "I f*cking love fantasy football. The fact that you can watch football and win money without picking a final score…I love it."
Stevenson also pointed out a major issue with the system. "Let's say I like the Vikings, and I'm playing against Adrian Peterson in my weekly matchup. Now I have to root against one of my favorite players. That part sucks."
Fantasy football has brought a new flare to the game, but in doing so, it has shined a spotlight on the individual performance. If money is what the league is after, they have found another way to gain subscribers and interest. If the NFL is about the sanctity of the game, Fantasy football may very well be a danger to the sport itself.
The End of Tebow Time
The Tebow train may have come to sputtering stop in the NFL. According to a recent ESPN.com article, Tebow's skill set wasn't worthy of one of the extremely valuable final 53 roster spots in New England. Siting a rough pre-season the included a only 11 completions out 30 attempts, it appears that "Tebow Time" has come to an end. This story garners its importance because of the nature of the subject. Tim Tebow is as polarizing a figure as the NFL has seen, at least those without a championship ring. Constantly creating a media frenzy, Tebow developed a habit for pulling through in the clutch, but his unconventional style and inability to fit into a typical pro system made him an impossible to harness.
In critiquing this article, I find it hard to believe that no one was available for comment. With a roster full of 53 players, surely one of them could give insight as the the preseason and how it unfolded. Bill Belichick and Tom Brady w0uld definitely bring some flare to this article between the quotation marks, and I just feel that an article like this based on purely factual information doesn't do this situation justice. Afterall, statistics have never been Tebow's strong suite. He wins. That's what he does. Now, he may have to look toward the CFL or Arena League to add a few W's in the column.
For reference purposes, I have included the link to the ESPN story below:

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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Eggless Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
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Keka....chustene tineyalanipistondi...ReplyDelete
Hmm super snacks to impress ur better half ;- )ReplyDelete
Cookies looking nice. Hope the taste also good.ReplyDelete
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-- Precautions if required :)or if U followed.
-- point/bullet based preparation steps.
-- Source also, if you have taken from somewhere.something like References :)
@KVM - The cookies tasted good, no improvements needed :). Point noted, will post the preparation method step by step. This is not exactly taken from somewhere, went through a lot of cookie recipes and then finally made up my own... In case I do take reference from websites, I will share them too.ReplyDelete
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27 October 2003 SPUC has sent an open letter to BBC Director General Greg Dyke, challenging the BBC to back up claims made about the Catholic Church's pro-life teaching in its recent Panorama programme Sex and the Holy City. In a letter which detailed specific concerns, SPUC national director John Smeaton stated: "Not only did Sex and the Holy City fail to support such serious charges with objective, verifiable evidence, but there were also many other claims made in support of the general thesis of the programme which fly in the face of statistical, medical and scientific evidence from recognised and authoritative sources." [SPUC source ] A Liverpool hospital has reassured couples whose embryos were accidentally mixed with sperm from other men that their embryos could not have been harmed in any way. The error was discovered at the Liverpool Women's hospital when a member of staff noticed possible 'contamination' in the liquid in which the embryos were stored. The ten embryos involved were all implanted before the mistake was discovered, though only two implanted successfully and one of the remaining two miscarried. [BBC, 27 October ] Tayside has one of the worst abortion records in the country, The Courier reports. Members of SPUC released 1088 balloons in Dundee yesterday to symbolise the number of abortions in the area over the past year. Jacqueline Dalrymple of SPUC Scotland, argued that lack of education is the main problem. "Young people need emotional education and to be informed of the damage that can be caused by sexual relationships," she said. "We contact all schools in Tayside every year offering to talk to groups and we have visited many in the area and hope to go into more schools this year in the hope of reducing these figures." [The Courier, 27 October ] A survey by the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths has found that parents could be putting their babies at increased risk of cot death by overheating them, the BBC reports. The survey found that 56% of parents did not know the correct room temperature for babies. One in five thought it should be hotter than the recommended 16-20C and four in ten thought the house was cooler than it actually was. FSID's director Joyce Epstein advised parents to obtain a room thermometer and drew attention to signs of overheating such as sweating. [BBC, 27 October ] The deputy editor of the UK's New Statesman periodical has spoken of the 'cruel, utilitarian logic' of prenatal screening for Down's Syndrome. In a strongly worded article in The Observer, Christina Odone described the influence her half-brother, an adrenoleukodystrophy sufferer, had upon her parents lives and attitudes, concluding with the warning: "the Government hopes to standardise humanity. This might not prove difficult; but it will certainly rob us of our better selves." [The Guardian, 26 October ] One of the women who lost her High Court battle to implant her frozen embryos without her partner's consent, has admitted defeat after her legal aid was withdrawn. "The doctors are playing God really," said Lorraine Hadley, "It's like 'OK, we've made a life and we can throw it away as it doesn't matter.'" The two frozen embryos will be defrosted and destroyed next week. Explaining her reasons for going to the high court, Ms Hadley commented: "It was just to give that life that was started a chance. That's all I was asking for." [BBC, 24 October ]


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While in California last week I finished the dress. I don't mind doing hand work, in fact, I rather enjoy it, so I hand picked the under stitching to the neck seam allowance.
Not quite a perfect neckline, but I'm getting better at it.
Then I realized that I wanted bias strips for the hems but didn't have a ruler with markings on it, as it's packed away in the storage unit. So I thought and thought, looked at the fabric carefully, and realized that the white dots are perfectly aligned on the grain, which means that they are also perfectly aligned on the bias. You can see this in the photo of the scrap, just follow the 45º line on the mat. So I was able to align a clear piece of plastic (actually, the sewing machine extension), and cut along the dots at a 45º angle, to give the bias as shown in the top strip.
I sewed the bias to the hem, pressed it under so the seam was on the inside ever so slightly, and hand picked the hem.
This photo shows both the dress and the lining hems. I turned the lining hem so the right side showed against the right side of the lining, for just a bit of a fun touch.
Yes, the dress looks somewhat huge on the form, but that's because I haven't adjusted it for the 18 pounds I've gained. It's definitely diet and exercise time.
You can see the empty shelves in the background, almost everything is packed away. I feel somewhat lost without all my sewing things.
The photos of me in the dress were terrible! So I won't post any photos until I can get better ones taken.


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viernes, 10 de febrero de 2017
President Trump's ethical problems extend to his inner circle
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President Trump hasn't made the transition from candidate to POTUS. Since he has never been in politics at this new level and has been in office less than a month, I would hope someone is giving him some advice of how he needs to begin acting. Unfortunately he was successful with his Tweets as candidate, and he feel he needs to continue using it to jump over the mainstream media that hates him. This makes him answer by shooting from the hip, which is never good. His words have a lot of power and importance now that he is president.
I hope he will find a good balance in the next couple of months. Fingers crossed!
- 10 de febrero de 2017, 9:08
Ayer en CNN ya alguno de los entrevistados sobre el tema judicial dijo que si Trump sigue en esa línea, tiene un Impeachment en su futuro. Parece muy temprano para sacar a colación el tema, pero creo que a este clown hay que detenerlo y ya el issue está en agenda. También se ha dicho "esto no es una república bananera", y no lo es. A ver si agarra mínimo y aprende un oficio que parece quedarle grande.
Ahora trump apunta contra el narcotráfico y el crimer organizado, lo que sí sería una causa con apoyo. Veremos.
- 10 de febrero de 2017, 9:41
he better shape up or really run the danger of being impeached.......He loves to pick a fight with anybody and that is not right.........hopefully he will learn to be presidential really soon before he gets us all in trouble.........
- 10 de febrero de 2017, 18:18
I am convinced they might be enjoying all of Trump, until something against them!
Otherwise they will be enjoying no Trump, simple!
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Monday, May 23, 2011
Atsumete! Kirby boxart and release date
Cutest boxart ever? Cutest boxart ever. Let's hope the US box won't turn all ten Kirbys into angry faces *shudders*
Release date is August 4 2011 in Japan, apparently delayed from a first release date of July 7. Oh well, just one extra month won't kill. Still no extra footage of the game since the first bit we saw back in December last year.
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- Adam SpicerMay 23, 2011 at 8:05 AM
:0 The Kirby in the bottom left looks upset.ReplyDelete
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When you read Scripture I hope you know that it is a compilation of material that has been gathered over time. We do not have the original Acts of the Apostles as it was written by Luke, but rather scraps and bits and pieces that were gathered from the middle ages on. As a result there can be some inconsistencies that might seem alarming to some. Chapter 16 contains some elements in its writing that can seem a bit disjointed. The narrative switches from the third person to the first person where the author goes from speaking about "them" in vs.7 to speaking about "us" and "we" in vs.11 and following. Don't allow it to bother you. It is obvious that Luke got this part of his story from someone who was very close to the action and so the account we have includes some great details that otherwise we would not have had if it had been just Luke writing.
We are introduced to Timothy in these first verses. I think it is interesting that even after the Jerusalem council where it was decided that gentile Christians did not need to become Jewish first, Paul still had Timothy circumcised. Paul knew what would be required and what the people of that area expected. How far are we able to go and what are we able to do even if we don't want to do it in order for the Gospel to be proclaimed in such a way that it can be heard. If Timothy had not been circumcised then probably those in Lysta and Iconium, even though they spoke highly of him, would not have been able to listen to him because it would have been an obstacle to their hearing. What do we have that might be an obstacle to others hearing the Gospel and we just simply do not want to let it go?
Paul's conversion of the jailer is a classic as well. Before that conversion they meet Lydia who is the dealer in purple and she becomes an iconic figure in Scripture. Just a few weeks ago we went to the dedication service of my daughter's graduating class. One of the speakers went on to say how Jesus was rich and self funded the disciples. I don't think that could be further from the truth, at least the part of self-funding. Throughout Scripture we find that the primary benefactors to Jesus' ministry were women who supported him and his disciples. If you look at Luke 8:3, by the way remember it is Luke who wrote Acts of the Apostles, you see that there is a whole host of women who supported Jesus financially, and this continues in the early church with Lydia and others.
When Paul and Silas drive out the denom from the young girl who had become a real nuisance to them it nearly gets them killed. Beaten and stripped and thrown into prison they were still able to pray and sing hymns to God (vs.25). The earthquake that shakes the foundations of the prison sounds like a similar earthquake that we find in Scripture: Matthew 28:2 and then also 27:51 show an earthquake that took place at Jesus' death and then another one at his resurrection. But this earthquake was one which opened up all the doors of the cells and even unfastened the chains of Paul and Silas while they were in the stockade. So the jailer had one job do to, and only one job. When he wakes up and sees all the doors open he assumes the worst.
I love how Paul tells him to stop from taking his life and leads him to Jesus. His entire family is baptized as a result of Paul and Silas' action which were to show him love and not hatred for his role in their imprisonment. Again, another example of how far would we go to spread the Gospel, even if it meant staying in prison with the chance that we would be killed. Of course they were set free, but they didn't know it at the time. Paul, again not my favorite, demands that those who put them in prison show them the respect that is due to them. They do, and then they go back to stay at Lydia's home. Don't forget Timothy, he comes up later and he is a very important figure in the New Testament.


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READ the eligibility requirements to make sure you qualify.
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REGISTER. Please register on the "La Voz" Official Casting Site. You will be asked to fill out an online form and upload a video (optional).
Please note: Notwithstanding your submission of a video, you MUST attend an open cast audition in person at any of the audition cities.
Once you register you will receive an email with your participant number which you must add to your Casting Application found in Step 4.
Although not required (but highly recommended), the deadline to register is the day before your audition.
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VIDEO. If you wish to upload a video of yourself, you can paste your link in the registration page.
Guidelines for creating your video:
- Perform one (1) song and tell us about yourself – be creative!
- Performance can be a cappella, to track or with an instrument you play.
- Choose the song you can perform best, English or Spanish, it's your choice.
- There is no time limit on your video.
- Please note: Notwithstanding your submission of a video, you MUST attend an open cast audition in person at any of the audition cities.
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- Pick songs that fit your voice and best represent the artist you are.
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I'm a tad surprised that unison hasn't made its way into the main repositories yet. I can't imagine that outsiders like me are the only ones who use it or want to. If you follow the "only one me" assumption then unison works well for providing bidirectional data syncing. I have compiled unison without a GUI under the assumption that you will be starting the process from the laptop or other more endowed machine. Although unison is written in ocaml, you shouldn't need to install that to get the unison package going.
The coreutils is just a compile and DESTDIR install wrapped up into a tarball. Shove them into /opt somewhere and prepend them to your path and magically df -lh and other normal commands work again.
I have ported libferris to xercesc3 finally, so I had to package that for maemo5 too. Which explains the xml packages. I put xalanc and xqilla there too so I can play around with xsltfs:// and XQuery on the device. It's powerful enough for these things so why not do them ;)
Once I installed libferris on the device I discovered a strange crash. Long story short, the soprano on the device was using redland as it's backend, and redland was defaulting to using its hashes backend (Berkeley db) which wasn't available. So the current soprano works only with memory models it seems. Though support for sqlite is compiled into redland it isn't the default for soprano persistent storage. What is stranger is that db4.2 was already on my n900. So all of this could have gone away if redland was compiled with db4 support (which happens automatically when the db4-dev package is installed before compiling redland). To see if your redland will work with db4 run these on your n900... The first works if SQLite is supported, the second will fail if you do not have berkeley db4 support compiled. The redland (librdf) from my repository uses libdb4.2 on the device to enable the second command to work properly.
$ rdfproc -s sqlite myrdf add \
'http://witme.sf.net/libferris-core/0.1/myrdf-so2p.db' \
'http://witme.sf.net/libferris-core/0.1/start' \
rdfproc: added triple to the graph
$ rdfproc -s hashes myrdf add \
'http://witme.sf.net/libferris-core/0.1/myrdf-so2p.db' \
'http://witme.sf.net/libferris-core/0.1/start' \
rdfproc: added triple to the graph
So now the fun part starts, using libferris to "copy" images from the camera to flickr, mounting the sqlite databases on the device as filesystems, gluing the geolocations markers to those created on the desktop and other data/filesystem games.


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I' not much of a reader these days... mainly because I watch a lot of tv and I get bored way too easily. I always get bored half way through a book and toss it into a corner never to be read again! The kind of books I like are light, easy reads, and they have to be page turners.
So it came as a shock to me that one of my favorite books came free when my mam made a purchase in a local chemist!
The cover is what made me pick it up. The beautiful photo of a meloncholy woman holding her flowy red dress to her heart really caught my eye!
Pack up the moon is the first novel to be released by author Anna McPartlin.
It's the story of a young woman, Emma, who watches the love of her life die in front of her eyes.
The story deals with moving on, not only from her perspective , but from the perspective of her close knit group of friends and family.
In the book we see each of their struggles after the loss of a close friend, we see them grow and move on.
It's a story about loss and friendship and has the ability to take you on a roller-coaster of emotions, you could be laughing, then crying with the turn of a page.
You can also relate to the characters, they're not superstars or psycho murderers, they're normal people like you and me.
There are no major details in the book, it doesn't take three pages to describe a random object, so it's hard to get bored whilst reading it...
It's a light, easy read, definitely a page turner, seeing as I (a slow reader) finished it within days.
So if any of you are like me when it comes to reading, I highly recommend reading this book!


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- Remember: Your Scientiae posts are due on Monday! Here, again, are the theme announcement and instructions for submission. You want to write about women in science, you know you do!
- Need a better concept of your own mortality? The second-ever edition of The Accretionary Wedge, the blog carnival for the earth sciences, covers lots of ways the Earth could kill you. (Am I totally lame for not posting about this until a week later? Maybe. But really, we're geologists, we shouldn't be fussed about such a nothing eyeblink.)
- Oh hey, we're nominating a guy for Attorney General who thinks the President is above the law! Hilarious. Now, I've been on a vacation from DC politics, occasioned by my jogging buddy injuring his foot so that I no longer need to get out of bed early enough to listen to Morning Edition. So my brain is foggy about dredging up appropriate background information, like who was the last Attorney General to actually believe in the rule of law? Was it Janet Reno? Does John Ashcroft count because he believed in the rule of Biblical law? Or do we have to go all the way back to Marbury v. Madison? and did this Congress ever develop a spine?


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Touching some other areas than vagina, butt and breasts women's can build their arousal for s*x and make it easier to orgasm and make them crazy for you. Men should know what these areas are because women can sense please all over their body.
Play with these areas to relax your girl after a hard day at work. Here are 9 ways to manage:
1. The nape of the neck – because it was one of the few places on women's body that were "naked", regarded as very attractive by men in ancient Japan. Notice the reaction of your lady after kissing her lightly on the nape of her neck.
2. Clavicle is very s*xy. You should show how much you appreciate your women and her well defined clavicle with gently touches and kisses. Unbutton her shirt enough to reveal the clavicle. Also, pay more attention to this area while having s*x.
3. Place your hand on her shoulder, but don't be too pushy. Also, you can show you protect her by placing your hand against the small of the back. When alone, kiss or lick her spine and kiss the small of her back to make her crazy for you.
4. Touch on the behind of her knee. A mistake men make is not paying more attention to the area behind woman's knee. It is a mistake because this area is very sensitive which will arouse her.
5. Touching, kissing or lightly biting her earlobes will make your lady go crazy for you. Also, you can try nibbling or whisper around the outside of the rest of her ear.
6. By tracing your finger along her palm, no matter if you are alone or in public, you show your affection and caring for your partner.
7. Give her a foot massage, especially after a long and tiring day. There is nothing more pleasing than that. Grab some massage oil or lotion and massage her ankles, toes and the sides of her feet.
8. Gently run your hands through her hair. Women visit a hairstylist not only because they want their hair to be beautiful, but also because hands are gently running through her hair. So, this means you can try this pleasure too. Using your fingers start to massage her temples and move to the nape of her neck.
9. Perform her maximum pleasure by teasing her inner thighs and kissing or even licking the area around her pelvis.


text: 'The quality of your life ultimately depends on the quality of your relationships. Not on your achievements, not on how smart you are, not on how rich you are, but on the quality of your relationships, which are basically a reflection of your sense of decency, your ability to think of others, your generosity. Ultimately at the end of your life, if people commend you, they will say what a wonderful human being you were, and when they talk about the human being that you were, it won't be the fact that you had a big bank account, it really won't. It will be about how you treated the people around you and how you made them feel.'


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A few weeks ago I started watching the third season of Pretty Little Liars basically because I don't have cable and it's on Much Music which is one of the channels I get by some weird chance. It's one that a couple of co-workers love and talk about often so I thought why not but honestly I wasn't paying much attention. Couldn't even name the main characters, I had to describe them, The Girl Who Swims, The Girl Who's Mom was On Charmed, etc..
One of the girls lent me the first two seasons on DVD. I Love TV on DVD. No commercials, pause, rewind and the chance to catch everything you missed. It's great. I am currently in a love/ hate relationship with PLL. I spent the long weekend just past watching season one and part of season two. My head hurts from trying to decipher who's who, what's what and what really is going on not to mention the long hours of watching tv.
I love the music on this show. I love discovering new to me music and this show is introducing me to a lot of new songs. I love that there are some favourite actors on the show, the fashion, the pop culture references and some of the story line. I love how it can teach kids about treating everybody with honesty, integrity and the way you want to be treated just like the John Hughes movies I used to watch as a teen.
At the same time there is much I hate about it. Like so many books we read these days it is so repetitive. That is annoying and frustrating. I Hate when the girls constantly let -A tell them what to do and it hurts their friends, then the friend gets mad forgetting they did the same thing themselves when A told them too. I hate that it seems like a clone of Veronica Mars. I love Veronica Mars and the fact that so many of the same plot lines are being used drives me crazy. I hate the teacher dating a student line. And the constantly rotating love interests.
Having said all that I get why they do all the things I hate so, I grudgingly admit that I love it and can't wait to find out where it goes, providing they don't drag it on to long, I may even read the books.


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Pastels in Pearls
by Consuelo Alburg.
(United States)
I love pearls, warm weather, trees, and plants, not necessarily in that order.
In the spring is when all the jewelry I or my daughter create come out of our jewelry box. When I saw these components of matte silver spirals, I knew before I paid for them how I was going to use them in my next piece.
I knew long ago I loved jewelry but little did I know that I loved making jewelry was my passion.I suffer from a little arthritis in my arms so I am making as many pieces as I desire before I might not be able to make any or very few due to the pain.
Spring is the best time of the year to renew your designs, maybe renew some pieces or introduce new and bright colors and green components or gems to your pieces.
Consuelo Alburg
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Mozilla Launching Second Act with E-Mail Client
The Mozilla Foundation will release late on Monday a full version of its open-source answer to the e-mail client.
With the launch of the Thunderbird 1.0 application, the nonprofit hopes to achieve in e-mail what it did with its Firefox Web browser: Persuade a groundswell of users to try its alternative to Microsoft Corp.'s dominant software.
Read the full article at eWeek: Mozilla Launching Second Act with E-Mail Client


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Heat Wave
Heat wave
Heat wave
Whenever I'm with you
Something inside
Starts to burn deep
And my heart's filled with fire
Could be that I'm very sentimental
Or is this just the way love's supposed to be?
I got a heat wave
Burning in my heart
I can't keep from crying
Tearing me apart
Sometimes she calls my name
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I can't explain
I feel, yeah I feel
I feel this burning flame
This high blood pressure's got a hold on me
'Cause this is the way love's supposed to be
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Just give me another chance
This could be a new romance
Heat wave
Heat wave
Heat wave
Heat wave
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Sejoux Lëo-Star to power J'Ouvert
Exactly one month ago, a new artiste emerged, excited and ready to show his true potential, not only as a musical force, but more than that, a creative in the holistic sense. Séjoux Lëo-Star is a force on the entertainment circuit. Not only is he an entertainer, but this young T&T national is an international fashion designer, actor, model, athlete and artiste. Certainly an all rounder with an intense passion for all that he does, this emerging star is quite possibly, T&T's next big name to transition outside of the Caribbean, in a major way.
Under the stewardship of New Age Media Production, a liberal platform for new artistes and creatives, Séjoux has already penetrated the soca circuit, delivering a track called, Revellin', last month. He wrote the single and with the guidance of 3 Canal member Wendell Manwarren, the track, which is considered a Power Soca/ J'Ouvert anthem, was delivered much to the surprise of many who received it.
"There's a lot that many people are yet to find out about me. This aspect of my creative expression has always existed, really. It was just about revealing it at the right time," Séjoux Lëo-Star said. He believes the time is right. He thinks there is ample space for fresh talent, and having observed the market, Séjoux has taken flight, eager to fulfill his dream.
Last year, the young performer showed his versatility, acting in a short music film called, Life of A Ghetto Youth. It offered him the opportunity to work alongside a number of prominent Caribbean entertainers, among them, Sizzla Kalonji, Marlon Asher and Pressure Buss Pipe. Propelled to be the best all round entertainer he certainly can be, Séjoux's ambitious nature will likely be the reason behind his eventual success.
With the folks at New Age Media Productions at his side, Séjoux's career is taking flight. The company's founder and CEO, Khalaf Muhammad Peters, says he is excited to deliver for not only Séjoux, but a few other artistes who are being represented. "We have a few acts on our roster. We are representing Nigel Jordan, who is also known as Mr Nyo, David Cato and Oba Nicholas who's best known by his sobriquet, Jay Jay Spade Life.
"We're eager to develop and nurture the creative expressions of these artistes. It's really refreshing to observe the creative minds of these progressively driven people, and as an entity that shares in that very same aspiration, we look forward to delivering the music of these new age artistes to the world. We invite everyone in the Caribbean and by extension, the world, to sit back and watch us grow."
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Make a smooth transition from power-packed Ultrabook to a versatile multimedia tablet with the Sony VAIO Duo 13 SVD13223CYB. Its durable Surf Slider hinge mechanism lets you switch from keyboard to tablet for dual-function computing on its 13.3-inch, crystal-clear Full HD touchscreen. Hands-on or with the included digitizer stylus, the Duo 13 offers a fun and fully interactive experience no matter how you use it. Read Review
The unique and durable Surf Slider allows smooth transitions between tablet and laptop modes. When you're done using the Duo 13 as a tablet and want the speed of real keys, just slide the screen back to reveal the keyboard.
Sony's new-generation Triluminos technology makes colors more pure and distinct with a wider color range, giving images a heightened sense of depth.
Connecting devices has never been easier with NFC (Near Field Communication). With just a tap, you can quickly share music and URLs or see the same website that's on your smartphone from your VAIO PC.
Fourth-generation Intel Core i5 processor delivers faster system performance, uses less power, and enables sharper graphics.
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I met him when I was 12 at Yolanda Smith's 13th birthday party. He was sitting in a chair in the corner and I sat down next to him. He looked over at me and said, "Aren't you that girl on TV with the squeaky voice?"
I laughed. Yes, I was the girl at school who did the televised morning announcements. We became friends because he was going with either NeNe or Kinya and both of them were my friends.
We kept in touch through the years and when I was a candy striper at Jackson Hospital he came to visit me. We would sit and talk and talk and go visit the infant unit at the hospital to look at the newborns.
He was my friend. He still is.
Yes we tried to be together but by that time I was in full player mode and I didn't respect our relationship. He got tired of this and left me alone, for a little while.
Joe is resourcesful, he is smart, he is handsome and he is such a good friend to me. To this day if I ever need ANYTHING I can call him and he'll come. I love him in a way that overrides sex and age. I'll always love him.
He's married now and has two kids and I am blown away by the way that our friendship has transcended time.
I always knew I was too much for him and you know what- that was a good thing.
Friendships last longer than passion.


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Finding new ways to use my planner....
11 comments:
- Lisa said...
Oh wow, it looks stunning!! That eye is absolutely amazing!! You have definitely mastered drawing eyes!! What a fabulous planner!! Have a great weekend!! Big hugs :)
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- May 21, 2016 at 3:21 AM
- dstandard said...
What a cute planner and such a creative idea!
- May 21, 2016 at 3:58 AM
- Annette Allen said...
so creative and so COOL. i love it
- May 21, 2016 at 4:45 AM
- Lynn said...
Hahaha! I have the same MT washi tapes you used and I am also always looking for new ways to justify my obsession with them. I like what you did with yours. Your journal is so inviting and beautiful. I envy your talent.
- May 21, 2016 at 2:57 PM
- Lizzy Hill said...
It's a great idea! Keep going with this 'current obsession'....please don't change it for a while.....I LOOOOOVE seeing your 'progression':):) And the planner is VERY pretty!!!
- May 21, 2016 at 6:45 PM
- Mitra Pratt said...
Very clever! I'm loving it! You are genus!
- May 21, 2016 at 6:53 PM
- Julie Tucker-Wolek said...
Totally LOVE this idea! Great way to use the tape and keep your drawings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- May 21, 2016 at 9:23 PM
- Cindy deRosier said...
Fabulous! I love your pages, but my absolute favorite part is the penguin/goose peeking out.
- May 21, 2016 at 10:47 PM
- Shelly said...
Amazing and beautiful! Love!
- May 22, 2016 at 1:18 AM
- Dolly B said...
I have not got into the Planner craze , but I love looking at everyone else's . This is so pretty and your drawings are amazing. I really admire anyone that can paint/draw.
- May 25, 2016 at 5:13 PM
- Audrey Pettit said...
I just adore your planner, Yvonne! So bright and happy and FUN! I was busy admiring all your pretty details, and then the two little birds in the pocket caught my eye, and really made me smile! That's what I so love about your work.... all the little unexpected surprises!
- May 26, 2016 at 7:52 PM


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'Born in 1968, Charlie Parker spent his early life
in Leeds, Yorkshire. It was during these early formative years that a love of
painting and drawing was gained. He is entirely self taught and has painted and
drawn seriously since the early 1990's. Charlie also attends regular
life-drawing classes regularly completes commissions.
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Guinevere, oh, Guinevere!
Hey! What are we doing in Camelot? Here's the tale: An enterprising Novell Support Connection volunteer sysop and GroupWise enthusiast decided to produce a GroupWise add-on that would do some of his favorite things. He planned to name his helpful product GWinavir, which stood for GroupWise Internet AntiVirus and was pronounced the same as Guinevere. Very clever. However, the Novell powers that be proved extremely possessive about the use of GW and nixed the acronym. The result: Forget the acronym and use the "real" spelling. Only you faithful GroupWise Cool Solutions readers will know what the name really means. The rest of the world may end up thinking it's a feminist version of Camelot, with the lady coming to the rescue, but that's OK, too.
Guinevere's primary purpose in life is to provide anti-virus protection for your GroupWise system. You can configure Guinevere to scan all incoming and outgoing Internet mail. You have a variety of choices for dealing with infected mail, including:
- Delete the whole infected message
- Remove an infected file attachment
- Notify specified users and/or the sender about the problem
Camelot or not, Guinevere is genuinely heroic. Not only does she protect your e-mail from wicked viruses, she contributes new functionality to GroupWise that customers have been asking for, including:
- Return receipt notification for outgoing Internet mail
- Strict size limitations on incoming Internet mail
- Long-term storage of incoming and outgoing Internet mail for compliance with company policies and legal requirements
- Powerful mail filters to selectively control incoming and outgoing Internet mail
- Universal signature file for standard corporate disclaimers
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"97, 98, 99, 100 ... Ready or not, here I come." And so the game of hide and seek began.The forsythia bush was always a favorite place to hide ... until Uncle Walter came around the 4th to trim all the bushes. I don't really know if children today still play this game, but I know I enjoyed it as a child.
"Ready or not, here I come," is what our oldest son said to us on this day in 1980. It was a Sunday morning, and I was not really ready. Then, again, are we ever truly ready for anything, I ask myself?
Christmas is how many days away?! Are you ready? What does it mean to be ready? Gifts purchased and wrapped? Cookies baked? Menu prepared? House cleaned and decorated? Bags packed? Christmas sweater on? Cards and letters mailed? What am I missing?
Ready or not, Christmas will arrive the beginning of next week. Ready or not, tomorrow will start at midnight tonight. Ready or not, today will be today, and next week will be next week. Ready or not, time rolls on ... like waves on the sea shore ... and we can either catch the wave and sail with it, or be caught by the wave and pulled under (and pray there is a life guard on duty).
When the angel Gabriel gave Zechariah the news that he would have a son, and that he was to name him John, he spoke of John's purpose in life. "He will go before (Christ) in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the disobedient to the understanding of the righteous, to make ready for the Lord a prepared people." (Luke 1.17) When he began his ministry, what was his message? "Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near!" (Matthew 3.2) And then, pointing toward Jesus he said, "Here is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!" (John 1.29)
How do college football teams get ready? Recruitment, conditioning, practice, planning. Do things always go as planned? Perhaps a better question is, "Do they EVER go as planned?" In Homiletics class my professor always said that we should know our sermon so well that, if a bird flew into the sanctuary in the middle of the sermon, you could make it an object lesson. Conditioning, practice and planning do not control everything that happens, but they do make a person ready to manage the circumstances.
The message of Gabriel on Christmas and John on the banks of the Jordan are one and the same. And their words are what we need to hear to be ready. "Here is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world." Whether we are ready for him or not, he comes. He comes on Christmas to give us hope and a future. He comes as Immanuel (God with us) to turn us (repent) into his word and church to give us strength and guidance. He comes in Word and Sacrament, giving us what we need to be ready ... making us into people prepared for whatever is to come ... molding us into people who can help others manage whatever comes their way.
And the best news of all? Christ never stops coming to us, seeking to make us a people prepared ... even when we say we are too busy, or our priorities are different, or we know it all already, or whatever, ... because he is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world ... ready or not!


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Blue Springs area members of Beta Sigma Phi celebrated the 83rd anniversary Founder's Day at Adams Pointe Golf Club in Blue Springs on April 27. The event was chaired by the council's 3rd Vice President, Georgina Morris of Oak Grove. Attendees looked sharp dressed in black and white, and vases of yellow roses, the sorority's official flower, graced the tables.
Cynthia Meadows, Beta Sigma Phi Missouri Division Chairman, delivered the "Message from International" and announced the new annual theme, "Expand Your Beta Sigma Phi Family Tree." Meadows also gave an update on the Beta Sigma Phi International Convention to be held at Crown Center August 4-7, 2016. According to Laura Ross Wingfield, President of the Executive Council of Beta Sigma Phi, "This will be a once-in-a-lifetime chance for members from all across the world to gather together for a celebration of our sisterhood." This four-day fun-filled event is being planned to include the best of Kansas City, including barbecue and jazz.
Chapters announced their Women of the Year as follows:
• Pi Lambda - Lisa Arnold
• Preceptor Gamma Epsilon - Ruby Gulick
• Laureate Beta Theta - Loy Comer
• Laureate Delta Alpha - Judi Eckert
• Gamma Theta Master - Norma Parker
The Founder's Day Pledge was led by Lona Fisher, and Lisa Arnold thanked retiring officers for their contributions this past year. Entertainment was provided by Laureate Delta Alpha members who sang, "We Are Family."
The council, comprised of representatives from six chapters, meets monthly to provide a means to coordinate the sorority's annual events, including the Preferential Tea, Valentine Dance, Founder's Day celebration, and Legacy/Membership event.
Beta Sigma Phi International, with headquarters in Kansas City, is an international women's friendship network. It also provides educational programs to its members and opportunities for service to others. Donations exceeding $1 million have been made to charitable and health organizations such as Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Heart to Heart International, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and Hope for the Warriors. Local chapters' service projects have included donations to the sorority's state service project, Community Services League, Hope House, Division of Family Services, Impact Ministries, Adopt a Soldier, breast cancer, and the upkeep of Stanley Cemetery. Members are women of all ages, interests, and educational and economic backgrounds. The Greek letters Beta Sigma Phi represent Life, Learning and Friendship, which is the organization's motto.
For more information, visit www.betasigmaphi.org or call 816-444-6800.


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If you graduated this year from Harvard Business School with what is arguably the most valuable degree in the world, how much money would you make out the gate?
The answer is not as much as last year. The median starting salary of a Harvard MBA this year was $120,000, some $5,000 less than a year earlier.
But don't read too much into the decline. The Class of 2013 is making slightly less in base salary because they're venturing into industries that generally pay MBAs less money than finance and consulting. The big drop occurred in the financial sector which took only 27% of this year's Harvard class, down from 35% last year.
It's as if Harvard Business School's love affair with Wall Street is over. Only five years ago, in 2008 when all hell broke loose on Wall Street, financial services hired 45% of the graduating MBAs from Harvard Business School. But Wall Street has been plagued by massive layoffs and big cutbacks in the hiring of new talent ever since Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers went bust five years ago.
The single biggest drop in the financial sector occurred in the industries that paid MBAs the most money--private equity and leveraged buyouts. HBS grads heading into those two fields were down to 9% from 15% a year earlier—in all probability that alone caused the $5,000 drop in overall median starting salary for the Class of 2013. Only five years ago, in 2008, nearly twice as many Harvard MBAs, some 17% of the entire graduating class, went into the PE and LBO fields.
HBS grads going into investment banking also declined to 5% of this year's class from 7% last year. In 2007--the year before Wall Street's implosion occurred--the ibanks absorbed 12% of Harvard's graduating class. This year's MBAs going into investment management fell to 5% of the class, down from 8% last year and 12% in 2011.
Other industries, which tend to pay MBAs far less money, have gladly taken up the slack. Some 18% of this year's class went into the technology industry, for example, up from just 12% in 2012, while 7% went into the consumer products industry, up from a mere 3% last year. Another 5% took jobs in the non-profit or government sectors, up from 3% in 2012.
Those industries tend to pay substantially less than either consulting or financial services. The median starting salary in the technology sector, for example, was $115,000–$10,000 less than financial services and $20,000 less than consulting. The median base salary in consumer products was $100,000–$25,000 below financial services and $35,000 below consulting.
And what about the big decline in private equity and LBO jobs? Harvard MBAs who went into that sector this year reported the highest compensation of any: median starting salary of $150,000, with nearly half earning a $26,000 signing bonus. Yet, the big bonanza was "other guaranteed compensation" in those fields, with 45% reporting it was a median $135,000. If you were lucky enough to gather the medians in salary, bonus and other comp this year that meant you were an MBA who would earn $311,000 out of the gate.
Nice money if you can get it.
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HeroMe is an online toy store where kids can create customized superhero action figures. Our mission is to inspire creativity and do good.
Hi, my name is Josh, and I'm grateful that you're taking the time to learn more about HeroMe. When I look around the toy aisles today, I see rows and rows of action figures from movies and comic books. In the same toy aisles, I see kids who are incredibly creative regurgitating the stories of these figures - stories that have been written by adults in an attempt to sell movie tickets. The thing is these kids don't need anyone to tell them the stories; these kids have their own stories to tell. HeroMe is here to help kids tell those stories.
I've created HeroMe to inspire kids' creativity through play. A recent study reported that creativity scores in elementary school children have decreased dramatically over the last decade. HeroMe offers a chance to bring those scores back up and help kids to become the creative leaders our global economy and changing world will need in the future. Join me in shifting the momentum back to creativity
INTRODUCING HeroMe
HeroMe is an online toy store where kids can create their own superhero action figures. Each child names their HeroMe, gives their HeroMe a personality, and creates the story of their new superhero friend. Each HeroMe is unique and is assembled in the USA by our team at HeroMe HQ.
Target Age Range: 5-10
The purchase of a HeroMe includes:
HeroMe: A HeroMe is a customized action figure, created by kids in our online HeroMe Lab. Kids can choose one of five heads, one of five different superpower arms, and one of five superpower legs. We have designed each HeroMe head to be confident and happy. Each HeroMe arm and leg embodies a power kids most requested. You want to Fly? We've got you covered with our HeroMe Helicopter Arm. You want to run really fast? We've developed a special Cheetah Leg just for you.
ID Card: Each HeroMe comes with a special ID card with the name the child gives the HeroMe and the HeroMe's powers.
Adventure Manual: This is a three-part book that guides kids through the process of telling a story with their HeroMe. Part One encourages kids to elaborate on their HeroMe's personality. Part Two is a series of word games and puzzles to get kids comfortable with creative thinking. Part Three provides activities and tips designed to help kids write a story about their HeroMe.
Rocket Ship Box: Every HeroMe is packaged in a reusable "Rocket Ship" box that can be used to store the HeroMe or launch the HeroMe to Mars and back - or wherever the child's imagination takes it.
Everyone who supports HeroMe in this Kickstarter Campaign will have the opportunity to join our creative team by submitting suggestions, ideas, and designs for our next HeroMe superpowers.
$5 contribution: HeroMe Sticker
$25 contribution: HeroMe T-shirt + HeroMe Sticker
$30 contribution: HeroMe Cape for (1) HeroMe + HeroMe Cape for a child
$35 contribution (Early Bird, Limited Quantities): Gift Card redeemable for (1) HeroMe
$45 contribution: Gift card redeemable for (1) HeroMe
$70 contribution: Gift card redeemable for (1) HeroMe + HeroMe T-shirt
$100 contribution: Gift card redeemable for (1) HeroMe AND (1) customized HeroMe poster + HeroMe T-shirt
$500 contribution: Gift card redeemable for (5) HeroMes AND (5) customized HeroMe posters + (5) HeroMe T-shirts
$1000 contribution: Gift card redeemable for (10) HeroMes AND (10) customized HeroMe posters + (10) HeroMe T-shirts + My undying gratitude
$5,000 contribution: Receive the first HeroMe ever produced and assembled.
The idea for HeroMe began to take shape more than five years ago. At the time, I was a mentor with the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. My "little brother" (we'll call him "T") was, and still is, a great kid. When he was 8 though, T struggled with Math. One day while we were working on his math homework and not getting as far through the multiplication tables as I had planned, T introduced me to "Mathman". Mathman was this incredible superhero that T created on his own! Though he was only a pencil cartoon on sheets of notebook paper, Mathman had adventures that I could never have imagined. Mathman would battle the evil Mathon who would throw multiplication and division signs like ninja stars at Mathman, and he would save the day with his special mathematical powers. T, who had struggled with math for months, was incorporating math skills into a creative story that helped him learn at the same time. I could do no better than encourage the adventures of Mathman and ask, what happens next?
Unfortunately for T, Mathman ended at a two dimensional sheet of notebook paper. What if every kid could create their own superhero? Better yet, what if every kid could create a tangible version of that superhero.
As I look further into this idea and the learning that followed, I realized that boys are often left out of the conversation when it comes to creativity. Art kits, painting sets, and most customized or creative toys like Build-a-Bear and American Girl Doll are all marketed towards girls. The idea of launching a company focused primarily on inspiring creativity in boys seemed like the obvious next step. (Note: we've had a great response from girls as well, and we would love to begin designing and producing girl HeroMes. Our budget is limited at this point, but we are committed to bringing girl HeroMes to market as soon as possible.)
After two years of business school, I officially launched HeroMe in 2012. I've been fortunate enough to work with fabulous mentors and business partners throughout the process, but I won't say it's been an easy or seamless journey. Despite many delays and some major learning curves, the responses we continue to get from kids and parents alike has convinced me that our kids need HeroMe.
What originally began as paper figures taped together has evolved to a full size painted prototype. I've partnered with a factory in China to produce the plastic parts for our HeroMes. I'm taking great precautions with the plastics and paints used in our pieces, and I'm committed to bringing you a high quality toy that's safe for kids. In fact, all of our pieces and products will go through rigorous industry safety testing in the US and EU before they ever leave our assembly facility that's located in the USA.
I've invested my savings to produce our first prototypes and build a website for our official launch. Now I need your help. I'm ready to produce our first run of HeroMe parts, print our activity book, and get HeroMe into the hands of our kids. With your help, I can begin production immediately and start fulfilling orders in time for Christmas.
HeroMe would not be possible without the support of many, many people.
First, thank you to Ed, Nick, Syd, Mike, and the entire Bamko sourcing team. Your expertise and patience in guiding me through the world of manufacturing in China has been invaluable.
Shawn, Sunny, Travis, and the team at Cloud Castle, thank you for building an incredible website where the vision of the HeroMe Lab has come to life.
To my business mentors, Howard and Arv especially, thank you for your guidance, patience, and outstanding advice.
Thank you to everyone at UNC Kenan-Flagler who helped me flesh out this idea in business school.
Thank you to my family and friends for supporting me in this endeavor. You're excitement about this project has been invaluable, and your willingness to spread the word about HeroMe near and far is truly what will make this company a success.
Most especially, thank you to my wife, Annie. There is not enough space on this page to thank you sufficiently. You have made HeroMe better than I could have on my own. Thank you.
After we complete our hopefully wildly successful Kickstarter Campaign, we have big plans for HeroMe. Whether it's creating girl HeroMes, designing new superpower arms and legs, or creating a more interactive online experience, we're committed to continuing to inspire creativity in kids. After you've contributed to HeroMe on Kickstarter, you can stay up to date with the progress of HeroMe by visiting www.HeroMeLab.com.
This is my first Kickstarter Campaign, but I've spent a considerable amount of time seeking advice from industry leaders, academics, and people who have run successful campaigns. As with any manufacturing process, there are potential pitfalls, but I've taken as many precautions as possible to protect against them. Our product will be thoroughly tested and meet all industry safety standards before it ever leaves our assembly facility.
Shipping and order fulfillment often causes problems for first time Kickstarter campaigns. I've partnered with a fulfillment center in Jacksonville, Florida to learn as much as possible about the process of order fulfillment. I intend to fulfill orders personally initially, but my agreement with the fulfillment center allows me to bring them on within 36 hours should the need arise. Fulfillment of orders from Kickstarter will arrive in time for Christmas, so go ahead and get your shopping done now!
Our relationship with our sourcing company, Bamko, provides another layer of protection against manufacturing issues in China. They work with hundreds of companies from Samsung, to Adidas, to Mattel, and HeroMe is proud to be one of their newest clients.


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Why hello. Sorry I've been AWOL. I've been busy with life things–moving, new jobs, moving again, family drama. You know the drill. Things are calmer now, calm enough to watch an old favorite of mine. It's not an official part of the Mecha Marathon, but have a write up about it anyway.
One year after the Bloody Valentine tragedy, where a nuclear missile destroyed a civilian colony, a covert ZAFT special forces team infiltrates a colony of the neutral nation of Orb and steals four of the five top secret weapons called Gundams. The fifth is piloted by Kira Yamato, a student-cum-soldier who escapes on the United Earth Alliance's warship Archangel with his friends and a small pod of civilians. Understaffed, under-supplied, and unprepared, Archangel must somehow get to UEA headquarters on Earth before they are destroyed by the ZAFT team pursuing them. But Kira is reluctant to fight, especially when his best friend Athrun Zala is one of his pursuers.
Gundam SEED starts off really good. The drama is simple and engaging with a focus on a struggling, top secret warship with a reluctant pilot. There is even something I can only call racism which, despite what you may think, adds an extra layer of intrigue. ZAFT is entirely populated by Coordinators, genetically-modified humans who are capable of much more than unmodified Naturals. There's jealousy on both sides–Naturals feel inferior and Coordinators crave equality. Kira Yamato is a Coordinator working for "the enemy," and this conundrum underlines his reluctance to fight with the Archangel despite growing up in a neutral colony.
It does not escape me that Gundam SEED is basically the original Mobile Suit Gundam with a couple extras. The warships Archangel and White Base have similar missions with similar characters: Captain Ramius is the new Lieutenant Bright, Kira Yamato is the new Amuro Ray, and Commander Rau Le Cruset is the new Char Anzable. Despite this, Gundam SEED stands on its own; viewers need not know or understand previous Gundam properties to enjoy SEED.
What's there to like? On a personal level, I am down with the main leadership of the Archangel, which consists of Captain Ramius, Lieutenant Badgiruel, and Commander Mu La Flaga. I interpret each a representing a part of the body: Ramius is the heart (idealism), Badgiruel is the brain (rationalism), and La Flaga the arms (realism). The heart rules the ship and ultimately makes the final decision, but she is greatly influenced by the brain and supported by the arms. At least at the beginning. When Archangel finally arrives in Alaska, Badgiruel is transferred to another posting, leaving Ramius and La Flaga on the ship to feel the betrayal of the United Earth Alliance on their own. (La Flaga was also transferred, but he returned right before shit goes down.)
I give the show some points for feminism too. Ramius and Badgiruel ensure the Bechdel Test is passed almost every episode until they're separated. There is an equal split in genders of the main four characters (Kira and Athrun with Cagalli and Lacus). Erika Simmons is the head engineer for Morgenroete, an engineering company in Orb that built the Gundams. The three pilots for the Gundam Astray models are all female. And every named female character that crosses the screen is a badass in her own right. My heart goes out to Lacus, the pink-haired, childish songstress of ZAFT who does crazy things like order a military commander to stop an opportunistic pursuit of the enemy vessel and eventually leads an entire fraction of soldiers to commit treason.
There is still a little work to be done. Cagalli and Lacus are both of the main four but they barely speak to each other the entire show, even when they're working together in the final episodes. Miriallia is the only woman in the combined posses of Kira and Athrun. Though ZAFT shows some female representation in their leadership, there is no female presence on the leadership of the United Earth Alliance. Yeah, they're supposed to be the most evil of the evil organizations, but showing a little equal opportunity oppression goes a long way.
The animation and music is amazing. More than ten years after its initial release, the first ending theme song, Anna ni Issho Datta no ni by See-Saw, still plucks the heartstrings with equal parts nostalgia and energy. Then again, See-Saw's main composer is anime legend Yuki Kajiura, so of course the music is amazing. Kajjiura did not contribute to the overall score of Gundam SEED, but her hand is seen in the insert songs at least two op/ed songs. The character designs are dynamic. Coordinators may have a brighter color palette (i.e. Lacus Clyne's pink hair and purple dresses) but the Naturals of the Archangel are still distinguishable in appearance despite the same grey uniform. Throw this together with fluid animation and you have a very pretty show. Pretty in appearance and pretty in sound (until Kira starts to cry, which is awkward enough to hear, but his animated sobs don't match with his screams and it's jarring).
SEED is prone to melodrama, and there are some specific events that prove how off-the-rails it can get. The final battle between Kira and Athrun is the turning point of their friendship and the show. After that, there is a lot more melodrama in the show. Events like Miriallia's assault on Dearka in the Archangel's infirmary become commonplace. Kira, despite nearly dying on Earth, wakes up in space under the care of Lacus (who just so happens to be friends with the dude who found Kira). Yet some of this melodrama makes the show fun to watch. The episode where Athrun and Cagari are stranded on an island is a fun time. And I do have a soft spot for the burgeoning romance between Miriallia and Dearka, which is borne of empathy and sorrow.
As a side note, my main ship is AthrunxLacus, because I am super super into aristocratic pairings like that. Also, they were really sweet together. AthrunxCagalli is sweet once you live through their respective arcs, but I need a bit more convincing. Lacus, meanwhile, can choose anyone she damn well chooses and it will always be the right choice.
If you're looking for a serious mecha show a la Mobile Suit Gundam: War in the Pocket or Aldnoah.Zero, you have it in the opening arcs when the Star-Crossed Bros arc is the main chorus. Gundam SEED likes to place characters where they shouldn't be for drama, especially after the halfway point. I recommend Gundam SEED to casual mecha fans and people who easily emote over beautiful people.


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Facebook was created in a Harvard dorm in 2004, ten years ago today, and Zuckerberg said he hoped the site would help connect the campus community.
Now it connects the world.
In an exclusive interview with "The Today Show," Zuckerberg talks to Savannah Guthrie about the last ten years of Facebook.
When Guthrie asks Zuckerberg what he'd tell his 19-year-old self, Zuckerberg laughs.
"Probably marry Priscilla sooner," he says, referring to his wife. The two married in 2012 and shared their first wedding photo on Facebook.
In a more serious turn, Zuckerberg and Guthrie discuss the NSA.
"I think the government should have been more upfront," Zuckerberg admits.
You can watch that segment of the interview below: