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In class today we tested our knowledge of important information that citizens should know. We picked 10 questions randomly from the 100 practice test questions on the Naturalization Test for Citizenship.
Read the section titled, "Debate over slavery" in 6.6 and determine how Northern and Southern delegates felt about the issue.
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in class today we tested our knowledge of important information that citizens should know. we picked 10 questions randomly from the 100 practice test questions on the naturalization test for citizenship.
read the section titled, "debate over slavery" in 6.6 and determine how northern and southern delegates felt about the issue.
then you will create the dialogue between two delegates over this issue.


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Xiaodong Zhou, Alexander Kerelsky, Mirza M. Elahi, Dennis Wang, K. M. Masum Habib, Redwan N. Sajjad, Pratik Agnihotri, Ji Ung Lee, Avik W. Ghosh, Frances M. Ross, and Abhay N. Pasupathy, ACS Nano , 13 (2) :2558 (2019).
Graphene p-n junctions offer a potentially powerful approach towards controlling electron trajectories via collimation and focusing in ballistic solid-state devices. The ability of p-n junctions to control electron trajectories depends crucially on the doping profile and roughness of the junction. Here, we use four-probe scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy (STM/STS) to characterize two state-of-the-art graphene p-n junction geometries at the atomic scale, one with CMOS polySi gates and another with naturally cleaved graphite gates. Using spectroscopic imaging, we characterize the local doping profile across and along the p-n junctions. We find that realistic junctions exhibit non-ideality both in their geometry as well as in the doping profile across the junction. We show that the geometry of the junction can be improved by using the cleaved edge of van der Waals metals such as graphite to define the junction. We quantify the geometric roughness and doping profiles of junctions experimentally and use these parameters in Nonequilibrium Green’s Function based simulations of focusing and collimation in these realistic junctions. We find that for realizing Veselago focusing, it is crucial to minimize lateral interface roughness which only natural graphite gates achieve, and to reduce junction width, in which both devices under investigation underperform. We also find that carrier collimation is currently limited by the non-linearity of the doping profile across the junction. Our work provides benchmarks of the current graphene p-n junction quality and provides guidance for future improvements.

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graphene p-n junctions offer a potentially powerful approach towards controlling electron trajectories via collimation and focusing in ballistic solid-state devices. the ability of p-n junctions to control electron trajectories depends crucially on the doping profile and roughness of the junction. here, we use four-probe scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy (stm/sts) to characterize two state-of-the-art graphene p-n junction geometries at the atomic scale, one with cmos polysi gates and another with naturally cleaved graphite gates. using spectroscopic imaging, we characterize the local doping profile across and along the p-n junctions. we find that realistic junctions exhibit non-ideality both in their geometry as well as in the doping profile across the junction. we show that the geometry of the junction can be improved by using the cleaved edge of van der waals metals such as graphite to define the junction. we quantify the geometric roughness and doping profiles of junctions experimentally and use these parameters in nonequilibrium green’s function based simulations of focusing and collimation in these realistic junctions. we find that for realizing veselago focusing, it is crucial to minimize lateral interface roughness which only natural graphite gates achieve, and to reduce junction width, in which both devices under investigation underperform. we also find that carrier collimation is currently limited by the non-linearity of the doping profile across the junction. our work provides benchmarks of the current graphene p-n junction quality and provides guidance for future improvements.


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Last week, Noodles & Company announced that it planned to close 16 restaurants in the fourth quarter as it works to revamp its real estate portfolio.
The announcement came as the company reported a net loss of $9.8 million in the third quarter ending in September. That was a sharp contrast to net income of $2.9 million reported in the same quarter of 2014.
On Monday, the company confirmed the local closing occurred Thursday but did not elaborate beyond that.
Noodles & Company stock on Monday fell 50 cents, or 4.27 percent, to close at $11.22 a share on the Nasdaq stock market.

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last week, noodles & company announced that it planned to close 16 restaurants in the fourth quarter as it works to revamp its real estate portfolio.
the announcement came as the company reported a net loss of $9.8 million in the third quarter ending in september. that was a sharp contrast to net income of $2.9 million reported in the same quarter of 2014.
on monday, the company confirmed the local closing occurred thursday but did not elaborate beyond that.
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Salesforce.com announced Salesforce1, its new sales, marketing and service cloud-based platform, at the company's annual Dreamforce conference in San Francisco this week. Salesforce.com operates the largest software as a service (SaaS) cloud platform and this new addition aims to focus on social features, while making its apps and those of its large ecosystem of ISVs suitable for mobile devices.
Salesforce1 is also architected for the notion of cloud-connected devices and introduces a new application infrastructure designed to enable developers to build apps with social interfaces that are designed for mobility. The company said the new platform has 10 times more APIs and services.
The new community oriented Salesforce1 is available to all customers of the Salesforce CRM and Salesforce Platform. The Salesforce Mobile and Salesforce Admin apps are available in the Apple App Store and on Google Play.
"It's the world's first CRM platform for everyone -- for developers, for ISVs, for admins, for end-users and, most of all, for your customers," Benioff said on the company's third quarter earnings call, according to a Seeking Alpha transcript. "So you can go social, mobile, cloud and get connected."
Also at Dreamforce, Salesforce.com and Hewlett Packard inked a deal to let customers build virtual instances of the Salesforce CRM platform. Using HP's "Converged Infrastructure" of servers, storage and network gear, the companies will collectively build the Salesforce "Superpod."
"The Salesforce Superpod will allow individual customers to have a dedicated instance in the Salesforce multi-tenant cloud," Benioff said in a statement announcing the deal.
However Salesforce will host the Superpods in its own datacenters and not HP's. In fact, the Superpods are identical to the existing 15 pods in Salesforce datacenters used to host the company's CRM platform, InformationWeek reported. The key difference is that Salesforce will equip the Superpods with HP infrastructure.
Furthermore Salesforce is only offering the Superpods to the largest of enterprises, the InformationWeek report pointed out, adding that it's intended for those who have governance and security requirements. "For the vast majority of customers, this is not appropriate," he reportedly said. "But there are customers who want to go to another level."

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salesforce.com announced salesforce1, its new sales, marketing and service cloud-based platform, at the company's annual dreamforce conference in san francisco this week. salesforce.com operates the largest software as a service (saas) cloud platform and this new addition aims to focus on social features, while making its apps and those of its large ecosystem of isvs suitable for mobile devices.
salesforce1 is also architected for the notion of cloud-connected devices and introduces a new application infrastructure designed to enable developers to build apps with social interfaces that are designed for mobility. the company said the new platform has 10 times more apis and services.
the new community oriented salesforce1 is available to all customers of the salesforce crm and salesforce platform. the salesforce mobile and salesforce admin apps are available in the apple app store and on google play.
"it's the world's first crm platform for everyone -- for developers, for isvs, for admins, for end-users and, most of all, for your customers," benioff said on the company's third quarter earnings call, according to a seeking alpha transcript. "so you can go social, mobile, cloud and get connected."
also at dreamforce, salesforce.com and hewlett packard inked a deal to let customers build virtual instances of the salesforce crm platform. using hp's "converged infrastructure" of servers, storage and network gear, the companies will collectively build the salesforce "superpod."
"the salesforce superpod will allow individual customers to have a dedicated instance in the salesforce multi-tenant cloud," benioff said in a statement announcing the deal.
however salesforce will host the superpods in its own datacenters and not hp's. in fact, the superpods are identical to the existing 15 pods in salesforce datacenters used to host the company's crm platform, informationweek reported. the key difference is that salesforce will equip the superpods with hp infrastructure.
furthermore salesforce is only offering the superpods to the largest of enterprises, the informationweek report pointed out, adding that it's intended for those who have governance and security requirements. "for the vast majority of customers, this is not appropriate," he reportedly said. "but there are customers who want to go to another level."


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moody-weasel wrote: You left the auction? Oh, no! Auctions are always fun, wether you bid on an item or just watch the action.
I loved it how every time Sue said "Let's start the bidding with 10 £, do I hear 10 £?"
There were so many ways to donate to two worthy causes at AT3, the auction was just one part. They had several different raffles going on. The tea raffle, the 1 £ raffle, the instant raffle and of course "the bucket".
There were a couple of items where I thought about bidding just for the heck of it. It was clear to me that they would go rather high so there was no danger in doing the 50, 75, 100 thing and then drop out.
I actually did bid on an item but I guess it wasn't as funny as some of the other bidding matches that went on. It's always funny as heck when Amanda has to run from the front of the room to the back and then back again because someone at the front made another bid.
In my case, the person I was bidding against was sitting in the row behind me.
There are also the silent auctions. These are usually at the Charity desk and involve bidding on paper. Each item has a sheet and you write your name and your bid on there. There is a closing time, and you have to keep an eye on it (much like bidding on e-bay). The last bidder gets the item.
These items don't usually get to the dizzy heights of the auction, and you may get a bargain there. Next time, go look for them.
Life - It's far more important than what you do for a living.
Mumsey wrote: There are also the silent auctions. These are usually at the Charity desk and involve bidding on paper. Each item has a sheet and you write your name and your bid on there. There is a closing time, and you have to keep an eye on it (much like bidding on e-bay). The last bidder gets the item.
I've won a couple items both ways at other conventions, and I much prefer the silent auctions for my actual bidding, though I LOVED the auction. I had my camera up the majority of the time anyway.
Next year we will both be prepared...right?
lilferret wrote: I've won a couple items both ways at other conventions, and I much prefer the silent auctions for my actual bidding, though I LOVED the auction. I had my camera up the majority of the time anyway.
Oh yeah. We'll be old hats by next year. haha.... which I wish would hurry up and get here already. Work life is starting to but into my happy memories. haha..
Oh, I totally forgot about the silent auctions. I know I placed a bid on an item but was stewarding in the autograph room and never checked back.
I know I didn't win it but it would have been interesting to know how high it went.
I have to say that there should have been more info about the silent auctions. I know Sue mentioned it but I'm somewhat sure people missed it because they never went back into the reg room on Sunday.
Anyway, I got something in the auction that I have been looking for for a very long time.
Thanks to the G4 for donating it.
Also thanks for the steward's photo. I received it in the mail on Saturday. Love it! I need to get a frame.
Mumsey wrote: Wow! Thanks for all the kind words.
With regard to the auction. Please don't feel badly at being disappointed not to be able to afford the items. This was a fact that I had to come to terms with very quickly in my con experiences. What I concentrated on was the fun aspect of the event. The guests let their hair down and run around the audience with a freedom that that they don't usually have, and we get to see the silly side of them too! And there's usually an opportunity to donate to the causes with the 'bucket' items. - usually an off-the-cuff happening (like John Ward's song). Last year the bucket went round twice - once to get Amanda to sing (Truly Scrumptious) and the second time to get Thomasina to stop singing! It's amazing how much goes into those buckets.
Next time - Baton twirling!
I was a baton twirler for 4 years in High School, I've even marched in the St. Patrick's Day Parade. I was so excited to learn Amanda used to be a twirler. I would have loved to see her twirl. Hopefully next year!!
Hi, I just got around to reading this so that is why the date will be 7/31.
However, I am one of the people who probably bid too high at the auction. I didn't mean to disrupt anyones chances at winning something. I generally picked on things that had hats for some reason. But the truth is that my mother died about two years before. She was a really big fan of Amanda as am I. So I took what she had left me including a lot of gold jewelry and sold it all. I used that money to come to England and just go to the AT3 convention. I then decided to donate a lot of that money to the charity because I still retained all the memories of my mother and that was the important thing to me. So when the bidding started on some of the items I did bid them up some and then my last bid was usually on the high side. I did that with 5 different items. I won on four of them and the fifth item i got anyhow because Amanda came over and asked if I was still interested even with the lower bid. That was the phone call from RDA. Anyhow, I didn't do this out of anything but love for my mother and great admiration for Amanda Tapping. I am sorry if I made anyone seem uncomfortable about the bidding. Trust me, it was not my intension. I only wanted to help by donating the money. Besides, I can't even right any of it off on my taxes because it took place in another country. So believe me when I said I did it from my heart.
Good for you. I've read your story before and it's a very nice thing to do.
@ llperkiss... I had a blast meeting you at AT3!!!
So I dunno how you come up with the idea that you could have made somebody uncomfortable... I really enjoyed it and at the end of the day it's all about charity, isn't it??? Personally I don't have the money to keep up with the biddings... I tried a couple of times but no chance... so I decided to spend as much money as possible for those charity thingys down in the registration room and my friend and I donated 200 BP for personalized autographs from Amanda (which seems to be nothing compared to the amount of money you folks donated but for us it was a hell a lot of money).
When I read your post about your mom a couple of weeks ago (when you told us about your phonecall with Rick) I really thought that's the greatest thing to do with the money.
Thank you for your kind remarks. I was only responding to the email from the person who made some comments about the bidding.
I must say you guys have a better memory them me. I don't remember anyone that I met with anyone's name. I remember meeting people, but I am terrible with names. And out of site out of name! From the event, the only person I can put a name with is Amanda and Mumsey. Everyone else forget it. I never noticed names on the name tags and few people ever told me their name. I remember places. I had a group of young girls next to me from France. I met a real nice person from Calcary. I would even be able to recognize many of these people. But in the end names will be lost on me unless I force myself to remember a name because I see the person all the time.
llperkiss wrote: Hi, I just got around to reading this so that is why the date will be 7/31.
Oh, I please don't let my personal thoughts about the auction upset you. I know everyone who bid did so with the best of intentions. This was my first auction and I wasn't really sure on what to expect and it was more embarrassment on my part than anger at the people who bid. The goal of the auction was to raise as much money as possible and the reasonable part of my brain understood and cheered the high bids. I was just embarrassed that I couldn't afford anything and I just sat there. That's all. Truly. I'm very happy that you were were able to win the items you did and that Amanda offered you the item for the lower bid.
Why be embarrassed for not bidding. I have gone to several auctions that I couldn't afford to bid on anything. Personally, I would trade anything to have my mother back. I only bid the money because it was not what I wanted to remember my mother by. I normally wouldn't have such extras. In fact, I am right about back where I was financially before she died. So now it is totally up to me to find the money for the next AT4. I am trying something new. I quit my job and trying to make money in another (totally legal) method. If I succeed even a little you will see me at the next one. If not, well life if there to try new things. Some work some don't. So be it. Now enough on this subject. I would rather talk about AT4 or the Vancouver convention. We already started a new topic on those subjects.
Well, I'm very late to this party!
karjens40 I loved your report, well done!. I was one of the women at your table so I'm glad to see you had nice things to say about us. It was a wonderful table with very nice people, you included. We had lots of fun including watching you navigate the room in those shoes. I think we all had similar reactions to our discussions with Amanda. Would love to have the chance to do it again and be less goofy.
I hadn't realized you left the auction but hopefully you'll make it back for the next one. Bidding or not, it was fun.
llperkiss, we met as well. We had breakfast together the last morning and we tried not to bid against each other at the auction. No need to apologize, that was a beautiful way to honour your mother. Hope everything works out in your new venture.

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moody-weasel wrote: you left the auction? oh, no! auctions are always fun, wether you bid on an item or just watch the action.
i loved it how every time sue said "let's start the bidding with 10 £, do i hear 10 £?"
there were so many ways to donate to two worthy causes at at3, the auction was just one part. they had several different raffles going on. the tea raffle, the 1 £ raffle, the instant raffle and of course "the bucket".
there were a couple of items where i thought about bidding just for the heck of it. it was clear to me that they would go rather high so there was no danger in doing the 50, 75, 100 thing and then drop out.
i actually did bid on an item but i guess it wasn't as funny as some of the other bidding matches that went on. it's always funny as heck when amanda has to run from the front of the room to the back and then back again because someone at the front made another bid.
in my case, the person i was bidding against was sitting in the row behind me.
there are also the silent auctions. these are usually at the charity desk and involve bidding on paper. each item has a sheet and you write your name and your bid on there. there is a closing time, and you have to keep an eye on it (much like bidding on e-bay). the last bidder gets the item.
these items don't usually get to the dizzy heights of the auction, and you may get a bargain there. next time, go look for them.
life - it's far more important than what you do for a living.
mumsey wrote: there are also the silent auctions. these are usually at the charity desk and involve bidding on paper. each item has a sheet and you write your name and your bid on there. there is a closing time, and you have to keep an eye on it (much like bidding on e-bay). the last bidder gets the item.
i've won a couple items both ways at other conventions, and i much prefer the silent auctions for my actual bidding, though i loved the auction. i had my camera up the majority of the time anyway.
next year we will both be prepared...right?
lilferret wrote: i've won a couple items both ways at other conventions, and i much prefer the silent auctions for my actual bidding, though i loved the auction. i had my camera up the majority of the time anyway.
oh yeah. we'll be old hats by next year. haha.... which i wish would hurry up and get here already. work life is starting to but into my happy memories. haha..
oh, i totally forgot about the silent auctions. i know i placed a bid on an item but was stewarding in the autograph room and never checked back.
i know i didn't win it but it would have been interesting to know how high it went.
i have to say that there should have been more info about the silent auctions. i know sue mentioned it but i'm somewhat sure people missed it because they never went back into the reg room on sunday.
anyway, i got something in the auction that i have been looking for for a very long time.
thanks to the g4 for donating it.
also thanks for the steward's photo. i received it in the mail on saturday. love it! i need to get a frame.
mumsey wrote: wow! thanks for all the kind words.
with regard to the auction. please don't feel badly at being disappointed not to be able to afford the items. this was a fact that i had to come to terms with very quickly in my con experiences. what i concentrated on was the fun aspect of the event. the guests let their hair down and run around the audience with a freedom that that they don't usually have, and we get to see the silly side of them too! and there's usually an opportunity to donate to the causes with the 'bucket' items. - usually an off-the-cuff happening (like john ward's song). last year the bucket went round twice - once to get amanda to sing (truly scrumptious) and the second time to get thomasina to stop singing! it's amazing how much goes into those buckets.
next time - baton twirling!
i was a baton twirler for 4 years in high school, i've even marched in the st. patrick's day parade. i was so excited to learn amanda used to be a twirler. i would have loved to see her twirl. hopefully next year!!
hi, i just got around to reading this so that is why the date will be 7/31.
however, i am one of the people who probably bid too high at the auction. i didn't mean to disrupt anyones chances at winning something. i generally picked on things that had hats for some reason. but the truth is that my mother died about two years before. she was a really big fan of amanda as am i. so i took what she had left me including a lot of gold jewelry and sold it all. i used that money to come to england and just go to the at3 convention. i then decided to donate a lot of that money to the charity because i still retained all the memories of my mother and that was the important thing to me. so when the bidding started on some of the items i did bid them up some and then my last bid was usually on the high side. i did that with 5 different items. i won on four of them and the fifth item i got anyhow because amanda came over and asked if i was still interested even with the lower bid. that was the phone call from rda. anyhow, i didn't do this out of anything but love for my mother and great admiration for amanda tapping. i am sorry if i made anyone seem uncomfortable about the bidding. trust me, it was not my intension. i only wanted to help by donating the money. besides, i can't even right any of it off on my taxes because it took place in another country. so believe me when i said i did it from my heart.
good for you. i've read your story before and it's a very nice thing to do.
@ llperkiss... i had a blast meeting you at at3!!!
so i dunno how you come up with the idea that you could have made somebody uncomfortable... i really enjoyed it and at the end of the day it's all about charity, isn't it??? personally i don't have the money to keep up with the biddings... i tried a couple of times but no chance... so i decided to spend as much money as possible for those charity thingys down in the registration room and my friend and i donated 200 bp for personalized autographs from amanda (which seems to be nothing compared to the amount of money you folks donated but for us it was a hell a lot of money).
when i read your post about your mom a couple of weeks ago (when you told us about your phonecall with rick) i really thought that's the greatest thing to do with the money.
thank you for your kind remarks. i was only responding to the email from the person who made some comments about the bidding.
i must say you guys have a better memory them me. i don't remember anyone that i met with anyone's name. i remember meeting people, but i am terrible with names. and out of site out of name! from the event, the only person i can put a name with is amanda and mumsey. everyone else forget it. i never noticed names on the name tags and few people ever told me their name. i remember places. i had a group of young girls next to me from france. i met a real nice person from calcary. i would even be able to recognize many of these people. but in the end names will be lost on me unless i force myself to remember a name because i see the person all the time.
llperkiss wrote: hi, i just got around to reading this so that is why the date will be 7/31.
oh, i please don't let my personal thoughts about the auction upset you. i know everyone who bid did so with the best of intentions. this was my first auction and i wasn't really sure on what to expect and it was more embarrassment on my part than anger at the people who bid. the goal of the auction was to raise as much money as possible and the reasonable part of my brain understood and cheered the high bids. i was just embarrassed that i couldn't afford anything and i just sat there. that's all. truly. i'm very happy that you were were able to win the items you did and that amanda offered you the item for the lower bid.
why be embarrassed for not bidding. i have gone to several auctions that i couldn't afford to bid on anything. personally, i would trade anything to have my mother back. i only bid the money because it was not what i wanted to remember my mother by. i normally wouldn't have such extras. in fact, i am right about back where i was financially before she died. so now it is totally up to me to find the money for the next at4. i am trying something new. i quit my job and trying to make money in another (totally legal) method. if i succeed even a little you will see me at the next one. if not, well life if there to try new things. some work some don't. so be it. now enough on this subject. i would rather talk about at4 or the vancouver convention. we already started a new topic on those subjects.
well, i'm very late to this party!
karjens40 i loved your report, well done!. i was one of the women at your table so i'm glad to see you had nice things to say about us. it was a wonderful table with very nice people, you included. we had lots of fun including watching you navigate the room in those shoes. i think we all had similar reactions to our discussions with amanda. would love to have the chance to do it again and be less goofy.
i hadn't realized you left the auction but hopefully you'll make it back for the next one. bidding or not, it was fun.
llperkiss, we met as well. we had breakfast together the last morning and we tried not to bid against each other at the auction. no need to apologize, that was a beautiful way to honour your mother. hope everything works out in your new venture.


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the atollo was created in 1977 through a collaboration between oluce, italy’s oldest active lighting design company, and acclaimed italian designer and architect vico magistretti. since then, it has become a veritable icon of milan’s modernist movement, winning the compasso d’oro (a prestigious italian industrial design award) in 1979 and joining several international museum collections.
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in 1967, oluce released the coupé series: table, wall and floor lamps with a semi-spherical or semi-cylindrical shade that tilts on either a straight or long curved rod. this innovative range of designs by joe colombo placed emphasis on function, offering convenient out-of-the-way lighting that didn’t necessarily hang from the ceiling. now, 50 years later, you can see the influence it had on pieces like the archer floor lamp by robert abbey or tam tam floor lamp by marset.
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thirty years later, there are dozens of tolomeo design variations now available, including table lamps in multiple sizes and with different shades, wall lights, floor lamps and suspensions.
the elder statesman of our group of design icons. the ch33t chair was designed in 1957 by hans j. wegner (for carl hansen). influenced by his background as a cabinet maker, wegner made the piece entirely out of wood, creating a sturdy organic structure that was both pleasant to look at and sit in. while taken out of production in 1967, this chair was reintroduced in 2012, bringing the same iconic form and function into the 21st century.
it’s awe-inspiring to consider that these designs have lived longer than some people, but that’s what it means to be iconic. there something about these pieces, some black magic regarding their design or function that keeps people satisfied throughout the decades. it’s hard to say what that is exactly, otherwise everyone would be famous, filthy-rich designers.
but it’s that mystery that makes them all the more special. like good novels, songs, or movies, we feel something with these design icons, something we don’t fully understand, but something we can’t live without. and so, i say “happy birthday!” with a profound appreciation and, perhaps, an open checkbook.


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The parable I am about to tell you this morning is a compilation of seemingly disparate threads: a song by the great storyteller Harry Chapin; an experience I had with a church parishioner in Delaware; and what I know to be true from the deep wells of scripture.
One Sunday morning, as I stood leading worship in a charming and historic church in Dover, I noticed a man sitting in the very back pew. He was as close to the door as he could get without being outside the sanctuary and in the vestibule. Something about him made me uneasy. When he stood for the singing of a hymn, I could see he was very tall . . . perhaps seven feet tall. His clothes didn’t fit quite right. The cuffs on the sleeves of his flannel shirt were nearly at his elbows. His tattered blue jeans were high waters, and I could see his grayish, originally white, elastic-less athletic socks draped around his ankles. He was an old man, with long unkempt hair and a bedraggled beard.
After worship, as I greeted folks at the back door, he introduced himself as, and I kid you not, John Crist. C-R-I-S-T. I could tell by his affect that he was probably suffering from mental illness (I later learned it was Schizophrenia). His eyes were so black that I could barely distinguish his pupils from his irises. His height was not quite seven feet, but his presence was nonetheless thunderous. As I watched him walk away from me and down the sidewalk, he reminded me of Sasquatch, or Big Foot, his long arms swinging from side to side, his head resting forward on hunched shoulders.
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Wild-eyed, larger than life, intrusive . . .
At the simple graveside service, there were three of us present: the funeral director, the cemetery worker, and the pastor, offering up her gratitude for the man who was John Crist. I gave thanksgiving for his life, for his stories, and then ended with a prayer. I will never forget the sight of the plain pine box being lowered into the ground.
Robin, I am in awe. This is a parable – despite its veracity – worthy of your Boss. Thank you, for the story, for the lesson, and for being the person Mr Crist could trust. Wonderful.
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one of the things i really loathe about the gospel of luke is the author’s depiction of john the baptist. luke’s john is one of those fire-and-brimstone kinds of preachers, on a tirade about judgement and wrath, severing fruitless trees with an ax, and throwing the dead wood into a bonfire.
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not very comforting, is it? certainly, not for those who anticipate the winnowing fork.
the scholars who assemble the revised common lectionary for one reason or another, exclude from our reading for today the verses about herod imprisoning. although it is not part of our reading, i find it intriguing that before we even get to the scene where jesus is baptized, luke tells us that herod was offended or, perhaps, frightened enough by john to have him thrown into prison.
so, on the one hand, we have this wild-eyed, larger-than-life, intrusive, disruptive prophet in john the baptist, pointing his boney finger toward a powerful, vengeful, ax-wielding messiah . . . juxtaposed with the one who has waded into the water amidst the crowds, then surfaced in hushed prayer, the dove of the holy spirit on his dripping head.
as only luke tells it, the dove comes to jesus in analog form. yonah, the ancient hebrew word for dove, was used to identify and represent the divine. the graceful and gentle dove was known to the ancient near east and mediterranean world as a mother goddess, a symbol of female beauty and sacrifice. doves were required for women making a cleansing sacrifice at the temple.
doves can literally breed every month and begin to lay eggs at 2 months of age, so perhaps it is not surprising that the dove was a symbol of feminine fertility and procreation and a representation of the canaanite goddess asherah. it is believed that in israelite folk religion of the monarchal period, asherah functioned as a goddess and consort of yahweh and was worshiped as the queen of heaven.
in the first creation story in genesis, the spirit hovers over the water like a dove. the flood story, also in genesis, depicts the olive-branch-carrying dove as a symbol of post-wrath reconciliation, the promise of a new creation.
when jesus is baptized, the heavens break open, and the symbol of abundant life, fecundity, and regeneration enters the narrative, from a higher plane, heralding god’s new way of working in the world. the heightened activity of the holy spirt in luke’s gospel is unquestionably significant. despite the portrayal of wild-eyed john, it seems clear that luke himself is less concerned with end-of-the-world apocalyptic imagery than he is focused on the newness that is undeniably coming.
the parable i am about to tell you this morning is a compilation of seemingly disparate threads: a song by the great storyteller harry chapin; an experience i had with a church parishioner in delaware; and what i know to be true from the deep wells of scripture.
one sunday morning, as i stood leading worship in a charming and historic church in dover, i noticed a man sitting in the very back pew. he was as close to the door as he could get without being outside the sanctuary and in the vestibule. something about him made me uneasy. when he stood for the singing of a hymn, i could see he was very tall . . . perhaps seven feet tall. his clothes didn’t fit quite right. the cuffs on the sleeves of his flannel shirt were nearly at his elbows. his tattered blue jeans were high waters, and i could see his grayish, originally white, elastic-less athletic socks draped around his ankles. he was an old man, with long unkempt hair and a bedraggled beard.
after worship, as i greeted folks at the back door, he introduced himself as, and i kid you not, john crist. c-r-i-s-t. i could tell by his affect that he was probably suffering from mental illness (i later learned it was schizophrenia). his eyes were so black that i could barely distinguish his pupils from his irises. his height was not quite seven feet, but his presence was nonetheless thunderous. as i watched him walk away from me and down the sidewalk, he reminded me of sasquatch, or big foot, his long arms swinging from side to side, his head resting forward on hunched shoulders.
after our initial meeting, john became a regular on sunday mornings, and frequently showed up during the week. if the coffee were made, he found it. those were the bad old days of styrofoam, and john would grip his cup so tightly that the coffee overflowed. i always knew when john was in the building because i could follow his trail of spilled coffee up and down the hallways.
wild-eyed, larger than life, intrusive . . .
at the simple graveside service, there were three of us present: the funeral director, the cemetery worker, and the pastor, offering up her gratitude for the man who was john crist. i gave thanksgiving for his life, for his stories, and then ended with a prayer. i will never forget the sight of the plain pine box being lowered into the ground.
robin, i am in awe. this is a parable – despite its veracity – worthy of your boss. thank you, for the story, for the lesson, and for being the person mr crist could trust. wonderful.
one of the most gratifying aspects of my years in the church is the opportunities i have had to meet and get to know souls like john crist. we have so much to learn from those who live in the margins. surely i am a better person because of their presence in my life. thank you, jean and sharon, for your comments.
just beautiful, thank you! i’m always in awe when life surpasses our dreams and fantasies.
thank you, jerry. i have found that where we look for the moments of grace in life and where we find them are two entirely different things.


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I have lived in a hospital as an on-call obstetrician on more days –and nights- than I can count over the years; hospitals were the grudging homes for me ever since medical school and the subsequent ages of specialty training that fell upon me like unbidden hats. And despite the palimpsest of colours I was forced to wear, hospitals have been the lodestars in my ever-changing world.
They weren’t all pleasant, although each beckoned with what seemed, from a distance at least, to be tempting endowments of knowledge and experience. Gifts are gifts, no matter the source, and I accepted each with gratitude, if not a little experientially-acquired caution. But although one must often stride boldly into the unknown to arrive at a destination, adaptation follows close behind. And then comes a fondness for what seemed, initially, to be strange. Chaotic. Frightening. And yet the utility of the situation breeds an eventual reconciliation. The disturbing, becomes assimilated into the quest for advantage. The hope for reward.
At least, that’s how an employee –a doctor or a nurse, especially- might rationalize the initial anxiety in a hospital: ‘short term pain for long term gain’, as the trite political aphorism would have it. But one can only wonder how the experience might strike a person who, travelling along the avenue of illness or accident, is forced to endure the unexpected and probably unwelcome distress.
Basically, it assumes that hospitals unwittingly engender stress in patients by imposing disruptive and often intrusive regimes –some of which could safely be postponed or modified at night, for example. Patients already feel vulnerable and powerless in the face of illness or accident, and few would dare complain for fear of alienating those who are the providers of their badly-needed succour.
Vesna was not one of those. From the moment I saw her in the Emergency department with a severe and unresponsive pelvic infection, it was obvious she did not intend to relinquish control. Indeed, it was something of a diplomatic coup that one of the ER docs was able to convince her to allow an intravenous catheter to be inserted into her arm. She had to point out one of the only remaining veins –she knew her arm well- and direct his hands when he tried, unsuccessfully, to enter the tiny vessel that was hidden under a tattoo on the skin above her elbow.
It was around 2 A.M. when my resident called me about her, and just as I entered the little cubicle, someone dropped a large metal pan by the door. Before I could introduce myself she yelled at me. “I’m not gonna use one of those f– things, doc!” and she pointed to the bedpan on the floor.
“Do I have to stay down here all night, doctor? It’s too f– noisy!” She said this all too loudly, ostensibly so her voice would be audible above the noise, but despite the outburst, despite the angry expression on her face, for a fleeting moment her eyes seemed to betray her when she glanced at me: they twinkled contritely, as if trying to excuse the behaviour of their owner.
My resident shook his head. There was apparently a bed available for her up on the ward so she’d be moved up shortly.
At hand-over rounds the next morning, the resident looked exhausted. Apparently Vesna had complained that the patient in the bed next to hers was snoring so she couldn’t sleep. And the nurses insisted on talking in the corridor whenever they walked by; the medicine carts they pushed were too noisy; or somebody kept coughing in the next room. So, Vesna demanded a sedative. That, of course, required the okay of a doctor first. And then, later, her IV stopped working –it had been inserted into a vein that would not ordinarily have been used- and the so the resident had been called to order the antibiotics to be given by some other route. The ones she needed were not available by mouth, so the only remaining way was by injection into her muscles. Vesna objected, of course, and so the resident had to go up to the ward again and explain things to her.
The hospital food was certainly not to Vesna’s liking –she said it made her sick- although, in fact, it was probably a side effect of her antibiotics. I’ve never liked institutional food either, but there seemed no end to her complaints while she was in hospital. We learned to tolerate her, of course, but I remember deciding to buy coffee for the resident staff when we discharged her.
I suppose I fell prey to the uncharitable assumption that Vesna was simply a grumpy person –someone whose circumstances had taught her to be suspicious of everything around her; someone who had learned to be tough and difficult to befriend. It was a wall she was forced to live behind -makeup she applied to protect the skin beneath.
She was supposed to come to my office for a follow-up visit a week or so after discharge but I have to admit that I wasn’t surprised when she didn’t show up for her appointment. My secretaries had actually double-booked me for her time, suspecting as much.
A few weeks later, I saw her name on my day sheet again but the woman who sat nervously in the waiting room pretending to be absorbed in a magazine was nothing like the Vesna I’d met in the hospital. This time she was dressed in slim black jeans with a frilly light blue cotton pullover. Her auburn hair was neatly combed and her ears adorned with enormous golden earrings that threatened to snag her curls every time she moved her head. When she saw me approaching, she smiled and stood up to extend her hand.
“The infection came back?” I said, concerned that we had discharged her too early.
She chuckled merrily at the thought and shook her head, making the earrings dodge in and out of her curls like it was a game of tag. Then the look of embarrassment returned. “Overdose.” She took a long breath and then shrugged. “Occupational hazard, I’m afraid.” She looked out of the window behind my seat for a moment. “Interesting, though…” she said slowly and deliberately, as if something had just occurred to her. “Same source, same amount… Never happened before and my boyfriend was okay so he couldn’t have cut it with bad shii…” She glanced at me and quickly corrected herself mid-word. “…ah, stuff… so I wonder how I could have overdosed.” She sat back in her chair and shrugged it off. “Maybe somebody’s trying to tell me to change my ways while I still can, eh?” She giggled like a school girl -and for a moment, she was.
Was she a victim of PHS or, in her case at least, the recipient of an opportunity? Were the two events even related, or in my rosy-eyed naiveté, am I projecting my own hopes on an otherwise indifferent world? I don’t know, of course, because I never saw Vesna again, but I’d like to think that something changed her. But for the better this time… Could PHS do that too?
This entry was tagged BBC news, Dr.Harlan Krumholz, Emily Dickinson, gynaecology resident doctor, Hope, hospitals, on call, overdose, patients, pelvic infection, PHS, Post Hospital Syndrome, stress, women's health, Yale School of Medicine.

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i have lived in a hospital as an on-call obstetrician on more days –and nights- than i can count over the years; hospitals were the grudging homes for me ever since medical school and the subsequent ages of specialty training that fell upon me like unbidden hats. and despite the palimpsest of colours i was forced to wear, hospitals have been the lodestars in my ever-changing world.
they weren’t all pleasant, although each beckoned with what seemed, from a distance at least, to be tempting endowments of knowledge and experience. gifts are gifts, no matter the source, and i accepted each with gratitude, if not a little experientially-acquired caution. but although one must often stride boldly into the unknown to arrive at a destination, adaptation follows close behind. and then comes a fondness for what seemed, initially, to be strange. chaotic. frightening. and yet the utility of the situation breeds an eventual reconciliation. the disturbing, becomes assimilated into the quest for advantage. the hope for reward.
at least, that’s how an employee –a doctor or a nurse, especially- might rationalize the initial anxiety in a hospital: ‘short term pain for long term gain’, as the trite political aphorism would have it. but one can only wonder how the experience might strike a person who, travelling along the avenue of illness or accident, is forced to endure the unexpected and probably unwelcome distress.
basically, it assumes that hospitals unwittingly engender stress in patients by imposing disruptive and often intrusive regimes –some of which could safely be postponed or modified at night, for example. patients already feel vulnerable and powerless in the face of illness or accident, and few would dare complain for fear of alienating those who are the providers of their badly-needed succour.
vesna was not one of those. from the moment i saw her in the emergency department with a severe and unresponsive pelvic infection, it was obvious she did not intend to relinquish control. indeed, it was something of a diplomatic coup that one of the er docs was able to convince her to allow an intravenous catheter to be inserted into her arm. she had to point out one of the only remaining veins –she knew her arm well- and direct his hands when he tried, unsuccessfully, to enter the tiny vessel that was hidden under a tattoo on the skin above her elbow.
it was around 2 a.m. when my resident called me about her, and just as i entered the little cubicle, someone dropped a large metal pan by the door. before i could introduce myself she yelled at me. “i’m not gonna use one of those f– things, doc!” and she pointed to the bedpan on the floor.
“do i have to stay down here all night, doctor? it’s too f– noisy!” she said this all too loudly, ostensibly so her voice would be audible above the noise, but despite the outburst, despite the angry expression on her face, for a fleeting moment her eyes seemed to betray her when she glanced at me: they twinkled contritely, as if trying to excuse the behaviour of their owner.
my resident shook his head. there was apparently a bed available for her up on the ward so she’d be moved up shortly.
at hand-over rounds the next morning, the resident looked exhausted. apparently vesna had complained that the patient in the bed next to hers was snoring so she couldn’t sleep. and the nurses insisted on talking in the corridor whenever they walked by; the medicine carts they pushed were too noisy; or somebody kept coughing in the next room. so, vesna demanded a sedative. that, of course, required the okay of a doctor first. and then, later, her iv stopped working –it had been inserted into a vein that would not ordinarily have been used- and the so the resident had been called to order the antibiotics to be given by some other route. the ones she needed were not available by mouth, so the only remaining way was by injection into her muscles. vesna objected, of course, and so the resident had to go up to the ward again and explain things to her.
the hospital food was certainly not to vesna’s liking –she said it made her sick- although, in fact, it was probably a side effect of her antibiotics. i’ve never liked institutional food either, but there seemed no end to her complaints while she was in hospital. we learned to tolerate her, of course, but i remember deciding to buy coffee for the resident staff when we discharged her.
i suppose i fell prey to the uncharitable assumption that vesna was simply a grumpy person –someone whose circumstances had taught her to be suspicious of everything around her; someone who had learned to be tough and difficult to befriend. it was a wall she was forced to live behind -makeup she applied to protect the skin beneath.
she was supposed to come to my office for a follow-up visit a week or so after discharge but i have to admit that i wasn’t surprised when she didn’t show up for her appointment. my secretaries had actually double-booked me for her time, suspecting as much.
a few weeks later, i saw her name on my day sheet again but the woman who sat nervously in the waiting room pretending to be absorbed in a magazine was nothing like the vesna i’d met in the hospital. this time she was dressed in slim black jeans with a frilly light blue cotton pullover. her auburn hair was neatly combed and her ears adorned with enormous golden earrings that threatened to snag her curls every time she moved her head. when she saw me approaching, she smiled and stood up to extend her hand.
“the infection came back?” i said, concerned that we had discharged her too early.
she chuckled merrily at the thought and shook her head, making the earrings dodge in and out of her curls like it was a game of tag. then the look of embarrassment returned. “overdose.” she took a long breath and then shrugged. “occupational hazard, i’m afraid.” she looked out of the window behind my seat for a moment. “interesting, though…” she said slowly and deliberately, as if something had just occurred to her. “same source, same amount… never happened before and my boyfriend was okay so he couldn’t have cut it with bad shii…” she glanced at me and quickly corrected herself mid-word. “…ah, stuff… so i wonder how i could have overdosed.” she sat back in her chair and shrugged it off. “maybe somebody’s trying to tell me to change my ways while i still can, eh?” she giggled like a school girl -and for a moment, she was.
was she a victim of phs or, in her case at least, the recipient of an opportunity? were the two events even related, or in my rosy-eyed naiveté, am i projecting my own hopes on an otherwise indifferent world? i don’t know, of course, because i never saw vesna again, but i’d like to think that something changed her. but for the better this time… could phs do that too?
this entry was tagged bbc news, dr.harlan krumholz, emily dickinson, gynaecology resident doctor, hope, hospitals, on call, overdose, patients, pelvic infection, phs, post hospital syndrome, stress, women's health, yale school of medicine.


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What is African Changemakers Community (AC Community)?
African Changemakers Communities are ecosystems of like-minded people from various professional and business backgrounds, who cares so much about their community by bringing people together through various African Changemakers programs and activities. Changing one community at a time, leading to changing the narratives and development of Africa collectively. African Changemakers Communities will be run both online/offline using various platforms to manage them. We also partner with exiting local and global tech and entrepreneurship hubs for our community members to work and leverage on existing resources and network with people on ground to get advice, collaborate and network with other changemakers. View directory list of African Changemakers Communities across Africa in each country at AC COMMUNITY LEADERS.

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what is african changemakers community (ac community)?
african changemakers communities are ecosystems of like-minded people from various professional and business backgrounds, who cares so much about their community by bringing people together through various african changemakers programs and activities. changing one community at a time, leading to changing the narratives and development of africa collectively. african changemakers communities will be run both online/offline using various platforms to manage them. we also partner with exiting local and global tech and entrepreneurship hubs for our community members to work and leverage on existing resources and network with people on ground to get advice, collaborate and network with other changemakers. view directory list of african changemakers communities across africa in each country at ac community leaders.


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December 1, 2019 is the birthday cut-off date for season passes and lift tickets.
How old is the individual on December 1, 2019?
For example, if the pass being purchased is for a Junior (7-12 yrs), and the child is turning 13 before Dec. 1, 2019, then he/she does not qualify for the child rate. That child will qualify for the Teen (13-17 yrs) rate.
Proof of a birth certificate or valid ID is required if the individual has not had a season pass with Bogus Basin or if there is a discrepancy within our database. A senior will need a valid ID.
Bogus Basin reserves the right to charge the additional amount on a pass if the individual does not meet the age requirement for that pass.
If a balance has to be paid in the fall due to a discrepancy, then the balance is based on the sale period when the pass is issued, not when the season pass was purchased.

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december 1, 2019 is the birthday cut-off date for season passes and lift tickets.
how old is the individual on december 1, 2019?
for example, if the pass being purchased is for a junior (7-12 yrs), and the child is turning 13 before dec. 1, 2019, then he/she does not qualify for the child rate. that child will qualify for the teen (13-17 yrs) rate.
proof of a birth certificate or valid id is required if the individual has not had a season pass with bogus basin or if there is a discrepancy within our database. a senior will need a valid id.
bogus basin reserves the right to charge the additional amount on a pass if the individual does not meet the age requirement for that pass.
if a balance has to be paid in the fall due to a discrepancy, then the balance is based on the sale period when the pass is issued, not when the season pass was purchased.


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This calculator is designed to give you a broad estimate of the cost of using a web designer to develop a web site. Alternatively, if you build your own web site, it will help you value your work.
Enter your requirements for the basic services needed by all web sites - domain name, web hosting and web pages.
Enter other optional requirements you may need for your web site.
Rotating Image Gallery on Home Page Yes.
Mini site optimised for mobile devices Yes.
This result is only a guide. The cost of building a web site may vary depending on a range of factors including industry, market and country of operation. Please consult a specialist for a specific cost based on your situation.

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this calculator is designed to give you a broad estimate of the cost of using a web designer to develop a web site. alternatively, if you build your own web site, it will help you value your work.
enter your requirements for the basic services needed by all web sites - domain name, web hosting and web pages.
enter other optional requirements you may need for your web site.
rotating image gallery on home page yes.
mini site optimised for mobile devices yes.
this result is only a guide. the cost of building a web site may vary depending on a range of factors including industry, market and country of operation. please consult a specialist for a specific cost based on your situation.


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Our Sarasota plastic surgery practice is proud to offer patients the convenience of an on-site MedSpa, which offers full service skin rejuvenation treatments. As part of our mission to deliver flawless skin to patients who have specific skin irregularities, the advanced Skin Classic high frequency technology is available and produces outstanding results.
During treatment, a small probe is used to touch the skin, which vaporizes and dries the affected area creating small crusts that heal and flake off in 3 to 15 days. When the probe is placed on the skin, slight stinging and an increase in sensation can be felt, which dissipates quickly when the probe is lifted.
After a treatment session with Skin Classic, patients can expect the treated areas to look red. This does go away quickly. Over the course of a few days, the skin will crust over, flake, and peel away. The results are a fresh new layer of skin that looks and feels soft and healthy. It is important to keep the new skin growth moisturized and protected with sunscreen. We will provide detailed aftercare instructions for our patients.

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our sarasota plastic surgery practice is proud to offer patients the convenience of an on-site medspa, which offers full service skin rejuvenation treatments. as part of our mission to deliver flawless skin to patients who have specific skin irregularities, the advanced skin classic high frequency technology is available and produces outstanding results.
during treatment, a small probe is used to touch the skin, which vaporizes and dries the affected area creating small crusts that heal and flake off in 3 to 15 days. when the probe is placed on the skin, slight stinging and an increase in sensation can be felt, which dissipates quickly when the probe is lifted.
after a treatment session with skin classic, patients can expect the treated areas to look red. this does go away quickly. over the course of a few days, the skin will crust over, flake, and peel away. the results are a fresh new layer of skin that looks and feels soft and healthy. it is important to keep the new skin growth moisturized and protected with sunscreen. we will provide detailed aftercare instructions for our patients.


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This topic stepped to the front of the line to talk about because it’s been in the media lately, climate change, and California’s drought are taking their toll. I haven’t seen anything in the media about whether recent storms have reversed the last four years of drought at the Salton Sea, all the reportage has been about more dramatic events – floods, dam spillways over flowing, huge snow in the Sierras.
The sea has been alternately flooded, become saline, dried up many times over in tens of thousands of years.
‘Dry lake’ is kind of an oxymoron but try to wrap your head around it anyway!
What exists now was partially created by a monstrous blunder but came to be regarded as permanent until recently. It was hoped to be a resort destination to rival Vegas, and for a while it was.
Remnants of those days remain, stark reminders of the temporary dreams.
Here’s a good map, it shows what flows into the sea, but there is no outflow, what collects slowly evaporates, which makes the lake so saline.
“The most recent inflow of water from the now heavily controlled Colorado River was accidentally created by the engineers of the California Development Company in 1905. In an effort to increase water flow into the area for farming, irrigation canals were dug from the Colorado River into the valley. Due to fears of silt buildup, a cut was made in the bank of the Colorado River to further increase the water flow. The resulting outflow overwhelmed the engineered canal, and the river flowed into the Salton Basin for two years, filling the historic dry lake bed and creating the modern sea, before repairs were completed.
Robert Misrach made startling photographs of the place many years ago.
The sea’s future is in doubt, up for grabs, who knows what tomorrow may bring? Neither of us, No one.
Bombay Beach is the town where I took the most images, it’s a very quiet lonely place now, vacant lots for sale, roadrunners skittering across the street, dogs could nap in the middle of the streets, and live long lives. The couple of people i chatted with seemed to be castaways from society, come here to live on air, soc sec. or disability, maybe some veteran’s monthly check. A small one. They’ve checked out of society at large. Let’s hope we don’t end up here in our ‘golden years’. Or maybe not, maybe we’d like it. In one of the articles i read the current residents were quoted as saying they wouldn’t want to live anywhere else.
A beautiful sky reflected off the glassy lake is reason enough to stay.
As for the rest of it? I dunno … only the hearty would want to stick around.
I had a lot of photo fun w/ the place.
As the Terminator most famously said “Ah’ll be back” – i second that emotion.

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this topic stepped to the front of the line to talk about because it’s been in the media lately, climate change, and california’s drought are taking their toll. i haven’t seen anything in the media about whether recent storms have reversed the last four years of drought at the salton sea, all the reportage has been about more dramatic events – floods, dam spillways over flowing, huge snow in the sierras.
the sea has been alternately flooded, become saline, dried up many times over in tens of thousands of years.
‘dry lake’ is kind of an oxymoron but try to wrap your head around it anyway!
what exists now was partially created by a monstrous blunder but came to be regarded as permanent until recently. it was hoped to be a resort destination to rival vegas, and for a while it was.
remnants of those days remain, stark reminders of the temporary dreams.
here’s a good map, it shows what flows into the sea, but there is no outflow, what collects slowly evaporates, which makes the lake so saline.
“the most recent inflow of water from the now heavily controlled colorado river was accidentally created by the engineers of the california development company in 1905. in an effort to increase water flow into the area for farming, irrigation canals were dug from the colorado river into the valley. due to fears of silt buildup, a cut was made in the bank of the colorado river to further increase the water flow. the resulting outflow overwhelmed the engineered canal, and the river flowed into the salton basin for two years, filling the historic dry lake bed and creating the modern sea, before repairs were completed.
robert misrach made startling photographs of the place many years ago.
the sea’s future is in doubt, up for grabs, who knows what tomorrow may bring? neither of us, no one.
bombay beach is the town where i took the most images, it’s a very quiet lonely place now, vacant lots for sale, roadrunners skittering across the street, dogs could nap in the middle of the streets, and live long lives. the couple of people i chatted with seemed to be castaways from society, come here to live on air, soc sec. or disability, maybe some veteran’s monthly check. a small one. they’ve checked out of society at large. let’s hope we don’t end up here in our ‘golden years’. or maybe not, maybe we’d like it. in one of the articles i read the current residents were quoted as saying they wouldn’t want to live anywhere else.
a beautiful sky reflected off the glassy lake is reason enough to stay.
as for the rest of it? i dunno … only the hearty would want to stick around.
i had a lot of photo fun w/ the place.
as the terminator most famously said “ah’ll be back” – i second that emotion.


text: First part of two-course sequence providing an extensive survey of Muslim peoples and institutions. The Middle Eastern origins and cultural attainments of medieval Islam. One course.

lowercased: first part of two-course sequence providing an extensive survey of muslim peoples and institutions. the middle eastern origins and cultural attainments of medieval islam. one course.


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I've been receiving some good feedback on my new website/blog here. My callers appreciate the fact that I'm not some large organization. I'm just a woman running her own gig. I've always done it that way! You call my line (and if I'm home, haha), you get ME! I answer, I take your information for payment.....and if I already have it, I just start the call. Yes, just me, no middle "men".
So all you whores, I'm glad you like it.

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i've been receiving some good feedback on my new website/blog here. my callers appreciate the fact that i'm not some large organization. i'm just a woman running her own gig. i've always done it that way! you call my line (and if i'm home, haha), you get me! i answer, i take your information for payment.....and if i already have it, i just start the call. yes, just me, no middle "men".
so all you whores, i'm glad you like it.


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Finally I get this ebook, thanks for all these Lotus Notes 8 5 User Guide Free Download can get now!

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lotus notes 8 5 user guide free download is good choice for you that looking for nice reading experience. we hope you glad to visit our website. please read our description and our privacy and policy page.
finally i get this ebook, thanks for all these lotus notes 8 5 user guide free download can get now!