 own.The characteristically wise owl is a character in “Where’s the Potty on This Ark?” (Kar-Ben Publishing, Inc.) by Rabbi Kerry Olitzky of North Brunswick, with illustrations by Abigail Tompkins. Olitzky said his children’s book, which will be released Aug. 1, is about more than toilet training; he’s after something beyond mere bathroom instructions.
Three of his grandchildren live in South Orange and the book is dedicated to one of them, Noah Olitzky of South Orange, son of Andrea and Rabbi Jesse Olitzky of Congregation Beth El in South Orange. Kerry’s other son, Rabbi Avi Olitzky, the father of the four other grandchildren, lives in Minnesota.
By Marisol Orihuela, ACLU/SC Staff Attorney
Imagine you’ve walked into your local library branch and you want to check out the classic “Catch 22″ by Joseph Heller. Now imagine that the librarian tells you to go search the stacks –organized not by book title or by author, but by the name of the person wholast checked the book out. Happy hunting.
Welcome to the filing system of the LA County Sheriff’s Department. In this era of unprecedented criticism and scrutiny of the sheriff’s department, it’s the L.A.S.D. DeputySmith.
In the 21st century, the only explanation for a filing system this bad is that it was designed to hide the truth. It’s one part of L.A’s broken criminal justice system, which isdesigned D.A. to turn over all exculpatory information.
In effect, L.A.S.D. and the district attorney are rigging the system against criminal defendants.
This is important to people like Andrew Contreras, who was assaulted by two sheriff’s deputies in Men’s Central Jail after a visit from his girlfriend. He was hospitalized for his injuries, but the D.A. L.A.S.D. and the district attorney, that evidence was not turned over to Mr. Contreras and his lawyer.
We have noidea how many guilty pleas and guilty verdicts have stemmed from these illegal practices, but we have to stop this before it goes any further.
The ACLU has sued the Sheriff’s Department and Los Angeles District attorney, seeking to halt the policies that suppress.
Take action now: tell D.A. Cooley and Sheriff Baca to obey the law and stop illegally suppressing evidence.The 3-hour event will begin with a specific breathing practice called breathwork. Breathwork is a journey where participants lay down and engage in fast, deep breathing which takes them into altered states of consciousness. These states give participants the direct experience of pure energy and divine grace. The journey is accompanied with evocative music and unique live instruments such as didgeridoo, drums and other percussion instruments.
Next, participants continue to lay down to receive a journey into sound and vibration. The sound journey is a beautiful immersive and transformative experience, which recalibrates the inner frequency and vibration of the individual and also helps to integrate the breathwork. The journey includes a wide array of instruments including: crystal and Tibetan bowls, gongs, didgeridoo, drums, mantra, native songs and toning along with live looping.
This powerful and unique event brings into sacred union the energies of divine masculine and divine feminine. Participants commonly relate sublime experiences of divine love and life-changing shifts in consciousness.
Based in Sedona, Arizona, Daniel Posney and Valerie Sanjali Irons regularly facilitate and are immersed within sound healing, musical performances and transformational breathwork.Ack! I hate performance reviews and normally don’t take them too seriously, but the upcoming one could be related to extra $$ and I’m all about the cash at the moment (I certainly can’t be all about the job satisfaction).
I received my performance plan from one of my managers today & realised I’ve only achieved four of my eight objectives – shit.
I still have one business day left to complete the remaining four, it is unlikely this will happen, given that my time tomorrow is pretty much accounted for. I’m desperately thinking maybe I can “achieve” some of them on Sunday night (mostly report-writing type stuff)…
This is a particularly loathesome bit from the plan – giving examples of how I have demonstrated my competencies (which essentially are a whole lot of buzz-words strung together meaning not a hell of a lot) eg…..
- Juggles competing Priorities
Definition:
Maintains progress on multiple projects and activities by recognising continually shifting priorities and re-allocating resources
- Responsive to Team Needs
Definition:
Assesses the needs and requirements of the team and implements solutions to achieve desired team goals
- Results Focused
Definition:
Readily completes tasks in a manner that exceeds expectations, optimising all business opportunities where possible
- Works Independently
Definition:
Plans and works effectively with minimal supervision or direction
- Maintains Quality Standards by being Thorough and Accurate
Definition:
Adheres to organisational and department standards of quality when completing tasks and projects
- Effectively Manages and Uses Time
Definition:
Creates and works to a detailed plan to ensure work is prioritised and deadlines are met
And then I have to rate myself.
And then there is the worst bit – listing my career objectives – ewwwwwwwwwww. I don’t *have* any career objectives – except to be paid.
I need Fenton to help me – he exceeds expectations at shit like this.
Oh God, its awful…………Hi Sev, I haven't used a parasite program yet prior to liver flushing..lol..it's on the "to do list"
Because I was in severe pain and scheduled for gall bladder surgery, I just dove right in after fasting for approx 7 days..(I couldn't eat). Best thing I ever did!
My first flush produced those oily, waxy green balls that people debate about. Subsequent flushes with (barely) no preperation were very productive.( NO green balls, lots of small, hard dark stones) After one flush..NOTHING came out and I felt like crap..i did extra epsoms..psyllium..and a salt water flush..not wise considering there was obviously a blockage somewhere. But lo and behold the NEXT day I expelled a large amount of dead flukes..not sure what kind..they looked like mushroom caps cut in half. Felt fantastic after that and still flush every few months.
Biggest changes to my diet after the surgery scare?  Lots of natural Fat, Meat, veg, fruit and nuts. NO grains, no milk.
I feel great, am at my ideal weight,(with great muscles!) have almost eliminated a lifelong battle with severe eczema and allergies..but still have a ways to go..
Long story short, You don't need parasite cleansing to start, but it would be ideal of course as long you are not having an emergency situation!High bandwidth on-chip capacitive tuning of microtoroid resonators

We report on the design, fabrication and characterization of silica microtoroid based cavity opto-electromechanical systems (COEMS). Electrodes patterned onto the microtoroid resonators allow for rapid capacitive tuning of the optical whispering gallery mode resonances while maintaining their ultrahigh quality factor, enabling applications such as efficient radio to optical frequency conversion, optical routing and switching applications.


Introduction
High optical quality factor (Q) cavities, and in particular whispering gallery mode (WGM) resonators are broadly used optical components. Due to the combination of high Q and low mode volume, they are a platform of choice for a wide range of applications including optomechanics [1,2,3,4,5], optoelectromechanics [6], optical add-drop filters [7], on-chip lasers [8], bio-and magnetic sensing [9,10] and frequency comb generation [11]. The ability to spectrally tune the WGM resonances of these resonators, preferably in a reversible fashion, is of great interest for many of these applications. This tunability can for instance be used to overcome microfabrication induced size variability [12] or temperature associated frequency drifts, lessening the need for bulky and expensive tunable laser sources. It also permits optical switching, reconfigurable optical routing [13] and is required for any kind of on-chip network of interacting high Q resonators [14].
Silica is a particularly advantageous material for on-and off-chip photonics thanks to its ex-tremely low optical absorption, low susceptibility to two-photon absorption and associated free carrier absorption, and the absence of lossy surface states requiring passivation. Here we propose and experimentally demonstrate an efficient strain coupling approach to tune the high Q resonances of on-chip WGM resonators, based upon capacitive actuation. Gold electrodes are patterned upon the top surface of the device to be tuned. When a bias voltage is applied, the attractive capacitive force between the electrodes strains the device and shifts the position of its optical resonances. Our approach presents several advantages. First it allows for very fast electrical tuning of the resonances reaching up to the tens of MHz range, several orders of magnitude faster than previously demonstrated schemes, while maintaining the ultra-high Q nature of the resonances. Moreover, capacitive tuning requires minimal power expenditure as there is no current flow between the electrodes in the steady state. This enables dense arrays of tuneable microresonators to be combined on a single chip, with low power consumption compatible with packaged devices and