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Bethel Assembly of God fundraiser dinner
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Bethel Assembly of God (111 Totten Lane, Front Royal) is having a fundraiser dinner on Tuesday, Feb 19, from 4-7pm.
- Menu includes all you can eat tacos with fixin's, desserts, and drinks.
- Cost is $8 for adults, $6 for children 12 and under. The public is invited, with proceeds going towards ministry in Front Royal.
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Governor Northam unveils priorities for upcoming special session
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~ Governor's proposals include measures to reform policing, protect Virginians from eviction; close the digital divide ~
Governor Northam on Friday, August 14, 2020, unveiled his administration's key priorities for the upcoming Virginia General Assembly special session, set to begin on Tuesday, August 18th.
Legislators will reconvene to address Virginia's biennial budget, which has been severely impacted by the ongoing global pandemic. In addition, Governor Northam is proposing several measures to advance equity, reform policing, and protect the safety, health, and welfare of Virginians during this crisis.
"Virginians are hurting, and the Commonwealth is stepping up," said Governor Northam. "Our country is battling both a health crisis and an economic crisis at once, so Virginia is advancing new programs to help people stay in their homes, care for the ones they love, and feel safe in the community.
"This starts with sound fiscal management and smart investments in our future. Careful planning has kept us from having to gut critical services or lay off state workers, like other states have done. I look forward to working with my colleagues in the General Assembly to advance long-overdue police reform and pass record investments in affordable housing and broadband, so we can continue to support Virginians during this unprecedented time."
Below are several of Governor Northam's priorities for the upcoming special session. Additional priorities will be announced at the Governor's annual speech to the General Assembly Joint Money Committees, scheduled for 9:30 am on Tuesday, August 18th.
Safe, Affordable Housing
Access to safe and stable housing is critically important, particularly in the midst of the ongoing health crisis. That is why Governor Northam is proposing $88 million in state funding to combat evictions and to expand access to affordable housing. These investments include a historic $85 million investment in the Virginia Housing Trust Fund, which will complement federal CARES Act funding to expand access to affordable housing, reduce homelessness, and protect Virginians from eviction. The Governor is also proposing $3.3 million in funding to establish an Eviction Prevention and Diversion Pilot Program to reduce evictions in communities across the Commonwealth.
In addition, Governor Northam is proposing a pause on evictions until at least April 30, 2021, tied to the requirement that landlords and tenants work together on a payment plan and seek out financial assistance, including through Virginia's statewide Rent and Mortgage Relief Program.
While Virginians remain safely housed, they also need access to critical utility services. The Governor's package includes a moratorium on utility disconnections for electric, water, and natural gas utilities until 60 days after the current state of emergency ends.
Access to Broadband
A recent SCHEV report found that nearly 200,000 K-12 students and 60,000 college students across Virginia lack access to broadband at home. This disparity is particularly troubling as many school districts across Virginia plan a virtual start to the school year. To address this, Governor Northam is proposing a record $85 million to expand access to broadband for unserved communities. This historic investment in the Virginia Telecommunications Initiative (VATI) will fund last-mile broadband infrastructure across the Commonwealth during this time of need.
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Historically Black Colleges and Universities play an essential role in reducing educational inequities, many of which have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis. That is why Governor Northam is proposing a $15 million investment in Virginia's public HBCUs. This funding will increase support for underserved students and will fund needed technology upgrades.
Police and Criminal Justice Reform
In July, Governor Northam directed the Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS), the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, the Virginia African American Advisory Board, and the Commission to Examine Racial Inequity in Virginia Law to develop policy recommendations and share input with the administration. Governor Northam has also communicated regularly with activists, community leaders, and law enforcement officials, and incorporated their feedback into his policy priorities.
The Governor's special session priorities include measures to:
• Expand the criteria for which a law enforcement officer can be decertified, to include officers who are terminated due to law or policy violations or resign during an ongoing investigation;
• Empower Virginia's Criminal Justice Services Board to initiate decertification proceedings when de-certifiable conduct is brought to the Board's attention, regardless of written notice from a local law enforcement department;
• Require law enforcement officers to intervene when they see a colleague engaging in or attempting to engage in unlawful use of force;
• Standardize law-enforcement training across Virginia through development of statewide minimum training standards, curriculum, and lesson plans, to include use of force tactics;
• Mandate information-sharing between hiring agencies and previous employers and strengthen the vetting process of newly-hired officers;
• Create best practices for Civilian Review Panels and empower localities to establish review panels;
• Diversify the Criminal Justice Services Board's Committee on Training to include representatives from civil rights and community organizations, and require opportunities for public input into the development of training standards.
In addition, Governor Northam and his administration are working closely with legislators on measures not outlined above, including proposals related to behavioral health, fair and free elections, and racial equity. Additional proposals will be announced at the Governor's annual speech to the General Assembly Joint Money Committees, and the Governor looks forward to continued discussions with lawmakers throughout the special session.
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VDOT: Warren County Traffic alert for August 17-21, 2020
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The following is a list of highway work that may affect traffic in Warren County during the coming weeks. Scheduled work is subject to change due to inclement weather and material supplies. Motorists are advised to watch for slow-moving tractors during mowing operations. When traveling through a work zone, be alert to periodic changes in traffic patterns and lane closures.
*NEW* or *UPDATE* indicates a new entry or a revised entry since last week's report.
Mile marker 0 to 1, eastbound – Right shoulder closures for sign installation, Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
No lane closures reported.
No lane closures reported.
Route 659 (Hardesty Road) – Stop-and-proceed traffic pattern for pipe replacement between Route 603 (Howellsville Road) and dead end, 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. through September 10. Traffic width restriction of 9 feet.
Various roads – Flagger traffic control for utility tree trimming, Monday to Friday during daylight hours.
Vegetation management may take place district wide on various routes. Motorists are reminded to use extreme caution when traveling through work zones.
Traffic alerts and traveler information can be obtained by dialing 511. Traffic alerts and traveler information also are available at www.511Virginia.org.
The VDOT Customer Service Center can assist with reporting road hazards, asking transportation questions, or getting information related to Virginia's roads. Call 800-FOR- ROAD (800-367-7623) or use its mobile-friendly website at my.vdot.virginia.gov. Agents are available 24 hours-a-day, seven days a week.
Staying healthy at college – crucial now more than ever
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I have been a student most of my life; from grade school, to high school, to undergrad, to graduate school. It is really hard to believe, but my husband says I am addicted to learning, which I guess isn't a bad thing. Most of college (as an undergrad and grad) I had to work while in school for financial reasons. Making the choice to do that for myself, was the best thing I could have done. So it would be accurate to say I have plenty of experience and knowledge on how important it is to not only stay on track in college, but also to stay healthy in college. Those years are vulnerable as you leave home for the first time and venture out into a new experience. Nutrition, physical activity, stress management, sleep, and limiting risky behaviors are some of the tools essential to pack with you as you head off to college.
When I started college I was eating to survive; in other words I ate as needed. I didn't have enough time nor enough patience, so I went with convenience. I chose all the wrong foods—fast food, because let's face it, it's fast, it's affordable and it tastes good. Little did I know, those food options caused some very difficult habits and mood swings. It was not until later in life studying to become a nurse that I figured out what it meant to fuel your body. The moment I stopped snacking and eating junk was the moment I realized I could go eight hours without feeling tired, or walk up a flight of stairs without getting short of breath, or focus through a three hour lecture without feeling my blood sugar drop. When it comes to nutrition, I have a few simple tools:
- Eat a healthy breakfast every morning. Don't skip this meal, it's full of opportunity to fuel your fasting body with healthy protein, necessary fats, and whole grains.
- Eat every two to three hours.Consume three big meals and two to three high protein snacks throughout the day. Keep healthy snacks with you so that you aren't tempted to buy that bag of chips or piece of pizza.
- Eat mostly fruits and vegetables. These are full of healthy antioxidants and fiber to keep you fuller, and for longer.
- Hydrate. Water is life. Keep this as your main beverage of choice. I did not realize how many calories I was getting from my Starbucks lattes (thank you James Madison University for supplying my Starbucks addiction). I never realized I was drinking two to three sugary coffees a day at 130-180 calories each. On an average 2,000 calorie diet, my liquid consumption was 1/3 of my calorie intake for the day. The thing about indulging in those drinks is that your glycemic index shoots up, and within an hour your sugar starts to drop and your body feels you need more sugar to sustain. This is how we get into trouble. So how did I make a change? I started counting my calories. Once I realized how many empty calories I was wasting, and how many days a week I was going over my average goal, I knew I had to make a change. It was not an overnight change, but calorie counting was eye opening, and it changed the way I felt about food.
- Find a helpful tool. In today's world of technology, there are many applications that can be used to help you track your goals. Use of these applications also help you to maintain a level of accountability. For example, downloading an app such as MyFitnessPal will enable you to type in your goals, put in what you eat, see what remains, and track the amount of water you are drinking. These applications will show where changes can be made.
Physical Activity and Exercise
Does anyone truly love to run? There are so many other things I would much prefer doing than spending time in the gym or running. Much like nutrition, I did not realize until I was older how difficult it was to get active again. Sure, when I was younger I could eat anything I wanted and not gain weight. I would occasionally go to the gym or go for a run, but it was never habitual. It was not until I found myself drowning in stress and exams that I felt I needed help. Stress drove me to become more active because I needed a safe and effective outlet. I started by using study breaks to do about 15-20 minutes of walking outside. Walking turned into jogging, and occasionally I would go for a quick run. I liked the way my mind worked and how my body felt being active, so I found other activities that I enjoyed. I enjoyed dance, so a girlfriend and I decided to try line dancing one night – we loved it and turned it into a reoccurring activity for years to come. I also discovered I had a passion for yoga, and that has since been my favorite physical activity to date. The trick is to find something that you enjoy.
As a student, you will be sitting in lectures, seminars, libraries, and working at the computer until you notice this becomes routine. You're frequently in closed spaces and unknowingly face issues such as violation of blood circulation in extremities and oxygen starvation of important body parts, including the brain. Physical activity forces blood to move in the body, delivering oxygen to all important body parts, especially to the brain. Sedentary behavior is linked to health problems including heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure. According to the CDC you should aim to get at least two and a half hours a week of moderate-intensity exercise, and participate in muscle-strengthening activities at least twice a week.
Stress and Time Management
College is a stressful time. Workload increases and as a student, you are expected to manage your time between school, work, family obligations, and maintaining a social life. I decided I needed to find balance and it needed to start with time management. Time is a finite resource. No matter what, you're always left with the same 24 hours in a day to check items off to-do lists, spend time with family and friends, and unwind. By planning ahead and using your time wisely, you'll be able to accomplish more and enjoy added free time. By becoming aware of where my time was being spent, I found that my phone was consuming a good majority of it and was actually distracting me. I was constantly checking social media for irrelevant stories such as who was dating who and who liked my photos. To make matters worse, I would try my hardest not to work and would surf the internet or shop instead.
Ultimately, I had to use my distractions as rewards during study breaks. I would put my phone in the other room and set my alarm for 45 minutes. Once the alarm went off I could use the next 15 minutes to do whatever I wanted, like re-watching all of the Pitch Perfect movie finales. This schedule worked for me and I needed the breaks. By planning ahead, I studied better and was more efficient with my time.
Another rule of thumb is to find happiness. This has a direct effect on a person's overall health and helps decrease the effects of stressful situations. People who surround themselves with situations or items that make them happier have up to 12 times lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol. Expressing feelings of stress and conversing with friends or family can also lead to a lowered levels of cortisol. The only way I was truly able to get through the grueling nursing program at Marymount University was a core group of friends that are still my closest friends today. Again, everyone has their own happiness; find yours.
Sleep is Crucial
Sleep is another area I did poorly in when first going to college. Mostly because I couldn't tell my brain to turn off, and constantly worried about what assignments were coming up. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute says adults need at least seven to eight hours of continuous sleep per night. I was getting on average four to five. Given the lack of sleep, I would get sick more often, I would have mental breakdowns, and I was not very productive in the day. I had to discipline myself by establishing a bedtime routine. During the week days that I had class, I set my bedtime to 10 pm. I would usually try to start winding down as part of the routine at 9 pm – set my coffee, wash my face, brush my teeth, take multivitamins, pray, and read. As part of my routine, I would leave my phone in its place and shut off any other electronic devices. Sometimes, I would even make a to-do list for the next day to keep my mind from wandering.
Keep your bed a "sleep-only" zone. If you have a small living area, it's inevitable that you're going to study in the same room where you sleep. However, designate your bed for sleeping only. When you work in bed, you subconsciously associate that area with work instead of sleep. Working before bed and looking at a screen reduces melatonin, which helps create a sound night's sleep. Having a mental association between work and a bed can increase anxiety or stress that prevents sleep.
A quiet, comfortable bed enables sound sleep. Considering how important sleep is to overall energy levels, investing in a mattress you love is a smart idea. The temperature of your room can also affect how you sleep. It's better to turn it down a couple notches than to keep it toasty; the ideal room temperature for sleeping is between 60 and 67 degrees, that's why a warm bath before bedtime is so effective – your body cools off after bathing.
Risky and Concerning Behaviors
Finally, the topic on the minds of all parents and students – sex, drugs and alcohol. According to the national survey, approximately one-third of teens are experimenting with risky behaviors – many for the first time – during their first semester at college. Roughly, one-third of current college students surveyed reported drinking alcohol (37%), engaging in intimate sexual behavior (37%), or having sexual intercourse (32%) during their first semester at college. Talk to your parents, and parents talk to your students. If I could give one piece of advice this would be it. I have a great relationship with my mom, she allowed me to feel safe talking to her about things that I was experiencing or things I saw other people experiencing around me. We would have conversations about the good and the bad in every situation, and she never made me feel bad about myself. She was always uplifting. You will be around it, more than you think. Be smart, be firm in your beliefs, be careful, set your intentions daily, and find a good support system. Build self-confidence by joining clubs or study groups where you can connect with like-minded peers. Participate in hobbies and social activities that let you have fun and meet new people. College can be an exciting time, but it can also be challenging. Take care of your mind and body to make college a more fulfilling experience.
About Fauquier Health
Fauquier Health is a community health system dedicated to high-quality, patient-centered care in a unique environment that considers the multiple facets of healing and respects the individuality of each and every patient. Located at 500 Hospital Drive in Warrenton, Virginia, Fauquier Health serves the residents of Fauquier and several surrounding counties. It comprises: Fauquier Hospital, a fully-accredited, 97-bed hospital; Fauquier Health Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, a 113-bed long-term care and rehabilitation facility; the Villa at Suffield Meadows, an assisted living facility; the Wound Health Center and a medically supervised Wellness Center offering health and wellness programs. Fauquier Health also operates nine physician's offices, including primary care and specialties. More information on Fauquier Health is available online at FauquierHealth.org or by calling 540-316-5000.
3 recruitment mistakes to avoid
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If you have a position to fill at your company, implementing the right hiring strategy is key. Here are three mistakes to avoid during recruitment that could cost you considerable time and money.
1. Fast-tracking the process
Even if a position needs to be filled right away, you shouldn't rush through recruitment. After all, if you hire the wrong person, you'll have to start over. Plus, you'll have wasted time training someone who wasn't suited for the job. It's far more efficient to schedule interviews with promising candidates and then properly assess their skills so you can make an informed decision.
2. Ignoring in-house talent
3. Relying solely on interviews and CVs
A candidate might make a good impression during the interview but still be the wrong person for the job. Make sure to contact their references for more information about their ability to work under pressure or as part of a team. Similarly, it's easy to embellish a CV, which is why an aptitude test is a more reliable way to assess someone's qualifications.
In addition to saving you time and money, avoiding these mistakes will help you find the right candidate for the job.
The Cracked Acorn
The Cracked Acorn: Savior, Pilot Me?
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Somewhere in my house is a small framed picture of a lighthouse and a small sailboat in an inlet. It reminds me of my few experiences with boats; here a storm may be brewing at the end of the day.
The lighthouse has not switched on its light. It may be late autumn. Leaves are changing colors on the shore. The shore of the lighthouse is rocky and the other shore may be one of safety. The small sailboat is trying to reach land near a small cottage in the woods. The sailboat is very small in comparison to the lighthouse. The threatening rock ledges are partially hidden by the lashing waves. The coming storm is definitely too powerful for the small craft which has its single sail to the fullest extent.
The lighthouse stands as a warning for the boat to stay away and not to come near the rocks. Does the sailboat see that it is in danger and will a warning from the lighthouse soon flash a warning that danger is at hand; this painting has all the possibilities of tragedy.
The artist of this painting must have known something of life. The sailboat is too small. The inlet of safety is filled with hidden dangers. Without an experienced pilot, the captain may not know these waters and how to get into the shore to escape the coming storm. The passengers may have been lulled into their nice voyage and have not been aware that soon their lives may be in danger.
The light is not on in the lighthouse, does anyone care that a ship is in danger. The waves are viciously hitting the shore churned by a distant force while on the shore things still deceptively appear to be calm. Time may be running out for our sailor at the end of the day.
In 1986, divers discovered a small boat preserved at the bottom of Lake Kinneret near the area of the Galilee Sea. It is 25.5 feet long and 7.5 in width. It probably had a square sail on a single mast. It carried a crew of five and maybe 15 passengers. It has a shallow draft and could be rowed by 4 in staggered order. This craft was probably made up of junked boats by the Migdal Jewish family boatyard.
There's talk of restoring the dubbed "Jesus Boat." HE and his disciples could have sailed in this very boat. Boats were very important in the Biblical past and are mentioned 50 times in the Gospels.
A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat so that it was nearly swamped. Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, "Teacher, don't you care if we drown?" He got up, rebuked the wind, and said to the waves, "Quiet! Be still!" Then the wind died down and it was completely calm. He said to his disciples, "Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?" They were terrified and asked each other, "Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!" (Mark 4)
Edward Hopper in 1871 was well aware of the loss of life due to the many shipwrecks and sinking of his day. He wrote these lyrics JESUS, SAVIOR, PILOT ME.
Over life's tempestuous sea; Unknown waves before me roll, Hiding rock and treach'rous shoal. Thou canst hush the ocean wild. Boist'rous waves obey Thy will. When at last I near the shore, And the fearful breakers roar, May I hear Thee say to me, "Fear not, I will pilot thee"
Now cast off and remember in a storm head for the cuddy. Stay on true course and avoid winkles in the main.
EDA in Focus
EDA Executive Committee ponders strategies, assets and impediments
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The Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority Executive Committee met virtually Friday, August 14, to discuss its Strategic Plan. That an economic development strategy must balance vision and process, as well as assets that make a community uniquely attractive to prospective clients versus impediments that would drive them away, dominated the 90-minute discussion.
EDA Board of Directors Vice-Chairman Jeff Browne moderated the virtual meeting attended by Executive Committee members Jorie Martin, Greg Harold, Tom Pattison, and Melissa Gordon, the latter by phone hook up as she drove her child to Virginia Tech to register for their first year of college. So, the topic of establishing a "Project Return Home" as some states and areas have to improve the quality of job opportunities available for the community's college-educated next generation was of particular interest for her, Gordon told her colleagues near the meeting's end.
The initial discussion focused on the process by which an updated Strategic Plan would be developed in conjunction with a refined "Vision Statement" for the EDA's work. Then the committee, along with EDA Executive Director Doug Parsons and Administrative Assistant Gretchen Henderson, delved into the factors that would form that vision. Browne pointed to the County's geographical location and commercial transportation access to Interstate highways and railroads as a key "Vision" variable.
Harold presented a draft of an organizational chart he had developed and commented that he is a great advocate of the "KISS" method of planning – "Keep It Simple, Stupid". Maximum use of available technologies to disseminate information among board members and targeted industries was also cited by Harold as a necessary tool in forwarding the Strategic Plan.
After Gordon noted she did such strategic planning development in her real job, Harold deferred to his colleague's professional experience for elaboration on the process of strategic planning. Gordon cited the necessity for, not only the development of a comprehensive strategic plan based on a community vision but of regular review to "establish where you are" and how the Strategic Plan is functioning to achieve the desired goals.
"When I look at the Strategic Plan I start very BIG in terms of what is our maximum potential and then break it down from there … to where are we today. And then coming up with measurable objectives over however the length of time we're setting the Strategic Plan for; and then evaluation each year of what's working well and what's not," Gordon said of the long-term game plan.
She also addressed the variables of regional economic development and Warren County and Front Royal's place in that development. "The other thing I would say is, even though there are a lot of other counties around that are moving forward with economic development, deciding what makes us unique from them …"
Economic development assets
"Location, location, location," Browne quoted a long-time observation about the "top three" factors in business development. "Logistics is something we have a great strength in – we are almost dead center in the mid-Atlantic; we're eight hours from the Canadian border; we're eight hours-and-change to Boston; eight hours going west gets you to Indianapolis; and eight hours south gets you all the way down to Georgia," Browne recited of commercial driving times from Warren County.
"We have the Inland Port and train transportation that gets us to one of the two largest ports (Norfolk) on the entire east coast for importing and exporting goods," Browne continued of the logistical advantages the county has as a commercial transportation hub near the intersection of two major Interstate highways, I-66 (east-west) and I-81 (north-south).
"From a logistical standpoint, one of the critical things every company looks at, we're really ideally situated. We're close to Washington, D.C., I could keep going on and on, on the logistical advantages that we have here that are under-utilized in what we do," Browne told the executive committee.
The transportation hub discussion led to another geographical consideration, the Town of Front Royal as the northern gateway to the Shenandoah Valley and the county's natural assets of the Shenandoah River, it's north and south forks, and the Blue Ridge Mountains overlooking the river.
"That's one of the reasons we live here," Gordon chimed in from her trip south to Blacksburg and Virginia Tech, likely on I-81.
"Regionalism is another area that I think is under-utilized in what it is that we do. We are, in my mind, less competitive with all of our neighbors although on specific projects we might well be vying for the same dollars on grants and the like. But the reality is that we are the Gateway to the Northern Shenandoah Valley. And if we're doing our job well, we all benefit from it," Browne said of an intertwined regional economy that fosters a cooperative outlook.
"To me, regionalism and working cooperatively is a much more attractive thing for site developers and companies looking to be here. I would rather get a piece of the pie by going that way, than none of the pie by going it alone," Browne reasoned of regionalism's positive impact on economic development for all.
Impediments to Economic Development
Browne then segued to what he called "impediments" to economic development. And ironically his referenced regional cooperative outlook has been impeded, not by an outside community, but by one closer to home.
"We're well aware of the issues with the Town," Browne began of a co-founding and still legally at least participating member, the Town of Front Royal, adding, "We have lawsuits and other things we're going to have to overcome and have strategies for what it is that we do."
We later checked with Browne on his "other things" reference. He elaborated that it was to three projects the Town owes the EDA debt service payments on: the new Town Police Headquarters, Leach Run Parkway and the West Main Street Connector Road at the Royal Phoenix site, the latter two he estimated adding about $3 million to $4 million to the $9-million debt service on the FRPD headquarters.
As previously reported, on June 1st the EDA presented the Town with an invoice for slightly over $441,300 paid thus far by the EDA on the FRPD headquarters project, with a remaining balance of $8.44 million with 3% interest accruing. The Town's response through back-channel negotiations between council members Chris Holloway and Lori Athey Cockrell and supervisors Cheryl Cullers and Delores Oates was to offer to pay a recoverable $10,529, or half of the interest-only July payment of $21,102, without admitting any legal or moral obligation to pay anything on the police station debt service.
The Town also requested and received permission from the state government to become the first Virginia municipality to be given authority to create an independent, second EDA while still technically a member of the EDA it co-founded with Warren County in 1969.
After initially championing a "reform" the EDA movement, the Town Council opted out of that cooperative effort with the re-tooled EDA and Warren County in order to sue the EDA for "at least $20 million" mirroring the EDA initial civil action against former EDA Executive Director Jennifer McDonald and seven co-defendants totaling $21.3 million. The EDA's civil action has climbed to nearly $26 million against McDonald and 23 co-defendants, while other than the above-referenced and apparently stalled "back-channel" effort, the Town has rejected EDA offers of "good faith" negotiations to establish exactly what Town assets were involved in the alleged EDA embezzlements.
Other impediments were cited, including one created by an asset – blocked roads from lengthy freight trains headed to the Inland Port in the county's north side. Though there is hopefully some relief coming with grant funds being accessed for a Rockland Road "flyover" to ease one of those blocked sites, he observed.
Martin also noted a hopeful contact to expand broadband service throughout the county to solve another impediment, the lack of broadband Internet connection countywide. That is a particular issue, not only for economic development but education during the COVID-19 pandemic emergency measures requiring a certain amount of home Internet virtual instruction to students while social distancing limits their in-school time.
Money and board vacancies
As with its own initiatives and Strategic Planning efforts, it was noted that budget factors were always a limiting variable on the County side as well. But it was commented that the EDA should become an advocate for the type of expenditures that will help stimulate economic development on the positive side, whether in educational funding or elsewhere.
Toward the committee meeting's end, the matter of the two board vacancies created by the resignation of Gray Blanton and Ed Daley's move to the County as interim county administrator was raised.
Browne said he had yet to receive word from the county supervisors who make EDA board appointments on Blanton's seat but that he believed a decision was close. He also raised the possibility that an interim replacement for Daley might be put on the table with the understanding it would be a short-term replacement. The EDA and County's intent has appeared to be that former EDA Board Chairman Daley will return to his position when the County hires a permanent replacement for Doug Stanley.
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Jukebox: Lots of fine folk this week
Indestructible super-Texan troubadour Willie Nelson brings the band he calls Family (sister Bobby plays piano with him) to headline the "Outlaw Music Festival" Sunday at Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC – Rts. 9 and 50, Saratoga Springs).
Bouncing back from health challenges, he tours and records at the pace of a much younger stoner, displaying the work ethic of a caffeinated chainsaw. Now 85, he's released three studio albums in the last 16 months; "My Way" is his 68th studio release, and he's acted in more than 30 films. Texan in the deepest most progressive way, Willie is earning plaudits and taking heat for supporting Beto O'Rourke's challenge to Ted Cruz. Willie is hard-country, he's folk-rock, he's Great American Songbook crooner; he's high-plains drifter, he's Nashville outlaw. He's Willie Nelson, and we will only ever have just this one. Willie Nelson and Family hit at 9:35 p.m.
This long show starts early, at 2:30 p.m. with Particle Kid (J. Micah Nelson, Willie's son); then Lukas Nelson (another of Willie's sons) & Promise of the Real at 3:30 p.m. Soul rockers Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats rock neo-soul at 4:10 p.m. The extraordinary singer-songwriter Sturgill Simpson plays at 5:50 p.m. Then Neil Young plays with Promise of the Real at 7:35 p.m. They've toured and recorded together since 2015, releasing three albums. Amphitheater seats may be available only through resellers; lawn $45. 800-745-3000 www.LiveNation.com
Stellar vibraphonist Warren Wolf leads his quartet – Alex Brown, piano; Kris Funn, bass; John Lamkin, drums – Friday at A Place for Jazz (Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady, 1221 Wendell Ave.) Impressive in shows here with guitarist Mike Moreno at A Place for Jazz and with the San Francisco Jazz Collective at The Egg, Wolf follows Sharel Cassity who set the bar crescent-moon high in the season opener two weeks ago and who closed Jazz at the Lake (George) last weekend. 7:30 p.m. $20. 518-393-4011 www.aplaceforjazz.org
Robbie Fulks and Linda Gail Lewis team up Saturday at WAMC's The Linda (339 Central Ave., Albany). He's a soft-spoken singer-songwriter all about quiet and witty articulation, though he's also known to hoot and holler at times. She's a big-voiced piano pounder as intense as older brother Jerry Lee, who hails their "Wild Wild Wild" album as product of "the best duo of our time." 8 p.m. $18. 518-465-5233 www.thelinda.org
Except for classic-rock or band-specific cover acts, we see more singer-songwriters playing here than performers in any other style. A good thing.
Ani DiFranco returns tonight to The Egg (Empire State Plaza, Albany). The intrepid singer-songwriter/record-label chief makes the most of her move to New Orleans, touring these days with keyboardist Ivan Neville and drummer Terence Higgins from her adopted home, also with California-to-New York fiddler-singer Jenny Scheinman. DiFranco has made almost as many albums as Willie Nelson; OK, I exaggerate: 25 studio albums, three EPs, four compilations and 20 live releases. Guided equally by firm principle and sheer joy in music making, she's a force of nature, in the best way. Fellow veteran troubadour Peter Mulvey opens. 8 p.m. $35. 518-473-1845 www.theegg.org
Old Songs (37 Main St., Voorheesville) revs up its new season with Celtic folk band Imar Saturday and fiddler Donna Hebert's 70th Birthday Celebration Sunday. (See Indiana Nash's interview story on Donna Hebert on page 13.)
Imar is Ryan Murphy, pipes, flute and whistles; Tomas Callister, fiddle; Adam Rhodes, bouzouki; Mohsen Amini, concertina; all are veterans of previous bands. They'll soon release their second album, "Avalanche," and will likely introduce its songs on Saturday. 7:30 p.m. $25, children 12 and under $5. 518-765-2815 www.oldsongs.org
The Park Theater (14 Park St., Glens Falls) presents a troubadour one-two of David Wilcox and Girl Blue Friday. While k.d. lang and others have recorded Cleveland-born Wilcox's tunes, his own easy-going baritone/fingerpicking renditions remain definitive on his 18 albums and seemingly non-stop touring. Area star Girl Blue emerged with exciting promise as writer and performer; our NEXT BIG TALENT? Seems so. 7:30 p.m. $27 advance, $30 door. 518-792-1150 www.parktheatergf.com
Also Friday, the Nell and Jim Band plays bluegrass at WAMC's The Linda (339 Central Ave., Albany). Nell is singer Nell Robinson, Jim is guitarist Jim Nunnally; the band is Jim Kerwin, bass; Rob Reich, accordion; and Jon Arkin, percussion. 8 p.m. $20 518-465-5233 www.thelinda.org
The 8th Step fans the bright flame of the late great folksinger Phil Ochs with its annual Phil Ochs Song Night, happening Saturday in The Addy at Proctors (3rd floor, 432 State St., Schenectady). An all-region cast will celebrate Ochs' 60s/70s/timeless songs: Greg Greenway, Reggie Harris, Magpie, and Pat Wictor. This also marks the 45th anniversary of Magpie (writers-singers-guitarists Terry Leonino and Greg Artzner) who formed three years before Ochs' tragic death in 1976. Harris spoke brilliantly about his creative process in a recent Vox Pop (WAMC) episode shared with novelist Barbara Chepaitis and hosted by Ray Graf; and he has a new album. Greenway and Wictor perform both solo and occasionally with Joe Jencks as Brother Sun. 7:30 p.m. $50-$26 general admission. 518-434-1703 www.8thstep.org
A homecoming show by former Saratoga stalwart Don Armstrong always brings musical pals lining up to play with the skilled songwriter/engaging performer. With his late, great life-and-musical partner Victoria, Armstrong played Caffe Lena often. He returns there Saturday in strong and able company, and he's been guesting on others' shows at the Caffe since arriving last week from Arizona. He brings guitars and banjo and songs from his own 50-years-deep writing work as well as older material from the southwest. Top area talents Tony Markellis, bass; Michael Markowitz, mandolin & guitar; Teresina Huxtable, accordion and keyboards, and very likely additional musical friends and allies will play and sing in happy support. 8 p.m. $16 advance, $18 door, $9 students and children. 518-583-0022 www.caffelena.org
The Caffe's weekend starts with the raucous New York City blues of guitarist Popa Chubby tonight (7 p.m. $22 advance, $25 door, $12.50 students and children), returns to the folk realm Friday with Canadian (and proud of it!) troubadour Dave Gunning Friday (8 p.m. $16 advance, $18 door, $9 students and children) and wraps up Sunday with regional old-country veteran Smokey Greene and his band Sunday (7 p.m. $16 advance, $18 door, $9 students and children).
Hamell on Trial plays a 1937 Gibson acoustic almost as beat up as Willie Nelson's old Martin. Willie bought his new and has picked a hole through its top, but I digress. Hamell will look kinda folk-ish for only about half a nanosecond when he takes the stage at The Low Beat (335 Central Ave., Albany); then things get wild, wild wild. Hamell on Trial plays every Wednesday this month, except the car trouble-cancelled one. For fierce wit and rock-show intensity, Hamell on Trial is unprecedented and dependably great. Wednesday is the last chance to see him in this month-long residency. 7 p.m. $10. 518-432-6572 www.thelowbeat.com

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text: CITY GUIDES paris Go out Brasserie Barbès Barbès has long been one of those places to avoid during your trip to Paris. Brasserie Barbès changed that and taking pictures on the rooftop facing Tati is now considered cool. Brasserie Barbès' opening sparked wide debate. Symbol of gentrification for some, and new spot for hipsters to others, the press seized this fruitless debate like it always does. Articles written to say what exactly? Nothing that really matters. Yes, Barbès can welcome a venue with a neat design and several floors. It can attract people and tourists. And this is good news. That won't change the fact that Barbès's metro station is a sort of an outlaw area, but that's also part of Paris. you can eat, have a drink or a coffee and dance with a view on the aerial metro Paris is not only the Louvre or the Champs-Elysées. Paris is also messy and imperfect. "Ici, c'est Paris". Brasserie Barbès is superbly decorated in each floor, you can eat, have a drink or a coffee and dance with a view on the aerial metro. The customer base is cosmopolitan, the venue attracts all kinds of Parisians to the 18th and allows them to see that Barbès is no more dangerous than any other district, even the poshest ones. As Assassin, a French rap group, said the Le dernier juge que j'ai vu avait plus de vice que le dealer de ma rue (*the last judge that I saw had more vice than my street dealer). Don't judge a book by its cover as everyone says. Une photo publiée par Olivier Leyh (@olivierleyh) le 11 Sept. 2016 à 5h51 PDT Une photo publiée par Caroline de Maigret (@carolinedemaigret) le 9 Sept. 2016 à 0h36 PDT Une photo publiée par Mathieu Daquin (@mathieudaquin) le 15 Sept. 2016 à 0h58 PDT Une photo publiée par Marie-catherine Haon (@mariecatherinehaon) le 11 Sept. 2016 à 9h45 PDT Une photo publiée par @nikolinebredkaer le 4 Sept. 2016 à 8h34 PDT Une photo publiée par Brasserie BARBES (@brasseriebarbes) le 9 Sept. 2016 à 3h10 PDT Une photo publiée par Rose Doll (@rosedooll) le 29 Août 2016 à 7h34 PDT Une photo publiée par Turns Things Into Art (@t_think_i_art) le 9 Sept. 2016 à 11h05 PDT Une photo publiée par pagoul (@pagoul) le 6 Sept. 2016 à 2h16 PDT Photo courtesy of La Brasserie Barbès Facebook Page Brasserie Barbès 2 Boulevard Barbès, 75018 Paris 2 Boulevard Barbès, 75018 Paris +33 (0)1 42 64 52 23 +33 (0)1 42 64 52 23 www.brasseriebarbes.com paris Discover all other places in this city Related Articles:The Poverty in Paris You'll Never See on InstagramEnglish Required, German Is a PlusFort Greene, NYC: A Country Within a City


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IQ Committee Update
Maria Gould recently resigned from her position as Secretary of IQ. Maria has held this position for several years, and has been heavily involved with interschool in her role on the committee, as a school convenor and also having 3 daughters competing in interschool. The role of secretary is integral to the operation of IQ, and we would like to take this opportunity to thank Maria for her dedicated service to interschool during her time on the committee.
The role of secretary is now vacant, and will be care-taken by the IQ committee until the AGM in March 2016. There are several committee vacancies (Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary and Showman Convenor) to be filled at the next AGM. If you would like further information about these roles please contact Tracey Sexton on [email protected]


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Kokoda Fast Trek – Owers' Cnr to Kokoda
Date: 26 September 2018 – 1 October 2018
PNG Guided. This trek has been designed so that you commence your trek on the 26th of September from Owers' Cnr and walk off the track at Kokoda on the 30th of September. The following day you will be transported back to Port Moresby to end your trek. Trek 1135
Day 1 – 26th September 2018: Owers' Cnr to Ioribaiwa
Day 2 – 27th September 2018: Ioribaiwa to Menari
Day 3 – 28th September 2018: Menari to 1900/Myola Junction
Day 4 – 29th September 2018: 1900/Myola Junction to Alola
Day 5 – 30th September 2018: Alola to Kokoda
Day 6 – 1st October 2018: Popondetta to Port Moresby
Update 25th September 2018
Trek 1135: Gabriel James just arrived in Port Moresby from his international flight and together with Tony Ogonemi and Eddie Ageda, they will play catch up to trek 1134 which left on their trek yesterday and spent last night at Ua'Ule Creek. Gabriel looks young and fit but still quite a challenge ahead as he will leave tomorrow morning 26th September and will walk off the track in Kokoda on the 30th September.
Update 26th September 2018
Trek 1135: Gabriel James a lone trekker took off from Owers' Corner this morning around 7:30am with a tough challenge ahead of him as today will see him reach Ioribaiwa. The next night Maneri, followed by Naduri and Alola. The following day off the trek in Kokoda. He looks young and fit. Walking with him on this trek is Tony Ogonemi and Eddie Ageda from Kokoda.
Trek 1135: These guys are moving fast as by 2pm they were at Ioribaiwa and a decision was made to push on further to Ofi Creek. Gabriel must be really fit as he is even carrying his own backpack.
Update 27th September 2018
Trek 1135: Tony, Eddie and Gabriel coming up the rear, tonight finds them at Manari Village.
Update 28th September 2018
Trek 1135: Tony called to say they have reached 1900/Myola Junction. They have another tough day ahead of them tomorrow as they head to Alola or Isurava for the night. Picture the group tomorrow as they make their way along the track.
Update 29th September 2018
Trek updates: Both treks met up with each other today at Isurava Memorial where they had a service. Pat and his team later moved on down to Isurava Village and Tony decided to stay at Isurava Memorial. Pat said it was a big day for them today and he is so proud of his trekkers as they did really well. Unless they change their mind, the plan is to reach Kokoda around 1pm tomorrow afternoon. He said the guys with him are loving their experience which is great news. As for Gabriel, he is looking as fit as when he started two days after the lead group.
Update 30th September 2018
Trek Updates: Congratulations to both groups who walked off the track today and under the archway in Kokoda. Well done to each of you and to our guides and porters for taking such good care of you all. As for Gabriel James, what can I say, he did extremely well. Thank you all for choosing Kokoda Trekking to take you across the track.


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In the spirit of honoring those who have lived long lives, the Women's Auxiliary of Seacrest Foundation has been led by a mission to nurture and enrich the quality of life of the elderly residents of Seacrest Village Retirement Communities.
The Women's Auxiliary of Seacrest Foundation is made up of a group of dedicated women who work hard to achieve this mission, and have a lot of fun along the way! They make a meaningful impact on the lives of the residents of Seacrest Village in a spirited and friendly environment, by volunteering their time to coordinate large-scale fundraising events that bring the community together to support important programs and create lasting memories. As you walk through Seacrest Village, you can't help but notice the impact these women have made: The recently refurbished Joseph & Dorothy Goldberg Healthcare Center, the Torah and prayer books that all add comfort, and the vans and mini-buses that help our residents get to where they need to be. The Auxiliary has also assisted in the Homes' expansion of The Leichtag Foundation Campus at Encinitas and in purchasing new state-of-the-art beds for the Joseph & Dorothy Goldberg Healthcare Center. Most recently the Women's Auxiliary made possible the implementation of Seacrest Village TV (SVTV), which live-streams services in the Chodorow Synagogue right to our most frail residents in their own homes Over the past 40 years, many hundreds of thousands of dollars have been raised through their efforts and Women's Auxiliary members take pride in knowing that these funds have been used for these important projects as well as for the Resident Assistance Fund. This critical fund provides support to those whose savings have been depleted due to illness or injury and for those who simply have no one to turn to for help.
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Get the taste carrot cake in salad form with sweet pineapple, raisins, dates and pecans.
- Makes: 8 servings of about 3/4 cup
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Difficulty Rating: Easy
- Nutrition Highlights: Carrots are packed with antioxidants, as well as vitamins A and C.
- Recipe Created By: Kim Galeaz
- Recipe From: My Indiana Home
- 1 pound baby carrots, shredded (roughly 4 ½-5 cups)
- ¾ cup golden raisins
- 2/3 cup dates, chopped
- 2/3 cup fresh pineapple, diced
- ¼ cup reduced-fat or light mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons reduced-fat or light sour cream
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup honey-roasted pecan pieces
- In a large bowl, lightly toss shredded carrots, raisins, dates and pineapple.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, sour cream, lemon juice, zest, sugar and salt. Pour over carrot mixture and toss to thoroughly blend.
- Chill at least one hour to allow flavors to meld. Right before serving, stir in pecan pieces.


text: Dawgs Hit Three, Three Run Homers to Knock Off the Charge, 9-4 League News SAN MARCOS, TX (June 9, 2017) — Lauren Haeger's first start of 2017 was spoiled by the Scrap Yard Dawgs Friday night at Texas State's Bobcat Softball Stadium, also home of the Texas Charge of National Pro Fastpitch. The Texas Charge right-hander gave up a pair of three-run home runs in the first two frames against the Dawgs in a 9-4 loss. The Scrap Yard Dawgs (1-1) added a third three-run bomb against reliever Jill Compton in the third to grab a command 9-0 lead. The Charge (1-1) saw Amanda Kamekona tally a two-run homer in the bottom of the fifth against Dawgs southpaw Monica Abbott to put her team on the board. Nadia Taylor added a solo shot in the sixth — her second of the season and Mandy Ogle recorded an RBI sac fly in the seventh. The comeback bid fell short thanks to the early fireworks provided by the Scrap Yard Dawgs' Taylor Edwards, Nerissa Myers and Alisa Goler, who all connected on three-run blasts. Monica Abbott picked up the win after tossing four frames and striking out seven. Texas Charge relievers Emily Vincent and Brittany Mack-Oakes each worked two scoreless frames in the setback. The current series now shifts to Conroe for the final three games. The Texas Charge and Scrap Yard Dawgs play at 7:05 pm CT and have a scheduled doubleheader Sunday at 1:05 pm CT and 4:05 pm CT. Quick Facts Attendance 274 Game Time: 2 hours, 39 minutes Vaultz® Lock it Up! ® Player of the Game: Taylor Edwards (SYD) (2 for 3, 1 2B, 1HR, 3 RBI) Click Here for BOX SCORE About Texas Charge The Texas Charge are an affiliate professional fastpitch softball team competing in the National Pro Fastpitch league. The team, headquartered in New Braunfels, TX, began competition in the league in 2015. The Charge provides elite softball players the opportunity to pursue a professional career and inspire the next generation of professionals. Located in the Austin area, the Charge organization and its players are committed to demonstrating leadership in community involvement, entertainment, and professionalism. Follow the Dallas Charge at www.texascharge.net About National Pro Fastpitch National Pro Fastpitch (NPF), an Official Development Partner of Major League Baseball since 2002, provides elite female athletes with an opportunity to pursue a professional career in diamond sports beyond their collegiate success. The NPF affiliate teams consist of the Akron Racers, Beijing Shougang, Chicago Bandits, Scrap Yard Dawgs, Texas Charge and USSSA Florida Pride for the 2017 season. National Pro Fastpitch players hail from the United States, Australia, Canada and China among which are the most accomplished and talented athletes in the sport of women's softball. June 9, 2017/0 Comments/by Pro Fast Pitch News https://profastpitch.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/7fd9afcb1f8e9d72a6bff19419f6b2be.500.jpg 333 500 Pro Fast Pitch News https://profastpitch.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/national-pro-fastpitch-logo.png Pro Fast Pitch News2017-06-09 12:28:152018-05-17 12:29:22Dawgs Hit Three, Three Run Homers to Knock Off the Charge, 9-4


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(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday objected to a judge's plan to fast-track his lawsuit seeking to block a congressional subpoena for information about eight years of his personal and business finances.
U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington proposed holding a trial on Tuesday, May 14, but Trump's lawyers said that plan would deny the president a "full and fair" hearing.
Trump's lawyers said the hearing should only deal with his request for a preliminary ruling.
Mehta will decide whether Mazars LLP, Trump's long-time accounting firm, must comply with a subpoena issued by the House Oversight Committee seeking financial records for Trump and his company.
The committee says it needs Trump's records to examine whether he has conflicts of interest or broke the law by not disentangling himself from his business holdings as previous presidents did.
Lawyers for Trump and the Trump Organization, his company, last month filed a lawsuit to block the House Oversight subpoena, saying it exceeded the constitutional limits of Congress's investigative power.
Trump argued that, rather than fulfilling its constitutional lawmaking duties, Congress was on a quest to "turn up something that Democrats can use as a political tool against the president now and in the 2020 election."
In Monday's court filing, Trump's lawyers said they need more time to collect evidence and develop their cases, and that his right to due process would be undermined by the judge's accelerated timetable.
Democrats have confronted the Republican president and his administration for refusing to cooperate with at least six separate congressional investigations of Trump, his turbulent presidency, his family and his business interests.
Lisa Kern Griffin, a professor of constitutional law at Duke University, said Trump's strategy has been to stall the probes, so Mehta's eagerness to move quickly would likely be welcomed by Democratic lawmakers.
"The executive branch strategy mostly seems to be a blanket rejection of all attempts at oversight, regardless of the issue, up until the election," Griffin said. "So any time the calendar is accelerated that probably favors Congress."
Reporting by Jan Wolfe; Editing by Dan Grebler and Meredith Mazzilli


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Product trends
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Industry landscape
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Strategic Outlook
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I listen to Michael Buble in my car all the time. But sometimes when I get tired of him, I switch to Jacky Cheung or Sam Cooke. Pretty lame music choices but they are soothing. And definitely way better than the radio that constantly has annoying chatter and cackles plus advert interruption.
If I want to drive to work daily, at least it should be pleasant and pleasant ambience, music in other words, is important.
Now my six CD changer in the car has gone kaput. So I am only using the single CD player. Hence the same music all the time. Sigh… unless I change and it is quite a bother to do so.
Last week, I rediscovered my iPod Mini. The first generation model and the first of my many Apple devices. And in it, I loaded 932 songs which would be ideal for the car! It's pre-Michael days and so many genre and choices.
But alas… the dinosaur device can't hold water. Its battery simply cannot last. Double sigh…
Thank goodness I found my other device, the iPod Shuffle and with 124 songs in it and pre-Michael days too, I am pretty much spoilt for choice. So yay, no more Michael for the time being until I get tired of the 124 songs.


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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Crude futures closed under $43 a barrel at an almost three-month low Friday, logging a loss of 14 percent for the week amid rising U.S. distillate and crude supplies and growing expectations that OPEC won't agree to cut its output quota next week.
Natural-gas prices lost more than 21 percent for the week with traders reassured by overall U.S. stock levels.
"The lack of a snap back to the upside after the big Wednesday-Thursday drop [in oil prices] suggest that the market's rubber band hasn't just been stretched -- it's broken," Tim Evans, a senior analyst at IFR Markets, said in an afternoon update.
Crude for January delivery fell to a low of $42.05 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange before closing at $42.54, down 71 cents for the session. It was its lowest settlement level since Sept. 10.
The contract lost $6.90 for the week, after closing last week at $49.44, on Nov. 24, before the Thanksgiving holiday.
Among the oil products, January heating oil fell 2.13 cents to close at $1.2359 a gallon, down 15.7 percent for the week. January unleaded gas lost 0.65 cent to end at $1.1349 a gallon, down 13.5 percent for the week.
Despite the losses for the week, oil prices could find support. OPEC may now have the "ammunition it needs to call for an across-the-board cut in production," said Kevin Kerr, president of Kerr Trading International. He added that members are "pumping more and making less [and] they hate that."
Cartel members will meet next Friday in Cairo to decide whether any changes to output are necessary to better balance supply and demand.
OPEC musings
Comments from Nigeria Thursday implied that the African nation is concerned a production cut would send the wrong signal to the market, according to Michael Fitzpatrick, an analyst at Fimat USA.
At the same time, however, Saudi Arabia has suggested that it hasn't ruled out an output cut, he said.
Also, OPEC President Purnomo Yusgiantoro said Thursday that the organization will likely decide to keep its current production quota of 27 million barrels, excluding Iraq.
Still, Iran and Venezuela have called on the cartel to cut production quotas when the Egyptian summit convenes. The market estimates that actual output is running about 1 million barrels above the current quota.
Oil prices could "recoil aggressively" under the slightest threat of an OPEC cut, or any other notable supply threat, Fitzpatrick said.
Contributing to price pressure this week were Wednesday's reports of higher distillate and crude supplies for the week ended Nov. 26. See full story.
Natural gas falls
Natural-gas futures posted a more than 21 percent loss for the week, with storage levels seen as more than adequate for now.
From here, Kerr believes prices will "see a bit more of a falloff," but then prices will "bounce once cold weather hits."
January natural gas closed at $6.796 per million British thermal units, down 1.5 cents for the session, and down $1.84 from last Wednesday's closing level.
It fell more than 8 percent on Thursday alone after the Energy Department said supplies for the week ended Nov. 19 didn't fall as much as previously reported. See full story.
Defying weakness among the energy futures Friday, energy shares edged higher, with the Philadelphia Oil Service Index
Gold futures closed near $458 an ounce, up more than 1 percent for the week following fresh lows in the U.S. dollar. See Metals Stocks.
The Reuters/CRB index, a broad measure of commodity futures markets, was up 0.2 percent at 284.4 points.


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Motors TV, the channel dedicated to all this motoring, is to air two of Bespoke Rallies' recent films on their Sky channel 447 and Virgin Media channel 545.
The first – to be aired on 16 September at 20:30 – will be the story of the 2015 Great Amazon Adventure, a 6,700km drive from Paramaribo in Suriname on the Atlantic to Lima, Peru on the Pacific.
The amazing event includes extraordinary scenes in Brazil, where the event took a ferry for two nights and a day to link two road sections, the incredible Amazon rainforest, dirt roads, breakdowns and repairs. From the rainforest, the crews climbed some of the greatest passes in South America over the Andes mountain range, visiting Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca and Colca Canyon, home of the great Condor, on their way to Lima. Billed as an event for 4x4s or well-prepared classics, one crew brought along their much loved Lotus Elan – and made it through against the odds.
The second, to be aired on 23 September at 20:30, is the story of the 2016 Maya Classic Rally, a 5,800km journey from Panama City to Veracruz in Mexico. This amazing event went through seven countries in 30 days, visiting some of the greatest Mayan ruins, as well as fascinating landscapes and local fauna and flora. Crews on this event for classics included Alastair Caldwell (former team manager of McLaren F1 team during its glory days with James Hunt). The film charts the drama of the event, including Costa Rica's refusal to allow righthand drive cars across the border and the ingenious way the problem was solved.
The rallies are created and run by Bespoke Rallies, a UK based company which specialises in long-distance events around the world.
Future events include The Trans Himalaya Challenge to Kashmir, the 2016 Amazon Adventure, The Cuba Classic Rally in March 2017, the PanAm Classic Rally across the USA in June 2017, The 2017 Amazon Adventure and Buenos Aires to Caracas – The Grand Prix of South America, in 2018. For further details check their website: http://www.bespokerallies.com, or call on +44 (0)1483 271699


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We let Max sit there once wen we were getting ready to go somewhere. He turned off the emergency break and put it in neutral. Of course it wasn't on, but the car rolled several feet before we caught it. Probably the scariest moment of my life.
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Thursday, March 21, 2013
Brewery Ommegang Releases Dates For 2013 Edition of Belgium Comes To Cooperstown
In addition to great beer, there are gourmet food vendors, brewing demonstrations, cheese tastings, live music, on-site camping and much more. Winning chefs from Ommegang's national Hop Chef competition will go head to head on Saturday vying for top honors in food and beer pairing. This year, BCTC will feature a Ferris wheel so guests can get a bird's eye view of the excitement of the largest and best Belgian beer festival in the country.
Festivities begin on Friday at 6 pm with five-course beer-pairing dinner for VIP ticket holders. The festival grounds open at noon on Saturday for patrons holding camping tickets. Tastings begin at 2:30 pm for VIP ticket holders and 3 pm for general admission. Tastings end at 7 pm. There will be live music from 3 pm until midnight.
VIP tickets cost $250 and include the five-course beer pairing dinner, two nights of camping on the brewery grounds, a complimentary bottle of Iron Throne Blonde Ale, and additional access to the beer tasting on Saturday afternoon. General admission tickets for Saturday's event cost $90 and general admission with camping on Saturday night costs $110. Tickets go on sale April 1 at noon at Etix.com and Ommegang.com and are available until they sell out. Please note that VIP tickets have sold out in under a minute for the last three years and all tickets sell out within a day of the event going on sale. For more information, email firstname.lastname@example.com or call (607) 544-1800 ext 813.
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Brewery Ommegang opened in 1997 to craft-brew fine Belgian-style ales. The brewery creates six ales year-round, as well as an extensive and imaginative range of seasonal and specialty ales. The beers have won a national following by connoisseurs of fine beer and are distributed in 45 states and internationally. Ommegang is located on a 136-acre farmstead in Cooperstown, New York, USA and offers free daily tours and inexpensive tastings as well as a 100-seat café, a well-stocked brewery store, and an annual calendar of public events. Ommegang is open every day of the year except for Christmas Eve Day, Christmas Day, Thanksgiving Day, and New Year's Day. For more information, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com, call 1-800-544-1809, or visit www.ommegang.com. Ommegang is a member of the Duvel family of fine beers. Follow Ommegang on Twitter: @BreweryOmmegang , Facebook.com/Ommegang, Instagram: @BreweryOmmegang # # #
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Nexo Adds Tokenized Gold as Collateral for Credit Lines
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Nexo, a leading firm in the crypto lending space, is adding the NYDFS-regulated PAX Gold as a collateral option for its Instant Crypto Credit Lines, bringing gold-backed lending to the blockchain.
With PAX Gold, a digital token on the Ethereum blockchain, representing a physical amount of gold held in the vaults of London-based Brink, Nexo now offers gold investors instant access to their gold wealth in over 45 fiat currencies via same/next day transfers and across 200+ jurisdictions.
The company will be adding PAX Gold for its 'Earn Interest' product that will pay up to 8% per year of interest on gold. This value proposition makes Nexo the only financial institution in the world to pay interest on gold in kind.
"There's a lot of overlap in the mentality between the crypto world and those who hold gold," said Paxos' CEO Chad Cascarilla. "What you now have is the liquidity, divisibility, and transferability of crypto, while owning gold."
While Kosta Kantchev, co-founder of Nexo, commented: "Gold bugs proliferate the crypto community and the Nexo-Paxos offering now enables them to do what until now was only available to high-net-worth individuals via Lombard credits on large quantities of physical gold – accessing the value of gold without selling it".
He added that for generations now, the ultra-wealthy were purchasing large quantities of physical gold, which was used as collateral for credit lines. The proceeds were then used to buy even more gold and/or diversify into other asset classes, essentially leveraging physical gold position and accessing its value without selling.
With PAX Gold allowing fractional ownership of gold in а frictionless manner via blockchain technology, the same concept is available for as little as a few hundred dollars. Nexo accepting the digital representation of gold as collateral makes what was previously reserved to the privileged ones available en mass to all.
This move represents a larger disruptive trend of tokenizing the world that will see commodities, stocks and bonds, real estate, fine art, and any other asset class being brought on-chain to be owned, traded, exchanged and borrowed against.
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The CTSA is the largest professional society of theologians in the world.
Author and theologian Paul F. Lakeland, PhD, became the president of the Catholic Theological Society of America (CTSA) in June. Before beginning his presidential term, Dr. Lakeland served as president-elect for one year beginning in June 2017, after serving as vice president. In June 2019, he will become past president for a final year in the four-year presidential line.
Two of Dr. Lakeland's esteemed colleagues have also served as president of the CTSA. Professor of religious studies John Thiel was president of the CTSA from 2011 to 2012. Rev. Michael Fahey, S.J., former Scholar in Residence at Fairfield University, was president from 1983 to 1984.
Dr. Lakeland is the Aloysius P. Kelley, S.J., Chair of Catholic Studies and the director of the Center for Catholic Studies at Fairfield University. He teaches courses on ecclesiology, religion and culture, and religion and literature. He is also a regular contributor to the Catholic journal Commonweal. An author of numerous scholarly articles and 10 books, his most recent, The Wounded Angel (Liturgical Press 2017) was awarded the 2017 Best Book Published in Theology, by the College Theology Society. Dr. Lakeland has also been a recipient of several Catholic Press Association awards, earning Best Book in Theology for his work, The Liberation of the Laity.He received Fairfield University's Robert E. Wall Faculty Research Award for the 2015-16 academic year.
The CTSA, founded in 1946, is the principal association of Catholic theologians in North America and promotes theological research in the Roman Catholic tradition that is attentive to contemporary problems faced by the Church and the world. The Society has a membership of more than 1300, making it the largest professional society of theologians in the world. Active members of the Society hold doctorates in theology or a related discipline.


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Today's holiday in Coruña. This year we've changed our local festivity for the 8th of March, the day to commemorate the International Women's Day. The day to remember that women and men are equal. Here's the British ad that was made for this day. Watch and reflect about it.
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It is so easy to feel discouraged at an age when all you're worried about is getting a job or an internship. It's easy to overwork yourself and not get enough sleep and forget to take a deep breath. It's easy to feel like making a good impression and being who you are won't be good enough, and, makes giving up look like a better option. When I'm discouraged, I try to remind myself of a few things, with the help of my friends and family supporting me.
1. Everyone you know started from the bottom.
There's a reason that Drake song is really popular. Most of the famous or successful people that you look up to started where you are: in a college classroom, wondering why the hell a humanities major has to take math. But you need that degree to get to where you want to be, and all of those classes will pay off when you're doing what you love to do.
2. It's okay to take a break.
No one, and I mean no one can function without at least sleeping off their day every night. Even during the day, don't kill yourself by studying your butt off every waking minute of the day. Taking a half hour to watch an episode of your favorite TV show is the perfect study break. During meals, don't have your book open as you eat! Relax and enjoy the mindless breaks, and don't punish yourself for wanting one.
3. This too shall pass.
This one is something my sister tells me on a daily basis. I tend to be the type of person that takes every bad thing as the worst thing ever. From bad midterm grades to arguing with my mother, I always think it will be the thing that kills me. But it won't. This day will soon be over, and I can start again tomorrow. This class I hate so much ends in a few weeks. This person in my life will change, and so will I, and ultimately for the better. Nothing is really set in stone. The worst things in life will pass, and as Florence and the Machine put it so well, "It's always darkest before the dawn."
4. You are so loved.
There are countless people out there that would do anything to keep you safe, happy, and healthy. No one wants to see you hurt or in pain. It's ok to give up on something that is hurting you, whether it be a major you abhor, a friend or significant other that isn't respecting you, or a class that you're slaving over and just not getting the grades you deserve. You can change your major to something you like, or take on a minor. You will make better friends. Even though it's hard to let people go, sometimes, it's for the best to not hang out with them all the time. And if the class is killing you, you can re-take it. Even though it seems like a waste of time and credits, it's not worth your health.
You are so much more than your struggles. You are your passions and your determination. Hard work is what college is about, and stress is completely normal and even healthy. But don't let the bad things consume the good.


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Wednesday, January 9, 2019
Learn the Jewish History of Your Travel Destinations
Due to the extensive Jewish diaspora, most spots on earth have a history of Jewish communal life. Before traveling, be sure to learn the local history.
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