text:
From saving lives to serenading souls, one registered nurse from the Garden State showcased her talents by auditioning for NBC's hit reality singing competition, The Voice, and came out a star. Her name is Felicia Temple, but as you'll soon find out, she has a very special nickname that led to one of her dreams coming true live on stage during her performance.
On this episode of Life & Living with Joanna Gagis, singer-songwriter and nurse at Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, Felicia Temple, visited the set to talk to show host Joanna Gagis about Temple's two passions; helping lives and creating beautiful music. Temple also discussed what it was like to perform with her idol, Alicia Keys, on NBC's The Voice.
Talent From a Young Age
In high school, Temple earned the nickname "Felicia Keys" from her friends; for her powerful voice and impressive vocal range that she'd showcase at various talent shows. Years later, Temple wowed the judges at her Voice audition. After learning about her nickname, fellow judge Adam Levine had a very special idea; Temple was asked to sing a duet with her idol, Alicia Keys, on stage that very night. After her audition, Temple continued to work closely with Keys and other talented musicians, and was able to learn a lot from her experience on The Voice.
"The show really teaches you to think outside the box," said Temple. "Every artist — they come in with something that they're comfortable with, songs they're comfortable with singing… and the show just really opens you up. They give you song choices that you may not have thought of for yourself.
"They push you outside of your comfort zone, which is really great," she added, "because we all say we don't like to be put in a box, but in some ways we're really comfortable in that box that we live in. So it really helped me grow."
For more stories that impact New Jersey residents, click over to our Hot Topics in NJ series.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
As refugee crisis lingers, Jordan feels the pinch
Amman - Jordan is literally "breaking bread" with the Syrian refugees it hosts, Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour says.
The kingdom put its schools and health clinics at the disposal of the Syrians, who have been taking jobs, which Jordanians complain could be theirs. Social welfare agencies spend 55% of their $80 million budget, which is usually disbursed fully on Jordanians, on Syrian refugees.
The Syrians also stretched Jordan's meagre resources so thin that power outages have become frequent and water rationing more stringent.
Local communities can barely cope with the Syrian refugee influx. In Mafraq, a town straddling the northern Syrian border, many of the 85,000 residents complain that they are a minority on their own turf. Mafraq's Syrian refugee population has swollen to 160,000.
Cash-strapped Jordan has spent $6.6 billion on refugees since they began to flow in at the start of the Syrian crisis in March 2011.
Jordan says it received little international aid but no specific amount is disclosed.
The extra spending, primarily on a higher energy bill and the upkeep of four Syrian refugee camps, hiked Jordan's budget deficit to unprecedented levels and sent the country deep into debt.
Jordan's deficit is estimated at $2.5 billion, at least five times more than the pre-2011 figures. Its foreign debt is estimated at $30 billion, about triple the figure of 2010. And, although unemployment was officially set at 13.8% in the last quarter of 2015, unofficial estimates put it at more than double.
"Today, we can see European countries struggling to deal with waves of asylum seekers, although Jordan receives similar numbers to the refugees arriving at some European nations in one, or two days," Jordanian Planning Minister Imad Fakhoury said.
"The problems will grow more costly as the refugee crisis lingers on, unless the international community offered greater assistance," Fakhoury said ahead of a Syria donor conference in London.
In unusually blunt comments on January 30th, Ensour insisted during a tour of a Jordan-based Syrian refugee camp that it will be "very, very difficult" to continue to absorb Syrian refugees unless Jordan receives significant international economic aid and is granted easier access for its exports to European markets.
Pledges of some $9 billion were being sought at the London conference for 2016 to alleviate the fallout from the Syrian civil war. Jordan wants the lion's share.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), says there are more than 635,000 Syrian refugees registered in Jordan, the bulk of them living in local communities outside camps.
However, a recent census found that the Syrian refugee population was almost double at nearly 1.3 million. The number includes Syrians who arrived prior to the war in search of jobs, according to statistics department chief Qassem Zoubi.
The census, conducted in late 2015, said there were 9.5 million people living in Jordan, including 6.6 million citizens and 2.9 million foreigners, but details have yet to be announced. Syrians made up the largest group of foreigners but there are also some 300,000 Iraqi refugees.
There was no figure available immediately for the number of Palestinian refugees and their descendants who fled or were forced out of their homes in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. The United Nations says there are nearly 2.1 million Palestinian refugees in Jordan, most of them with full citizenship.


text:
This is the original poster from the world premiere of An Inspector Calls at the Leningrad Comedy Theatre, Moscow, in 1945. The theatre company chose an alternative title for the play, which translates as 'You Will Not Forget'. This alludes to one of the Inspector's final speeches to the Birling family in which he repeatedly warns them not to forget their role in Eva Smith's death.
The poster's striking artwork gives us an insight into how the theatre company may have interpreted the play. Showing a haunting and delicate image of Eva Smith/Daisy Renton against a backdrop of an industrial town, the poster appears to place the wronged young woman at the centre of the story. In contrast, publicity material from later productions has focussed on the image of the mysterious Inspector, which has since become iconic.
Who presented An Inspector Calls in Russia, and why?J B Priestley wrote An Inspector Calls 'at top speed' in a week during the autumn of 1944. Although he offered it to several London theatres, none were available.
Instead, he sent a copy of the script to Moscow. There, two famous companies, Tairov's Kamerny Theatre and the Leningrad Comedy Theatre, presented the play simultaneously and with immediate success. Priestley attended Tairov's production, later commenting in a letter to theatre director, Michael MacOwen, that the theatrical atmosphere was '… radiant with professional knowledge, warmth and good fellowship and enthusiasm; a mighty long way from Shaftesbury Avenue'.[1]
An Inspector Calls premiered in London in 1946.
Why was An Inspector Calls so popular in Russia?
As commentator John Braine points out, the Russians took theatre very seriously and considered writers to be 'the engineers of the soul, the shapers of the future'. With the Inspector's message that 'We don't live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other', it is perhaps no surprise that the play was a hit in communist Russia.[2]
It was a bold move on Priestley's part to have his first post-war play staged in communist Russia. He was seen as a threat to the British Establishment because of his socialist beliefs. During the war he had gained widespread popularity as presenter of his Postscript broadcasts on BBC radio, in which he called for a fairer society, one in which people think less of property and power and more in terms of community and the welfare of society. Priestley's broadcasts were viewed as too left-wing by some politicians, and it has been suggested that the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, had them taken off-air for this reason. But this has never been proved. However, in 2014, secret files released by MI5 revealed that Priestley, along with other prominent figures of the time, was spied on during and after the war.
[1] J B Priestley, An Inspector Calls (London: Heinemann, 1947), p. vi.
[2] John Braine, J B Priestley (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1978), p. 114.
- Full title:
- An Inspector Calls. Leningrad Comedy Theatre, 1945. Poster.
- Created:
- 1945, Leningrad [Saint Petersburg]
- Format:
- Poster / Ephemera / Image
- Creator:
- Leningrad Comedy Theatre
- Usage terms
© J.B. Priestley Archive, Special Collections, University of Bradford.
- Held by
- University of Bradford J B Priestley Archive
- Shelfmark:
- 9/1/7
This item is featured in:
Explore further
Related articles
An Inspector Calls and J B Priestley's political journey
- Article by:
- Alison Cullingford
- Themes:
- 20th-century theatre, Power and conflict, Exploring identity
Alison Cullingford explores how J B Priestley's childhood in Bradford and experiences during two world wars shaped his socialist beliefs and fueled the anger of his play An Inspector Calls, a work that revolves around ideas of social responsibility and guilt.
An introduction to An Inspector Calls
- Article by:
- Chris Power
- Themes:
- 20th-century theatre, Power and conflict, Exploring identity
Chris Power introduces An Inspector Calls as a morality play that denounces the hypocrisy and callousness of capitalism and argues that a just society can only be achieved if all individuals feel a sense of social responsibility.
Related collection items
Related people
Related works
An Inspector CallsCreated by: J B Priestley
An Inspector Calls (1945) overview An Inspector Calls is J B Priestley's most performed play. It's set ...


text:
All Categories (747)
Announcements (7)
Auctions (17)
Automotive (24)
Business Opportunity (2)
Celebrations (16)
Funeral Services (2)
Garage & Estate Sales (40)
Lost & Found (2)
Merchandise (57)
Pets & Animals (8)
Public Notices (380)
Real Estate Rental (32)
Real Estate Sale (18)
Recreation (4)
Service Directory (36)
- Sheriff Sales (102)
WARNING: This ad has expired and is no longer valid as of December 20, 2019
Springfield 45505 2423 Kenton St
Sheriff Sale of Real Estate FIRST GUARANTY MORTGAGE CORP Plaintiff VS TEAIRA D PINKERMAN Defendants Case No. 19CV0357 In pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction, AT THE DOOR OF THE COURTHOUSE, 101 NORTH LIMESTONE, in Springfield, Ohio, in Clark County, on FRIDAY, THE 20TH DAY OF DECEMBER 2019, AT 10:00 A.M., the following described real estate. If a residential property receives no bids at the first sale, it will be offered for sale again 2 weeks later, with no minimum bid requirement. SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF CLARK, IN THE STATE OF OHIO, AND IN THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD. BEING PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 21, TOWN 5, RANGE 9, M.R.S. BEGINNING AT AN IRON BAR IN THE SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF KENTON STREET AND IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE HEREIN DESCRIBED PREMISES, SAID POINT BEARS N. 65 DEG. 30' W, 80.84' FROM THE INTERSECTION OF THE SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF KENTON STREET WITH THE CENTERLINE OF VACATED LOUISIANA AVENUE; THENCE S 24 DEG. 30' W, 150.00' TO AN IRON BAR; THENCE N. 65 DEG. 30' W, 82.00' TO AN IRON BAR; THENCE N. 24 DEG. 30' E, 150.00' TO AN IRON BAR IN THE SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF KENTON STREET; THENCE WITH THE SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF KENTON STREET S. 65 DEG.30' E, 82.00' TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING AND CONTAINING 0.282 ACRES, SUBJECT, HOWEVER, TO ALL LEGAL RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND EASEMENT OF RECORD. Parcel No. 340-07-00021-103-031 Premises located at: 2423 KENTON ST, SPRINGFIELD, OH 45505 Premises Appraised at $35,000.00 (Thirty Five Thousand and 00/100 Dollars) and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. The Sheriff's office nor any affiliates have access to the inside of said property. THESE PROPERTIES ARE SOLD AS IS. TERMS OF SALE: Down payment required: if the appraisal value is: Less than or equal to $10,000 - $2,000; Greater than $10,000 but less than or equal to $200,000 - $5,000; Greater than $200,000 - $10,000. Balance due when deed is delivered. The purchaser shall be responsible for those costs, allowances, and taxes that the proceeds of the sale are insufficient to cover. Deborah K. Burchett, Sheriff Thomas Wright, Deputy BENJAMIN N HOEN, Attorney 216-685-1170 www.clarkcountysheriff.com 11-24, 12-1, 12-8/2019
Kenton St
November 24, 2019
December 20, 2019
December 20, 2019 8:05pm


text:
My husband (Jim) surprised me with tickets to the Billy Joel concert in North Carolina last fall. Not only was I looking forward to the concert, but this also allowed me the perfect opportunity to put my situational awareness skills to the ... Read More
5 Reasons Why Bugging IN is Smart
I have seen many articles and posts about bugging out should some major disaster happen. These writers go on and on about having Bug Out Bags (BOBs) and heading to their Bug Out Location (BOL) to hide away until it is safe. I can imagine several ... Read More
OpSec lessons from a military wife (and brat)
It only takes putting a few pieces of a puzzle together to start seeing a clear picture when it comes to OpSec and keeping quiet about certain bits of information. Lessons learned from Wartime I was 10 and living overseas on a military base when ... Read More
How to Create Absolutely Foolproof Passwords
In addition to being a disaster readiness consultant and author, I'm also a licensed private investigator. I've been working in the security and investigation fields for over twenty years now. I've had to learn how to create foolproof ... Read More


text:
In the world of luxury there is nothing quite like a classic Hermès silk scarf. Known for their superior quality and stunning designs it is no wonder that people across the globe collect them. Styling the scarves in a multitude of ways, the house has come up with a clever way to give them a new lease of life whilst still preserving some of their original glory – the HermèsMatic pop-up store.
Essentially a mini-laundrette the themed out store features orange washing machines and dryers which can transform your old scarves. With every result as unique as its owner, you can choose from either a denim blue or fuchsia pink programme before your silk scarf is dyed in the washing machine and then moves to the dryer with the total process taking 48 hours.
With the process being for free, there's no excuse not to indulge in a little entrainment where at the end your old scarf is overdyed creating a whole new piece. For those not lucky to own a scarf there will be already dyed pieces at the store to purchase also, that are seriously worth the investment.
Having popped up in a myriad of locations already, Dubai is set to experience the excitement from 13 to 22 April at Place Des Lumieres in City Walk 2. With the region known for extravagant fashion, this is sure to be an experience you won't want to miss.


text:
Introducing the Mod Sun x Hippie Butler Opulent Box!
1103 Views
Published on 18 Feb 2019 / In Entertainment
Your Hippie Butler is proud to present, in partnership with our good friends Mod Sun and Roor Pure Smoke Kulture, the most Opulent Box we have ever offered!
Be sure to check out all of out Mod Sun products here: https://www.hippiebutler.com/brand/mod-sun/
We hope you loved this video. Remember to subscribe to our channel and turn on your notifications for further updates.
We love to hearing from you! Be sure to hit us up in the comments.
What did you think of this video?
And be sure to let us know what kind of videos would you like us to make in the future!
Reach out to us anytime:
Instagram, Facebook
Show more
0 Comments sort Sort by


text:
Analysing terrain data
The exposure grade does not take into account objective hazards (stone fall, seracs, etc) but only the consequences of the skier falling.
Low Exposure (E1): Exposure is limited to that of the slope itself. Getting hurt is still likely if the slope is steep and/or the snow is hard.
Medium Exposure (E2): As well as the slope itself, there are some obstacles (such as rock outcrops) which could aggravate injury.
High Exposure (E3): In case of a fall, death is highly likely.
Extreme Exposure (E4): In case of a fall, the skier faces certain death.
The Rocher de l'Enfer itself is a huge cliff best known as the site of the now broken world record monoski jump.
It is not actually that suited to jumping because the landing area isn't steep.
However, the rocky outcrops to the skier's right of the main cliff do have some interesting and slightly less life threatening lines.
They are still rocky and steep and change a lot with the snow conditions but there is usually something there worth doing for experts who enjoy a bit of air or narrow straight lining.
The entrance can be corniced so it is best to check your line out from below first.
The best way to get here is via the Eychauda button lift and the off piste face around the Isolée black run.
Once down the technical rocky part, the face opens up into a lovely wide pitch that is fantastic in powder.
You rejoin the pistes on the run of the same name, the Rocher de l'Enfer.


text:
The Quest for Number One Spot
I have been pretty busy over the last couple of days, and had limited time on the computer. Also I have been having some weird headaches and pains all over my body lately probably from to much time on the computer. I think my body is telling me it is time to slow down a bit, its been a mad few months and most days I have spent up to 14 hours a day in front of a PC.
I am going to start limiting myself, otherwise I think it is to much, hopefully this won't have to great an effect on my experiment, and I can continue to build on the work already done.
I am interested to know though for those of you that spend big hours a day in front of the PC, how do you manage it and do you have any problems with aches and pains etc?
Anyway back to the subject of this post...finally one of the terms that I was trying to rank for has come in to sit at spot number 1 on Google. Certainly gives me a feeling of accomplishment, however the rush of traffic that I was expecting doesn't quite appear to be happening just yet. This proves to me that all though I am learning loads about how the search engines work and what it takes to rank well on them, I am only scratching the surface.
I still see SEO as the key to a lot of what I am trying to achieve. Unlocking the secrets of Google will help me fulfill my quest and I need to keep experimenting, learning from my mistakes and tuning my formula.
In other news I have been having problems with one of the hosting companies I use in NZ. I have had the same problem bring down one of my sites 5 times now, and although they fix it up pretty quick each time, they refuse to admit there must be an underlying issue causing it to reoccur.
Anyway it has now happened one time to many, so I am moving as many sites as I can away from them. This of course takes a bit of time as well.
Enjoy the weekend.
Subscribe by Email to the Million Dollar Experiment Down Under
Your link here $5 for 4 links (1 link X 4 posts)
jobsearch nz
jobsearch canada


text:
- Thank the person who nominated you.
- Answer 11 questions set by the person who nominated you.
- Nominate 11 bloggers to receive the award and write them 11 new questions to answer.
- List the rules and display the Sunshine Blogger Award logo on your blog-post
- Rules are to tweak; Take it easy.
Yay!! Another award nomination!! Last Minute Stuff is the blog that nominated me this time around, and I've got to say (and not just cuz it's a rule): Thanks a ton for the award nomination!! Please take the time to check out their blog, and award answers: here
The Questions & Answers
1. What is that question you hate to answer the most?
I'm a semi-lazy person (really just a regular old lazy one, but "lazy" just sounds too self-depreciating), so questions that take a considerable amount of thought and emotion, and force me to deny my innermost desires and attributes are the hardest for me to face. Really, they're like unforgiving torture.
2. What's the most horrible a.k.a. "It tasted delicious in my head" recipe you came up with? If you don't cook, what's the most gross thing you ever ate? Here's mine!
My memory for this one is actually a bit hazy, it was that bad. All I can remember is wanting to try some new combination of flavours (pretty much every seasoning in my cupboard), tasting it, and wondering "WHY THE HELL DOES IT TASTE LIKE THIS?!?!?"
I then tried so, sooo many things to get it to taste better, but then everything I did just made it worse, and worse. It was like something out of a horror movie. Seriously. Even writing about it is giving me chills.
3. Chicken or bacon? Explain gravitational waves. Don't google; I'll know.
Hahaha, this is easy. You know every time you set a firm food limit in your head, telling yourself "just one more" or "only on special occasions", but then flash forward a few
hours days and you're stuffing your face, wondering where your resolve went? It's gravitational waves my friends. That food is sending out waves that act like "eat-me!!" command magnets to your stomach, forcing it down your throat and into your stomach before you even know what happened. It pulls you in like gravity. It's especially worse around foods like chicken and bacon, but applies to any of your guilty pleasures.
4. When was the last time you helped-out a stranger? Or anyone?
I do it quite a bit, but mostly only in small ways. Opening doors, helping with directions (aka pointing them out to someone more useful, I'd just get them lost), helping older folks with bags, etc. Thought the last "big thing" I can remember was almost a decade ago…
5. If you were given any superpower for only one day, which day would you choose? (guess you weren't expecting that..)
I was thinking teleportation at first, all those countries I want to visit could be done in one day without the ridiculous cost! But then I figured one day for all those countries wouldn't be nearly enough. Plus that's something I could actually accomplish someday with my own human powers.
So I'm so going with shape shifting!! It would be beyond awesome to be a bird/whale/wolf/mouse/bear/okayI'llstopnow. I mean how cool would be to experience the world through their eyes/senses?
6. Which language do you think in? (Yeah I'm assuming you're bilingual.)
Sadness, I only wish I was bilingual, but I'm pretty sure the pitiful amount of French, and so-minuscule-I-might-as-well-not-even-bother-to-acknowledge-it Japanese don't count. But I do think in a wide variety of English accents. That counts for something right? Right?
7. The funniest thing you've seen someone do in public?
My sister's slip and fall on ice…sorry, I blame the sadist in me.
8. Have you won any contests/competitions/olympics maybe? Which was the last one?
….umm….well…these blogger awards count, right? What about anime watching/book reading awards? Do those count? Cause if they do I am on a roll!
9. What's the most useless (according to others) talent/s you have?
English accent impersonations. I can't impersonate actual people, but can do almost every type of English accent there is.
10. What's the best Wi-Fi name you've seen?
I've seen many, one of which I cannot for the life of me remember, but the runner up is:
11. The last time you tried something for the first time? (Yeah rack that brain)
Uggh! So much thinking! Umm…well….if we're talking activities that's a lost cause lol, but food? I've recently been trying out authentic Japanese cuisine (just finished with Indian).
I've tried Salmon Teppanyaki (loved it), Inari & Unagi sushi (mega loved them), and Takoyaki (sorry, but I hated the taste/smell…also just can't do those little suction cups). Next up is the terrifying looking Natto. Then I'll be moving on to another nation.
1. Unagi Sushi 2. Takoyaki
Please check these bloggers out if you haven't already. I couldn't pick everyone that deserves it, but these are some of the best blogs I've come across!
Nominations/Honourable Mentions
- Dinosaursdonkeysandms
- Acacia aurora @toritsukamanga
- Karandi@100 Word Anime
- Rujis anime review
- Meltotheany
- Daiyamanga
- Anime_girls_NYC
- Papersuns
- Zbourie
- Panic at the bookstore
- A Court of Coffee and Books
- Leaf
Also, I know most of you have done this award at some point, so if you're one of those people, seriously, no pressure. Please just consider it a honourable mention if you're not up for doing it again. I just really wanted to give you a shout out. Thanks for reading!
My Questions
Choose any Anime/Manga/Movie/Novel/Comic/Graphic Novel/T.V. show for your answers
- Which post did you most enjoy writing this year? (provide a link please!)
- Who is your favorite side/supporting character?
- Which fictional character would you want to have as a mentor?
- Which fictional magic system do you wish you could be a part of?
- If you could speak another language what would it be and why?
- Name your favourite hobby outside of reading/watching anime. When did you start it?
- What is the best story you've read/watched so far this year?
- How would you survive a zombie apocalypse?
- What story are you most looking forward to this year?
- What is your favourite dessert of all time?
- What is a book/anime/movie/game that you wish everyone would read/watch/play at least once?


text:
Upcoming Research Portal Salary Feature
Posted Date: 1 Aug 2018
In collaboration with the Office for Research, Northwestern IT is pleased to announce the release of a new feature in the Northwestern Research Portal designed to help manage how people are paid from grant and other accounts.
Starting in mid-August, the Research Portal will now provide the ability to view the monthly salary, including payroll transfers, charged to sponsored and non-sponsored projects.
The upcoming changes will allow users to see:
- Salary information for faculty, staff members, and students
- Monthly pay amounts for each person paid from a given project
- Monthly pay amounts charged to each project for a given person
- What percentage of a person's base salary was charged to each project
- Journals retroactively applied to the journal period
Who will see what:
- Staff members with InfoEd departmental administrator or research administrator role will be able to see salary data for all sponsored projects
- Faculty will be able to see salary data for projects for which they are the PI or the main project PI
- Faculty will see data for staff and students, but not other faculty
- NU Financials security access and Salary Access security rights are needed for non-sponsored project data
About the Research Portal
A one-stop-shop for researchers and their staff to obtain research administration information, the Northwestern Research Portal displays data from multiple systems in a user-friendly way, allowing faculty members self-service access to drill into details of the project information they are most interested in.
For more information about the coming changes, visit Research Portal Payroll and Base Salary Enhancements.Back to top


text:
Irish Identity, Influence and Opportunity
Even as violence threatened the stability of
many cities, there was cause to celebrate American self-reliance
and Irish-American spirit. John Francis Maguires The
Irish in America (1868) proclaimed the immigrant to be "
the architect of his countrys greatness, the author of her
civilization, the miracle-worker by whom all has been or can be
For centuries, though legally free, the Irish
lived as a conquered people in their own nation. Britain controlled
the politics, economics and religious life of Ireland. Subjugation
and strife gave rise to an unmistakable Irish identity, a sense
of cohesion, and an ability to organize to accomplish goals. The
Irish often met their economic, educational, religious and social
needs through clandestine means that frequently involved their
trusted village priests.
Their organizational ability coupled with the
large number of Irish living in U.S. cities, made the Irish a
powerful political force. They literally transformed politics
in American cities by putting local power in the hands of men
of working class origin. Building on principles of loyalty to
the individual and the organization, they built powerful political
machines capable of getting the vote. Though remembered most for
their perceived corruption, these political machines created social
services long before they were politically mandated by national
political movements.
Political machines controlled major American
cities into the 20th century. From New York to San Francisco,
the Irish dominated big city politics. New York's Tammany political
machine was under Irish control for more than fifty years.
Irish influence resulted in increased power
for the Democratic Party as well as the Catholic Church. William
R. Grace became New York Citys first Irish-Catholic mayor
in 1880. Four years later, Hugh OBrien won the same position
in Boston.
Irish-American political clout led to increased
opportunities for the Irish-American. Looking out for their own,
the political machines made it possible for the Irish to get jobs,
to deal with naturalization issues, even to get food or heating
fuel in emergencies. The political machines also rewarded their
own through political appointments. In 1855, "...nearly 40%
of New York City's policemen were immigrants, and about three-fourths
of these immigrants were Irish."[Wittke, The Irish in
All ways to connect
About |
Press |
Jobs |
Inspector General |
Legal |
Accessibility |
External Link Disclaimer |


text:
Here are the most-read posts for the month of March:
- 14 Education Advancements in a Year
- Why Flipped and Blended Learning are Making Waves in education
- 6 Worthwhile Websites for High School Classes
- Tech That Won't Survive 2018
- The Wild and Amazing World of Augmented Reality
- How to Build Lifelong Learners
- Update a Classic Bridge Building Lesson Plan
- How to Prepare for the SAT
- International Blog Delurking Week–Get Involved!
Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 25 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-8 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice reviewer, CAEP reviewer, CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, and a weekly contributor to TeachHUB. You can find her resources at Structured Learning. Read Jacqui's tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days.


text:
Home - Womenswear - Shirts & Blouses - Bariloche - Bariloche Spot Detail Cano Shirt
This gorgeous Bariloche new season shirt is a brilliant staple for every woman's wardrobe. This shirt is designed in white with contrast blue spots on it throughout stripes with a contrast red and white abstract detail on the inside of the cuffs. There is red gingham buttons on the front of the shirt and cuffs. This shirt would look great paired with a gilet and jeans or will look striking on its own.
- Outer: 97% Cotton, 3% Elastane
- Machine washable
Click here to view our Payment & Security information.
Click here to view our Delivery Policy.
Click here to view our Returns Policy
Click here to view our Size Guide.


text:
Voices of Water
A Short Film By Viva Parsa and Marguerite Kise
Despite California passing The Human Right to Water Bill in 2012 (AB 685), clean, accessible, and affordable water is still not a reality in many California communities. Working in tandem with Sacramento's Environmental Justice Coalition for Water, UC Davis Center for Regional Change interns Viva Parsa and Marguerite Kise collected qualitative data from secondary research and interviews, and produced a film that disperses the stories of people actively engaged in conversations about water and environmental justice throughout CA. This film/research project aims to answer the question: What are the recommend strategies for community and individual action regarding water equity?
For more information: Voices of Water: People, Perspective, & Price


text:
Rely On Horror's 2018 Game Of The Year: The Nominees + Community GOTY Vote
2018 came and went like a terrifying flash flood. This year we were treated to some incredible video games across all major platforms, offering unique experiences for just about everyone. As we wrap up and move into 2019, we're looking back at our own favorite genre for our 2018 Game of the Year. After internal discussions and votes based on our own favorite titles, the Rely on Horror staff is excited to announce today our four 2018 Game of the Year Nominees. Here's the list below (in no particular order):
- Call of Cthulhu – Cyanide and Focus Home Interactive
- The Missing – White Owls and Arc System Works
- Remothered: Tormented Fathers – Stormind Games and Darril Arts
- Vampyr – Dontnod Entertainment and Focus Home Interactive
Have your own horror-themed Game of the Year? Let us know! In addition to announcing our own nominees, today the Rely on Horror 2018 Community Game of the Year award poll is now open. Simply fill out this form (embedded below). The form includes our GOTY nominees and as many horror games that came out this year that we could remember. If your favorite horror game of the year isn't on the list, simply add it under "Other". FYI – you must be logged into a Google Account to see, fill out, and submit the form that's embedded below.
We'll announce our 2018 Game of the Year and the Rely on Horror Community Game of The Year on December 31st.


text:
I was once in Girl Scouts, I didn't make it pass "brownie's" though. Don't know what that says exactly? Umm…ha!
Y'all my hubs is CRAZY about the Thin Mint Girl Scout cookies. No exaggeration there at all. He likes sweets, kind of has to cause of me, but these cookies are on a different playing field for him. It's kind of hilarious!
This pie is a great idea to use up any leftover Girl Scout cookies you have sitting around your house. You can adjust and play around with the cookies and see which one works the best. The Thin Mint pie was definitely enjoyed by all who consumed the evening I served it. Happy Eating!
Girl Scouts Thin Mint Cookies Pie
- 45 Thin Mint cookies, divided
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, melted
- 1 pkg (8 ounces) cream cheese, room temperature
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 8 ounces Cool Whip topping, thawed
- Place 24 Thin Mint cookies in a bowl of a food processor and pulse until cookies are crushed into fine crumbs.
- Pour melted butter into crushed cookies and mix well.
- Press cookie mixture onto bottom and up the sides of a 9 inch pie plate.
- Refrigerate crust while preparing filling.
- Coursely chop the remaining 21 cookies and set aside.
- Beat cream cheese and sugar in medium bowl with electric mixer, until light and fluffy.
- Gently fold in chopped cookies and Cool Whip topping.
- Spoon into prepared crust.
- Refrigerate until serving.
Enjoy! XO, Carrie
Recipe courtesy and adapted from My Baking Addiction


text:
Archive for October, 2010
Halloween Friday Flash #4: Soul Cake
Posted by Shannon Esposito in friday flash, halloween, paranormal on October 29, 2010
Celeste pushed her silver Mercedes through the fog, her lights baring only a light spray of mist and a few feet of red clay road.
They had tried everything, she and William, and now the desperation had pushed her over the edge…all the way to Blunt County, Georgia. Blunt was a speck of a town at the end of a thin dirt road with four sheriff cars, two funeral homes and one dark secret.
Checking her iPhone GPS once more, Celeste mashed the gas pedal up a hill and pulled into Hammish Park. The fog thinned. The sun was retiring. The pine needles on the trees surrounding the lake were on fire with the sunset. Celeste stepped one black heel on the gravel lot and then the other, shut the door and walked to the lake. Water soothed her. She had always preferred the surreal effect of the sky's reflection in water over the stark real thing.
Suddenly a large black shadow swept over the lake, startling her. She reached for the gold and diamond cross tucked in the soft indent at her throat. Celeste glanced up quickly. Peach hues of emptiness and silence greeted her. Confused, she moved her gaze back to the lake. The shadow swept by again, a black form with a wing span as large as a bus. She fell back as she once again quickly looked up. Nothing. Scrambling to get back to her feet, she couldn't help but look forward. Now hoards of shadows moved on silent wings, riding on the surface of the lake, circling, crossing paths. Still nothing above to cause such a display.
Celeste threw the car in reverse, kicking up gravel as she backed up and tried to breathe through the panic. There was no way she was waiting for her contact there.
A mile down the road, she hit the town. Charming white houses with peeling paint and sagging porches were planted in neat rows. She parked under a tree and killed the engine. She could find the house herself. As she searched the net, the sidewalks began to come alive. Tiny witches, cats, superheroes, fairies, big and little kids began to appear from the fog with glow stick necklaces and loud, palpable excitement.
She couldn't help but smile.
One day.
Her resolve stiffened and after another few minutes of searching, she found the story and address she needed. Only two blocks away. She decided to walk, the fog was too thick and she didn't want to take the chance of running over any kids.
By the time she reached 617 Banyan Drive, her feet ached and her heart beat in her ears. She knocked with a shaking fist, stood up straight and stepped back.
Footsteps. A sliver of yellow light escaping as the door creaked open. A hand pushed a basket of candy through the opening.
"Take just one, please."
"Oh." Celeste leaned to peer inside. "I'm not trick or treating. I," she paused as the door opened a bit more and pale eyes peered at her from beneath cottony gray hair. "I came for your help."
"I see," the words delivered on a sigh. "Come in, then."
The sound of distant laughing and taunting ceased as Celeste stepped inside and shut the door.
"Have a seat in the living room. Chester is harmless." Celeste glanced around the quiet, one room home, lit only by candles flickering on every surface. Didn't the woman need to know anything about her? "Well, go on. I've got some baking to do."
Shrugging, Celeste removed her heels and left them by the door. She suddenly felt overdressed.
She swept her hands under her gray pencil skirt as she took a seat next to an elderly gentleman reading the paper on the sofa.
He smelled musty and looked at her with large, watery brown eyes. Was that pity she saw?
"Lovely of your wife to help people the way she does." Her voice sounded too shrill. She cleared her throat. "It's an amazing gift." Was she trying to convince herself it was real and not just tabloid fodder?
The doorbell rang and Celeste startled, then laughed at herself. "Trick or treaters. How fun."
Was that a black shadow sliding across the wall? She blinked hard but that only made it slip into the kitchen. She rubbed her eyes hard. The stress was really getting to her.
* * * *
An hour later, her eyes flew open and she sat up, unable to remember where she was.
"Oh!" She cried, embarrassed as the woman sat patiently in a rocking chair across from her, holding something in her lap. "I fell asleep? I'm so sorry. How rude of me." She stood and then sat back down, feeling the room spin. "I don't feel very good, actually."
"You need to eat something." The woman pulled a red cotton scarf from the plate in her hand and Celeste stared at the tiny golden pastry.
"It smells delicious." Indeed it did. Scents of honey, cinnamon, nutmeg. "What is it?"
"Soul cake." She stood slowly, balancing the plate carefully as she closed the gap and held it in front of Celeste like an offering. Celeste picked it up carefully with a thumb and forefinger and placed it in her palm. It was still so warm. "It is very important you don't chew it."
"Don't chew it?" Celeste felt it swell in the palm of her hand, like a rising breath. "What's inside?"
"Put it on your tongue and let it melt. Keep your mouth closed."
Celeste did as she was told. The outer pastry melted like sugar. She was expecting something like pudding or maybe lemon filling, but there was…just heat. Fire that moved down her throat, her stomach, filled her lungs…her womb expanded, fluttered, pulsated with new and unfamiliar warmth.
"I can…feel something," she whispered, laying her palm against the flatness of her belly. She rose, feeling stronger and full of energy. "It worked? Just like that? I don't know how to thank you." She reached up and felt the gold and diamond cross. She slipped it from her neck and tried to give it to the woman.
The woman's eyes darkened, swirled like oily smoke as she grinned.
"No, you keep it, my dear." Chester chuckled, opening the door to reveal a toddler in a red devil costume holding out his candy bag. "You're going to need it."
Halloween Friday Flash #3: Buried
Posted by Shannon Esposito in death, friday flash, ghosts, halloween, paranormal on October 22, 2010
Death is inescapable. Or so Bruin Bailey thought.
Heavy breathing, the scent of wild mushrooms, being dragged over roots.
Being buried alive.
These things he remembers.
Or was he alive?
You'd think it was so easy to tell, right? You're either breathing or you're not breathing. But, no.
When you hear things like "Shit, you killed him" while someone is stuffing you in a cold dirt hole and you can't move or scream, but you can hear and feel, well, then the line is a bit blurred.
So, here's what happened. We smoked a little weed, we rolled a few houses. It was Halloween. We were high off the prospect of being seniors, graduation and all the freedom that comes from not needing to get up at six in the morning and spend every day in the same smelly rooms with worn out teachers that forgot how to smile.
Freedom. In a few months it would be ours.
Oh, another important point. Anise Foster was a witch.
What? I'm not calling names. She was proud of it.
When we'd get bored at lunch, we'd invite her over and pretend to be interested in all the shit she'd spout off about the cycles of the seasons and oh, yeah, especially around Halloween how she'd get all excited about the "veil" between the physical and spiritual world being thin so you could communicate with the dead. She even told us her mother left a place at the table for her dead dad. Ashley snickered too loud at that and Anise got up and left.
I saw her later at the lockers and felt bad. She looked sad.
"Hey," I said. "You believe all that stuff that you told us, or is that just your mom's religion?"
She looked at me then. Really looked at me for the first time and I realized how amazing her eyes were. Perfect gray circles in milky skin. I don't think anyone has ever really looked at me before her because it was so intense I had to look away.
"This is the time things go beneath the ground. They wait to be resurrected. Winter is about death, about dying. It is not about religion."
"Okay, all right," I tried to be cool, even though her words had sent a chill from the tip of my tail bone to my hairline. It didn't help when she added the words, "I'm sorry, Bruin."
So, getting back to Halloween. Graveyards are seriously not the place to get high on Halloween and try to contact the dead because "the veil is thin".
The ground was hard, freezing. I was feeling too good to care as I stared up at a fat, glowing moon with one star to keep it company. Lots of clouds around the sky bowl. Noises that I didn't even care to try and figure out.
The bunch of morons that I hung out with chanting and calling out things like, "Hey, we want to see a ghost tonight."
Someone pulled out a knife and drew a pentagram on a tree. This is where things went totally wrong.
Not because a demon showed up or anything. Just because I got pissed. Irrationally, drug induced kind of pissed. What did the tree ever do to Evan Martinez?
"Dude, you can't just cut up a tree. What's wrong with you? It's alive." Upon reflection, I realize this was Anise Foster's influence on me.
His girlfriend called me some names and everyone laughed.
"You're an idiot," were my last words before a wicked, sharp, hot sensation filled my stomach.
Fast forward to: "Dude, you killed him."
Lots of panic. The morons dragging my body through the woods to softer ground. The moon really was fat.
Dirt flew at me from all directions. It covered me slowly at first, building up until the organic smell became smothering. Until darkness blocked out the moonlight and I realized I wasn't breathing. But I was something because I could still think.
I heard her words again, "Winter is about death. This is the time things go below ground and wait to be resurrected." I silently wished she would put a place at her table for me.
And I knew that come spring, I would push up through the dirt like some giant freak crocus and Evan Martinez was going to pay.
Halloween Friday Flash #2: The Haunting of Nona
Posted by Shannon Esposito in friday flash, halloween, mental illness, paranormal on October 15, 2010
What if you don't stop? What if you just keep going? Crash right in the back of that unsuspecting car?
This was the first incident, the first time Nona realized something else occupied her head. She broke free from the Voice at the last minute and slammed on the brakes, sending out a loud screech and cloud of road dust. Wide eyed fear greeted her from the rear view mirror of her intended victim. Her body trembled. The Voice chuckled softly.
Nona went home and stared at herself in the mirror. Tiny flecks of gold muddled the grey. She pressed in closer to the mirror. The flecks turned red and sparked. Nona jumped back and ran out of the bathroom.
The second time happened in her best friend's kitchen. Nona stood, pouring olive oil over steaming noodles in the sink. Linda was stirring her famous sauce.
Nona suddenly wheeled around and said, "What do you mean?"
"Didn't say anything," Linda answered, her lips just leaving a wooden spoon full of sauce.
Nona stared into that steaming bowl, briefly unhinged, watching a smile materialize in the steam as it rose, the moist warmth touching her face. The large butcher knife on Linda's cutting board suddenly took on an otherworldly glow, shimmering like moonlight reflected on a lake. Nona blinked, reached out and rested a finger on the blade. Wrapped a palm around the handle.
The Voice whispered one word, 'flesh', and in that instant she needed to know what it would feel like to sink the blade deep into flesh. Nona glanced at Linda's back, partially exposed by her tank top and the hunger grew. If only Linda knew the battle, the violent war Nona raged with the Voice in those moments, Linda would've known real fear. Nona won by rushing out of the house, carrying the Voice far from her.
She went home, threw all her kitchen knifes in a shoebox and duct taped it shut.
The Voice began to taunt her with a sweet little sing-song of, "Where ever you go, there I am". She tried meditation to calm her nerves. She was greeted there, in the solitude, by a humming darkness. It had no form, but it had a presence that was separate from her own mind.
Am I possessed?
You are shared.
What are you?
Sometimes paths cross accidently. Things get stuck.
Nona came out of meditation two hours later holding a paring knife and bleeding from a dozen wounds on her left arm. Meditation was out.
I've gone mad, Nona thought, like the dad in The Shining.
Halloween evening, dusk fell and the doorbell started ringing. She could see the little ones peeking in the window as she cowered in the dark, afraid of herself, afraid of what the Voice would try to make her do.
She couldn't take it, finally screaming, "Why don't you just get out of my head!"
And It obliged.
A soft swooshing noise tickled her right ear, then all hell broke loose in her house. Plants flew against the wall, the impact spraying dirt everywhere, kitchen chairs fell over, drawers spit out their contents, drapes ripped from the windows. She screamed and screamed until someone began pounding on the door. Shaking, she managed to stumble and get it opened.
"Are you alright, Ma'am?" The father of a tiny witch asked, trying to see behind Nona into the house. "We heard you screaming."
"Oh, thank heavens," As she was trying to figure out what kind of help to ask for… the police? An exorcist? The voice whispered in her ear. She could feel heat radiating behind her but didn't dare turn around.
"Pretty little thing," It said. Nona looked down at the blue-eyed, blond haired toddler with green face paint and a sagging black hat. "Mmm…bite sized human."
Nona knew at that moment, the Voice was hers to bear. She couldn't let it out in the world. She was its prisoner, but she was also its jailer.
"I'm sorry. I must have had my Halloween CD up too loud." Nona said, her heart sinking. "Here you go. Happy Halloween." She reached over and grabbed a handful of candy from the full bowl, putting on her best non-crazy woman smile.
"You stay safe tonight."
Halloween Friday Flash #1: The Closet
Posted by Shannon Esposito in fear, friday flash, halloween, paranormal on October 8, 2010
The soft, throaty laugh of my new bride, the steady beat of a tropical October rain on our rented beach bungalow walls, the gurgling of champagne being poured in the candle-lit room…these are the things I heard before the noise in the closet.
A muffled thump, like a sack being dropped on the floor, startled us. Both of us held our breath. I could feel her heart flutter against my arm.
"Did you hear that?" Sarah whispered.
"Shh." I strained to listen. The candle flickered wildly. A musky scent filled the room, like wet fur.
"What's that smell?" I turned to her just as a flash of lighting illuminated the fear in her dark green eyes.
"Smells like an animal. Do you think the owner of this place has a cat or something?"
Bump. Thump. The noise taunted me.
She was now trembling. I had to act. There was definitely something moving in the closet.
"Where are you going?" She grabbed my arm as I carefully shifted the sheets off my legs. "Let's just wait until morning to open it." Her lip quivered, her eyes shone in the candlelight.
She made me want to be brave. Beauty does that. Probably some damn trick of evolution, keeping the child-bearing women out of danger and sending the replaceable males out to face the beast.
But, this was just a closet on a very populated island in a very populated strip of beach houses. No beasts here, right?
"It's probably just the wind shifting the house. It's blowing pretty good out there."
A low growl and loud bang on the door answered me. I jumped back in bed and reached for the cell phone. The candle blew out and we both screamed.
"Sh, sh, it's okay." I pressed the buttons, hitting 'back' numerous times as my shaking hand refused to cooperate. The deep rumble of thunder and crack of lighting close by made Sarah jump and slide deeper under the sheets.
Relief at finally hearing the landlord's voice quelled some of my fear, made it almost seem silly.
"Mr. Crawford? Hi, I don't mean to bother you in the middle of the night, but we're in Bungalow number six and heard a strange noise in the closet. We're wondering if someone might have possibly left a cat here? Oh, okay. Yes, that's probably it, thank you." I hung up and relit the candle."He says there are strays around and one could have gotten in. It's happened before."
"I did notice the cats hanging around when we first got here," she said. "But still, in the closet?"
We both stared at the closet. I thought seriously about just leaving the thing in there until morning but what if it was hurt or hungry?
With a sigh, I slid my arm from Sarah's death grip and picked up one of the shiny black rental shoes that came with the tux. Really, this was just to make me feel braver. I've had spiders laugh at me when I swatted them with a shoe, I knew it would be no match for a scared, trapped cat.
I grabbed the door knob and pressed an ear to the door.
I held my breath. Still nothing. Hm. Maybe I could just wait until morning. What would we do with a cat tonight anyway? Put it out in the rain? Better to just let it sleep in the dry closet.
"I think it's settled in for the night, now," I said, sliding back into bed.
"Oh, no," Sarah said, climbing out of bed. "There's no way I'm falling asleep without knowing what's in that closet."
* * * *
Harold Crawford let himself into Bungalow number six.
"Here kitty kitty," he called, moving into the bedroom. The candle had burned itself out and he stared at the items strewn about the room; a wedding gown thrown over the back of one chair, a tux jacket hanging on another, shoes, open suitcases. He slowly moved to the closet, where a woman's nightgown lay by the door. Shoving it aside with his foot, he carefully opened the closet door and peered in.
"Ah," he chuckled, throwing it open wide. The morning light shone on two trembling black cats. The one with green eyes hissed and howled, pushing itself closer to the body of the other one.
"Well, that's an awful noise, my pet."
The cats pushed their way passed him and out the opened door.
Harold Crawford watched them go and then began to gather up the abandoned things in the room. "Well," he sighed, lifting the wedding gown from the chair. "At least you will be keeping your vows. 'Til death do you part." This is the one thing he told himself to feel better.
Only four more couples and his debt would be paid.


text:
Thai Airways worries about UDD rally
President of Thai Airways Piyasawat Amaranand has expressed his concerns over the political turmoil that could negatively impact the airline and tourism business.
Mr Piyasawat stated that the airline business is doing well in the fourth quarter of this year and will continue to improve in 2010 as a result of the global economic recovery. However, if the United Front of Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) mass rally stopped their movement, the airline and tourism businesses might not be affected by next year. He also said that the opening of new air routes were currently unnecessary, but the flight frequency strategy would be adapted in efficient routes, for the full potential of Thai Airways' operation. (More …)


text:
A & L Copier Services
2224 W. Touhy Ave., Unit1W
Chicago, IL 60645
(773) 370-0935
(773) 465-0561 (fax)
M-F 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
New Location! We can beat any prices for toners & ink on ALL brands and models of office equipment. We repair, lease and sell equipment & supplies- even typewriters. Outstanding Customer Service
Between Western and Ridge on Touhy


text:
The Roberts R727 was introdused in 1989 and is a 5 waveband radio covering, the full FM waveband from 88MHz to 108MHz plus, the Medium and Long Wavebands and two Short Wavebands – Band 1 from 3.2MHz. to 7Mhz. and Band 2 from 6MHz. to 18 MHz. On/Off and waveband selection is by 6 pushbuttons on the top panel. It has tone, tune and volume rotary controls, push button for band selection and a socket for headphones. MW and LW reception is from an internal ferrite rod aerial and there is a 32″ swivel base telescopic aerial for the FM and Short wavebands.
The radio has been fully checked and serviced and is all in excellent cosmetic condition and perfect working order with great sound quality on the 5 wavebands.


text:
Home Learning Portal
Clark Elementary
Edgewood Elementary
Knox Elementary
Meadowview Elementary
Payne Elementary School
R. B. Hudson STEAM Academy
School of Discovery
Selma High School
Sophia P. Kingston Elementary
About Us
Business and Finance
College and Career Readiness
Child Nutrition
Federal Programs & Strategic Planning
Human Resources & Staff Development
Special Education
Teaching and Learning
Home Learning Portal
Technology and Communications
Google Search
Google Search Coming Soon
About the School
ADA Menu
Knox Elementary
About the School
Class Schedule
Academy of Academic Excellence (Performing Arts)
Principal's Corner
Knox Highlights
School Staff
Mission Statement
Our mission at Knox Elementary School is to equip our students with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to become literate, law-abiding professional contributors to society, through the use of innovative, creative, research-based teaching practices, and a demand for excellence.
Our Vision
Knox Elementary School will become an Ecosystem for Learning in which we B.E.L.I.E.V.E. in the potential of every child and the philosophy that Knox's students will be motivated and empowered with the knowledge and skills needed to journey toward college and/or a career.
Revised by teachers, students, and other stakeholders: 2014
Building Exceptional Leaders through Inspiration, Encouragement, Values, and Excellence
Our Goals and Beliefs
Our Goals:
1. Every student will be reading on grade level.
2. Every student will be able to think critically and creatively.
3. Every student will meet or exceed the state and national average on state mandated assessments.
4. Every student will be empowered with the effective life skills which will enable them to reach personal goals and strive for excellence.
5. Every student will value education and will be encouraged to attain a high school diploma and to continue education beyond high school.
6. Knox Elementary School will be a school of excellence and will attain 100% Adequate Yearly Progress status each year.
Our Beliefs:
1. Every student has the potential to learn, achieve, and be successful.
2. Students learn in different ways.
3. Every student is a valued individual with unique physical, social, and emotional needs.
4. Students can learn and apply critical and creative problem solving skills.
5. Students can learn to appreciate and respect individual differences and other cultures.
6. Know Elementary is a physically and emotionally safe haven for all students.
7. Teachers, parents, and the community share the responsibly for the support and attainment of the school's vision, mission, and goals.
View text-based website


text:
||Credit: [x]|
Crazy me. I decided that the pouring down rain seemed like fun weather to walk in. Only, it was just past 9pm and I had no idea where exactly I needed to go. The day itself was a little nerve wracking – I have not been able to get a single textbook for my Anthropology classes and all I could wrap my mind around was homework – and how much of it I would need to catch up on. That is, if I was lucky. So, instead of worrying about the weather, about money, about homework – I walked outside on dark and stormy night.
I think it's hilarious how I caught myself looking over my shoulder, or staring off into the distance at anything that moved. I never noticed how much more ominous the world seemed at night – especially with no clear destination in mind. I had walked back from class at 8pm before the rain started and did not face the same creeping feeling as I did afterward – that something was surely amiss. Of course there was no lack of sound – perhaps it was just the simple fell wind that caught me off guard. I couldn't hear much over the sound of it and the rain pouring down all around me. It was just over a half an hour later that I wound up sick of cars driving too close to the sidewalk, fearless (and probably oblivious) to what drenching a Witch with puddles of murky street water might bring to them in the future. Some would call it Karma. I'd call it taking no shit.
It was then that it dawned on me that weather and bad drivers was hardly a reason to be upset. I had chosen this walk on this day in this weather. Maybe they really were insensitive creatures, but under normal circumstances, would I even have been there? Incensed and uncomfortable, I made my way down past the Campus Center to get back to Riggs hall. It's so funny how people affect us this way. One moment, when nobody's actually out there in the dark, we're on edge. The next, when people show up and break our fiction and force us out of our own head space, we're pissed off. Maybe I don't have to be sarcastic the next time I start a story with 'crazy me.'
(This was a strange, but useful assignment for my creative writing class -- observation by doing something out of the ordinary. All of it is nonfiction! Sorry for another blurb -- I will try to write a really good informative post tomorrow. I forget how busy school is after such a long break!)


text:
As well as my editorial work on VOXX Magazine, just recently I've been drafted in to do a number of graphic design projects for other businesses. One of them was fun, and straightforward, with excellent communication. But the one in particular that I'm working on right now hasn't been quite so enjoyable... You see, when … Continue reading The Not-So Glamorous Life of a Graphic Designer
Category: The Working World
The Job Interview
Sitting in the waiting room, there is a sense of serene quiet, clean and bare and calming come unnerving. I sit and watch the clock tick by. I knew I was early, but I wasn't expecting the wait to be so agonisingly long. Tick tock, tick tock. I'm transfixed as the red hand circles it's … Continue reading The Job Interview


text:
January 9, 2020 In
Tamara Childs
Tamara Childs glassware is custom-created exclusively for the Childs Studio in Seattle. Each piece is handcrafted, gilded, finished and packaged with personal care and attention. The artists' intimate relationship with each piece sets the Tamara Childs brand apart from all others and will continue to enable them to offer the finest in hand-gilded gifts, tableware and decorative accessories.
Click below to experience the full collection.


text:
Sunday, April 21, 2013
"But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope" (1 Thessalonians 4:13 KJV).
Only by God's grace, we are not "others which have no hope…."
I know a family that does not have the salvation found only in Jesus Christ, and they are troubled by the recent death of a member. The prospect of exactly what happened to her is completely beyond their understanding. They do not know what to believe. Today's Scripture describes these people as "others which have no hope."
When a Christian brother I know spoke to this family, and told them that he was as concerned for their souls as they were for her soul, they responded, "We go to church." Beloved, this is the mentality of every religious person on earth, billions upon billions of souls who are risking their eternity by relying on some man-made institution!
Just as there is a "synagogue of Satan" in the Bible (Revelation 2:9), there is a church of Satan. It surprises many, but going to church can be just as dishonoring to the God of the Bible as a Jew participating in the devil's apostate religious system of Israel. The vast majority of "Christian" churches today are apostate, preaching their theological system from a perverted modern "bible."
Thankfully, we have hope in Jesus Christ, who took upon Himself the penalty for our sin and sins: "Christ died for our sins, He was buried, and he rose again the third day" (1 Corinthians 15:3,4). As individuals who understand that we cannot work for heaven, and who have trusted alone in Christ's finished crosswork for soul salvation, we have the peace with God. God is not mad at us anymore.
This eternal security is the basis for the peace of God. Our loved ones who have died also resting in Jesus Christ's finished crosswork alone, we will see them again (today's Scripture). We do mourn their absence, but not hopelessly—we know where they are ("with the Lord;" 2 Corinthians 5:8), and we will be reunited with them one day (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18). What comfort! 🙂


text:
Team Weathersbee
Thank you for your generous gift of in support of Lendmark Climb to a Million. Your gift is crucial to funding research aimed at curing childhood cancer in our lifetime and addressing the critical and urgent needs of children with cancer and their families.
With your support, CURE is investing nearly $4 million at some of the top pediatric cancer research institutions – focusing on projects which are likely to have a clinical or therapeutic impact within five years. This year we are thrilled to begin a 3-year, $4.5 million investment in precision medicine that we believe will target pediatric cancer at the genomic level and accelerate cures for children.
Until that day when there is a cure, your gift allows us to ensure children with cancer and their families have the support they need. Through our Early Outreach Program, we connect at diagnosis and walk alongside families throughout their journey with cancer and beyond. Providing financial assistance, transportation assistance, professional counseling, meals, bereavement support, survivorship education and much more, CURE is there every step of the way.
On behalf of the children and families we serve and the entire CURE organization, thank you. We look forward to your continued support.
If you would like to participate or learn more about our cause and other opportunities to support us, please visit our Web site at http://events.curechildhoodcancer.org/site/PageServer .
CURE Childhood Cancer


text:
Shoulder is feeling very good and since today is a de load day prior to the trip I decided to skip the bar overhead and do pushups instead. No problem at all; 100 reps in sets of 10 was literally a piece of cake.
Hard to believe not too long ago I couldn't do ONE!
10 sets of 10
Belt squats
40 kg x 15,15,15, 20
strong as well
Triceps band pushdowns
4 x 20
shoulders not clunking at all, did my isometric rotator cuff exercises all throughout the day. Felt good but the PT definitely mobilized something that I needed moved
Hip sled
114 lbs x 250 ft x 3 laps
easy peazy all day. So different to have a day that doesn't kick my ass but it's a necessity
rest day tomorrow than swing Vo2 before wheels up for Gotenberg!


text:
Not a live chat!Ask a Question
Hi, do you deliver after 5pm?
We could accomodate a delivery after 5PM.
However, you will have to pay an additional fee as we need to call a special driver for this type of delivery.
Do you deliver 3045 Richmond rd Ottawa
Yes, we deliver every day throughout the Ottawa region, Gatineau, Kanata, Orleans, Manotick and more
Sweeten up someone special with this special birthday gift. A dozen box of gorgeous monogrammed chocolate dipped strawberries!
Click here for delivery info.
Click here for more gift ideas from Fruit Couture.


text:
A Watch for Mr. Gould
Pianist Glenn Gould receives watch from Mayor Nathan Phillips in the Council Chambers, Old City Hall, 1956. City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1257, Series 1057, Item 3071.
Pianist Glenn Gould's career was riding high in early 1956. His recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations was released in January and soon became the top-selling classical album in Columbia Records' catalogue. A sold-out recital at Massey Hall on April 16th was a triumph, with critics and the audience applauding loudly. As The Telegram's George Kidd noted in his review of the performance the following day, "It would seem that no longer is Mr. Gould a pianist with considerable promise. He is a mature genius in interpretation, technique, and musical excitement."
As a salute to his talent, the city decided to present Gould with an engraved watch to honour the achievements of the twenty-three-year-old musician. Gould received his watch from Mayor Nathan Phillips during a Board of Control meeting two days after his performance.
The Toronto Star, who took responsibility for inspiring city officials to honour Gould through an article in its Star Weekly magazine, paid tribute to the recipient's eccentricities in an editorial on April 20th:
Is man, the individual, on the way out? If you think he is and that his place is being taken by a dull automaton named "mass man" who is conditioned to absolute conformity, consider for a moment Glenn Gould, the 23-year-old Toronto pianist whom critics call a genius.
Even on the hottest day in the summer this young man may be seen wearing an overcoat, galoshes, a wool beret and two pairs of gloves. He swallows handfuls of vitamin tablets and other pills and bathes his hands in warm water before playing. At the piano he slumps over until his hair tangles with the keys. He sings and hums while playing the most intricate Bach and Beethoven compositions, or stamps his feet in time to the music.
In an age where even artists are supposed to be "normal" and as ordinary as the man on the street, Glenn Gould triumphantly affirms that man's spirit remains free. Long may he flourish and may he never conform!
Conform he never did. The city later made a lasting tribute to Gould by naming a park at Avenue Road and St. Clair Avenue after him.


text:
A masterpiece of a movie starring Gregory Peck, Twelve O'Clock High has been described by World War II veterans as the only film that accurately captured the emotional trauma they went through during the war.
Twelve O'Clock High tells the story of the daylight bombing campaigns undertaken by the United States Air Force in Occupied France, and later in Germany, in 1942. More significantly, it was one of the first war movies to deal with the effects of stress and battle fatigue on American troops - and from all accounts, it was pretty accurate about it. Twelve O'Clock High was made with the cooperation of the United States Air Force, and the footage of the aerial battles came from the filming of actual combat missions. It also continues to be used as a leadership training tool by the USAF as well as the Navy.
The film opens with Harvey Stovall (Dean Jagger), a former Air Force officer vacationing in England visiting the site of his old headquarters and reminiscing. We then transition to 1942, where the 918th Bomb Group has been suffering heavy losses, which are taking a toll on the men. The 918th's commanding officer, Colonel Keith Davenport (Gary Merrill) is relieved of his command for being too familiar with his troops, which could lead to him falling apart from the pressure and burden he puts on himself. As a result, Davenport is replaced by Brigadier General Frank Savage (Gregory Peck), who instills ruthlessly rigid discipline and demands maximum effort in order to instill a degree of pride in the 918th without them feeling like they need to be coddled. However, over the course of the film, Savage likewise begins to feel overly attached to his men, and the stress of one bombing run after another and sending his men to their deaths takes its toll on him as well.
The acting in this film is top-notch all around, and when Oscar-time came around, the Academy thought so as well; Gregory Peck was nominated for his performance, and Dean Jagger actually won for his. (Twelve O'Clock High also won for Best Sound Recording). It's a very different role for Peck, compared to films like Gentleman's Agreement (1947) or To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). However, while his character's methods may come off as heavy-handed, he's not wrong for what he's trying to do. He's not being a jerk for the sake of being a jerk; he's doing what he recognizes has to be done in order to get the 918th in the shape its supposed to be. In the process, Peck delivers an excellent, subtle performance, with Peck conveying his anger with a hard stare and by infusing his voice with a cold edge. One awesome moment is Peck not returning the salute of a junior officer he's displeased with - or even looking him in the eye. He just stares down at his paperwork as he admonishes the poor guy.
On a technical level, Twelve O'Clock excels as well. The importance of the careful use of sound in a film is also on full display here, demonstrated in the scenes of Stovall remembering the songs of his comrades in arms and the roar of B-17s as he stands amidst the remains of the 918th's headquarters, or the ticking of a clock as nervous officers await the return of their planes and dread receiving the word of how many of their boys didn't make it back.
Twelve O'Clock High is a must-see, both for its excellence as a film and as a reminder of an all-too-often overlooked price of war. I can't recommend it highly enough.
Leave a Reply.
The INCspotlight, formerly hosted on the website Channel Awesome, now has a new home on my own website! Putting the spotlight on classics that deserve to be remembered!
April 2020


text:
'Bit.Trip Run!', 'Strike Wing: Raptor Rising', 'Asterix: Total Retaliation' and More Hit the New Zealand App Store
Oh Wednesdays, you're like a little Christmas morning each and every week as a flood of new games hit the New Zealand App Store and slowly make their way across the planet before ending up in the US App Store later tonight. Just like Santa. Sure, sometimes you bring me an ugly sweater or a pair of new socks, and sometimes you bring me a kick ass new bike. But at the very least it's always exciting to be surprised with what you bring.
With that, it's looking kind of like a light week so far, but here's what's on our radar for this week's set of new releases, and as always more games may pop up later in the day. Bit.Trip Run! seems like the big ticket item of the day, and don't forget that Combat Monsters snuck in there early and is already available worldwide so no need to wait around for it.


text: Our Client is a limited liability private company which is a Foundation Trust through its commercial ventures holding company. They are a specialist consultancy that helps public and private sector organisations maximise the value of their built assets making them more efficient, connected and ready to embrace the future. Senior Project Manager Location - London Salary up to ...See the full job details


text:
Shop for artwork based on themed collections. Each image may be purchased as a canvas print, framed print, metal print, and more! Every purchase comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Each image may be purchased as a canvas print, framed print, metal print, and more! Every purchase comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Folly Beach - Waiting on the Sun by Charles Hite
Folly Beach and Belt of Venus by Charles Hite
Folly Beach Easter Sunrise by Charles Hite
Folly Beach Morning by Charles Hite
Woods Memorial Bridge by Charles Hite
Pineapple Fountain at Dawn by Charles Hite
Pineapple Fountain at Sunrise by Charles Hite
Comet C/2020 F3 NeoWise #2 by Charles Hite
Sunflower Collage by Charles Hite
Comet C/2020 F3 NeoWise by Charles Hite
Crinum Lily-1 by Charles Hite
Sunflower-3 by Charles Hite
Sunflower-2 by Charles Hite
Sunflower-1 by Charles Hite
Wandering Jew by Charles Hite
Peace Lily-3 by Charles Hite
Dandelion and Sonne-3 by Charles Hite
Dandelion and Sonne-2 by Charles Hite
Dandelion and Sonne-1 by Charles Hite
Sheldon-GigaPixel-test27.1 by Charles Hite
Peace Lily-2 by Charles Hite
Peace Lily-1 by Charles Hite
Peace Lily by Charles Hite
Folly Beach Sunset-2 by Charles Hite
Displaying: 1 - 24 of 522
About Charles Hite
Charles Hite is a life-long resident of Lexington County, in South Carolina. His professions have included, the U.S. Army (serving in Germany), licensed professional land surveyor, sales/customer service rep, and right-of-way agent with the SCDOT. In addition to photography, his hobbies include astronomy and landscape gardening. His venture into serious photography began in 2009 at the tender age of 60. At the encouragement of family and friends, he began selling his photos in late 2012 at Soda City Market in Columbia, SC. His love of nature in all aspects can be seen in his photos. He enthusiastically enjoys sharing the stories of his photos with others, and listening to their stories. Most of his scenic photos are from SC and the Midlands, including nature, old buildings, historic sites, and astronomy related events. In 2016 he started experimenting with Infrared photography.
Charles has been juried in to several local shows to include ArtFields, 2015, 2017 and 2018, and Piccolo Spoleto in Charleston, SC in 2019. ArtFields started in 2013 and is held in Lake City, SC in April. His work has won several awards.
His photographs are available at Soda City Market most Saturday's (Columbia, SC), and other occasional markets and shows. His work is now available at several venues in Lexington and Richland counties, SC. He welcomes comments, inquiries and requests.
Charles agrees with pro shooter, Dewitt "Basic" Jones, in that "he is grateful that God has given him photography, as it allows him to pray with his eyes."
All images appearing in the Charles Hite Photography web site are the exclusive property of Charles E. Hite and are protected under the United States and International Copyright laws.
The images may not be reproduced, copied, transmitted or manipulated without the written permission of Charles E. Hite.
Use of any image as the basis for another photographic concept or illustration (digital, artist rendering or alike) is a violation of the United States and International Copyright laws. All images are copyrighted © 2003 - 2018 Charles E. Hite.


text:
When I was a small boy I often used to go to the cinema in Monton near Eccles, which had a sixpenny Saturday afternoon matinée. And it was there that for the one and only time in my life I sat through a film twice: 101 Dalmatians. I don't suppose there are many cinemas left in the country where one could just stay put to see a film a second time, but had I been a child today and were it possible, I would have stayed on for a second showing of Paddington, Paul King's affectionate take on the Paddington Bear stories, which I saw at my local Genesis Cinema in Stepney Green this evening. I have never read the books, and I know the author was a little taken aback by some of the liberties the film takes with his characters, but the overall result is a triumph. It could all have been mawkishly saccharine — particularly in the run-up to Christmas — but from the black and white prologue onward, giving a very camp and tongue-in-cheek impression of the Explorer Mongomery Clyde engaging with the bears in Deepest Peru, the film is a riot of fun action, sharp characterisation and a mixture of gags aimed at an adult audience as well as at kids. There's even a referential bow to 101 Dalmatians, in that the malignant taxidermist Millicent (played by Nicole Kidman in a blonde wig) is a mirror image of Cruella de Ville. Half the members of the Garrick Club, from Hugh Bonneville (as Mr Brown) to Michael Gambon (the voice of Uncle Pastuzo), seem to have been involved in the film's making. Indeed, Paddington revels in its Britishness, at times nostalgic, but never reactionary or UKIPpy. Rather, like the calypso that ends the film, it is a celebration of multicultural London, a city that might seem cold and wet at first but which usually in the end opens its heart to someone whoever they are and wherever they come from.
Posts Tagged '101 Dalmations'
Posted by jonathanfryer on Saturday, 29th November, 2014
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: 101 Dalmations, Genesis Cinema, Hugh Bonneville, Michael Gambon, Nicole Kidman, Paddington, Pauo King | Leave a Comment »


text:
Shark Teeth Films
Shark Teeth options wild western novella
The Toronto-based Vegas Cakes producer has acquired the rights to Sarah Gailey's River of Teeth.
In Brief: Food Network renews Shark Teeth's Vegas Cakes
Plus: CTV adds an extra episode of The Launch, and TIFF and ESPN name their emerging filmmaker grant winner.
Shark Teeth bites into Vegas Cakes
The Toronto prodco's latest project, a family cake-baking series for Food Network in the U.S., debuts this week.
Summerhill's latest sale, renewals for Shark Teeth, CMJ
Toronto's Summerhill sells its cute and cuddly series into the U.S. while the two other Canadian prodcos ink deals for new seasons.
Animal Planet sets Rugged Justice premiere
The six-part series from Toronto's Shark Teeth Entertainment will air on the U.S. net this month.
Nat Geo greenlights Okies vs. Aliens pilot
The show, produced by Toronto's Shark Teeth Films, follows a team of nuisance control experts as they travel through Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana in search of "menacing invasive species."
High Tech Rednecks greenlit in Canada, U.S.
Toronto-based Shark Teeth Films has been given a green light for High Tech Rednecks, from Discovery World in Canada and MAVTV in the U.S.


text:
Structural Analysis
- Editors
- (view affiliations)
Part of the Solid Mechanics and Its Applications book series (SMIA, volume 163)
Part of the Solid Mechanics and Its Applications book series (SMIA, volume 163)
The authors and their colleagues developed this text over many years, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in structural analysis courses at the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering of the Georgia Institute of Technology.
The emphasis is on clarity and unity in the presentation of basic structural analysis concepts and methods. The equations of linear elasticity and basic constitutive behaviour of isotropic and composite materials are reviewed. The text focuses on the analysis of practical structural components including bars, beams, and plates. Particular attention is devoted to the analysis of thin-walled beams under bending, shearing, and torsion. Advanced topics such as warping, non-uniform torsion, shear deformations, thermal effect and plastic deformations are addressed. A unified treatment of work and energy principles is provided that naturally leads to an examination of approximate analysis methods including an introduction to matrix and finite element methods.
This teaching tool based on practical situations and thorough methodology should prove valuable to both lecturers and students of structural analysis in engineering worldwide.


text:
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Checklist
To help your business flourish, we need a little information to help us get started. Please answer the questions below and submit them back to the email provided so that we may be better prepared to offer you the best service and success possible.
Or you may download the form here:
You may need:


text:
Call 800-522-2025M-F 8:30am - 6pm ET
Shopping Cart($0.00)
Secure LoginClose X
Returning Markertek Customers
New Markertek Customers
Why Create an Account?
Creating a Markertek account now will save you time on future orders. You'll have full access to your order history and a personalized shopping experience.
Home > Product Categories > Connectors & Adapters > Audio Connectors > XLR Connectors > WC3FQBK-3
Item #: WC3FQBK-3 MFG #: WC3FQBK-3
List Price:$6.49Our Price:$6.19$0.00Quantity Pricing
Item unavailable. Please select another option.
Ask a Markertek Expert if you need assistance finding an appropriate substitute.
+ Add to Wishlist + Add to Quote
California Residents:WARNING: Cancer and Reproductive Harm - www.P65Warnings.ca.gov
Recommended Accessories
8-Hole D- XLR Snake Box Punched & Painted
Item #: S8BPP
Our Price: $59.09
Whirlwind PR-4ND Punched Neutrik D Series - 36 Holes across 4 RU
Item #: WW-PR-4ND
Our Price: $38.79
Connectronics 4-40 x 3/8 Flat Head (Countersunk) Screws for Chassis Mount Connectors - 100 Pack - Stainless Steel
Item #: SCREW-38S
Our Price: $12.99
440 Nut with Star Washer - 100 Pack
Item #: NUT-CMT
Our Price: $7.99
1 Space 16 Knockouts Universal Pre-Punched Panel
Item #: UNI-1
Our Price: $36.00
Whirlwind connectors combine quality with ease of use. These Whirlwind 3-Pin Female XLR chassis mount connectors are numbered for easy identification in racks and wall plates. All mount into the same Switchcraft "D" female hole punch which greatly simplifies layout and configuration of panels.
Add Accessories for your WC3FQBK-1:
UCP Module for 1 Female XLR
Item #: UNIV1
Our Price: $16.20
Neutrik NC3MX Male 3-Pin XLR Connector - Nickel/Silver
Item #: NC3MX
Our Price: $2.80
Neutrik NC3FX Female 3-Pin XLR Connector - Nickel/Silver
Item #: NC3FX
Our Price: $2.94
Canare L-4E6S Star-Quad Microphone Cable by the Foot - Black
Item #: L-4E6S BK
Our Price: $0.59
Weller WLC100 Solder Iron Station 40W -120V
Item #: WLC100
Our Price: $61.00
Qualitek RA300 Rosin Core 21 Gauge 60/40 0.032 Diameter 1 Lb. Solder
Item #: SOLDER-31
Our Price: $27.89
Behringer CT100 3-Mode Microprocessor Controlled Cable Tester
Item #: CT-100
Our Price: $39.00
Middle Atlantic 8 Space Desktop Rack Rail Frame for Tabletop Rack Gear 19 inches
Item #: DR-8
Our Price: $77.40
Canare L-2T2S Audio Cable Black per foot
Item #: L-2T2S BK
Our Price: $0.49
Cable Managment Straps - 12 Pieces
Item #: TW12
Our Price: $17.10
Rip-Tie CableWrap 1x6 Black 10 Pack
Item #: RT6-10
Our Price: $24.06
Sescom SC6XXJ Mic Cable Canare Star-Quad 3-Pin XLR Male to 3-Pin XLR Female Black - 6 Foot
Item #: SC6XXJ
Our Price: $18.49
Sescom IL-19 Pro Audio Hum Eliminator Inline with Isolation
Item #: IL-19
Our Price: $44.95
SoundTools ST-XLR-SS Sniffer/Sender 3-Pin XLR/Phantom Power Test Set - DMX Compatible
Item #: ST-XLR-SS
Our Price: $55.00
Middle Atlantic Claw14 Wallmount Cable Hanger
Item #: CLAW14
Our Price: $24.30
Ebtech Hum X Ground Loop Hum Exterminator
Item #: EB-HUMX
Our Price: $79.00
Pro Co POCKETMINI-GAP Sound Pocket Mini Recessed Floor Box Stage Pocket with 3/8 Inch Gap/Slot Lid
Item #: PRCO-POCKETMINIG
Our Price: $160.58
Canare MR202-2AT 2-Pair Twisted Pair Multi Channel Mic Cable by the Ft
Item #: MR202-2AT
Our Price: $0.55
Mogami W2534 Neglex Quad Microphone Cable - Black Per Foot
Item #: 2534
Our Price: $1.59
Eclipse Tools MA-016 Headband LED Magnifier
Item #: ECL-MA-016
Our Price: $14.42
Dual Helping Hands Soldering Cable Holder with Magnifier Lens
Item #: 900-037
Our Price: $8.00
Greenlee PA1161 Adjustable Jacket Stripper
Item #: PAL-1161
Our Price: $7.15
My Custom Shop WP3/6X 3-Gang Stainless Steel Wall Plate with 6 Neutrik D-Series Cutouts
Item #: WP3/6X
Our Price: $14.36
Neutrik DBA-BL D-Series Blank Plate
Item #: DBA
Our Price: $0.82
My Custom Shop 8X 1 RU Unloaded 8-Port D-Series XLR Rack Panel
Item #: 8X
Our Price: $34.00
My Custom Shop 16X 2 RU Unloaded 16-Port D-Series XLR Rack Panel
Item #: 16X
Neutrik SCDF Black D-Series Cover for Female XLR Connectors
Item #: SCDF-BK
Our Price: $0.84
Middle Atlantic RK-8 Equipment Rack 8RU x 16 Deep
Item #: RK-8
Our Price: $178.20
6 Space Slim 2M Desktop Turret Rack
Item #: 2-6M
Our Price: $273.60
Samson SRK12 12-Space 18-Inch Deep Universal Equipment Rack with Casters
Item #: SAM-12RK
Our Price: $229.99
14 Space Rolling Rack with Doors
Item #: PTRK-14
Our Price: $840.60
Dual Helping Hand
Item #: 12-051
Our Price: $7.95
JackReel-3 High Capacity Low Cost Cable Reel
Item #: JACKREEL-3
Our Price: $47.95
Pro Tapes 001UPCG255MBLA Pro Gaff Gaffers Tape BGT-60 2 Inch x 55 Yards - Black
Item #: BGT-60
Our Price: $19.95
Newsletter Sign Up
Weekly email with exclusive deals, unique new products, how-to videos and so much more!
Download the Newest Catalog!
To deliver the best personalized experience, our site uses cookies. By continuing, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with our cookie policy. Learn more: Privacy Policy
© 2020 Markertek, Division of Tower Products Incorporated • Legal Notice & Code of Ethics


text:
Rotary - We're for Communities
Copy and paste video link for more information. https://youtu.be/vUIUbK5nGCU
Rotary is a large, complex, multi-faceted organisation, so it's not surprising that most of us find it quite difficult to explain what it's all about – or to 'sell' Rotary to potential new members. There's just too much to say, so we need a simpler, more compelling way to talk about Rotary.
After undertaking much research amongst both Rotarians and non-Rotarians, we've come up with a message that explains in essence what Rotary is all about – 'We're for Communities'. Let's face it, just about everything that Rotarians do is aimed at supporting and benefiting their local community or communities in need elsewhere in the world.
Rotary clubs themselves are also communities: like-minded individuals working to a common plan, with leaders and 'doers', focused on achieving common objectives. That's what communities are, and Rotary clubs, with their 1.2m members around the world, are a truly worldwide community.
'Community' is a notion that most people understand and many organisations strive to be associated with. So to talk about Rotary in terms of an organisation and a network of clubs that support communities is positive and attractive. Everyone has examples of how their club's projects and fundraising supports areas of their own community, and those far away, so use those examples to illustrate the 'We're for Communities' message.


text:
The North West Cricket fraternity is mourning the loss today of former, player, umpire and youth Coach John Watson who has passed away after a lengthy illness.
"Camper" as he was known to many, played for Waterside, Brigade, Creevedonnell and finally his beloved Glendermott where he spent more than 30 years in various roles.
John made his reputation as a quick bowler at Beechgrove where he was club captain for a time and was part of the all conquering Brigade side that did the treble in 1972.
He played representative cricket for the NW that year and among his victims were internationals Ivan Anderson. Dermott Monteith and David Pigot.
However he was also part of the Creevedonnell side that beat Brigade in the top flight play-off in their only relegation season.
He returned to Beechgrove soon after before heading to the Rectory and his spiritual home. John was youth team Coach at Glendermott and graduated from there to become a highly respected youth Coach for the North West.
He was a man who knew his own mind and had a great insight into strengths and weaknesses in his players' technique.
He even had a turn at umpiring and could easily have made a career at that too; however nothing gave him more pleasure, and often frustration, than sitting among his friends at the Rectory watching the GCC.
NW Chairman Brian Dougherty lead the tributes saying: "On behalf of the NWCU and in a personal capacity I would like to express my sadness at the death of John Watson and convey my condolences to his family circle.
"John was known first and foremost as a gentleman as well as a cricket man. I got to know him initially when his son Paul played for Creevedonnell. Of course John also played there but he is best known for a sterling career at Brigade and latterly Glendermott.
"We often forget what a formidable bowler he was which earned him NW representative honours as he was involved in so much of what is important for local cricket. When he finished playing he became a respected umpire and became a stalwart in the rise of his main love, Glendermott CC.
"He recognised the importance of putting back into the game and his determination and commitment as a volunteer at Glendermott no doubt contributed greatly to the success the club has had. John will be greatly missed around the North West but his legacy will remain at the Rectory."
Former Brigade and NW colleague Roy Torrens said: "Big John was a very underrated bowler and was an important member of the very successful Brigade side in the 70s.
"He was also a more than useful late order batsman and was responsible for Brigade winning matches which previously had seemed lost.
"Above all he was a real team man and a real asset to our team We at Beechgrove mourn his passing and offer our heartfelt condolences to Liz and the entire family circle."
His NW coaching partner John Semple paid tribute saying: "John Watson was a cricketers cricketer who knew the game, knew the players and officials. He was respected the length and breath of Ireland from international players to a young club player.
"John and I were involved in coaching and looking after the NW u15 team for many years he called a spade a spade and did not take fools lightly he always tried to select the best players no matter were they were from. He would always help me with Irish sessions travelling to Belfast casting his eye over players.
"He was the man who helped change Graeme Mc Carters bowling action helping turn him into an international player. John and I had many happy years taking NW teams for tournaments he always made himself available he was also deeply involved in the Derry Midweek for many years.
"I looked forward to our meetings at the Rectory were we discussed the state of NW and Irish cricket and the way forward. John was a Glendermott stalwart how much would he not be worth in todays cricket. He will be sorely missed by all Liz and his family and his cricketing family, another loss to grassroots NW cricket - he will be sadly missed."
Michael Gillespie of NW and Strabane added: "John was a knowledgeable, true cricket man who knew the game inside out but more importantly, a gentleman who it was a pleasure to talk over many memorable years. May his soul rest in gentle peace."
Robin Haire, North Down, NCU and Ireland said also: :Very sad to hear this, good times with John both coaching at under 15 interpro level and socialising after North Down versus GCC games. Condolences to both immediate and GCC families."
John is survived by wife Liz, son Paul and daughters Christina, Lisa and Clare.
He will be sorely missed by all in the North West, but nowhere moreso than on Bonds Street.
John's funeral will be held on Friday July 12th at All Saints Church Clooney at 2pm.


text:
Clothing, murals, graffiti, barber shops, tattoos…Melrose is the place to go if you're looking for artistic expression. Add nail art to the list. A growing trend on the socials, people are using every part of themselves as canvas for art and nails, though small, can display some amazing talent. There's some serious work coming out […]read more
Let us make shopping around for your next (or first) tattoo really easy. First, some of the best artists on the planet are stationed right here on Melrose Avenue. Second, the shops are all clean, comfortable, and safe; you really then just have to meet your artistic match. So finally, we've found some of the […]read more
If you've walked around Melrose Ave. lately, you may have smelled some mouthwatering scents wafting through the air. That's in large part thanks to the numerous rich pizza options that have popped up within the 21-block area from Fairfax to Highland. Pizza lovers from all over the city have begun flocking to Melrose, testing out […]read more
In L.A., "historical buildings" are hard to come by; you pretty much have the pink wall and the La Brea tar pits. But the 7600 building has been a staple on Melrose Avenue since 1982. The following year they were featured in People magazine, pictured above, referenced as the place where goths, weirdos and high […]read more